The general objective of this project is to support dissemination of the EU regional policy experience and good practices and to develop further cooperation between national and regional authorities and specialized agencies in three Brazilian States (Pará, Pernambuco and Paraná), as well as between Brazilian partners and EU countries and regions on the identification and implementation of decentralised, regional-level innovation and smart specialisation policies. This will be achieved through the establishment of a variety of mechanism including a platform for knowledge exchange and transfer of good practices among participating States and regions.

The Contractor will prepare, run and evaluate three workshops in Brazil, 2 study visits to Europe, 6 training activities, 1 closing conference and a collaborative on-line platform to facilitate the exchange of information and good practices. In addition to regional and local authorities and, on the basis of the European experience, the project focus should be concrete and operational and involve as much as possible stakeholders from both EU and Brazil, notably, firms, public and private agencies, Universities, research centres and organisations participating in relevant EU funded projects as in particular the EU-Brazil Business & Innovation Cooperation Centre funded by Horizon 2020, the EU's framework programme for research and innovation.