Les régions d’Europe du Nord sont les plus innovantes

Infographie : F. Descheemaekere

[Euractiv]

Les régions d’Europe du Nord sont à la pointe dans le secteur de l’innovation en Europe. On constate toutefois de grandes divergences entre les performances en matière d’innovation et ce, non seulement entre les pays européens mais aussi au sein des États membres de l’UE. Ces résultats ont été publiés aujourd’hui (7 novembre) dans le Tableau de bord régional de l'innovation 2012 de la Commission.

Unsurprisingly, the most innovative regions come from the most innovative countries in Europe. Within the EU, Sweden confirms its position at the top of the overall ranking in innovation, a key driver of economic growth and jobs. The Scandinavian country is closely followed by Denmark, Germany and Finland, the Regional Innovation Scoreboard shows. The report has covered 190 regions across the European Union, Croatia, Norway and Switzerland. The scoreboard has classified European regions into four performance groups. Fourty-one regions belong in the first group of "innovation leaders", 58 belong to the second group of "innovation followers", 39 are "moderate innovators" and 52 are in the fourth group of "modest innovators". In Germany, 12 out of 16 regions are innovation leaders.
In Finland three out of five regions and in Sweden five out of eight regions are innovation leaders.

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