The European Commission published the report on the assessment of the stakeholder consultation on the new Interregional Innovation Investment Initiative (I3) proposed under the ERDF regulation for the 2021-2027 programming period. This new instrument, inspired by the Vanguard Initiative experience i…
The EU Industry Days webinar Regions inIndustrial Transition: Making digital work for SMEs in regional innovation ecosystemsorganized by Th!nk East Netherlands in the framework of the Vanguard Initiative, provided a valuable opportunity to demonstrate how European Regions are key drivers in the twin…
The 3DP Pilot Platform for Pitching and Implementing new cross regional projects was launched in October 2019 in order to further position the 3DP Pilot as an open and flexible cross-regional platform for generating and facilitating the implementation of ambitious demonstration projects that are not…
Early 2020, the3DP PAN EU project(a European Parliament supported project managed by DG GROW that has been generated based on the activities and needs of the 3DP Pilot) launched its ‘Call for proposals to provide services and funds to SMEs to support pan-European demonstration projects based on 3DP …
The year 2020 presented challenges through the global pandemic COVID-19. Despite the pandemic, the ADMA Energy Pilot was able to come together and further develop the project areas for collaboration based on current priorities. In 2021, the ADMA Energy Pilot and partners would like to build on the e…
The energy enhancement of biomass is one of the most promising allies to ensure the transition to sustainable zero-emission growth. Among the innovative partnership belonging in the Vanguard network, there is the SMBIo-LNG, an innovative industrial demo case, under the Vanguard Initiative’s Bioecon…
The call for ideas launched in September to support the start-up of new demo-cases in the Nano Pilot has originated three proposals.A first demo-case is focused on MEMS for nano-analytiX and is led by theBologna Unit of CNR Institute of Microelectronics and Microsystems. It aims to demonstrate and d…
The digital transformation demo-case of the Efficient and Sustainable Manufacturing (ESM) Pilot has successfully launched the project AI REGIO, funded by Horizon 2020.The aim of AI REGIO is to develop AI-related applications for SMEs by exploiting and enriching the cross-border network of so called …
The Efficient and Sustainable Manufacturing (ESM) Pilot will organise an online plenary meeting on 16 December 16th to share the progresses of the pilots’ four demo-cases; De- and Remanufacturing, Digital Transformation, Polymer-based functional products, Energy-flexible and resource-efficient facto…
In the context of the public consultation launched by the Commission about the new Interregional Innovation Investment initiative (I3)proposed under the ERDF regulation for the 2021-2027 programming period, the Vanguard Initiative has elaborated a comprehensive contribution, in collaboration with 6 …
Take the opportunity to attend the interesting online conference “Bridging the gap between Science and Business: How to empower Intermediary Companies”. The conference is organised on 15th September and the deadline to register is the same day.A great way of bridging the world of science and industr…
The ADMA Energy pilot is currently advancing the development of priority project areas identified in 2019 and 2020 as new demonstration cases within the Pilot. During the ADMA Energy Partners meeting on 2 July 2020, regional stakeholders came together to discuss the status of the revised project dev…