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 four Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru) both between themselves, and, with EU countries and regions on the definition and implementation of decentralised, regional-level innovation and smart specialisation policies. This will be achieved through the establishment of a mechanism/platform for knowledge exchange and transfer of good practices among participating (EU and Latin American) countries and regions.

The contractor will prepare, run and evaluate eight workshops in Latin America, four study visits to Europe, eight training activities, 4 closing conferences 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 Latin America, notably, firms, public and private agencies, Universities and research centres.