I have over 25 years of helping regions prepare their regional development and designing research-innovation and S3 strategies, promoting interregional cooperation actions, working with clusters and performing policy analyses.

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Policy briefs (19)

Peer reviews (18)

Editorials (2)

Policy brief

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Interregional complementarities in innovation

Discover how your region can use its complementarities to collaborate with regions across Europe. In this policy brief, you'll find good practices from Interreg Europe and policy recommendations.

29 October 2024 | By Platform

Policy brief

Digital transformation of public services

This policy brief provides a general overview of the most relevant initiatives, regulations, and strategies of the European Union, which are shaping Europe’s digital future.

28 March 2024 | By Platform

Policy brief

Research valorisation

In this policy brief, you will find policy recommendations to inspire policymakers in designing and delivering effective policies for research valorisation.

13 March 2024 | By Platform

Policy brief

Regional missions

Explore five policy recommendations in this policy brief, deriving from the experience of Interreg Europe projects, that inspire policymakers to better design and deliver challenge-driven innovation policies.

28 June 2023 | By Platform

Policy brief

Innovation procurement

Explore the role of innovation procurement, as an important policy tool, for regional development in this policy brief.

01 March 2023 | By Platform

Policy brief

Spaces for innovation

Explore the importance of five types of spaces for innovation for local and regional development in this policy brief!

02 December 2022 | By Platform

Policy brief

Open, social, and responsible innovation

This policy brief explores the importance of open, social, and responsible innovation to promote transformative changes.

03 March 2022 | By Platform

Policy brief

The ins and outs of the Vanguard Initiative

The Vanguard Initiative seeks to support interregional cooperation notably through industrial clusters and innovation ecosystems creating new competitive advantages for Europe, member states, and regions.

11 October 2017 | By Platform

Policy brief

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Towards synergies between S3P-Industry and Interreg Europe projects

This policy brief identifies potential complementarities and synergies between partnerships of the Smart Specialisation Thematic Platform for Industrial Modernisation (S3P-Industry) and Interreg Europe projects.

10 July 2018 | By Platform

Policy brief

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The challenges and necessity of rural innovation

Rural regions make up roughly half of the territory of the European Union. By building innovation capacity and implementing innovative solutions, rural and sparsely populated areas can overcome their inherent challenges and remain viable business locations

22 January 2019 | By Platform

Policy brief

The role of staff exchange and mobility schemes in accelerating policy transfer

This policy brief presents some examples of mobility and staff exchange schemes that have been deployed within Interreg Europe projects, notably to support innovation and cluster programme development.

04 December 2018 | By Platform

Policy brief

Policy challenges in research and innovation infrastructure

The European research and innovation infrastructure ecosystem comprised numerous facilities and stakeholders operating at the leading edge of scientific discoveries. The experience of Interreg Europe projects tackling research and innovation infrastructure can serve as inspiration to regions across Europe.

03 April 2019 | By Platform

Peer review

Financing interregional innovation cooperation in Basque Country

On 5-6 November 2024, the Policy Learning Platform held an onsite peer review for the Regional Government of the Basque Country (Spain), which was looking for inspiration on how to finance interregional innovation through cooperation and realise cross-programme synergies in practice.

09 December 2024 | By Platform

Peer review

Innovation procurement policies in Veneto Region

On 23-24 October 2024, the Policy Learning Platform held an onsite peer review for the Veneto Region, which requested advice on how to design and implement public led-innovation procurement policies.

30 October 2024 | By Platform

Peer review

Designing governance to support regional transformation in Heide Region

On 15-16 October 2024, the Policy Learning Platform held an onsite peer review for the Heide Region, which requested advice regarding their policy challenge on how to design a governance arrangement to support regional transformation.

18 October 2024 | By Platform

Peer review

Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) within a multi-level perspective in East Flanders

The Policy Learning Platform conducted a peer review for the Province of East Flanders in Ghent, Belgium, held on 6-7 March 2024.

22 March 2024 | By Platform

Peer review

Challenge-driven innovation to promote university-industry collaboration

The Policy Learning Platform conducted a peer review for the Autonomous Region of the Azores, Portugal, held on 30-31 January 2024. The Azores government sought inspiration to promote challenge-driven innovation policies for university-industry collaboration.

07 February 2024 | By Platform

News

Driving Place based Innovation

In this article, you'll find how European competitiveness can be enhanced through place-based innovation and funding synergies in order to spread economic development accross all regions.

27 November 2024 | By Platform

News

Spaces for innovation: exploring successful practices for CCIs in Malta

On 9 July, the Municipality of Keratsini-Drapetsona embarked on an insightful study visit to the Valletta Design Cluster.

23 July 2024 | By Platform

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Past events (8)

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05 Jun 2024

In person

Digital transformation of public sector services

The Policy Learning Platform will host a workshop on the digital transformation of public sector services. Let's meet in Vilnius, Lithuania on 5 June 2024.

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

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08 Nov 2023

Online

Policy Learning Platform meet-up with projects

On 8 November (10:00-12:00 CET), we brought together the experts of our Policy Learning Platform team and our projects for an online meet-up . This online event was an opportunity to discover what the Policy Learning Platform is all about, how project partners can benefit from its services, and how

By Joint secretariat

Event

20 Jun 2023

Online

European Innovation Ecosystems

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

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

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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

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21 Apr 2023

Online

Multi-Level Governance II: Synergies between Cohesion Policy and Horizon Europe

On 21 April 2023 from 10:30 to 12:00 CEST, the Policy Learning Platform is hosting an online discussion on the topic of Multi-Level Governance: Synergies between Cohesion Policy and Horizon Europe . The event has been designed after the initial online discussion on Multi-level governance for

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