Sharing strategies for European Research and Innovation Infrastructures
INNO  INFRA SHARE – Sharing Strategies for European Research and Innovation Infrastructures aims at improving efficiency and impact of the policies addressed to the exploitation of Research and Innovation Infrastructures (RII) for economic and social growth. Almost all EU regions encompass strategies on RII and in most cases Structural Funds measures address this topic and invest to start new research and innovation facilities, to enhance existing ones and to improve their exploitation for the benefit of the business sector. The project aims at developing appropriate solutions to improve RII governance, management, visibility, accessibility by companies in particular SMEs and with reference to KETs, which will improve the 8 policy instruments addressed. The partnership shares the goal to exploit local assets and investigate business models for long-term sustainability taking into account also possible synergies of 2014-2020 funds (e.g. EISF and H2020). Moreover, the focus will be on networking RII and promote collaboration opportunities, also at the international level, to better unleash their potential as enabler of competitiveness and growth for both local firms and foreign users and partners, adding a market-driven dimension to the research and technology one.
The partnership covers 8 European regions with common RIS3 priorities and will undertake a learning process, involving regional and national stakeholders, to get to a better understanding of the potential and needs of RII located in their areas, get advantage of successful experiences, learn from each other and share ideas and suggestions. The mutual learning will contribute to the design and implementation of 8 Action plans in respective territories to improve policy instruments performances and results, including new actions, projects, tools, governance mechanisms and networking, with the main target of increasing the number of companies accessing to RII and collaborating with research organizations.