EU research and innovation programs and initiatives are designed and implemented with the aim of strengthening the competitiveness of European economies in the global markets arena.

Deploying the Information Society is naturally a European wide strategy, but is also deeply rooted in the Member State and regional contexts: not only as an application of subsidiarity principles in policy making and implementation, but for the good reason that the economic and social effects of research and innovation activities must be appreciated at local level first.

This raises the very important issue of how to measure the impact and assess the (short- and) long- term results of IST-related RTD and deployment action performed at EU and national/regional level.

The main focus of this study will be to map, display and analyse the various networks of collaboration generated and supported by these different types of IST-RTD and deployment projects and programs as well as to assess their impact by measuring the capacity to innovate and to assimilate innovation at the specific territorial level of the Member States and Regions of Europe.

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