Although most of EUSALP regions developed S3/RIS based on EC requirements, R&I triple helix still focuses little on a transnational approach of strategic topics for the Alpine Region (AR) to better exploit economic opportunities.

Urban centres of peripheral regions of Central Europe are lagging behind central areas in the field of innovation and business development. It is due to the lack of access to global innovation processes and partners and lack of utilization of local innovation potentials. In EU,

RESINDUSTRY aims to increase the energy independency of the EU industry sector, by decreasing its energy intensity through a higher integration of RES. The long-term objective is to increase the industry competitiveness by decreasing its energy bill, rising their energy independency, thus uncoupling their energy