Pilot Partnership Projects

EU DRIVERS: Summary of Selected Pilot Partnership Projects ( download pdf version )

EU-DRIVERS is a three year EU-funded Structural Network project (2010-2012) under the Lifelong Learning Programme (ERASMUS) and seeks to:

· create a regional innovation virtual community for exchanging good practices among all stakeholders

· find solutions for improved regional cooperation between universities, private-sector companies and regional governments

· disseminate cutting-edge information on good practices for effective regional partnerships.

A major component of the EU-DRIVERS project is the involvement of Pilot regional innovation partnership projects. The projects provide a core base for practical knowledge sharing about routes to improving regional cooperation between universities, public authorities and business to encourage regional innovation. Lessons from the pilot projects will form the basis for development of good practice guides and development of a sustainable leadership development programme for relevant stakeholders at the regional level.

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Project Description
DK Aalborg University North Denmark Region BrainsBusiness ICT NORCOM Business Forum The overall aim of the BrainsBusiness initiative is to ensure that North Denmark can maintain its leading position within ICT through its ICT cluster. The initiative focuses on strengthen the cluster both internally and externally and maintaining a strategically focus on ICT as the sector with the highest growth potential. The initiative seeks to develop tools to underpin the triple helix collaboration and strengthen the impact of the ICT cluster on the local industry and economy.
IE Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) Dublin City Council Dublin Chamber of Commerce The Creative Dublin Alliance brings together the leaders of university, public and business and NGO sectors operating in the city. It aims at: stepping up to the leadership challenge for the city region; shaping and influencing national and city policies; Co-ordinating and maximising existing resources in the city; visioning for the city region ; managing the city identity and branding of 'Dublin'.
FR Ecole des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux Communauté d'Aglomération de l'Albigeois Association MERCURE Federate institutions of the same territory (département du Tarn) for the promotion and synergy of resources for the benefit of innovation and attractiveness of the territory.
The objective of COMINE is to prove to SMSE whose practices targeted for innovation are limited that innovation is the best way to develop the entreprise. The School of Mines will provide, with the support of its MERCURE partners a list of target companies.The "Coach Mission Innov'Action" (or "coach MIA") will aim to meet a responsible for the company in order to define a strategy of innovation.
TK Ege University Izmir Regional Development Agency (IZKA) Aegean Free Zone (ESBAŞ) The proposed project intends to strengthen the research & innovation performance of the Aegean Region that hosts a biomedical innovation potential, by fostering transnational cooperation, integrating various regional actors and initiating cluster development.
GR Technological Education Institute (T.E.I.) of Larissa Region of Thessaly Co-operation of Dairy Producers of Larissa &Magnisia This project aims in developing a regional partnership between academia, business and local authorities so that university research and technology development results concerning environmental protection will be diffused and applied in the local business environment.
BE Limburg Catholic University College City of Genk Innovation Center Limburg The "C-Mine" site in Genk (BE), a former coalmining industry site, has been re-developed in the last decade and was turned into a pole of creativity and innovation, spreading its knowledge to the wider region of Limburg. This is part of the regeneration programme of the city of Genk.
ES University of Malaga Municipality of Malaga Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía (Technology Park of Andalusia) Intelligent Malaga Knowledge Innovation Community (Malaga KIC) aims to create a self-sustainable federation of organizations focused on sharing knowledge, maintaining inter-organization teams, fostering the creation of new business opportunities, supporting innovation and entrepreneurship, and converting innovation into new products.
UK University of Surrey The South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) Regional SMEs The objective of the Leadership Academy is to boost the skills of business leaders and owners in the South East England region – improving creativity, capacity and capabilities and elevating the profile of leadership and innovation in the region. In pursuit of this objective, it aims to build strong partnerships between regional providers of training and development and knowledge creators in order to generate and share ideas, research results, expertise and skills. Under its auspices a community of practice brings together leading thinkers from HEI; private providers of leadership development; and public agencies offering innovation advice and support.
FI University of Turku Centre for Economic
Development, Transport and the Environment of Southwest Finland
 Turku Science Park The key stakeholders signed an agreement on the Turku Bioimaging (TBI) aiming to create a leading bioimaging technology platform in northern Europe till 2015. TBI represents state-of-the-art imaging technologies in the bioscience community in Turku and is highly interdisciplinary, encompassing all areas of imaging. TBI coordinates the development of molecular imaging and research infrastructures and facilitates technology transfer from universities to local companies and to the University Hospital strengthening utilization of university know-how. Turku aims to become the leading centre. TBI has a genuine need to integrate into the European networks and identify successful models

Publications

National Innovation and the Academic Research Enterprise
Public Policy in Global Perspective, David D. Dill and Frans A. van Vught (Ed.)

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