8 March 2013 Regional Innovation Monitor Thematic Paper 6 Innovation Policy in Metropolitan Areas: addressing societal challenges in functional regions Regional Innovation Monitor Thematic Paper 6 Innovation Policy in Metropolitan Areas: addressing societal challenges in functional regions UNU-MERIT René Wintjes, Serdar Turkeli and Florian Henning In association with: Fraunhofer ISI & Technopolis Group To the European Commission Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General Directorate D – Industrial Innovation and Mobility Industries Preface The research for this report was undertaken by UNU-MERIT for Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry in the framework of the project ‘Regional Innovation Monitor’ (Contract No. ENTR/09/32). This thematic paper is the product of a desk research. It takes into account material from the RIM baseline regional profiles; innovation measures repository as well as the regional governance and policy survey which was all developed in the framework of the RIM project. The report has been written by René Wintjes, Serdar Turkeli, and Florian Henning (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University). RIM provides detailed information on regional innovation policies for 20 EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The core of the RIM service is a knowledge base of information on some 200 regions. European Commission official responsible for the project is Alberto Licciardello (
[email protected]). For further information about the Regional Innovation Monitor and access to the full range of information on regional innovation policies, please visit the RIM website at: http://www.rim-europa.eu Disclaimer It should be noted that the content and conclusions of this report do not necessarily represent the views of the European Commission.