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Innovation for Welfare

http://www.innovation4welfare.eu/

Project takes place from October 1st 2008 - September 30th 2012.

Innovation 4 Welfare (I4W) is a European interregional project. I4W aimes at improving the effectiveness of regional development policies that stimulate technology-driven innovation in the field of health and safety ("welfare").

In this way Innovation 4 Welfare directly addresses two EU-objectives:
- it stimulates innovation with the aim to improve economic competitiveness as defined in the Lisbon agenda;
- it stimulates the creation of new products and services in the field of health related issues.

Subprojects

Innovation 4 Welfare focuses on the analysis, development and transfer of good practices in a limited number of carefully selected subprojects. A call for proposals will be organised to invite local/regional stakeholders to participate in the subprojects.

Only public and equivalent bodies are eligible to receive project funding. In the case of I4W the subproject participants will be technology centers, universities, hospitals, local authorities, etc. Since one of the objectives of I4W is stimulating business development in the participating regions, the subprojects will cooperate with regional SMEs which will also benefit from the project results.

Partner Regions:

• Lead Partner Acc10 from Spain
• Cestec S.p.A from Italy
• OÖ. Technologie- und Marketinggesellschaft m.b.H. from Austria
• Provincie Noord-Brabant from the Netherlands
• Regional Development Agency of South Bohemia RERA from Czech Republic
• and Tartu Science Park from Estonia

More information

If you are interested in (participating in) the Innovation 4 Welfare project please contact one of us and check your potential cooperation partners on the online matching tool.

Project Manager in Tartu Science Park -
Seren Eilmann
tel: 747 5455
e-mail: seren.eilmann@teaduspark.ee.

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