Dr. Beata Kviatek has over 20 years of experience in innovation ecosystems, EU policy, and green transitions. She leads the Interreg Europe project “UNLOCK - Unlocking Green Hydrogen Economy for SMEs in European Regions,” championing green hydrogen initiatives. Dr. Kviatek excels in fostering cross-sector partnerships and spearheading high-impact research. In 2022, she was honoured as a Jean Monnet Chair in Sustainable EU Economy, receiving a European Commission subsidy to further her work.

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Solar pannels in the Province of Fryslân

UNLOCK

UNLOCK helps policymakers to open regional green H2 economies to SMEs and enhances sustainable growth, SME competitiveness and job creation.

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SME competitiveness

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The success stories of the Green Hydrogen Booster project

The Green Hydrogen Booster project aims at development of an ecosystem for green H2 applications by SMEs in three provinces: Groningen, Drenthe and Friesland.

18 Jul 2023 | By project UNLOCK

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Past events (15)

Event

Crowd watches stage at Europe, let's cooperate 2024

19 - 20 Mar 2025

Hybrid

Krakow

Europe, let's cooperate! 2025

The 11th edition of Europe, let's cooperate interregional cooperation forum (#europecooperates) will take place on 19-20 March 2025 in Krakow, Poland. Join us to celebrate cooperation, the 10th anniversary of the Policy Learning Platform!

By Joint secretariat

Event

12 Nov 2024

Online

Female entrepreneurship

Join the Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform on 12 November 2024 from 14:00 to 15:30 for a webinar on female entrepreneurship.

By Platform

Event

person looking to a construction site during night

06 - 07 Nov 2024

In person

Bilbao

Leading industrial transition

On 6 and 7 November 2024, the Policy Learning Platform is organising two workshops diving into several aspects of Europe's industrial transformation, in Bilbao, Spain.

By Platform

Event

21 May 2024

Online

Strategic and participatory foresight

On 21 May 024, the Policy Learning Platform is hosting a webinar on Strategic and Participatory Foresight from 14:00 to 15:30 CEST.

By Platform

Event

14 Mar 2024

Online

Entrepreneurial Universities: spinoffs and technology transfer

This workshop has ended. You can watch the recording, access the presentations and discover the key learnings in this follow-up article.

By Platform

Event

30 Jan 2024

Online

Twin transition for SMEs

This webinar has ended. You can watch the recording, access the presentations and discover the key learnings in this follow-up article.

By Platform

Event

12 Dec 2023

Online

Unlocking innovation: Regions as laboratories of policy experimentation

This webinar has ended. You can watch the recording, access the presentations and discover the key learnings in this follow-up article.

By Platform

Event

23 Nov 2023

Online

Setting up regional funds with the European Investment Fund

This webinar has ended. You can watch the recording, access the presentations and discover the key learnings in this follow-up article.

By Platform

Event

26 - 28 Sep 2023

In person

Lille

Project training days for first call projects

We will organise a series of workshops for our first call projects on 26-28 September 2023 . The Interreg Europe project training days will bring together the lead partners, finance managers and communication managers from 72 projects approved in the first call . The project training days will take

By Joint secretariat

Event

27 Jun 2023

Online

Webinar about Interreg Europe Portal - partners' reporting

We organised a webinar on 27 June 2023 about the Interreg Europe Portal 's functionalities for reporting on projects' progress ( partner reporting and control modules ). This online session was targeted at lead partners, project partners and controllers of Interreg Europe projects from the first

By Joint secretariat

Event

15 Mar 2023

In person

Stockholm

Europe, let's cooperate! 2023

The 9th edition of Europe, let's cooperate! interregional cooperation forum took place on 15 March 2023 . It marked the launch of our second call for project proposals . The 2023 edition was an in-person event hosted in Stockholm, Sweden . Material and follow-up are available on the event website .

By Joint secretariat

Event

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06 Jun 2023

Online

Pre-Commercial Public Procurement

This webinar has ended. You can watch the recording, access the presentations and discover the key learnings in this follow-up article .

By Platform

Event

26 Apr 2023

Online

Management and finances webinar

Join us on 26 April for a project development webinar about the project management, budget and finances . It is the last one in a set of four webinars on how to develop your project and submit it in an application during this call. The timing of the webinar series is the following: Building a

By Joint secretariat

Event

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14 Mar 2023

In person

Stockholm

Lead partner seminar for first call projects

Interreg Europe organised a seminar for the newly approved projects' lead partners from the first call in Stockholm on 14 March 2023.

By Joint secretariat

Event

group of people gathered around a laptop and smiling

19 Jan 2023

Online

Welcome webinar for the first call projects

We held a welcome webinar for lead partners of projects approved in Interreg Europe's first call in 2021-2027 on 19 January from 10:00 to 11:30 (CET/ Paris time). During the webinar, the lead partners got an overview of the steps to follow to start their projects. The subsidy contract, the

By Joint secretariat

Event

15 Nov 2022

Online

Thematic networking event: Smarter Europe

Our second call for project proposals is coming! The call will be open from 15 March to 9 June 2023 . We are here to help you get started with the preparation of your next project. In November and early December, we organised a series of thematic networking events online to share project ideas and

By Joint secretariat