Innovation Cooperation (PRO INNO Europe ®)
PRO INNO Europe ® is an initiative which aims to become the focal point for innovation policy analysis, learning and development in Europe, with the view to learning from the best and contributing to the development of new and better innovation policies in Europe.
The initiative brings together public actors responsible for innovation with a view to fostering transnational cooperation on support for innovation through various instruments.
Launched in 2006, PRO INNO Europe ® has supported closer cooperation between innovation policy makers at different levels, thus contributing to the creation of a European Innovation Space. New innovation policy concepts were jointly developed and tested, helping improve their efficiency and speed up their implementation throughout Europe.
In 2009, new actions will be launched, focusing on specific priority areas, such as clusters, eco-innovation and services. The identification and further dissemination of "good practice" is no longer sufficient. To make real progress, participating countries and regions have to work closer together in search of "better practice" in support of innovation and subsequently apply these ideas.
The actions closely reflect the recommendations of the Communication, "Putting knowledge into practice: A broad-based innovation strategy for the EU" 
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