Innovation Info Days is an opportunity for the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) to be informed about the current state of play in the area of innovation support.
In Brussels, TAKE IT UP, a project managed by META Group and supported by INSME Association, presented to EEN members the Warehouse for Innovation Support and the novel tools and services developed by B Creative, REMake, EcoCluP and INNOWATER.
Innovation Service Providers from EEN had the opportunity to ask questions and discuss about the adoption and uptake of the novel services developed by the Europe INNOVA partnerships.
Find out more about warehouse for innovation support here
The European Commission has just published a proposed regulation on European social entrepreneurship funds which will introduce uniform requirements for the managers of collective investment undertakings that operate in this field. 
On the 5th April 2012, United States President Barack Obama signed into law the JOBS Act, which may be the most significant update to securities regulations since Sarbanes–Oxley was passed in 2002.
Doing Business 2012, a co-publication of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation, is the ninth in a series of annual reports investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it.
At the 2012 State of Entrepreneurship Address, held February 9, 2012, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation interim president and CEO Benno C. Schmidt, along with National Governors Association (NGA) leaders Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman and Delaware Governor Jack Markell, called for state and local government policy changes to foster entrepreneurship and accelerate economic growth. During the third annual address, titled "A Roadmap for State Growth," Schmidt focused on reducing state and local legal and regulatory barriers to startups and young companies, which play a significant role in U.S. new job creation.
The tenth edition of the OECD Science, Technology and Industry (STI) Scoreboard 2011 “Innovation and Growth in Knowledge Economies” has been published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. With over 180 comparable indicators, it analyses trends in science, technology, innovation and industrial performance in OECD and major non-OECD countries (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Indonesia, People’s Republic of China and South Africa). It also shows that the United States is leading the way for research.
Domain: Creative Industries