S34Growth
Enhancing policies through interregional cooperation: New industrial value chains for growth
Smart
Research and innovation capacities
2014-2020
Project summary
EU industry renewal, competitiveness and internationalisation through industry-led interrregional coooperation
In the S34Growth project, 10 European regions from 8 countries develop an innovative interregional element to their structural fund policy instruments, supporting the renewal of Europe's industry and competitiveness. Within Vanguard Inititiave - New Growth through Smart Specialisation, the S34Growth partners have been pioneering a new approach to European industry-led interregional cooperation since late 2013.Key messages
- Supporting the renewal of Europe's industry and competitiveness
- Emphasising the importance of industry-led interregional collaboration
- New kind of interregional cooperation linking value chains across Europe and improving commercialisation and product & service development
What did this project achieve?
- S34Growth develops and improves existing regional policy instruments in order to make interregional cooperation easier, more efficient and less bureaucratic.
- By facilitating industrial innovation-related interregional collaboration, S34Growth supports the renewal of Europe's industry and competitiveness.
- S34Growth supports interregional co-specialisation approach to smart specialisation which can be easily replicated at any domain and anywhere in Europe.
A few numbers
2,305,738 €
01 Apr 2016-31 Mar 2020
11 partners