What We Do
Interregional Collaboration projects
The Vanguard Initiative is getting involved in EU projects consistent with its regional membership political commitment of implementing smart specialisation strategies, advancing technological developments through interregional collaboration, supporting demonstration and piloting of new European value-chains, and making the Vanguard Initiative a powerful force for European technological change and advancement.
Progress update from the Nano pilot
Vanguard New Nano-Enabled Products Pilot: Open Steering Committee The New Nano-Enabled Products Pilot Project held an Open Steering Committee on 1st Jun
New Walloon S3 adopted by the Government
On the 19th of March 2021, the Walloon Government adopted its S3 2.0.
Supporting Pilot Project participants to collaborate
Pilots and their participants work every day to develop collaboration projects to further strengthen the value chain of their choice.
Vanguard Initiative Regional Conference: New growth of industrial regions through Smart Specialization
The Vanguard Initiative Regional Conference New growth of industrial regions through Smart Specialization
EU Industry Days: successful webinar on The Industrial Transition
The EU Industry Days webinar Regions in Industrial Transition: Making digital work for SMEs in regional innovation ecosystems organized by Th!nk East Netherlands in the framework o