The Technology & Business Cooperation Days in Hannover will allow Vanguard Initiative Pilots participants to showcase and promote their activities gaining visibility in an international context.This matchmaking event will also allow SMEs and RTOs involved in the Pilots to meet new partners, enlarge …
Vanguard Initiative isrecruiting an Expert on Interregional Fundingin the framework ofa new internal project aiming at “elaborating structural system(s) financially supporting innovation collaboration projects between economic stakeholders based in different VI regions”.A secondment of the best expe…
On 13 December 2021, the AI Pilot hosted its first Annual Plenary event.This was the second event organised by the Pilot after the successful Kick-Off Event organized on 17 May 2021.This time as well the public response was very good, with more than 100 stakeholders from all over Europe registered f…
Partnering Opportunity: the MEMS for nano-analytiX demo case published a technology offer on the EEN portalThe Bologna Unit of CNR-IMM is the leading organization of the MEMS for nano-analytiX demo case. The research institute has the biggest publicly funded facility for silicon micro-machining in …
Second Plenary Smart Health pilot meeting held on 20 OctoberOn the 20 of October 2021, the second Plenary Smart Health pilot meeting was organised. During the virtual event, new members were welcomed and the different demo cases gave an update of their ongoing activities. Turku region furthermore pi…
General Assembly of the Bioeconomy Pilot celebrates the first Natural Fibertastic lustrum at Biobased DeltaBiobased Delta hosted the Pilot General Assembly 2021 edition in physical and digital mode at the end of September. Researchers, entrepreneurs, politicians meet to discuss and share the latest …
The Commissioner responsible for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, and his team from the Commission, together with the representatives of the 27 EU Member States and the 28 European experts in industrial policy selected by the Community executive discussed the activity carried out in the monitori…
The Vanguard Initiative Annual Political Meeting 2021 – took place on November 25th. Under the chairmanship ofMr.Eddy van Hijum, Deputy of the Provincie Overijsseland representative of East Netherlands, VI Ministers met physically in Brussels and onlineto not only reflect on the latest achievements …
On 23 November the Commission finally released the calls for Interregional Innovation Investments (I3). The Vanguard Initiative highly values the efforts made by the European Commission to co-design this tool suited to respond to the needs and requirements of innovation stakeholders and capable of a…
VI participated in the EARTO policy event & innovation award on 27 October 2021 represented by Mr. Theo Föllings, director of the regional development agency Oost NL from the East Netherlands who has praised the good cooperation over the years with EARTO. Thanks to a common focus on innovation and v…
The Vanguard Initiative (VI) workshop organised in the framework of the EWRC, provided a valuable opportunity to discuss how European Regions are key drivers in the digital transition in the presence of Ms Denisa Perrin, Deputy Head of Unit EU and place-based Innovation Ecosystems at the European Co…
Th!nk East Netherlands is organising the workshopRegions shaping Europe’s digital futureas part of the European Week of Regions and Cities 2021 on 12 October from 16.30-18.00.The event will provide the opportunity to gain insights in the East Netherlands’ regional approach to the digital transition…