The Vanguard Initiative seeks to support interregional cooperation notably through industrial clusters and innovation ecosystems creating new competitive advantages for Europe, member states, and regions.
The regional ecosystem scoreboard is a statistical tool, designed for policy-makers responsible for regional, industrial, innovation, and cluster policies. It helps to identify bottlenecks of the regional eco-system that may hold back the
overall performance of the regional economy.
This policy brief considers the mechanisms that can be used to foster the participation of citizens in cultural heritage projects and the value which this can bring.