Innovation , Business , Education – Regional , National and European Policies 2020

Evaluating European Regional Innovation Strategies

In this paper we analyse the degree of achievement of the Regional Innovation Strategy goals. This is an EU Commission policy oriented toward the promotion of regional STI policy design through the involvement of regional stakeholders. We analyse two categories of objectives: those dealing with process participation and those dealing with behavioural change. Our results show that the overall ac...

Energy policy : European , national , regional ?

Regional Policies, Key Levers of Regional Innovation Dynamics

Regions tend to become the relevant space for the analysis of public funding of innovation, as emphasised by numerous recent works. However, it is still to be demonstrated that the regional level is really the right spatial scaling for implementing innovation public policies. The aim of this paper is to provide a series of analytical and empirical elements that could help clarify this issue. Th...

Competence Modelling for Human Resources Development and European Policies Bridging Business, Education, and Training

This paper will summarize the potential use cases and impacts of competences and skills in the new area, often called "Digital Age": It will highlight the roles and benefits of standards and metadata for HR development and points out the special support that competence models can provide for the quality development in learning, education, and training. In this regard, the main characteristics o...

Manufacturing Innovation and Horizon 2020

A current trend in crisis-laden Europe is de-industrialisation. The European Union has launched ambitious policies and proposed a new research and innovation framework programme, Horizon 2020, to counter this trend and to foster innovation in manufacturing. The paper highlights the key issues related to this upcoming programme. R&D and innovation efforts, however, need to be underpinned by smar...