Universities and Regional Innovation

EU-DRIVERS: Universities and Regional Innovation, A Toolkit to Assist with Building Collaborative Partnerships. 2012. Brussels: European Centre for Strategic Management of Universities.

EU-DRIVERS, a structural network project funded by the European Commission and managed by the European Centre for Strategic Management of Universities, has published Universities and Regional Innovation: A toolkit to assist with building collaborative partnerships.
This report cites case studies suggesting that key to building the capacity of regional partnerships are key individuals in universities, business and public authorities who have the knowledge (know what) and skills (know how) to work across the boundaries of their organisations, to be effective boundary spanners.
Chapters of the report include: The pilot innovation partnership projects; Building a community of practice; Overcoming barriers to the development of strong regional partnerships; and Creating and sustaining spaces.
The key task for the EU-Drivers for a Regional Innovation Platform has been to establish and pilot a methodology to support capacity building for collaborative working in current regional projects involving universities, business and public authorities. For more information, follow this link.