P AVING THE WAY FOR JOINT ACTIONS IN THE D ANUBE R EGION : S HARING GOOD PRACTICES AND IDENTIFYING SYNERGIES IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION SUPPORT 4th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region Ulm, Recommendations 1)Reinforced policy dialogue among regional stakeholders 2)Enhanced involvement in the implementation of EUSDR 3)Extending joint programmes 4)Practical support to the RI community 5)Strengthened dialogue along the academia industry government axis Most Relevant Priorities of EUSDR PA7: To develop the Knowledge Society (research, education and ICT) By 2020 To invest 3% of GDP in research and development To increase the number of patents obtained in the Region by 50% To reach 20% of academic mobility Greater share of EU population between with tertiary education aiming towards 40% Broadband access to all EU citizens in the region by 2013 PA8: To support the competitiveness of enterprises To establish cluster network for EUSDR To improve vocational training subject to participation by the private sector To improve technology transfer Better use of environmental technologies How to achieve these goals? One Option is to Reinforce Triple Helix Partnerships Academia (HEI, research institutes) Government (EU, national, regional) Industry (companies, SMEs) Dynamic partnerships among relatively equal institutional spheres Overlapping roles Cost-effective way to achieve concrete results in a short term Possible activities within the Triple Helix partnerships Industry Academia (HEI, research institutes) Government (EU, national, regional) Industry (companies, SMEs) Government Knowledge and technology transfer from centres of excellence Dual educational programmes (industry masters, PhDs) Demand driven researches Joint projects targeting EU funds Consultancy by governmental agences for companies Targeted programmes to use academia knowledge Transnational clustering, harmonized dialogue Demand driven researches Etc Academia Supplemented with the participation of the civil sphere user oriented innovation models Social innovation Sustainable intelligent living Co-creation Etc. Thank you for your attention! Virg Zsr Regional Centre for Information and Scientific Development, RCISD