CARINNA launches PERIA, the Partnership on European Regional Innovation Agencies

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PERIA is a co-operation project between Regional Innovation Agencies and Regional Authorities in Europe with the aim of : sharing experience and methodologies on innovation services and policies, and learning from each other in the field of management of regional innovation systems.

PERIA focuses on regional innovation policies and on the tools used for implementing innovation : on Regional Innovation Agencies. These organisations help to support the growth of enterprises through innovative projects, the development of an innovation-friendly environment, the improvement of the region’s knowledge base and its innovation services and also to strengthen the region’s innovation network.

The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the cooperation of local and regional actors in order to strengthen the effectiveness of regional development policies, to enhance the level spent for Research Development and Innovation and to contribute to the transformation of knowledge into new and marketable products and services. The objectives of the project are supported by the following main activities :

• identification of good practices of regional innovation support,

• selection of good practices, especially those which has a positive impact on the SMEs’ innovation potential,

• transfer of good practices to Regional Authorities and to Regional Innovation Agencies based on a feasibility study,

• dissemination of practices and transfer to other relevant actors in the field of innovation. Beyond these exchanges, the improvement of regional innovation policy and regional innovation support tools is the goal of PERIA in order to offer greater support to SMEs in developing their innovation projects. The project gathers 11 partners from France, Hungary, Spain, Italy and Germany.

• CARINNA-Champagne-Ardenne Research and Innovation Agency (FR)

• INNOVALIS Aquitaine (FR)

• INNOVA Észak-Alföld Regional Innovation Agency (HU)

• Polytechnic City of Innovation Foundation (ES) • IMPIVA. Institute for the small and medium sized companies from the Region of Valencia (ES)

• Veneto Innovazione S.p.A. (IT)

• Veneto Region (IT)

• Észak-Alföld Regional Development Council (HU)

• Development Bank of Saxony-Anhalt (DE)

• Regional Council of Champagne-Ardenne (FR)

• Észak-Alföld Regional Development Agency (HU)

PERIA is co-financed by the European Union through the Interreg IVC programme.

For more information you can contact Bernard STREE, International Affairs Manager at CARINNA : "international [a] carinna.fr" (replace [a] by @).