Work package 1: Analysis and integration of research agendas of
actors in Regional Clusters
This WP will be devoted to a deep analysis of the structure of the
Regional Clusters (RC), the innovation and research areas developed
within the Regional environment concerning the specific area of Urban
Logistics. The targets are:
- to define the research and innovation activities carried out
by the RCs;
- to define the local research agendas;
- to map these activities with respect of the current state of
the art and the trends of the research at European level, to define
to “competitive position” of the RCs;
- to point out additional companies or research bodies which could
contribute to the clusters.
More over a related analysis of the demand of innovation in the specific
thematic area will be carried out. In fact this element is very important
to define the possible innovation areas to be covered by the future
activities.
From the methodological point of view this WP will carry out these
main activities:
- a detailed analysis of the R&TI activities carried out on urban
logistics within the Regions, both by the clusters and by other
eventual subjects;
- an identification of the research areas to be developed and
included in the research agendas;
- a comparative analysis of these activities with respect to the
state and the research trends recorded at European level, to define
the current “competitive position” of the Clusters;
- an analysis of the demand of innovation in the specific area
expressed by the territories, as a reference element for the further
analysis;
- a detailed analysis of the possible forms of co-operation among
the different RCs on the existing research agendas.
As the analysis will be carried out in the different sites in a parallel
way, it is very important to share a common methodological framework,
so that a common work devoted to define and share the analysis methodology
and the reference framework for the whole work will be carried out.
The WP will consist in 4 different tasks which will be separately
described in the following.
- T.1.1 - Assessment of a common analysis
methodology and of the technological reference framework among the
R.C.
- T.1.2 - Analysis of the research
agendas in the Regions
- T 1.3 - Assessment of the research
state at the local level related to the European trends and demand
analysis
- T 1.4 - Joint analysis of cooperation
opportunities