Rene Tonnisson | Interreg Europe - Sharing solutions for better policy

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Rene has more than 20 years of experience in innovation management and business development. He has held executive management positions in several public and private sector organisations helping SMEs to increase their competitiveness. Recently he has been acting as an investor and board director of different business acceleration programmes and startup investment funds.

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Policy briefs (13)

Peer reviews (15)

Policy brief

Circular transition in SMEs

Explore the Interreg Europe community's experience regarding regional circular economy strategies and roadmaps, circular economy hubs and collaborative frameworks in this policy brief!

18 September 2023 | By Platform

Policy brief

Open innovation to foster SME growth

In this policy brief, you can find approaches for increasing the innovation capacities of businesses building on the open innovation paradigm.

12 May 2023 | By Platform

Policy brief

Digital innovation hubs and demonstrators

Explore this policy brief to learn about digital innovation hubs and how they can foster competitiveness and contribute to a sustainable and digital Europe.

25 October 2022 | By Platform

Policy brief

Supporting the agrifood sector

This policy brief explores actions to support the agrifood sector.

04 August 2022 | By Platform

Policy brief

Fostering the digital transformation of SMEs

Discover practical examples of how to foster the digital transformation of SMEs from different perspectives.

12 April 2022 | By Platform

Policy brief

Public-private startup accelerators in regional business support ecosystems

This policy brief discusses public-private partnership-based accelerator models being set up as a response to the challenge of identifying and supporting innovative startups.

21 December 2018 | By Platform

Policy brief

Boosting entrepreneurship in rural areas

Boosting entrepreneurship in rural areas opens new opportunities and markets. Rural SMEs show great potential as a source of economic growth and innovation.

10 April 2020 | By Platform

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Efficient business support ecosystems

This policy brief explores various models for implementing and managing multiple-stakeholder collaborative practices for better business support delivery.

11 August 2020 | By Platform

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Facilitating business transfers for sustaining jobs and economic activity

In order to achieve more successful business transfers, the complexities of the process should be taken into account. In this policy brief, you'll discover business transfer challenges and good practices from Interreg Europe partner regions as inspiration.

29 September 2020 | By Platform

Policy brief

The social economy and support to social enterprises

The social economy is a crucial part of the EU socioeconomic landscape. To foster the growth of the EU social economy, policy action is needed. This policy brief aims to spotlight Interreg Europe projects that work to improve their local social economy.

18 January 2021 | By Platform

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Vouchers for the competitiveness of SMEs

This policy brief focuses on the use of vouchers to foster SME competitiveness and aims at providing a comprehensive overview of the good practices and the policy improvements based on voucher schemes in those projects.

08 April 2021 | By Platform

Policy brief

Internationalisation of SMEs

This policy brief focuses on the internationalisation of SMEs activities as a factor of competitiveness for businesses and an engine for growth and welfare for the economy and the territories.

11 August 2021 | By Platform

Peer review

Improve regional branding for attracting tech-savvy visitors: key learnings

The Policy Learning Platform organised a peer review for the Põlva County Development Centre, Estonia. The peer review was held in Carrick-On-Shannon, Leitrim County, Ireland on the 17th and 18th of October 2023. Discover the key learnings.

02 November 2023 | By Platform

Peer review

Better governance for Cultural and Creative industries

Explore the recommendations from the peer review that took place in Marseille on creative economy issues.

05 July 2023 | By Platform

Peer review

Integrated territorial development to fight depopulation

Explore the policy recommendations from the peer review for the Intermunicipal Community of Coimbra Region on integrated territorial development to fight depopulation.

20 June 2023 | By Platform

Peer review

Creating a blue economy roadmap

Discover the recommendations made by European peers on the topic of building an blue economy roadmap

01 March 2023 | By Platform

Peer review

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Development of Smart Island and Smart Tourism Strategies

Discover how the Policy Learning Platform has helped the island of Korčula with its smart tourism strategies.

15 December 2022 | By Platform

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Event

08 Nov 2023

Online

Policy Learning Platform meet-up with projects

On 8 November (10:00-12:00 CET), we brought together the experts of our Policy Learning Platform team and our projects for an online meet-up . This online event was an opportunity to discover what the Policy Learning Platform is all about, how project partners can benefit from its services, and how

By Joint secretariat