This short communication contains a reflection on local entrepreneurial ecosystems and how to boost them, in the context of smart specialisation strategies of cities and regions. It is based on a literature study and inputs from ten member cities of the InFocus project (sponsored by the EU's URBACT programme), …

Onderzoek naar de mogelijkheden om vanuit het onderwijs, in dit geval groen MBO, om via het service platform in de regio in de vorm van een gebiedscoöperatie vraagsturing op leven lang ontwikkelen te organiseren

Eurada is the name of the European Alliance of Regional Development Agencies with members in the EU and Turkey (82 members). Eurada selected the two most innovative innovation instruments in Europe over 2018 and one of them is our concept of the Gebiedscoöperatie Westerkwartier. Together with the research …

The Erasmus project Peat Valley+ was a coalition of the Hanze University of Applied Science, Vocational School Terra in the Netherlands, the Vives University of Applied Science in Belgium and the university of Skövde in Sweden. This Alliance worked on the development of an external structure in the region …

Oresentation at the regional meeting of REFRAME in Kopenhagen

presentation on the annual Reframe conference of the initiative of the regional cooperative Westerkwartier to built new and next communities in their regional food chain

This paper presents an analytical and intervention model that introduces new vocabulary to explore, describe and build collective futures through shared understanding of complexities facing local and regional developments. This new vocabulary builds on evolutionary and complexity approaches applied to …

Hoe staan de negen gemeenten in het hart van het aardbevingsgebied in Noord-Groningen er voor? De Economic Board Groningen (EBG) liet economen van Hanzehogeschool Groningen en de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen er onderzoek naar doen. ​De Economic Board Groningen wil weten welke effecten het programma van …

The Hanze Universitiy of Applied Sciences completed the Coöperative Peat Valley + project after 2,5 year. Goal was to develop a "road map" to pair up the triple helix organisations in a region to create and share knowledge. The Peat Valley + results of a cooperation process are now available. For the …

Over the past 20 years, water quality in Indonesia has deteriorated due to an increase of water pollution. Research and analysis is needed to identify pollution sources and assess contamination in Indonesian water resources. Water quality management is not yet sufficiently integrated in river basin management …