INTERREG III B CADSES PROJECT BOOK - Infocooperare

Smart Regionsm@rt regionwww.smartregion.netProject DescriptionThe Sm@rt Region project aims at strengtheningco-operation potentials between regional developmentunits and their work environment in theregions involved in the project. The intensified cooperationshould foster spatial integration. Thiswill be achieved by applying a Knowledge andInformation Manager (KIM) model which will bedeveloped after an intensive analysis and surveyof the participating regions. The main tasks andduties of the KIM model are to provide a comprehensiveoverview of development processes ondifferent levels (regional, national, interregional biandmulti-lateral) and to address potential areasof regional development in an integrative manner.The KIM model will be anchored in the participatingregions and transferred to an enlarged networkof project partner organisations, thus contributingto overcoming regional disparities betweencandidate states and EU Member States as well asother countries.Smart Region links regional development units to fosterspatial integrationThe main objective of the project is to tackle regionalimbalances within the CADSES area as wellas imbalances between rural and urban areas byfostering and supporting the co-operation potentialbetween small- and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs) and local administrations as well as otherstakeholders. The project should support regionaleconomies by setting up methods for interregionalsector and transsector co-operation between economic,scientific, administrative and technologicalresources. Moreover, the promotion of innovation,education, training, research and development is afurther objective.Project Meeting of Smart RegionResults and EffectsSm@rt Region will provide a new, standardised cooperationtool based on the introduction of a KIMmodel to enhance the transnational, inter-sectoralco-operation potential of regional SMEs to supportsustainable spatial development at this level. Thetool can be transferred and used by other regions,too. Further expected results are as follows:i Survey on the status quo of thematic regionalnetworking in order to check interregional cooperationpotentials for assigning Knowledgeand Information Managers,i Pilot applications in four European regions tostandardise a concept of the installation of aKnowledge and Information Mangers, includingtraining and a manual,i Increased co-operation between the regions ingeneral, and an increased amount of co-operationsespecially of SMEs in the service sector,also providing new jobs,i Co-operation in different fields, such as jointcross-cultural learning, interregional project developmentand innovation processes on regionaldevelopment,i Common project website which provides astandardised and tested concept for installing aKnowledge and Information Manager.DurationStart ....................................................... 10/2005End ......................................................... 03/2008Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,050,000.00thereof ERDF ......................................660,000.00EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerScientific Research Centre Bistra PtujSlovenski trg 62250 PtujSLOVENIAContact PersonDr. Bojan PahorTel +386 2 748 02 50Fax +386 2 748 02 60E-Mail bojan@bistra.si0 200 kmProject PartnersAustriaMind Consult & Research Ltd, GrazGovernment of Styria, GrazCroatiaThe City of Osijek, OsijekCroatian Chamber of Economy - County Chamber Varaždin,VarazdinGermanyReFIT r.s., JenaWirtschaftsverband Gera – Ronneburg 2007 e.V., GeraHungaryEntrepreneurs Centre of Somogy County Public Foundation,KaposvárEnterprise Development Foundation of Tolna County, SzekszárdItalyEuro Info Centre IT 378 Veneto, MargheraSerbiaCentre for Strategic Economic Studies “Vojvodina-CESS”,Novi SadSlovakiaRegional Advisory and Information Centre Presov (RAICPresov), PresovRegional State Department in Presov, PresovSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTMEASURE 1.1SloveniaGEA College of Entrepreneurship, PiranINTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK33