Participation in ERA and Baltic Sea RDI Initiatives and Activities: Analysis and Policy Implications for Widening Participation of Strong and Moderate Innovators

Abstract

The study is analysing science and research cooperation int the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) in the frameworks of Baltic Science Network (BSN) policies and activities. The analysis is focused on three major topics: the set-up, governance and funding of instruments supporting RDI policies in BSR (1), the mapping of existing RDI cooperation patterns and networks in BSR and the analysis of factors holding back their development (2) and the analysis and recommendations for developing novel cooperation-enchacing policy instruments in BSR (3).