Innovate in the Pilsen Region (www.inovujtevpk.cz) - this is the name of the new web portal that helps to make the situation in the area of science, research and innovation in the region more transparent. The web is supported by a YouTube channel of the same name, where you can find a complete record of a successful conference Where the Pilsen Region is heading - a smart specialization strategy, which took place at the Techmania Science Center, Plzeň, in October 2017.
"The Pilsen Region is truly specific. We are a region both industrial and rural. But it is industry that will continue to support us. And those who want to survive in the industry must be innovative. Although we belong among the champions in the Czech Republic from the point of view of the economy performance, we’d rather compare ourselves with the Upper Palatinate, which is only seventy kilometres away," says President of the Pilsen Region Josef Bernard.
The Plzeň Region is involved in the SMART ACCELERATOR project, which aims to put more emphasis on creativity, communication and regional and international cooperation in relation to research, development and innovation. Currently, the Regional Development Agency of the Pilsen Region is preparing a new Regional Innovation Strategy of the Pilsen Region (RIS 3 PK), where new tools for its implementation will be defined, and there is also significant work on improving marketing. This is also related to the creation of a new web portal.
"The website www.inovujtevpk.cz aims to present basic information about the region's innovative infrastructure, the main actors of the innovation system and research capacities. The site also provides the Regional Innovation Strategy of the Pilsen Region as well as the key documents for the support of research, development and innovation at the national level. Our goal is also to present interesting teams and projects, and to gradually increase interest in applying the research findings in innovative companies," says Filip Uhlík, Regional and Development Agency Director of the Pilsen Region.
"We want to show through the Smart Accelerator project, in which the region is involved, that our region is innovative, that we are not afraid of new technologies, that we support science, research and innovation. We want the Pilsen Region to be perceived not only as a beer region but also as a region where smart technologies are being developed," adds Ivo Grüner, Deputy of the President of the Pilsen Region for EU Funds and informatics.
Smart Accelerator of the Pilsen Region - briefly about the project:
The Pilsen Region is a region with traditional strong industrial players, innovative companies and major university institutions with new research centres. It is among the leading regions according to the performance of the economy (3rd place in the Czech Republic in GDP per capita). It has a high proportion of export-oriented companies in the manufacturing and high-tech industries and the lowest unemployment among regions.
The SMART ACCELERATOR project is aimed, for example, at emphasizing creativity, communication and regional and international cooperation in relation to research, development and innovation. The project will create a new Regional Innovation Strategy of the Pilsen Region (RIS 3 PK), new tools for its implementation will be defined and marketing will be signifycantly improved.
More information about the project at: www.rra-pk.cz.