What We Do
Interregional Collaboration
The Vanguard Initiative is focused on building sustainable and robust European partnerships and offers fantastic opportunities to work with like-minded regions across Europe in driving innovation, entrepreneurship, research and innovation. The member regions are politically committed to implementing smart specialisation strategies, advancing technological developments through interregional collaboration, supporting demonstration and piloting of new European value-chains, and making the Vanguard Initiative a powerful force for European technological change and advancement.
Progress update from the Nano pilot
NeMs4BIO democase is preparing a project proposal for the I3 call The leaders of NeMs4BIO democase, Imec (Flanders) and Oost agency are preparing a proj
Progress update from the 3DP pilot
SMEs-led demonstration projects recently finalised, with promising results!
Bioeconomy upcoming event
Good practices and built capacities for cross-regional cooperation in the Alpine Region and beyond Milan 11 M
Progress update from the Smart Health Pilot
RegMed XB to become the fifth demo case of the Smart Health Pilot RegMed XB “Towards industrial-scale organoid-based tissue manufacturing”
Future of Vanguard Task Group meeting
Future of VI task group organized on April the 1st a session about the future of VI.
Emilia-Romagna Region and Lombardy Region new co-leads for ADMA
The energy transition and a rapid shift towards a more distributed renewable energy production system call for urgent actions.
Shaping bio-based value chains through cross-regional cooperation
The transition toward a greener and more circular production form based on renewable raw materials represents an essential step toward competitive and su
NRM Pilot Mid Term Reviews
On Tuesday 10 May, the Vanguard Initiative Pilots Projects will present their most important updates to members.
Friends of Smart Specialisation at the RSA Regions in Recovery Festival
Friends of Smart Specialisation are pleased to have been accepted to organise a session at the second Regions in Recovery Confere
Vanguard meets Baden-Württemberg - Spurring European value chains - artificial intelligence (AI) & hydrogen and industrial
While providing a brief update on the current exciting developments of the AI pilot, the conference aims at showcasing existing regional best practices and ongoing region
