Finding out what others have done

Main European Commission sources

The IRISI (Interregional Information Society Inititaive) and its follow-up, RISI (Regional Information Society Initiatives) financed a number of projects under Article 10 of the ERDF which provide a rich source of experience on local and regional information society projects: http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/risi/main.html. A useful document summarising the experience is available from:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/innovation/innovating/risi1/en_is.pdf

LEADER II is the main European programme supporting all aspects of rural development, including information society issues; for example you can download the document Information Technologies and Rural Development (Observatory dossier no. 4-2000).
http://www.rural-europe.aeidl.be

DG Employment has much relevant experience promoting innovative projects in the field of employment in an information society and regional context, particularly focusing upon promoting local partnerships in support of job creation, developing new forms of work organisation to generate employment, and devising a framework conducive to the creation of businesses and jobs in new sectors. See for example:
http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/cha/c10236.htm

The EU’s E-Business Policy Group (EBPG) has undertaken a benchmarking and good practice survey of national and regional e-business policies for SMEs:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/ict/policy/benchmarking.htm

IRE — Innovating Regions Europe (RIS-RITTS) — is a framework for collaboration and exchange of experiences between regions that can demonstrate good practice in the development and promotion of innovation policies and the development of regional innovation policies and schemes:
http://www.innovating-regions.org/

Many of the European funding sources websites also provide links to relevant experience to help guide applications.

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