European Commission seminar. Evaluation of EU support to Research and Innovat...
Prime Corpakis Regions2006
1. Regional routes to the
knowledge economy
Knowledge Clusters for the
European Research Area
Dr Dimitri Corpakis,head of sector
DG RTD-M3
dimitri.corpakis@cec.eu.int
“PRIME” Stakeholders'Day, Paris 10 February 2006
13. Clustering the Europe
of Knowledge
• Focus on a revamped Lisbon Strategy that must deliver
– make Europe a more attractive place to live and work
– invest in knowledge and innovation for growth
– create more and better jobs
• Using all available instruments: the Structural Funds
(SF), the R&D Framework Programme (R&D FP) and
the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework
Programme (CIP) (plus other related initiatives)
• Cluster policy emerging as a common tool for the 3
policy areas and instruments / providing a cost-
effective flexible means for delivering Lisbon at
regional level
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