1. Enhancing crossborder technology transfer
Netherlands – Germany / crossborder cooperation
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2. EUREGIO: What is in a Name ?
EUREGIO: ‘European region’
Dutch-German border area, 13,000 km2,
3.2 million inhabitants
EUREGIO = cross-border organisation
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3. The Dutch-German Border Area
EUREGIO is the association of 130 Dutch and German municipa-lities, towns, and admini-strative districts working together
Assignment: to create and develop better relations between Dutch and German citizens and authorities – at all levels and in all spheres of life
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EUREGIO: since 1958
Structure
130 communities (bottom up character)
EUREGIO Council (82 members)
Daily board (12 members)
Working groups
Secretariat (25 full-time employees)
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5. EUREGIO: crossborder cooperation step by step
Tasks
Social-cultural exchanges
INTERREG
EURES – European Employment Services
ECC – European Consumer Centres
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INTERREG-IIIA
EU: € 48 million; total investment: € 120 million
> 50%: economy, technology and innovation
Highlight projects:
EUREGIO Biotech Business Support – S2B
Artificial Intelligence in SMEs (KiiB) – S2B
TIMP (medical product development) – B2B
NL-D Internet exchange (NDIX)
Geodata
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7. Biotech Euregio business support (S2B)
Enhancing crossborder knowledge
transfer + practice oriented coope-
ration
Partners: University of Twente,
University of Groningen, University of
Applied Sciences Münster/Steinfurt
€ 7,3 million
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8. Artificial Intelligence in Business
Development and support of a crossborder
transfer network in order to accelerate the
introduction of Information Technology in
small and middle-sized (industrial)
businesses in EUREGIO
3 levels: business consultancy  feasibility
study  prototype development
50 SMEs (NL + D)
€ 5,2 million
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9. NDIX – Dutch - German Internet Exchange
Virtual marketplace connecting
organisations that supply and use
broadband services
Independent marketplace with a non-
profit objective
Enschede (NL) + Münster (D) + other
cities
€ 3,8 million
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10. European Territorial Cooperation (ETC, 2007-2013)
Position Paper EUREGIO
 input for NL+D crossborder operational programm
Economy, technology, innovation: knowledge transfer (B2S, B2B)
Social cultural crossborder cooperation
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11. ....money driven character …
But, be aware of
....money driven character …
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12. ....all kind of “people in need”: INTERREG-junks
and, be aware of
....all kind of “people in need”: INTERREG-junks € €
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Thank you for your attention!
Jan Oostenbrink, dep. managing director
EUREGIO
Postbus 6008
7503 GA Enschede
Tel.: /
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