14 September 2018

Hallingdal – Oslo Region European Office

ERRIN History

2001Informal network

2004FP6 Project“Regions of Knowledge”

200860 regions

2006Relaunch with a

new organisational structure

2012 90 regions

+130

Organisational structure

ERRIN Secretariat

12 Thematic Working groups

Policy Working group

~ 130 Members

Management Board 15 Members

Chair and 2 vice-chairs

PIRITA LINDHOLM

DIRECTOR

RYAN TITLEYDIRECTOR OF

PROJETCS

ANETT RUSZANOV

PROJECT MANAGER

VERONICA CORNACCHIONE

COMMUNICATION OFFICER

ANNA TRANBERG

MEMBER RELATIONS OFFICER

ELIN MARTINSSONPROJECT OFFICER

HEIDI JOHANSSON

PROJECT OFFICER

RICHARD TUFFS

SENIOR ADVISOR

ERRIN’s objectives

• Members get their voices heard in Brussels • Members find each other • Strengthen the regional and local dimension in the EU Research and

Innovation policy and programs

PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS PROFILE POLICY

ERRIN creates close informal relationships with both members and external organisations

• We work as a liaison between members and partner organisations

• We facilitate the creation of new partnerships for our members

• We facilitate rapid knowledge exchange to the benefit of all partners

PARTNERSHIP

ERRIN provides networking opportunities for members to share project ideas, best practices, and personal contacts We support:• Regional collaboration• Consortium-building• Project developmentHow?• Project development / brokerage events• Partner search tool

PROJECTS

EXAMPLE: Upcoming call for regions for the InDemandProject

(about co-creating e-health solutions)

4 Days 54 project ideas discussed6 thematic breakout sessions530 participants from: 25 countries (4 extra EU: Turkey, Macedonia, Colombia, Ukraine) 89 European regions

EXAMPLEERRIN H2020 Project Development Week (20-23 November 2017)

10 partners of the event8 Working Groups involved

We are now following up to see• Who built consortium• Who is submitting• Who is successful (later on this year!)

PROJECTS

ERRIN strives to raise the profile of the whole network as well as of each member by:• Profiling members at events• Flagging up the competences of our members

EXAMPLES• 10 regions presented their regional innovation ecosystems at

an advocacy event on FP9 organised by ERRIN together with DG RTD

• ERRIN Management Board Member to present ERRIN position on future FP9 at the Committee of the Regions

PROFILE

ERRIN voices the position of regions and helps members get involved in and shape EU R&I policy How?• Position papers• Policy recommendationsWhat?• Introducing “placed based perspective” to the

European research and innovation policy and funding program

• Research and Innovation as part of the Cohesion Policy / Smart Specialisation 2.0

POLICY

Objectives of Tourism Working Group

Background: In 2017: Profile raising and re-positioning the WG towards EU Institutions.In 2018: Continue this work and a thematic focus on Experience Economy

Industry Day side-

event

•21/02/2018•Foster resilience of the

tourism industry through innovative value chain

ELIS

•Enhancing Excellence of Local Experience IndustrieS

•Interreg Europe proposal

EYCH 2018

•20/09/2018•Call + good practice

presentation•ICT, CCI and public

engagement

Tourism WG

1st semester of 2018 2nd semester of 2018

29/06: WG meeting on Innovative business models for smart destinations

20/09: EYCH official event Experience economy: a personalised and sustainable approach towards cultural heritage

Proposed regional case studies for European Tourism Day (7/11)

Nov/Dec (?): WG meeting on silver tourism

26/01: WG meeting on Tourism Manifesto and Joint Promotion Platform

21/02: Industry Day side event Foster resilience of the tourism industry through innovative value chain

23/05: Regional case study presentation at Green week (workshop on “Sustainable tourism for greener cities”)*

May onwards: Interreg Europe proposal building with 8 ERRIN members

* Only ws on tourism, organised by DG GROW and ENV

Activities

9:00 Registration9:30 How can tourism and culture create experience? Anna Athanasopoulou, Head of F4 Unit, DG

GROW, European Commission9:50 Innovation in Cultural Heritage Research - Culinary Heritage

Perspectivedr. Nika Razpotnik Visković, Research Centre ofthe Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRCSAZU)

10:10 Past, current and future relevant actions in the Creative Europeprogramme

Karel Bartak, Head of Unit of the Creative Europe-Culture sub-programme, Education, Audiovisualand Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)

10:30 Experience in practice Moderated discussionCase study tbc Region tbcHearing the Past: Auralisation Technology and the Development of aSense of Place for Visitors to Lichfield Cathedral

Anne Marie Beaumont, Senior Lecturer andCourse Leader in Music, University ofWolverhampton

Tourism Destination Manager Course: providing smart destinationsmanagement in an e-learning context – methodology proposed bythe VECTOR project

Melania Istrate, Institute for BusinessCompetitiveness of Castilla y León

11:15 Coffee break11:35 Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor – why should a city invest in

CCI?Valentina Montalto, DG Joint Research Centre, I.1European Commission

11:55 Call screening linked to Experience Economy: Horizon 2020

H2020 Societal Challenge 5-20-2019Transforming historic urban areas and/or cultural landscapes intohubs of entrepreneurship and social and cultural integration

Claudia Oliveira, Inclusive & Secure Societies -Creative Industries National Contact Point for Brussels Region

H2020 Societal Challenge 6 Transformations 3 – 2019Innovative solutions for inclusive and sustainable urbanenvironments

H2020 Societal Challenge 6 Transformations 4 – 2019Innovative approaches to urban and regional development throughcultural tourism

H2020 Societal Challenge 6 Transformations 11 – 2019Collaborative approaches to cultural heritage for social cohesion

12:35 Closing statements Piet Jaspaert, Vice-President, Europa Nostra12:50 Networking lunch with pitch-presentations of project ideas and partnering14 30 E d f th t

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