Expertise
Innovation, territories and Development in Europe (ITD-Eu) experts can offer their experience and expertise in five areas of economic development policy practice
- Building knowledge-based regional development strategies and policies
- Managing inter-regional and trans-national networks in the field of RTDI
- Supporting innovation and technology transfer to the benefit of SMEs
- Establishing science and technology parks and incubators
- Evaluating programmes and public policies supporting the RTDI
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- Designing knowledge-based regional economic development strategies and policies :
Know-how :
- Carrying out research, studies and field surveys
- Managing and moderating working groups and workshops
- Attractiveness studies
- Benchmarking and good practice studies
- Designing regional strategies in support of research, innovation and competitiveness
- Providing technical assistance with implementation
- Evaluation
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- Managing inter-regional and trans-national networks in the field of territorial competitiveness and innovation :
Know-how :
- Identifying the best funding sources for our clients’ needs
- Project design and development/drafting of documentation for EU-funded projects and networks: Structural Funds (INTERREG A, B, C), Research and Development Framework Programme (FP6/7), Competitiveness and Innovation Programme; Intelligent Energy Europe, etc.
- Partner search
- Coordination and assistance with project management
- Evaluation
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- Supporting innovation and technology transfer in favour of SMEs :
Know-how :
- Designing policies for innovation and technology transfer ;
- Setting-up innovation projects ;
- Designing, developing and supporting regional innovation strategies
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- Establishing science and technology parks and incubators :
Know-how :
- Feasibility studies
- Market research and positioning strategy
- Strategy development and action planning
- Technical assistance and support in the implementation phase
- Evaluation studies
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- Evaluating public policies, programmes and projects supporting research, innovation and territorial competitiveness :
Know-how :
- External evaluation studies (ex-ante, continuous, ex-post)
- Thematic evaluation
- Project evaluation
- Evaluation studies of regional, national and EU innovation and entrepreneurship support policies and programmes
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