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Activities envisaged by Innodec

INNODEC envisages four major actions

1° step: NETWORK AMONG PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS
The creation of a network involving in primis the local Public Administrations consists in realising a series of International thematic meetings in the different territories partnering - Athens, Granada, Klaipeda, Lucca - in order
a. to emphasize the regional and local policies finalised to support an economy based on knowledge and technological innovation
b. to analyse and compare the difficulties that Administrations usually have in evaluating the local innovation degree by the use of the existent indicators
c. to present former local economic systems’ experiences in the innovation field (i.e. within the Regional Programmes of Innovative Actions, V Framework Pogramme, other pilot actions in field of regional development, etc. ...)

2° action: INNOVATION BALANCE
Taking in to consideration all different local needs emerged in the course of the International meetings technical partners will carry out studies and researches.
More specifically, the University of Pisa on the basis of socio-economic data will elaborate a document called the innovation balance. Being a scientific lecture of the innovation dynamics it will serve as a guide for local policy makers’ public policies planning towards innovation. In the future it could be of great benefit to periodically update it, every 2 years at least.
In order to success this goal a Technical Scientific Committee has been created, whose specific task is to test the quality of the disposable data. Following a bottom- up approach, civil society, enterprises, Universities and local stakeholders will be involved in the socio-economic data survey.
The Labein Foundation Technological Centre will realise the second knowledge tool with the advanced methodology of Geographic Information System (GIS) map, providing Public Administrations an friendly graphic visualisation of the innovation degree within each considered territory.

3° action: THE DREAM
Through a cultural awareness oriented to innovation, involving Universities, civil society, enterprises system, it will be possible to achieve a “dream” indicating possible scenarios and challenges. The awareness will be realised through:
a. a constant recognition of innovative experiences (what exists)
b. a deep observation of the cases of excellence
c. the individuation, promotion and “agreement” of the next possible scenarios (challenges and dream)
This approach will consent to define the new tendencies towards innovation. To achieve this specific goal the EASW - European Awareness Scenario Workshop -participative methodology will be used. With regard to EASW, it’s foreseen to supply partners with a guide, to realise a pilot workshop in order to explain and test this kind of participative methodology and organise a series of local workshops in each territory to optimise cohesion policy’ supports for local development through a wide participation of local actors.

4° step: PLANNING
The main activities taken place during the first three moments might bring to the establishment of a range of relationships among enterprises, administrators, citizens and companies and stimulate to plan other projects that, through appropriate funding, will consent to carry out the policy of promoting innovation building at local level.
All the Innodec’s outcomes will be spread by the activity of diffusion and information which will be realised following the indications of an appropriate Communication Plan.
At the end of the activities is foreseen an International Congress where the results of the project will be presented, especially the new innovation instrument for the partners territories.