14 September 2018
Hallingdal – Oslo Region European Office
ERRIN History
2001Informal network
2004FP6 Project“Regions of Knowledge”
200860 regions
2006Relaunch with a
new organisational structure
2012 90 regions
+130
Organisational structure
ERRIN Secretariat
12 Thematic Working groups
Policy Working group
~ 130 Members
Management Board 15 Members
Chair and 2 vice-chairs
PIRITA LINDHOLM
DIRECTOR
RYAN TITLEYDIRECTOR OF
PROJETCS
ANETT RUSZANOV
PROJECT MANAGER
VERONICA CORNACCHIONE
COMMUNICATION OFFICER
ANNA TRANBERG
MEMBER RELATIONS OFFICER
ELIN MARTINSSONPROJECT OFFICER
HEIDI JOHANSSON
PROJECT OFFICER
RICHARD TUFFS
SENIOR ADVISOR
ERRIN’s objectives
• Members get their voices heard in Brussels • Members find each other • Strengthen the regional and local dimension in the EU Research and
Innovation policy and programs
PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS PROFILE POLICY
ERRIN creates close informal relationships with both members and external organisations
• We work as a liaison between members and partner organisations
• We facilitate the creation of new partnerships for our members
• We facilitate rapid knowledge exchange to the benefit of all partners
PARTNERSHIP
ERRIN provides networking opportunities for members to share project ideas, best practices, and personal contacts We support:• Regional collaboration• Consortium-building• Project developmentHow?• Project development / brokerage events• Partner search tool
PROJECTS
EXAMPLE: Upcoming call for regions for the InDemandProject
(about co-creating e-health solutions)
4 Days 54 project ideas discussed6 thematic breakout sessions530 participants from: 25 countries (4 extra EU: Turkey, Macedonia, Colombia, Ukraine) 89 European regions
EXAMPLEERRIN H2020 Project Development Week (20-23 November 2017)
10 partners of the event8 Working Groups involved
We are now following up to see• Who built consortium• Who is submitting• Who is successful (later on this year!)
PROJECTS
ERRIN strives to raise the profile of the whole network as well as of each member by:• Profiling members at events• Flagging up the competences of our members
EXAMPLES• 10 regions presented their regional innovation ecosystems at
an advocacy event on FP9 organised by ERRIN together with DG RTD
• ERRIN Management Board Member to present ERRIN position on future FP9 at the Committee of the Regions
PROFILE
ERRIN voices the position of regions and helps members get involved in and shape EU R&I policy How?• Position papers• Policy recommendationsWhat?• Introducing “placed based perspective” to the
European research and innovation policy and funding program
• Research and Innovation as part of the Cohesion Policy / Smart Specialisation 2.0
POLICY
Objectives of Tourism Working Group
Background: In 2017: Profile raising and re-positioning the WG towards EU Institutions.In 2018: Continue this work and a thematic focus on Experience Economy
Industry Day side-
event
•21/02/2018•Foster resilience of the
tourism industry through innovative value chain
ELIS
•Enhancing Excellence of Local Experience IndustrieS
•Interreg Europe proposal
EYCH 2018
•20/09/2018•Call + good practice
presentation•ICT, CCI and public
engagement
Tourism WG
1st semester of 2018 2nd semester of 2018
29/06: WG meeting on Innovative business models for smart destinations
20/09: EYCH official event Experience economy: a personalised and sustainable approach towards cultural heritage
Proposed regional case studies for European Tourism Day (7/11)
Nov/Dec (?): WG meeting on silver tourism
26/01: WG meeting on Tourism Manifesto and Joint Promotion Platform
21/02: Industry Day side event Foster resilience of the tourism industry through innovative value chain
23/05: Regional case study presentation at Green week (workshop on “Sustainable tourism for greener cities”)*
May onwards: Interreg Europe proposal building with 8 ERRIN members
* Only ws on tourism, organised by DG GROW and ENV
Activities
9:00 Registration9:30 How can tourism and culture create experience? Anna Athanasopoulou, Head of F4 Unit, DG
GROW, European Commission9:50 Innovation in Cultural Heritage Research - Culinary Heritage
Perspectivedr. Nika Razpotnik Visković, Research Centre ofthe Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRCSAZU)
10:10 Past, current and future relevant actions in the Creative Europeprogramme
Karel Bartak, Head of Unit of the Creative Europe-Culture sub-programme, Education, Audiovisualand Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
10:30 Experience in practice Moderated discussionCase study tbc Region tbcHearing the Past: Auralisation Technology and the Development of aSense of Place for Visitors to Lichfield Cathedral
Anne Marie Beaumont, Senior Lecturer andCourse Leader in Music, University ofWolverhampton
Tourism Destination Manager Course: providing smart destinationsmanagement in an e-learning context – methodology proposed bythe VECTOR project
Melania Istrate, Institute for BusinessCompetitiveness of Castilla y León
11:15 Coffee break11:35 Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor – why should a city invest in
CCI?Valentina Montalto, DG Joint Research Centre, I.1European Commission
11:55 Call screening linked to Experience Economy: Horizon 2020
H2020 Societal Challenge 5-20-2019Transforming historic urban areas and/or cultural landscapes intohubs of entrepreneurship and social and cultural integration
Claudia Oliveira, Inclusive & Secure Societies -Creative Industries National Contact Point for Brussels Region
H2020 Societal Challenge 6 Transformations 3 – 2019Innovative solutions for inclusive and sustainable urbanenvironments
H2020 Societal Challenge 6 Transformations 4 – 2019Innovative approaches to urban and regional development throughcultural tourism
H2020 Societal Challenge 6 Transformations 11 – 2019Collaborative approaches to cultural heritage for social cohesion
12:35 Closing statements Piet Jaspaert, Vice-President, Europa Nostra12:50 Networking lunch with pitch-presentations of project ideas and partnering14 30 E d f th t
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