The objective of the project is to identify, through an international comparative analysis of leading e-business policy practices across the EU, areas for R&D policy intervention to assist Lithuanian SMEs use ICT in a way that will maximize their business performance and competitive advantage while contributing to regional and national economic development.
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EFFORT is a project funded by the European Commission under the RTD Framework Program VI. Its objective is to research and document the policy, legal, organizational, technological and governance conditions that enable dynamic cross-border and cross-regional clusters of SMEs to improve their ability to access the global market by facilitating collaborative production of services and products.
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This project examines the nature of transformations in the spatial and sectoral structure of economic activity in selected regions of the EU, and assesses their implications for regional policy. More specifically, the project sets out to forecast the extent to which regions are capable of confronting the emerging economic challenges and to identify the potential constraints on changes required for maintaining their competitive position, which, in turn, can slow down economic growth and prevent them from achieving higher levels of real income.
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The objective of the project was to analyze and assess the current state of labor market conditions, skills demand and supply dynamics, and drivers of future specialist demand in four high technology areas: biotechnology, mechatronics, laser technologies, and ICT. Its key outcome is the development of a methodology to support the Ministry of Education and Science conduct labor market assessment and design policy support measures in these sectors. Its key outcome is the development of a methodology to support the Ministry of Education and Science conduct labor market assessment and design policy support measures in these sectors.
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The Specialization, Regional Clusters and Competitiveness – Regional Competitiveness Strategies project, undertaken by the OECD in co-operation with NUTEK (the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth), and EIIR is designed to ascertain the extent to which public policy can play an effective role in (re)shaping the economic future of regions and the significance of regional specialization and clusters in that future. This involves addressing how regions react to the changes in their economic structures brought about by globalization, notably the shift from production-oriented regional economies to economies that focus on non-production activities. The issues are addressed through the lens of the ongoing transformation of key industries, both mature and high-growth sectors, in advanced and less advanced regions.
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GUIDE is an Integrated Project funded by the European Commission under the RTD Framework Program VI. Its objective is to create an open architecture for secure and interoperable e-government electronic Identity Management services and transactions in the EU with the collaboration of public administrations, leading academic and research institutions and industry. The project brings together 23 organizations from 13 Member States of the EU. The project’s approach is interdisciplinary and involves technological, policy, legal, and process research and implementation in the context of the institutional, political, and legislative diversity that marks the EU.
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The objective of the project is to analyze leading international practices in the field of incubation and acceleration to identify international best practices, the key actors, organizational and management models, financial and marketing models and strategic positioning that underpin successful incubation and acceleration systems in order to identify the conditions for setting up an incubator in alignment with the developmental requirements of the region of Umbria, Italy.
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The objective of this project is to explore and analyze the current organizational, institutional, and regulatory conditions that structure the economy of the Republic of Uzbekistan and develop a set of policy recommendations to allow the Government of Uzbekistan better target its policies for the transition. It is expected that the results of the research will assist the Government to identify policy patterns, targets, approaches, and instruments for the support of the transition to the knowledge-based economy and the knowledge society more generally.
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