Marc Pattinson

Regional missions

Explore five policy recommendations in this policy brief, deriving from the experience of Interreg Europe projects, that inspire policymakers to better design and deliver challenge-driven innovation policies.

Innovation procurement

Explore the role of innovation procurement, as an important policy tool, for regional development in this policy brief.

Spaces for innovation

Explore the importance of five types of spaces for innovation for local and regional development in this policy brief!

Open, social, and responsible innovation

This policy brief explores the importance of open, social, and responsible innovation to promote transformative changes.

The ins and outs of the Vanguard Initiative

The Vanguard Initiative seeks to support interregional cooperation notably through industrial clusters and innovation ecosystems creating new competitive advantages for Europe, member states, and regions.

Towards synergies between S3P-Industry and Interreg Europe projects

This policy brief identifies potential complementarities and synergies between partnerships of the Smart Specialisation Thematic Platform for Industrial Modernisation (S3P-Industry) and Interreg Europe projects.

The challenges and necessity of rural innovation

Rural regions make up roughly half of the territory of the European Union. By building innovation capacity and implementing innovative solutions, rural and sparsely populated areas can overcome their inherent challenges and remain viable business locations

The role of staff exchange and mobility schemes in accelerating policy transfer

This policy brief presents some examples of mobility and staff exchange schemes that have been deployed within Interreg Europe projects, notably to support innovation and cluster programme development.

Policy challenges in research and innovation infrastructure

The European research and innovation infrastructure ecosystem comprised numerous facilities and stakeholders operating at the leading edge of scientific discoveries. The experience of Interreg Europe projects tackling research and innovation infrastructure can serve as inspiration to regions across Europe.

Industry 4.0

This policy brief features six policy recommendations to support the development of industry 4.0.

University-industry collaboration

Find out in this policy brief why university-industry collaboration is a key component of the regional innovation policy-mix. Successful exploitation of research and development results is fundamental for regional competitiveness.

Smart Specialisation Strategy

In this policy brief, you will learn from practices implemented in different regional institutional contexts such as transformative policy changes on regional policy challenges ranging from the Entrepreneurial Discovery Process to S3 Monitoring.