The CoR Subsidiarity Monitoring Network organised a workshop on "innovation and research at the local level as vehicles for competitiveness and growth" in the framework of the OPEN DAYS 2009. Many network partners SMN have been directly involved in the workshop and contributed to the discussion.
We would like to thank the network partners and other participants for attending and animating the discussion with their expertise and experience.
For your information, please find below the programme of the workshop as well as the presentations delivered by the speakers.
Final Programme
Presentation of
Mr Peter Berkowitz, European Commission - Innovation and Regional Development
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Presentation of
Mr Gai Oren, European Parliament – Innovation and Research at the Regional Level – Case Study: the EIT
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Presentation of
Ms Christina Diegelmann, Assembly of European Regions – Innovation and research at the local level as vehicles for competitiveness and growth
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Mr Josu Ocariz, Basque Country, Spain – The Basque business transformation model
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Dr Michael H. Wappelhorst, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany – Innovation policy and research funding of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia
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Mr Pierre Cormorèche, "Chambre des métiers et de l'artisanat" of Ain, France – The role of intermediate organisations in the field of innovation in the handicraft sector and small enterprises
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