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Written by Administrator | 07 June 2011

Approved sub-project partners and lead partners will find some useful documents - both for management and communication - and templates to use in this section.

Presented in Göteborg the 6 DISTRICT + sub-projects

Written by Administrator | 17 June 2011

In the framework of the prestigious CIP Forum, held in Göteborg from the 29th of May to the 1st of June 2011, the 6 DISTRICT + sub-projects - approved last 28th April – have been presented. In detail:

EAST_INNO_TRANSFER "Supporting Innovation and Fostering Knowledge Transfer in the New EU Member States" - with a budget of € 374,396, Lead partner: Territorial Office for SMEs and Cooperation (Romania);
KNOW-ECO "Enhancing Knowledge Collaboration in Eco-Innovation" with a budget of € 288,484.16, Lead partner: Coventry University Enterprises Ltd (UK);
NGSP "Next Generation Science Park" with a budget of € 561,763.00, Lead partner: Chalmers Industrial Technologies Foundation (Sweden);
NICER "Networks for the Internationalisation of Excellence in Cluster Regions" with a budget of € 353.307Lead partner: PIN-University of Florence;
SPWW "Science Park Without Walls" with a budget of € 578,400 - Lead partner: Birmingham City Council (UK);
STEP "Improved Definition and Profiling Technology for Sustainable Parks" with a budget of € 274,018.64 - Lead partner: Innovation and Founders Centre in Magdeburg (Germany).

The two days of activities devoted to the DISTRICT+ Project saw the active participation not only of the 6 project partner regions ( Tuscany Region, Vastra Gotalands - which hosted the initiative - Lower Silesia, Saxony-Anhalt and Brasov County), but also and above all of the partners of the 6 sub-projects that presented the program of their activities and objectives of their sub-project, and participated in a training session on the Interreg IVC procedures.

DISTRICT + Project at the CIP Forum 2011 - Gothenburg, 29th May – 1st June 2011

Written by Administrator | 14 May 2011

The CIP FORUM 2011 will focus on the New Wealth of Nations as a means to review and assess under which conditions a new infrastructure can emerge, and how this should be administered. Central to the discussion will be the changing nature of innovation from an industrial to a knowledge-based process. Moreover in the four specialization tracks related to: 1) Constructing a Public/Private Innovation Infrastructure; 2) Driving Business through Intellectual Property Management; 3) Managing Complex Innovation-based Business and 4) Entrepreneurship in a Global Knowledge Economy, different perspectives on how to advance the understanding of how modern innovation processes are built upon the management of intellectual assets, property, and capital will be discussed.
The CIP FORUM 2011 will represent the special occasion on 30th and 31st of May to implement Sub-projects' Lead partners training session, to present the first Project results such as the thematic studies and to present the selected DISTRICT + Sub-projects.

DISTRICT +: approved 6 sub-projects

Written by Administrator | 05 May 2011

In the framework of the European Project DISTRICT+ (Interreg IVC Programme), the partners met in Florence, on the last 27^th and 28^th of April, to evaluate the proposals submitted in relation to the Call for sub-projects launched in late December 2010 and closed on the 31^st March 2011.

The Call invited public bodies and research organisations (belonging to the six DISTRICT+ partner regions – Lead Partner Tuscany (IT), Vastra Gotalands (SE), Lower Silesia (PL), Brasov County (RO), Sachsen Anhalt (DE) and West Midlands (UK)] - to submit their projects with the aim of identifying, analysing and disseminating good practices related to innovation and technological transfer from research to enterprises and economic clusters.

According to the Call’s Terms of Reference the sub-projects will kick-off in May 2011 and end by May 2013 and will involve partners from at least three different regions among the six DISTRICT+ partner regions.

The six submitted proposals passed both the eligibility and the quality check, revealing a good to excellent quality level, and have been accordingly approved for funding by the DISTRICT+ Steering Committee on the 28^th of April.

The six sub-projects involve 24 different local partners globally (3 from Tuscany, 4 from Vastra Gotalands, 6 from West Midlands, 4 from Brasov County, 3 from Lower Silesia and 4 from Saxony-Anhalt) - including public authorities, service and business centres, technology parks, universities, etc. - for a total budget of about € 2.400.000,00.

The six sub-projects focus on all the six policy priority areas established by the DISTRICT+ miniprogramme, - i.e., two on internationalisation strategies, one on clustering strategies, two on innovative business development and one on eco-innovation in high-tech firms.

DISTRICT+ Project Meeting for Sub-projects Selection

Written by Administrator | 22 April 2011

The DISTRICT + Project partners will meet in Florence for two day on 27th and 28th of April 2011 to set up the Sub-projects' Selection Procedure as stated in the related Terms of Reference. After the eligibility check carried out by the C4 Component Coordinator and the DISTRICT+ Lead Partner, the DISTRICT+ Managing Committee – on 27 th of April - will define a list of eligible proposals for its quality evaluation: this evaluation will end with the ranking of the eligible projects according to the quality criteria of the present call. On the 28th of April the DISTRICT+ Steering Committee will discuss and finally approve the ranking of the proposals. The list of approved proposals that are eligible for funding is published on the DISTRICT+ website as well as on the partners’ institutional websites.