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The Icelandic Research Centre (RANNIS) has conducted the 4^th Community Innovation Survey (CIS 4) in Iceland, concerning business innovation activities for the period of 2002-2004. The fourth Community Innovation Survey (CIS4) is conducted in every EU member states under the guidance of Eurostat. The survey is the main statistical instrument for data collection on business innovation, focusing of issues such as: innovation expenditure, its financial results, innovation effects, source of information, main obstacles and public financial support.

RANNIS will host a EFPConsulting workshop on new FP7 financial rules at Reykjavík University on 24. October. 

The first seminar within the project „BSR InnoNet – Baltic Sea Region Innovation Network” will take place in Riga, Latvia 28-29 September hosted by the Latvian Investment and Development Agency. It is one of four European projects with a brand new trans-national perspective on development of innovation programmes and policies in Europe.

In the support of the renewed Lisbon Agenda the project will

·        Establish a shared conceptual framework for cluster policy formation and evaluation across national borders in the Baltic Sea Region.

·        Establish trans-national innovation programmes (Cluster development) among countries of the Baltic Sea Region.