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Power4Bio: Bringing out European regions’ full potential in Bioeconomy

The bio-based economy is an emerging sector generating employment – around 22 million jobs across Europe – and economic growth. However, many European regions are still not aware of their potential to utilize sustainable feedstock in their production

Regions exchange knowledge on policy tools and strategies in Chemicals and Bioeconomy: a fruitful collaboration in S3Chem project

On 26 February, S3Chem project carried out its Final project conference in Halle, Germany. The Ministry of Economy, Science and Digitalisation of Saxony-Anhalt, represented by Thomas Steinmetz, opened the conference by underlining the positive outcomes of inter-regional cooperation, and highlighting the

#Biobased #Barcamp: Brandenburg hosts its third Biobased Economy Conference

ECRN member, Brandenburg, will be hosting #Biobased #Barcamp on April 11 and 12, 2019, in Potsdam. It is an opportunity to cooperate, innovate and create value for new biobased value chains together. Biobased economy, resource efficiency, value from

Apply now for the European Entrepreneurial Region Award 2020!

The European Entrepreneurial Region (EER) award is an initiative of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) that identifies and rewards EU regions and cities with outstanding, future-oriented entrepreneurial policy strategy, regardless of their size, wealth or specific

Thematic S3 Platform Days in Bilbao

The 4th Steering Committee Meeting of the Smart Specialization Platform for Industrial Modernization (S3P-Industry), combined with a Joint Thematic Platforms Conference, took place in Bilbao on 27th & 28th of November, hosted by the government of the Basque Country.

Brightlands Materials Center and Fraunhofer IMWS join forces to develop thermoplastic composite parts using 3D printing

Fraunhofer Institute in the region of Saxony-Anhalt (DE) and Brightlands Materials Center in Province Limbug (NL) has recently joint efforts on an innovative and forward looking project. Components made of fibre-reinforced plastics, produced by 3D printing are the

European chemical regions establish new cooperation with the support of the European Commission to build projects

The Smart Specialization Platform for Industrial Modernization is a Commission-supported initiative to stimulate regions, working on similar smart specialization priorities, to gather and identify synergies across borders. The platform is a response to the recognition that regional smart

Power4Bio H2020 Project approved by the European Commission

ECRN is pleased to announce that a new EU project – Power4Bio – has been approved by the European Commission under the H2020 programme, in which our network will be partnering with 16 other regional bodies and organisations. The

The success of Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Limburg highlighted in National analysis of Dutch innovation campuses

The report “Analysis and added value of campuses in the Netherlands” compares the employment growth rates of campuses located in the country for the period 2014-2018 and includes the four Brightlands campuses located in ECRN member region Limburg.