Enhancing Agri-food and logistics innovation through capacity building and interregional collaboration across continental Europe and Outermost regions
Meet STARRISE: Igniting Innovation for SMEs in Continental Europe and Beyond!
Explore a transformative journey towards innovation and value chain excellence tailored for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the areas of “Logistics” and “Agri-food” innovation!
Starting from our consortium of diverse EU and outermost regions (Latvia, Canary Islands – Spain, Portugal – Norte, Martinique – France, Central Macedonia – Greece, Nord-Vest – Romania), together with an expert partner from Düsseldorf – Germany, we are here to foster increased collaboration and innovation within each region and then among the stakeholders of the various regions.
CAPACITY BUILDING &
INTERREGIONAL COLLABORATION
The three pillars of STARRISE
1.
Build a strong SME STARRISE coalition through the Consortium
Actions: Innovation Performance Benchmarking; Competence Assessment Mapping; Training.
2.
Capacity building on innovation management and innovation investment for RISING SMEs
Actions: Training of regional SMEs in innovation management and innovation investment; individual mentoring and coaching.
3.
Building innovation ecosystems for RISING STARS
Actions: ecosystem building workshops and ecosystem facilitating activities.
Project impacts
Increased knowledge and capacity for regional innovation ecosystems
Increased collaboration between stakeholders
More significant participation in EU value chains
Improved governance structures for regional innovation ecosystems
STARRISE is for…
Other stakeholders of the regional ecosystems, such as:
– Clusters; business associations; chambers of commerce and industry
– Innovation agencies; research organisations
– Public authorities
– NGOs and consumers associations
Other relevant stakeholders at local, regional, national and EU level
General public, especialy in the participating regions