EU cohesion policy is designed to reduce disparities between Member states and regions across the European Union. However, some European regions have struggled to catch-up to wider EU growth.
... Exibir mais + Hence, the EU has implemented the Lagging Regions Initiative. The goal of the initiative is to identify the problems of the lagging regions and design and implement actions unlocking their growth potential. Poland and Romania were the first two countries, where the initiative was piloted. The Polish part of the Lagging Regions Initiative was named "Catching-up Regions Poland" and was implemented in Swietokrzyskie and Podkarpackie. The World Bank provided technical assistance (TA) and helped to coordinate activities in these regions. The Catching-up Regions Poland continues in another three regions, Lodzkie, Podlaskie, and Walbrzych sub-region in Lower Silesia. This report is one of the outcomes of this initiative carefully analysing the situation in these regions and identifying the potential for growth. One of the biggest opportunities to stimulate growth is to enhance the technology transfer from universities and research institutes and support local companies in the adoption of innovations. Thus, technology transfer is central to this report. In lagging regions, technology transfer can be one of the key drivers of regional competitiveness and regional growth1 and can play an important role in economic development in general. However, technology transfer is often rather weak in lagging regions compared to regional leaders. After a detailed examination of the situation in Lodzkie, Podlaskie, and Walbrzych regions, the report proposes practical recommendations that will lead to improved technology transfer capabilities, innovation adoption, and economic growth of the analysed regions. Technology transfer in the context of this report is understood in its broader definition as a transfer of intellectual property (both formal and informal) from universities and research institutes in to practice, university-based entrepreneurship, contractual research, and other types of cooperation between academia and private companies.
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EU cohesion policy is designed to reduce disparities between Member states and regions across the European Union. However, some European regions have struggled to catch-up to wider EU growth.
... Exibir mais + Hence, the EU has implemented the Lagging Regions Initiative. The goal of the initiative is to identify the problems of the lagging regions and design and implement actions unlocking their growth potential. Poland and Romania were the first two countries, where the initiative was piloted. The Polish part of the Lagging Regions Initiative was named "Catching-up Regions Poland" and was implemented in Swietokrzyskie and Podkarpackie. The World Bank provided technical assistance (TA) and helped to coordinate activities in these regions. The Catching-up Regions Poland continues in another three regions, Lodzkie, Podlaskie, and Walbrzych sub-region in Lower Silesia. This report is one of the outcomes of this initiative carefully analysing the situation in these regions and identifying the potential for growth. One of the biggest opportunities to stimulate growth is to enhance the technology transfer from universities and research institutes and support local companies in the adoption of innovations. Thus, technology transfer is central to this report. In lagging regions, technology transfer can be one of the key drivers of regional competitiveness and regional growth1 and can play an important role in economic development in general. However, technology transfer is often rather weak in lagging regions compared to regional leaders. After a detailed examination of the situation in Lodzkie, Podlaskie, and Walbrzych regions, the report proposes practical recommendations that will lead to improved technology transfer capabilities, innovation adoption, and economic growth of the analysed regions. Technology transfer in the context of this report is understood in its broader definition as a transfer of intellectual property (both formal and informal) from universities and research institutes in to practice, university-based entrepreneurship, contractual research, and other types of cooperation between academia and private companies.
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This short note summarizes the technical assistance offered through the World Bank, to the three Polish regions of ?ódzkie, Podlaskie and Dolno?
... Exibir mais + l?skie, during the 2018-2019 period on regional innovation and entrepreneurship (I and E) support. The activity's objective was to enhance the regions' capacity in leveraging technology transfer from public research organisations to private enterprises to increase their competitiveness. The three regions, presently categorized as 'catching-up', have the potential to improve technology and knowledge transfer to local enterprises and entrepreneurs to be key drivers of regional competitiveness and growth. However, technology transfer and industry-academia collaboration are often lagging compared to regional leaders and industrial hubs. Following up on the World Bank (WB) experience in supporting the design of the Podkarpackie Centre for Innovation (PCI) in 2017-2018, it was suggested that the PCI model could be rolled-out to the three regions.
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EU cohesion policy is designed to reduce disparities between Member states and regions across the European Union. However, some European regions have struggled to catch-up to wider EU growth.
... Exibir mais + Hence, the EU has implemented the Lagging Regions Initiative. The goal of the initiative is to identify the problems of the lagging regions and design and implement actions unlocking their growth potential. Poland and Romania were the first two countries, where the initiative was piloted. The Polish part of the Lagging Regions Initiative was named "Catching-up Regions Poland" and was implemented in Swietokrzyskie and Podkarpackie. The World Bank provided technical assistance (TA) and helped to coordinate activities in these regions. The Catching-up Regions Poland continues in another three regions, Lodzkie, Podlaskie, and Walbrzych sub-region in Lower Silesia. This report is one of the outcomes of this initiative carefully analysing the situation in these regions and identifying the potential for growth. One of the biggest opportunities to stimulate growth is to enhance the technology transfer from universities and research institutes and support local companies in the adoption of innovations. Thus, technology transfer is central to this report. In lagging regions, technology transfer can be one of the key drivers of regional competitiveness and regional growth1 and can play an important role in economic development in general. However, technology transfer is often rather weak in lagging regions compared to regional leaders. After a detailed examination of the situation in Lodzkie, Podlaskie, and Walbrzych regions, the report proposes practical recommendations that will lead to improved technology transfer capabilities, innovation adoption, and economic growth of the analysed regions. Technology transfer in the context of this report is understood in its broader definition as a transfer of intellectual property (both formal and informal) from universities and research institutes in to practice, university-based entrepreneurship, contractual research, and other types of cooperation between academia and private companies.
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