iEER - Boosting Innovative Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Regions for Young Entrepreneurs

iEER is an Interreg Europe funded flagship project with a budget of 2.3 million euro and gathering 10 regions around Europe.

Initiated by a majority of European Entrepreneurial regions, iEER aims to define smart paths and solutions for partners to boost and orchestrate regional entrepreneurship ecosystems supporting young entrepreneurs.

The project pays special attention to the support European Structural funds and regional authorities can offer to the making of a conductive entrepreneurship ecosystem for young entrepreneurs. Through exchange of best practices and peer learning in 2016-2018, iEER will develop effective measures and regional policies to improve the regional entrepreneurship ecosystems through quadruple helix cooperation among the HEIs, private and public sectors as well as end users in the partner regions.

The organised 5 learning camps and 3 open conferences are open to all European regions. As a final product iEER will pool these joint experiences to develop an advisory/evaluation platform that can facilitate the replication of best practices to regional entrepreneurship ecosystems around Europe.

The project works closely with the EU Committee of the Regions and the European Commission DG Grow.

Partners Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council and Laurea University of Applied Sciences (Helsinki-Uusimaa), Institute of Technology TRALEE (Kerry County), University of Applied Sciences Brandenburg (Land Brandenburg), Marche Regional Authority, North France Innovation Development (Hauts-de-France), Northern Ireland Local Government Association, Region of Southern Denmark, Regional Government of Valencia, Marshal Office of the Westpomeranian Region and West Region Romania.

Website: http://www.interregeurope.eu/iEER/