TraCS3
Fostering Interregional Collaboration and Support for Innovation Infrastructure in S3 key priority areas through the Improvement of Regional Innovation Eco-systems
Smart
Research and innovation capacities
2014-2020
Project summary
The TraCS3 project addresses challenges on regional innovation infrastructures. Regional innovation infrastructures and innovation capacities are the backbone of dynamic regional innovation ecosystems.
To innovate, industry partly relies on research and innovation institutions. This is especially true for SMEs. The capacities of research and innovation institutions provide access to the necessary technology infrastructures. This is needed for upscaling, prototyping and validation of new solutions before an enterprise can enter the market. Gaps and opportunities
The project partners will look for ways to stimulate the development and utilisation of innovation infrastructures. What are the gaps and opportunities? TraCS3 aims to support further collaboration between existing infrastructures to increase innovation capacities. More innovation through interregional collaboration
The project partners seek to strengthen regional innovation potential through the interregional collaboration. They will explore opportunities to establish and improve financial schemes for use of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) outside the area of the programme.
- How to improve the support for regional innovation infrastructure?
- How to get better employment for the innovation infrastructure?
- Can there be more involvement in innovation value chains?
- What is needed to build innovation and research excellence in regions?
- How to enable interregional collaboration?
- What do regions need to open up their innovation potential to the world?
To innovate, industry partly relies on research and innovation institutions. This is especially true for SMEs. The capacities of research and innovation institutions provide access to the necessary technology infrastructures. This is needed for upscaling, prototyping and validation of new solutions before an enterprise can enter the market. Gaps and opportunities
The project partners will look for ways to stimulate the development and utilisation of innovation infrastructures. What are the gaps and opportunities? TraCS3 aims to support further collaboration between existing infrastructures to increase innovation capacities. More innovation through interregional collaboration
The project partners seek to strengthen regional innovation potential through the interregional collaboration. They will explore opportunities to establish and improve financial schemes for use of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) outside the area of the programme.
What did this project achieve?
The project objective is to improve regional policies in support of innovation infrastructure in S3 key priority sectors:
- strong innovation potential
- address societal challenges
- enhance interregional cooperation
- support for the integration of innovation infrastructure
- interregional and international value chains
- knowledge networks
- increase of innovation capacities
- 51 interregional learning events
- 7 action plans
- 6 ERDF and 1 regional policy instruments addressed
- 14 good practices analysed and shared
- 95 people with increased professional capacity
A few numbers
1,698,874 €
01 Jun 2018-31 May 2023
7 partners