Resources
Good practice examples
Links
National
Germany
- Initiative Kooperation International
- Entwicklung von Kompetenzclustern und -netzen zu internationalen Kompetenzknoten
- Kurzstudie: Internationalisierung von Netzwerken
Spain (Valencian Region)
- SEIMED is the network of "Enterprise Europe Network" for the Comunitat Valenciana and Murcia Region. The Network offers support and advice to businesses across Europe and helps them make the most of the opportunities in the European Union.
- The Fundación Comunidad Valenciana-Región Europea is a non-profit foundation with the objective to promote the participation of all the sectors present in the Valencian Region in the European Union’s policies and to promote a better knowledge of these policies.
Introduction
Even though CRCs are usually regionally rooted, they work in international consortia and are part of international projects. Successful CRCs are nodes in international networks, for example as project managers, organizers of international events or members of international boards and organisations. Moreover, they are part of the international division of R&D&I labour, contribute to regional profiles and regional attractiveness and, therefore, players in global competition.
However, international cooperation does not only involve chances but also risks - IP violations, brain drain or the dilution of regional profiles are only a few buzzwords in this context. Thus, international cooperation appears to be a necessity that has to be well prepared and continuously monitored.