BSR InnoReg activities

Local workshops and transnational training for business development organisations

Local workshops and transnational training on future challenges and selected themes such as global networking, new innovation environments, creative culture and innovative financing tools, were organised for selected business development organisations (BDOs) of the participating regions. During the project, altogether four transnational training modules (TTM) were organised in order to bring together different BDOs and support them in their strategic development.

TTM1: Seinäjoki, Finland, October 2009
TTM2: Tartu, Estonia, March 2010
TTM3: Riga, Latvia, September 2010
TTM4: Rostock, Germany, March 2011

Baltic Innovation Policy Memorandum for decision-makers

One of the main outputs of BSR InnoReg is the Baltic Innovation Policy Memorandum. The Memorandum was discussed with local and regional decision-makers in the Baltic InnoReg Forum in Riga 18 June 2010. Based on the project results, the Memorandum includes identified strengths, shared competence needs and innovation policy recommendations. It will support the participating regions in elaborating their innovation support policies according to the shared development view. The Memorandum was launched in the Baltic Innovation Policy Seminar in Brussels 16 June 2011.

Handbook on innovation support practices

The partner regions developed and tested selected innovation support tools and practices. These tools aim at promoting user-driven innovation, start-up financing and utilization of students in innovation processes. The experiences were collected into a Handbook on Innovation Support Tools & Practices.