TAILIEUCHUNG - Showcasing Innovative Greece

The first experimental activities to support innovation in relation to regional and social policy, effectively pi oneering the development of the knowledge-based economy at regional level, were launched by the Commis sion in 1993-94. Today, nearly one in three regional authorities across the EU-15 have formulated a Regional Innovation Strategy or a Regional Innovation Society Initiative, aimed at developing effective innovation sys tems and spreading Information & Communication Technologies related know-how at regional level. A new system for European Regional Development Fund regional programmes of innovative actions was in troduced in 2001 to underpin the Community priorities to increase regional competitiveness, technology and innovation by applying new. | howcaslng Innovative Greece Showcasing Innovative Greece Edited by Christos Bezirtzoglou Foreword The first experimental activities to support innovation in relation to regional and social policy effectively pioneering the development of the knowledge-based economy at regional level were launched by the Commission in 1993-94. Today nearly one in three regional authorities across the EU-15 have formulated a Regional Innovation Strategy or a Regional Innovation Society Initiative aimed at developing effective innovation systems and spreading Information Communication Technologies related know-how at regional level. A new system for European Regional Development Fund regional programmes of innovative actions was introduced in 2001 to underpin the Community priorities to increase regional competitiveness technology and innovation by applying new forms of IT and promoting sustainable development. For first time in 2002 the Region of Peloponnesus was actively involved into initiatives preparing the ground and paving the way for the promotion of innovation with the development of a Regional Innovation Strategy RIPE programme . The strategic approach has been based on a widespread public debate that facilitates and promotes consensus and encourages a shared strategic view of the Region s economy through the development of long term plans by businesses. The scheme has been fully endorsed and agreed upon by the relevant support agencies. In particularly the project has provided an impulse for the region to tackle the issue of innovation. In the case of the Information Society for less information society mature prefectures of the region For prefectures with a lower level of awareness and maturity regarding the Information Society and what it entails the RIPE programme promotion has proved crucial. According to the results of the Regional Innovation Strategy there are no important centres for the transfer of technology in the region of Peloponnesus. The system of transfer of

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