Month: January 2022

The way forward The third session of the series RRI institutional changes for improved regional governance took place on January 25th, and featured discussions and ideas by the key speakers and panellists on The Way Forward for Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) at the regional level. 113 participants had the chance to join the session moderated … Read more

Institutional changes for Responsible Research and Innovation The TeRRItoria final conference on Regional Research and Innovation (RRI) Institutional Changes for Improved Regional Governancehosted a second session on January 20, 2022 dedicated to the topic of Institutional Changes for Responsible Research and Innovation. Moderator George Eleftherakis from SEERC presented a series of recommendations emerging from the … Read more

How to engage citizens in regional development policies The TeRRItoria final conference kicked off on January 18th, 2022 for the first of three sessions on the theme of Regional Research and Innovation (RRI) Institutional Changes for Improved Regional Governance. With the topic of How to Engage Citizens in Regional Development Policies, the first session moderated … Read more

SockKETs project launched a call for ‘Societal Engagement Story’ The EU-funded project SocKETs aims at developing a shared understanding of the role of key enabling technologies in society and advocating for the importance of societal engagement in innovation process. To do so, SocKETs will gather and highlight ‘Societal Engagement Stories’ produced by projects, organisations or … Read more

FutuRRI: Futurizing Responsible Research and Innovation for a Sustainable Smart Specialization Strategy Emilia-Romagna’s territorial experiment is coming to an end after an intensive six-month period of analyzing models and engaging local stakeholders. ART-ER organized focus groups and interviews with more than 50 stakeholders in the period of June-October; this allowed the organization to produce guidelines … Read more

Global exchanges that do not leave rural regions behind The TeRRItoria journey in Norway started with concerns about the negative effects of centralisation and globalisation, more specifically the long-standing development in which more remote regions – of which there are many in Norway – are losing young people to the few, more centrally located regions, … Read more

Bringing Responsible Reasearch and Innovation closer to small mountain communities in North East Romania North – East Romania disposes of a significant mountainous population which have their own specific needs and assets. The Horizon 2020 – TeRRItoria project – aims to increase the degree of involvement of local communities in decisions regarding investments for innovation … Read more

Spreading the word of Gender Mainstreaming through the Region The eight strategic areas of the Gender Equality Plan of the Region of Central Macedonia, were presented on the initiative of the Deputy Regional Governor of Pieria and President of the Equality Committee, Mrs. Sophia Mavridou, at an online Event with the Deputy Minister of Labour … Read more

Gabrovo during and after the TeRRItoria project Gabrovo’s participation in the TeRRitoria project contributed to the process of achievement of the long-term development vision of the city as green, smart, and innovative. The two key aims of the Gabrovo transformative experiment carried out are to increase public engagement in its Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) development … Read more

RRI Institutional Changes for Improved Regional Governance TeRRItoria final Conference. 3 Online webinars, 18th, 20th and 25th of January from 14:00 to 16:00 CET   Click here to register. European territories have certain tested experiences available  of advanced governance models. Responsible research and innovation (RRI) keys increased the citizen engagement on policies and is helping … Read more