Regions and local authorities play a central role in achieving a smarter and greener economy. Regions and cities are best placed to nurture local innovation ecosystems and can provide testbeds for digital and clean technologies, notably with the instrumental support of the European Cohesion Policy. They can connect sustainable and smart growth to fostering socio-economic development and create jobs, most notably through research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation and new solutions to pry apart economic growth and environmental degradation. As such, regional and local authorities can be key actors in the shift towards a resource-efficient and low-carbon future.
Technopolis Group has been working with regions and cities for more than 20 years. Our work helps them to address complex innovation challenge, which requires a holistic approach and a long-term perspective across the policy cycle.
- We provide support in delivering strategies, smart governance and inclusiveness, organisational changes, business modelling and planning, monitoring and evaluation.
- We support regional and local policymakers to design smart specialisation strategies and to conceive new policy-mixes and modes of intervention that fit with local innovation stakeholders’ needs and with the growing pressure on public budgets.
- We provide technical assistance to Regions and Cities to implement their strategy and support their innovation ecosystem. We facilitate organisational change and the implementation of new instruments and initiatives, support animation of innovation networks and monitor and evaluate their actions.
- We help European Structural and Investment Funds’ Managing Authorities and European Institutions to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate the Cohesion Policy across Europe and in the outermost regions.