Last update: 29 Jan 2024

Rene Tonnisson

Thematic Expert SME competitiveness

Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform

Policy Learning Platform

France

(Nord-Pas de Calais)

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Rene has more than 20 years of experience in innovation management and business development. He has held executive management positions in several public and private sector organisations helping SMEs to increase their competitiveness. Recently he has been acting as an investor and board director of different business acceleration programmes and startup investment funds.

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Policy briefs (13)

Peer reviews (24)

Policy brief

Circular transition in SMEs

Explore the Interreg Europe community's experience regarding regional circular economy strategies and roadmaps, circular economy hubs and collaborative frameworks in this policy brief!

18 September 2023 | By Platform

Policy brief

Open innovation to foster SME growth

In this policy brief, you can find approaches for increasing the innovation capacities of businesses building on the open innovation paradigm.

12 May 2023 | By Platform

Policy brief

Digital innovation hubs and demonstrators

Explore this policy brief to learn about digital innovation hubs and how they can foster competitiveness and contribute to a sustainable and digital Europe.

25 October 2022 | By Platform

Policy brief

Supporting the agrifood sector

This policy brief explores actions to support the agrifood sector.

04 August 2022 | By Platform

Policy brief

Fostering the digital transformation of SMEs

Discover practical examples of how to foster the digital transformation of SMEs from different perspectives.

12 April 2022 | By Platform

Policy brief

Public-private startup accelerators in regional business support ecosystems

This policy brief discusses public-private partnership-based accelerator models being set up as a response to the challenge of identifying and supporting innovative startups.

21 December 2018 | By Platform

Policy brief

Boosting entrepreneurship in rural areas

Boosting entrepreneurship in rural areas opens new opportunities and markets. In this policy brief, you'll discover how rural SMEs show great potential as a source of economic growth and innovation.

10 April 2020 | By Platform

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Efficient business support ecosystems

This policy brief explores various models for implementing and managing multiple-stakeholder collaborative practices for better business support delivery.

11 August 2020 | By Platform

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Facilitating business transfers for sustaining jobs and economic activity

In order to achieve more successful business transfers, the complexities of the process should be taken into account. In this policy brief, you'll discover business transfer challenges and good practices from Interreg Europe partner regions as inspiration.

29 September 2020 | By Platform

Policy brief

The social economy and support to social enterprises

The social economy is a crucial part of the EU socioeconomic landscape. To foster the growth of the EU social economy, policy action is needed. This policy brief aims to spotlight Interreg Europe projects that work to improve their local social economy.

18 January 2021 | By Platform

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Vouchers for the competitiveness of SMEs

This policy brief focuses on the use of vouchers to foster SME competitiveness and aims at providing a comprehensive overview of the good practices and the policy improvements based on voucher schemes in those projects.

08 April 2021 | By Platform

Policy brief

Internationalisation of SMEs

This policy brief focuses on the internationalisation of SMEs activities as a factor of competitiveness for businesses and an engine for growth and welfare for the economy and the territories.

11 August 2021 | By Platform

Peer review

How to create and run an energy One-Stop-Shop?

On 22-23 January 2025, the Policy Learning Platform held an onsite peer review for the Energy Centre of the Ústí Region (ECUK), which wants to become the first energy One-Stop-Shop of the Czech Republic.

17 February 2025 | By Platform

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Setting-up a regional Open Innovation Hub in Vidzeme Region

On 23-24 January 2025, the Policy Learning Platform hosted a peer review on behalf of the Vidzeme Planning Region in Latvia, on the topic of setting-up a regional Open Innovation Hub.

05 February 2025 | By Platform

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Evaluation and development of the target country system in the European context

On 12-13 December 2024, the Policy Learning Platform hosted a peer review on behalf of the Berlin Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises on adapting foreign trade support to changing European and global environments.

28 January 2025 | By Platform

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Developing of a cultural and creative industry strategy

On 20-21 November 2024, the Policy Learning Platform hosted a peer review for Amiens Métropole (France). The Region sought advice and inspiration on an economic development and innovation strategy for cultural and creative industries.

28 January 2025 | By Platform

Peer review

Regional measures to address shortages of healthcare professionals in Centre-Val de Loire

On 3-4 July 2024, the Policy Learning Platform held an onsite peer review for the Centre-Val de Loire region, which requested advice regarding their policy challenge on how to address this shortage of health professionals.

09 July 2024 | By Platform

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Past events (2)

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20 - 21 Mar 2024

In person

Antwerp

Europe, let's cooperate! 2024

The 10th edition of Europe, let's cooperate interregional cooperation forum (#europecooperates) took place on 20-21 March 2024 in Antwerp, Belgium. People joined us in Antwerp to celebrate cooperation, launch a new call for project proposals and welcome new countries in the Interreg Europe programme

By Joint secretariat

Event

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