INNOGROW

Duration of the project: 1 April 2016 – 31 March 2021 (60 months)
Partners:

• Region of Thessaly
• Lombardy Foundation for the Environment FLA
• Zemgale planning region
• The University of Newcastle upon Tyne
• Sztara Zagora Regional Economy Development Agency
• Regional Development Agency of the Pardubice Region
• Chamber of Commerce of Molise
• Regional Development Agency of Gorenjske, BSC Business Support Centre Ltd. Kranj
• Pannon Novum West-Transdanubian Regional Innovation Non-profit Ltd.

Rural SMEs face serious challenges in adopting innovation to increase their competitiveness. Regional policies need to correspondingly support the diffusion of innovative solutions and new business models that will lead to an increase in productivity and access to new markets. INNOGROW regions are called to play an important role in supporting the modernisation of their existing rural SMEs and the proliferation of innovative start-ups.