Developing an Alpine Space Research, Development and Innovation by lowering barriers for cross-regional cooperation


Title of the project: Developing an Alpine Space Research, Development and Innovation by lowering barriers for cross-regional cooperation

Acronym: ARDIA-Net

Funding source: Interreg Alpine Space Programme

Implementation period: 2019 – 2022

Description:  

Ardia-Net aims to develop a multilevel, multinational and coherent Alpine RDI Area for cross-regional and interdisciplinary cooperation and implement a joint funding framework and pilot projects, addressing circular bioeconomy and health economy megatrends. ARDIA-Net project is led by BIOPRO Baden-Wurttemberg and involves 7 other partners located in 6 different Alpine regions. ARDIA-Net tackles a common challenge to many Alpine Space (AS) regions: the excellent AS innovation hot spots operate in a disconnected way since there is a lack of a multilevel transnational governance for a cross-regional S3 approach. S3 across the AS relies on existing capacities in relevant priority areas, such as digitization, agro-food, health, materials, which represent huge synergy potentials at cross-regional level. For this reason, actors should cooperate transnationally along the value chains to have an impact and implement the macro-regional strategies, such as EUSALP.

Link to the website:  https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/ardia-net/en/home