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The European Commission plans to designate 100 locations across Europe as Regional Innovation Valleys, in a bid to strengthen innovation in EU priority areas and encourage collaboration between more and less advanced regions. While the value of winning the label is still unclear, the underlying goal of coordinating EU research money with regional development spending on innovation - in a bid to to amplify the impact of both funding streams - is becoming increasingly evident.
After a hesitant start, the EU’s Interregional Innovation Investment (I3) scheme is finally gathering speed. The first project to receive support has been announced and the first call for proposals under a capacity-building strand is due to be published in December. While broadly welcoming the scheme, interested groups want to see improvements in the work programme for 2023 - 24, which is expected to be published shortly.
ME announces new FOSO-POCO project as RELOS3 moves to the second phase and Innova Foster is successfully completed
Malta Enterprise is leading a new project titled FOSO-POCO (Fostering Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Post-COVID19), together with project partners Tartu City Government and Cork Local Council. The project started this month, runs until February 2022 and is co-funded by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME), under the COSME programme.
The project aims to improve the understanding of social entrepreneurship in the regions of Cork (Ireland), Tartu (Estonia) and Malta.
This will be achieved by identifying and involving relevant stakeholders, and using best practices and expert involvement to address existing gaps in the respective ecosystems.