To promote European cooperation through trans-regional and international projects

To analyse and communicate EU policies and strategies to make better use of European politics and institutions

To better exploit
the synergies between Community programmes
and funds (e.g. how the Structural Funds support Research and Innovation
and vice versa)

To generate strategic projects, such as multi-programme area projects
and Regional Framework Operations

To build Trans-European networks to enhance the exchange of experience
and knowledge, information and innovation

 












To strengthen the
dialogue between the levels of European politics:
the Community level, the national level and the regional/local level

To initiate transregional European public-private partnerships

To improve the competitiveness
of places and spaces
 
 

 

Annual Summit 2006 in Helsinki