On November 29, the Vanguard Initiative held its Annual Political Meeting.Under the chairmanship ofMr. Eddy van Hijum, Deputy of the Provincie Overijssel and representative of East Netherlands. VI Ministers and Directors met in Brussels to take decisive new steps to create a newInterregional Funding…
The Vanguard Initiative (VI) workshop organised in the framework of theEuropean Week of Regions and Cities, provided a valuable opportunity to discuss how European Regions are key drivers in thedigital transition. Opened by the welcoming words ofMs. Ana Ramos, Head of Brussels Office of Fundación Ga…
On September 7 and 8, more than 70 people including members of public authorities, doctors, university professors and representatives from the private sector, attended the third regional event of theVI Innovation Networking Initiativeseries on the acceleration of the digital transition in health.The…
The Vanguard Initiative SME Success Stories evaluation results are finally out and we are proud to announce the winners of this new Vanguard support scheme.The five awarded applications are:Name of the CompanyRegion of the applicant companyName of the projectRegion of the partner company:VI pilot ar…
Over 90 regional stakeholders gathered together in Brussels on 16 June to attend the VI Innovation Policy conferenceon shaping an ambitious EU Innovation Agenda to accelerate the twin green and digital Transitions.TheRegional Minister for Overijssel, East Netherlands, and VI Chair Eddy Van Hijum, op…
The SME Success Story Call to open on 3 JuneThe Vanguard Initiative is launching the SME Success Story Call on 3 June. The call is aimed at facilitating the involvement of innovative SMEs in the VI pilot activities.Financial aid will be provided to SMEs facing obstacles in their innovation processes…
Future of VI task group organized on April the 1st a session about the future of VI.There was an excellent and fruitful discussion on the most critical factors of VI development.Twenty-five people from their respective regions participated in this discussion which proves that regions – VI members do…
On 3 March took place the launch event ofthe Vanguard Initiative Innovation Networking Initiative(VI INI) series ov events organised in the framework of the Science meets Regions programme.VI INI consists of a series of 5 physical, online and hybrid events focusing on the acceleration of the digital…
Discover the open program of MATCHER – GREEN DEAL EDITIONCompanies from Vanguard Initiative regions are invited to joinMATCHER Green Deal Edition | Open Innovation Program & Brokerage Event, organised within the framework of EEN, promoted by Emilia-Romagna Region and coordinated byART-ER.MATCHER Gre…
On 19 November, the Vanguard Initiative organised the Annual Political Meeting 2020, and for the first time ever the meeting was held in digital format. During the meeting, political representatives from the member regions engaged in fruitful discussions about the network’s future priorities, as wel…
The Vanguard Initiative supports the EU Industrial Strategy, published in March, as a strong basis for future work and paving the way for recovery and resilience of the EU economy, while embracing long term challenges and the digital and green transitions. In a new position paper, The Vanguard Initi…
As the COVID-19 crisis reaches new levels, the European Union is preparing to address an unprecedented post-Corona reality with the development of an EU economic recovery policy and a realigned Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF). In a statement published on 26 May, European regions and innovatio…