Evaluation

European Trend Chart on Innovation

The Dutch team contributes actively to the European Trend Chart on Innovation by collecting, analysing, and reporting information on Dutch and Flemish innovation policy and innovation support instruments.

On behalf of the European Commission’s DG Enterprise and Industry we are responsible for designing and managing Innovation Trend Chart Policy Review workshops. These workshops offer participants the opportunity to compare and analyse innovation policies and support schemes of the Member States and the U.S. The European Commission uses the workshops as a tool to improve quality of European policies and instruments and learn from experiences in other countries. Participants come from different European countries and the U.S. and include policymakers, (academic) researchers, trade organisations, and consultants specialised in innovation policy.

In close cooperation with the Commission, Technopolis takes care of every aspect of the event, including organising accommodation for participants, defining the agenda, identifying eligible (key note) speakers and participants, writing a workshop scoping paper and detailed background papers, providing good rapporteurs, and preparing a report or proceedings on the workshop.

The following workshops have been organised in 2004 and 2005 covering a wide range of topics:

  • Ensuring Policy Coherence by Improving the Governance of Innovation Policy
  • Making Innovation Policies More User Friendly for SMEs
  • Benchmarking Innovation Excellence as Input for Policy
  • Human Resources and Skills for Innovation
  • Collaboration between Innovation Programmes and Policy Agencies in Europe
  • Innovation and e-Business
  • Valorising the Innovation Capacity of the Firm – the value of intangible assets in the knowledge economy
  • The Innovation Gap between EU & US: Myth or Reality?

More information about these and other Trend Chart workshop can be found at: http://trendchart.cordis.lu/tc_workshop_home.cfm

Contact:
For more information about policy review workshops and conferences please contact Jan-Frens van Giessel.