UIC - Uppsala Innovation Centres inlägg

Seven years ago, EurA AG’s 📍 Portugal office was born with a shared passion for international projects management and helping startups and businesses scale. 🎉 Today, I'm proud to share some of our key milestones: 🌐 Innovation Ecosystems: Our team coordinates innovation ecosystems across Europe, having organised ✔️300 activities that impacted ✔️5,000 entrepreneurs and scale-ups 🌍 Global Synergies: We are expanding our reach and fostering synergies between #Europe, #LatinAmerica, the #Caribbean, and #Africa 💡 EU Institutions Projects: We successfully managed and developed numerous large-scale projects for EU Institutions, with a significant focus on the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency, and DG Connect. 👉 All of these achievements are a testament to the incredible work of our team, whose dedication has seen us 10x in size over the past seven years. Here's to a fantastic year ahead, filled with value-driven results for our clients, and many more successes to come! Thank you for being part of our journey! #EurAAG #EurAInnovationEcosystems

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💡 The Department of Local Economy and Employment of San Sebastian, through our partner Donostia Sustapena - Fomento San Sebastián, has unveiled the #InnovationPlan2024 to address the city's future challenges. 📈 #SanSebastian is now a City of Science and Innovation, with 29 centers in the Basque Science and Technology Network. With €3M dedicated to promoting innovation, this new plan will be deployed in 5 action lines: 1️⃣ Promoting municipal #PublicInnovation 2️⃣ City as a Node of #InnovativeEntrepreneurship 3️⃣ #ScienceCity and Innovation Platform 4️⃣ Projects for the professional development of Local #YoungTalent 5️⃣ International Positioning of the City as an #InnovationHub 🔎 Read the full news on our website: https://lnkd.in/eVU3FFSV #SKALE2CT #InterregEurope #CityOfScience #EconomicDevelopment #Sustainability #UrbanTransformation #LocalTalent #Entrepreneurship #TechnologyTransfer #GlobalHub Interreg Europe · ANI | Agência Nacional de Inovação · Grenoble-Alpes Métropole · Donostia Sustapena - Fomento San Sebastián · Città metropolitana di Torino · Pannon Business Network · Latvijas Tirdzniecības un rūpniecības kamera · Ekonomikas ministrija/ Ministry of Economics · SERN - Startup Europe Regions Network

🌟 Exciting News Alert! We made it to the finals!🌟 Our biotech project has made it to the finals of a prestigious talent and entrepreneurship event in China! The joy and pride among our global team spread across North America, Europe, and the Middle East, is immeasurable. Especially after pouring our hearts and soul into groundbreaking biotech innovations. Even though we celebrated this milestone virtually, the energy was palpable! 🌏 And guess what? We're now gearing up for our journey, diving into visa applications. With business travels to China resuming, I'm thrilled to set foot there again after my last visit in Dec 2019 - way too long! Presenting in person means the world to us. Of course, we aim for gold !🏆 But the real win?  That is seeing Europe-China collaborations gaining momentum once more. This renewed synergy signifies hope for many SMEs facing challenges in Europe. It's a testament that European companies should embrace global possibilities with open arms. Here's to new horizons! 🚀 After the event, I will take one day off to visit the beautiful Didang Lake Park in Shaoxing. With its rich cultural heritage and breathtaking landscape, Zhejiang province is worth seeing by tourists too. #TeamworkMakesTheDreamWork #GlobalOpportunities #startup #StartupInsights #BioTech #MedTech #NetworkingOpportunities #innovationcircle #BusinessInnovation #LeadershipLessons #BestPractices #ThoughtLeadership #Zhejiang #china #innovation #innovationcircle Ideations - Connecting Knowledge. SilkRoad Cooperation

Puerto Rico's long-standing economic strengths in advanced manufacturing, especially in pharmaceuticals and medical devices, alongside its bioscience and aerospace industries, have solidified its position as an innovator. With a skilled workforce and strategic geographic positioning, the island has emerged as a leader in some of these fields. However, I must say it is also exciting to observe both Invest Puerto Rico and DDEC as they spearhead the construction of an innovation-driven economy. Leveraging the island's unique advantages, they are nurturing a deep-tech startup ecosystem and rolling out targeted programs to drive the development, expansion, and adoption of critical climate technologies across vital sectors such as Energy, Logistics, and Industry. These strategic initiatives are poised to revolutionize Puerto Rico's economic matrix in the coming years!

Regional innovation strategies are crucial as they leverage local strengths and resources, fostering tailored solutions that address specific economic and social challenges unique to each region. Though the context was Sweden, Sigrid Hedin's keen analysis made me believe that this approach can work on a Caribbean level. However, Jamacia is the only member of CARICOM that has a national innovation policy which makes promoting collaboration among local governments, businesses, and academic institutions to enhance the region's competitive advantage and drive sustainable economic growth, difficult and done on an ad hoc basis. Which other five Caribbean countries do you think will be the “first” to develop national innovation policies to strategically build and manage their innovation ecosystems?

💡 It's all about the power of innovation! 🤝 Nordic Edge aims to create innovative strength for our members. Our activities and priorities are centered around paving the way for innovation and innovators. Continued growth in memberships indicates that more and more people recognize the value of cluster communities and the benefits of collaborating on innovation, networking, and competence development. 💚 We are well into the new year, and we have put together an annual report using both insights and highlights from the past year as a guide for what we will focus on more in 2024. So check it out! https://lnkd.in/dQcyETBG Terje, Trygve, Gunnar, Randi, Emilie, Solveig, Caroline, Malin, Bjarne, Steinar, Anette, Andreas

🥳Now, it’s time to meet our #IamPitching competition participants. In this post, we introduce DEPO from Poland. 🚀 DEPO's innovative amorphous carbon technology reshapes manufacturing with diamond-like durability and conductivity, cutting costs and boosting efficiency in hydrogen production. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dqB3SrQu Click on the video to open it on YouTube then hit the thumbs-up button on the startup’s video pitch to support them in winning special prizes in the program. 🏆🥇 The organisers: OUVC - Venture Capital & Venture Studio, Accelpoint, Insane Business Ideas, Rivne IT Cluster The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe. #InnovationJourney #ProfessionalDevelopment #Entrepreneurship #MentorshipMagic #VisegradFund