European Regions Network for the Application of Communications Technology

1. “Phoenix 2010 – Project Development Clinic”Copenhagen – 16/17 2010Colm Mc Colgan - General ManagerProject: Improve Knowledge Economy Investment & Innovation in Northern Periphery Regions”

2. European Regions Network for the Application of Communications Technology • City, region and local authorities • Project Driven • Next Generation Networks • E-public services

3. Currently managing 3 international ICT projects With budgets of € 5 million With 15 European Regions Innovation Mobile Applications for tourism public services, transport e-procurement customer relationship management European Information Technology Projects

4. Project Aim • increase smart economy job creation and investment within the Northern Periphery • By networking the area’s innovation, research and business assets • to improve participation in global high technology marketplaces

5. Typical Regional Innovation Cluster

7. Project Objectives • Develop a transnational innovation service to support the creation and operation of business opportunity networks between companies, innovation and research centres in different regions across the Northern Periphery • Use the service to develop concrete research, technology transfer and business partnering linkages/clusters involving small companies, research centres and the 3rd level in the Northern Periphery. • Test the efficacy of the service (objective1) and the approach (objective 2) for developing technology linkages with innovation assets and business clusters in regions external to the project and the Northern Periphery.

8. Single Service – 2 Parts

9. Knowledge Economy Assets Technology Parks 3rd level Broadband Innovation centres Research clusters Technology companies Use by innovation actors across regions to: Describe and communicate innovation assets of own region Find synergies with other regions Support innovation, investment & partnering Look for research, innovation & product opportunities Establish collaboration workspaces Plan joint strategic innovation initiatives with other regions Interactive Knowledge Base

10. Derry – Knowledge Hub

11. Adopt & Extend traditional single-region supports for innovation to transnational basis Network with innovation partners in other regions to find suitable opportunities (research collaboration; company technology exchange, marketing opportunities Profiling of companies products, skills and technologies in other regions Working with innovation partners in other regions to search for suitable partners and to support conclusion of agreements Providing advice on intellectual property, taxation, company formation, etc. Advice on financial supports available in other regions in NPP Transnational Innovation Support

12. Features of the Service • Targeted at small smart economy companies • Provided by existing Innovation Support Centres/Services • Branded as a Northern Periphery Innovation Service • Extendable to other NP regions outside the project partnership • Networked Model service – decentralised/low overhead • New type of transnational innovation service where • Small smart economy companies can work with innovation actors across a group of regions to • Promote their skills, technologies, products and services to a much wider range of potential partners.

13. Project Structure

14. Workpackage 2

15. Workpackage 3

16. Workpackage 4

17. Partners

18. Expected Results

19. Contact information • Colm Mc Colgan • ERNACT EEIGUnit 150, ColabLYIT, Port Road,Letterkenny Co. DonegalIreland +353.7491.68212    colm.mccolgan@ernact.eu     www.ernact.eu