By Françoise Chotard ERRIN Director of the Ile

By Françoise Chotard ERRIN Director of the Ile de France Europe office, Management Board member of ERRIN

ERRIN – in brief… q q q q Brussels-based Platform 130+ member regions Focus on research and innovation 14 Thematic Working Groups Shaping policy Supporting project development Expertise in Smart Specialisation ü ü 4 P approach: Profile Partnerships Projects Policy

ERRIN Purpose q To contribute to and shape European Research and Innovation Policy from a place-based (city/regional) perspective. q To promote research and innovation as key drivers of a competitive EU economy contributing to economic, social and territorial well-being. q To support regional and other place-based stakeholders improve their research and innovation capacity through the construction of effective regional research and innovation ecosystems.

What our members say about ERRIN is the best regional network on EU level ERRIN is a key network for EU regions in Brussels. Thank you very much for the great work achieved by the ERRIN Secretariat! ERRIN is an excellent Network for creating valuable and lasting personal contacts! WHEB has benefited from being an active member of ERRIN which has provided a strong and stable framework for building working relationship with other regions. *Member Survey 2017 ERRIN is the best thematic network in Brussels dealing with research and innovation in a very comprehensive way. A real added value for Brussels based European Regions I am very happy with ERRIN team members. They are really nice, quick and effective. My very best congratulations to the ERRIN team!!! And many more…

ERRIN DNA Raising capacity Visibility Essential contacts Trust & Confidence Voicing positions Partners & projects Mutual learning Information & Intelligence Sharing knowledge Developing networks

ERRIN Four Ps Influencing EU Research & Innovation Policy • Policy papers - Position paper on FP 9 - Cohesion Policy -Urban Agenda - Smart Specialisation • Network • Working with members • Partner searches on website Policy • Project Brokerage events Partnership • Joint events • Mo. Us -Quebec, KIC, etc. - ‘Going Green in 17’ - Brokerage Week Nov Projects Supporting project development and engaging ERRIN regions in EU projects Profile • 4 events per week Raising the profile of ERRIN and member regions in Brussels

ERRIN Working Groups 2017 Energy & Climate Change Bio-economy/ Food & Agri Health Water / Process Industry Transport Smart Cities Tourism Advanced manufacturing / Nano Blue Growth Design & Creativity ICT Opening Science Innovation & Investment Smart Specialisation Policy

ERRIN Working Groups Insight in policy developments Policy Contact with EU institutions - speakers Brokerage sessions for our WGs Regional presentations Regional interests & competences Profile Working Group Projects Visibility Consortium building Project dissemination Well connected to other networks Mutual learning Partnership Strategic Organisation Open nature

ERRIN and Policy Overview o Policy WG o FP 9 WG to develop position (June 2017) o Good links to the future Co. R opinion on FP 9 o ERRIN input to the Co. R Cohesion Opinion o ERRIN Ten points on Smart Specialisation

Collaborating between regions – adding European value Region A Region B Expand Interreg Europe post 2020 FP 9 Smart Speciali sation ERDF Strengthen S 3 Thematic Platforms: Energy; Agrifood; Industrial modernisation Encourage Strategic Cluster partnerships Support Value Chain Initiatives

ERRIN - connectivity JPI Advisory and Sounding Boards EU institutions Smart Specialisation Mirror Group SWAFS Advisory Group ERA Stakeholder Platform Networks and Boards Mo. Us EURADA Director Projects Comms Working Groups DG RTD DG Growth DG CONNECT DG REGIO Members Projects

Contacts and events q Broad overview of research and innovation from a regional dimension o . ü Work with a wide range of partners ü Link different agendas and stakeholders ü Active organisation 4 events per week in 2017 (Jan- June)

Profile Event Design Days 2017 esign Mode and D and sels Fashion Brus orm Design Platf er -20 Septemb 19 2017 nts 20 participa +1 expected How can design he lp regions and cities counter problems local ?

ERRIN activities June 2017 q q q 1 st-2 nd June: ERRIN at Smart Regions Conference – Helsinki 6 th June: ERRIN presents to FP 9 High Level Group 6 th-7 th June: UNALAB Project Kick-Off Tampere 8 th June: STOA eventg on health systems (with SPARKS project) 12 th-16 th June: ERRIN delegation to Quebec 13 th June: SET Plan workshop 14 th June: ICT WG: Robotics event 19 th. June: Pilots 4 U kick-off meeting in Gent 19 th June : Tourism WG 19 th June: Bioeconomy WG 19 th June: Smart Specialisation WG 20 th ADMA WG: Advanced Manufacturing and Renewable Energy

ERRIN activities June 2017 (2) 21 st June: Energy WG – energy storage (EUSEW side event) 21 st June: ERRIN AGM 22 nd June: EUSEW Smart Cities Lighthouse event 22 nd June: Energy systems for smart mobility 22 nd June: Energy in Horizon 2020 (with EEN 26 th-27 th June: ERRIN at Cohesion Forum, Brussels 27 th June: Wolverhampton University and ERRIN – Brain workshop q 29 th-30 th June: WIRE Conference in Kosice q q q q

ERRIN activities 2017 July o 3 rd ERRIN at HLG on FP 9 Conference o 4 th Water WG o 4 th-5 th ERRIN at ‘Thinking Smart’ Advisory Board, Milan September o Innovation and Investment WG o 15 th Circular Economy WG o 19 th-21 st Design Days, at Mode and Design Centre, Brussels October o 9 th-12 th ERRIN moderates two events in Week of Cities and Regions (Open Days) o 9 th-12 th ERRIN /POLIS event on transport o 26 th ICT as enabler for Smart Cities November o 20 th - 23 rd Brokerage Week o Late 2017 Cultural Heritage events

ERRIN Communication Weekly newsletter E-alert Update on latest information from the web Add your partner searches Find new partnerships Calendar with EU activities Partner Search Website WGs Visibility News Supporting material Subscribe for WGs of interest Directory My ERRIN Create an account Overview of profile

How ERRIN can help you… Use ERRIN for early information on policy and funding opportunities from working groups and weekly e-alert Intelligence Use ERRIN to put forward ideas, find potential partners via the ERRIN website partner search or Working Groups and develop winning project proposals together Policy influencing ERRIN Use ERRIN to gain critical mass and expertise in developing policy ideas Profile raising Project development 33 % of our members have received EU funding for 2+ projects thanks to ERRIN services Use ERRIN to raise your profile in Brussels and publicise your activities and events

Richard Tuffs Director director@errin. eu Ryan Titley Strategic Planning Manager ryan. titley@errin. eu Anett Ruszanov Projects Manager projects@errin. eu Pernille Dagoe Junior Member Relations Manager members@errin. eu Veronica Cornacchione Junior Communications Manager Communication@errin. eu Nordic House 3 rue du Luxembourg B-1000 Brussels Tel +32 2 503 3554 www. errinnetwo rk. eu @ERRINNetwork ERRIN Group