Islands of Innovation
May 6, 2011 0003 3 other publications
The geographic location of the islands regions and their functions as natural boundaries between Europe and third countries makes them strategic territories for the EU. Their structural handicaps, such as scarce resources and a small-scale market, makes their “periphery economy” more fragile than the bigger and better connected “mainland economies”. Taking into account these problems, the European Structural Funds encourage islands to adopt innovative technologies suited to their particularities. Developing in a sustainable way and integrating in the new information society economy without endangering their regional identity is a way of taking advantage of the islands’ potential. The "Islands of Innovation” presents the regional programmes of innovative actions of the “island regions”. The experiences of these regions provide an example to others of how regions, remote and with less favourable conditions, could thrive by promoting their “exclusive myth”.
The geographic location of the islands regions and their functions as natural boundaries between Europe and third countries makes them strategic territories for the EU. Their ...
