What Fast Track means for RAPIDE

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What Fast Track means for RAPIDE Regional
Action Plan for Innovation and Enterprises Projec
t Launch Torun, 29th October 2008
Kincso IZSAK Support for Innovation Unit D2
European CommissionEnterprise and Industry
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From networking to real partnerships

• 86 billion, 25 of the total Cohesion Policy
  Fund (2007-2013), has been allocated to research
  and innovation.
• INNOBAROMETER 2006 desired innovation support
  is lower then currently provided.
• Good practice may not be good enough anymore.
• Striving for excellence and to the leading edge.

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INNOBAROMETER 2006
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Regions for Economic Change Fast Track Networks

• Core objective addressing common issues
  together and creating a stronger link between
  exchange of practices and mainstream funding
  programmes
• Two-way bridge with mainstream Operational
  Programmes
• Commission participation and support
• Communication and dissemination

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What does fast track mean for RAPIDE? A Two-way
bridge

• The fast track projects (FTP) should contribute
  to the implementation of the OP.
• The MA should take the initiatives of the FTP
  into consideration when implementing the OP.
• FTP should capitalise on experience. How to
  bring better practices and ideas into action
  through mainstream OPs?
• All MA of the project partners need to be part
  of the FTP.
• Working on the basis of Regional Action Plans is
  essential. Develop outcomes and products not only
  in the end!

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What does fast track mean for RAPIDE? Commission
support

• Participation at the meetings, providing
  expertise and support
• to the working methods, definition of the
  outcomes
• Promotion of peer review
• Providing information on the topic
• studies, policy documents, past and forthcoming
  events, contacts to other networks and
  institutions

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What does fast track mean for RAPIDE?
Communication and dissemination

• Transparency
• Need to share information already at an early
  stage in order to learn from each other.
• Capitalise experience and better practices
• Present experiences in a very practical and
  transferrable way.
• Avoid abstract descriptions, focus the exchange
  on actions.
• FTPs will be given more visibility on European
  level
• EU-wide presentation (conferences, events,
  websites etc.)

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Commission involvement and contacts
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Good to know

• Cluster Communication adopted on 17th October
  2008
• Calls for proposals under PRO INNO Europe and
  Europe INNOVA eco-innovation, knowledge
  intensive services, clusters
• FP7 Regions of Knowledge programme deadline
  27th of January 2009
• European Cluster Alliance open to join
  www.proinno-europe.eu/ECA
• INNO Partnering Forum to be launched under PRO
  INNO Europe

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For your calendar

• European Presidency Conference on clusters,
  13-14 November 2008,
  Sophia Antipolis
• Regions for Economic Change Annual Conference,
  2009 16/17 February 2009 RegioStar Awards

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