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Regional Innovation Ecosystems

Regional Innovation Ecosystems

The Vanguard Initiative has its foundations at the regional level. EU-regions are the closest policy link to the bottom-up growth dynamics necessary for the renewal of our industrial fabric through their proximity to innovative partnerships and clusters. Such partnerships and clusters form ecosystems that are the catalysts for fast-growing innovative businesses and SMEs.

Regional innovation ecosystems can and do develop solutions for significant societal challenges while delivering on the EU’s ambitions for improved international competitiveness. The Vanguard Initiative member regions are committed to building synergies and complementarities based on their smart specialisation strategies to boost world-class clusters and cluster networks, in particular through pilots and demonstration activities.