| Full Title: | Regional Economic Development by ICT / New Media Cluster |
| Project Type: | Coordination and support action (Support) |
| S/T Area: | ICT |
| Purpose: | Bringing benefits of research to SMEs |
| Project objectives: |  Map and exchange all critical issues in the field of ICT/New Media cluster – development in the regions involved, in order to compose the best strategy and action-plan to strengthen the economic competitiveness in the region, with a clear focus on role and potential of SMEs.The project will assess several existing practices for innovation systems and regional knowledge flow to SMEs in the regions, will confront this with a framework of reference and will identify a practical, tailor-made strategy and action-plan (JAP) for RTD-related measures. In the project clusters are defined in a broad sense:
The Bucharest cluster will be considered as a mentoring region because the new legislative framework is being implemented, harmonized with the EU law framework (such as: e-signature law, e-commerce law, data protection law, law on scientific and technological parks, law on scientific research and technological development) to foster the fast developing software industry. |
| Project Manager: | Mr. Edwin OSKAM City of Amsterdam, Department of Economic Affairs |
| Consortium: | The proposal brings together 6 regions and clusters (18 partners): Amsterdam, Berlin, Bucharest, Copenhagen, Dublin and Paris. Romanian Partners: BEIA Consult International (http://www.beia.ro) University “POLITEHNICA” of Bucharest (www.upb.ro) (http://www.upb.ro) Centrul National de Management Programe (http://www.cnmp.ro) |
| Duration: | 2008 – 2009 |
| Project Financing: | FP7-REGIONS-2007-1 |