Regions

As the European Commission cranks up its work on the new European Research Area, regions are pushing for greater influence in the design process

A new instrument in the EU’s largest funding programme will enable member states to use regional funds to co-invest in research and innovation

Shift to using regional funds for near-market research will undermine fundamental research in countries with small national R&D budgets. The European Commission is ‘misjudging the needs of less developed regions’

Regional innovation rankings would be a better reflection of what is happening on the ground if local data was used instead of extrapolating from national figures