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Partnership Tables

Partnership Tables in Lahti aim to boost citizen engagement without replacing traditional democracy, enhancing local community dialogue and cooperation.

14 Nov 2024 | By project LOTTI
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INDUSTRIADA – the annual festival of the IMR

INDUSTRIADA - the main event promoting the Silesian Voivodeship Industrial Monuments Route and the largest festival of post-industrial heritage

30 Oct 2024 | By project LOTTI
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DRSF Skills Audit as part of Spotlight on Skills partnership

This creates company skills plan to identify and address critical skills needs & develop company plan for future sustainable growth with connections.

26 Aug 2024 | By project SKYLA
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S3 strategy to unlock full potential for growth

On 5-6 March 2025, the Policy Learning Platform held a peer review for the Region Västernorrland in Sweden, which has requested insight on how to optimise its strengths in renewable energy and advanced manufacturing to drive sustainable economic growth and enhance competitiveness.
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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.
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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.
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Equity funding for startups

Explore policies and schemes for venture capital and equity investment in technology-based startups. Get inspired by good practices coming from Interreg Europe projects.
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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.
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Business incubation: from startup to scaleup

In this policy brief, you'll explore examples from the Interreg Europe community on the diversity of business incubation programmes and recent trends in the area.
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The power of startup ecosystems

By supporting entrepreneurship, local authorities become hubs of creativity and opportunity, attracting talent and driving investment and innovation.
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Bootcamp and Outlab: a method tested in San Sebastian 

Explore the Bootcamp and Outlab method from San Sebastian and how it brought the academic and entrepreneurial communities closer.
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Designing a citizen-oriented future for cities and regions

Explore how three trailblazing cities and urban regions have embraced smart services with a clear focus on citizens’ involvement to develop smart city strategies
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E-workshops on islands as testbeds for innovation: key learnings

Explore the key learnings from the e-workshop on Islands as testbeds for innovation, that the Policy Learning Platform organised on 9 December 2024.
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Thriving innovation ecosystems: key learnings

Find out how building innovation ecosystems, emphasize specific policy tools such as promoting research and innovation infrastructures, innovation vouchers, and open challenge competitions, in the key learnings from the capacity-building event held in Skopje, North Macedonia on 19 November;
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Leading industrial transition: key learnings

Discover the key learnings of our workshop in Bilbao, Spain which gathered public authorities and Interreg Europe project partners to explore Europe’s path toward industrial transformation.
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