2. Performance of countries depends on all its regions (29/04/2022)
This spring, the European Commission published the Regional Competitiveness Index (RCI 2.0), a fully revised version of a now long-established tool that measures different competitiveness dimensions for all EU regions. The index was published for the first time in 2010 and since then it has been widely used in academia and in guiding regional EU investments. The index also offers the regional picture as part of the European Semester country reports, the EU’s policy coordination framework for a robust and future-proof economy.
1. Measuring innovation matters for the EU (02/05/2022)
Innovation plays an important role in tackling the most pressing social, economic and environmental challenges, such as climate change. This is why the European Commission puts tracking the European Union's innovation performance high on the agenda.
3. Meet Lorena Rivera León (12/04/2022)
Lorena is the co-editor of the Global Innovation Index (GII) and works as an economist at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). She acts as a Lead Research of the GII, including reviewing data, constructing and developing the analytical model, and undertaking related data computations.
