STRENGTHENING THE IMPACT OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION POLICIES IN REGIONS
The Agency for the diffusion of innovation technologies of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Department for Economic Development and Cohesion of the Ministry of Economic Development have promoted an interactive workshop (Innovation Cafè) to analyse the results of the first phase of the programme to “Sustain research and innovation policies within Regions”. The workshop has involved over seventy coordinators of innovation policies within Regions, Agencies and Ministries involved in the programme. The analysis and focused idea generation was designed and facilitated by FUTOUR and centered on innovation support policies for companies, collaboration between research, academia and industry, on public procurement of innovation, impact assessment and indicators to measure the results of technology foresight. From 2012 the Agency for Innovation has been incorporated by the national Agency for Digital Italy.