sm@rt region
The Sm@rt Region project aims at strengthening co-operation potentials between regional development units and their work environment in the regions involved in the project. The intensified co-operation should foster spatial integration. This will be achieved by applying a Knowledge and Information Manager (KIM) model which will be developed after an intensive analysis and survey of the participating regions. The main tasks and duties of the KIM model are to provide a comprehensive overview of development processes on different levels (regional, national, interregional bi- and multi-lateral) and to address potential areas of regional development in an integrative manner. The KIM model will be anchored in the participating regions and transferred to an enlarged network of project partner organisations, thus contributing to overcoming regional disparities between candidate states and EU Member States as well as other countries. The main objective of the project is to tackle regional imbalances within the CADSES area as well as imbalances between rural and urban areas by fostering and supporting the co-operation potential between small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and local administrations as well as other stakeholders. The project should support regional economies by setting up methods for interregional sector and transsector co-operation between economic, scientific, administrative and technological resources. Moreover, the promotion of innovation, education, training, research and development is a further objective.