Useful links
 
 
 
ENTRUST logo http://207.36.166.168/entrust/Default.htm
ENTRUST - Empowering Neighbourhoods Through Recourse of Urban Synergies with Trades - is a thematic network of municipalities, urban managers and research institutions financed by the EU Fifth RTD Framework Programme. It aims at analszing experiences of different countries across Europe and producing explicit guidance on how to form and drive public-private partnerships in deprived mixed function city-centre neighbourhoods.
www.aipcr.cz
Association of Innovative Entrepreneurship of the Czech Republic
 

www.ai.polimi.it
Enterprises in incubation: Bovisa campus

www.altreconomia.it
www.bilanciosociale.it

www.biodirectory.it
A database of Italian biotech actors

www.biopolo.it
A private non-profit company created in1995 involved in the development of biotechnology in Italy

  www.bris.cz
The BRIS project consists of two parts, the main objective of which is to develop and implement innovation strategies for the regions of Prague and Pilsen. The project is further expected to result in creating favourable conditions for the establishment and development of small- and medium-sized innovative enterprises (SMEs) including a proposal of a business service system stemming from the needs of SMEs. The cooperation between SMEs and institutions of research and development will be promoted by the project. The project BRIS is supported jointly by the European Commission and the City of Prague.
www.bura.org.uk
The British Urban Regeneration Association
  www.cadses.net/en/home.html
CADSES aims at achieving higher territorial and economic integration within the co-operation area, promoting more balanced and harmonious development of the European space. Out of the three strands (A,B,C) of the Community Initiative Interreg III, CADSES (Central, Adriatic, Danubian and South-Eastern European Space) belongs to the B strand, addressing trans-european cooperation on a transnational level.
CEEC logon logo www.ceec-logon.net/
CEEC-LOGON - Local Governments Network of Central and Eastern European Countries - Building up a common network of Local Authorities Associations within the Central and Eastern European Countries will help to improve their co-operation with representative bodies of the European Union in the sector of Local and Regional Authorities.
CENTROPE logo http://centrope.com/centropestart/
The CENTROPE region, bringing together neighbouring areas in Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, offers enormous advantages to globally active companies.
CESCE logo www.cesce.org
Cesce is a transnational network of organisations, dealing with Business Support to the SME. Cesce has been active as a network since 1969.
www.cetraonline.it
A database of public and private research, technology transfer centres and quality assurance institutes and laboratories
  www.consolida.it
Coop online logo www.cooponline.coop/
Cooperatives UK logo www.co-opunion.coop/live/welcome.asp
The apex organisation for UK co-operative enterprise, promoting co-operative and mutual solutions, working in partnership with our members to grow a stronger and more successful co-operative movement.

www.cpi.polimi.it
Politecnico Innovazione

CRESPACA logo www.crespaca.org/
Chambre regionale de l'economie sociale Provence Alpes Cote d'azur
www.crr.cz
Centre for Regional Development of the Czech Republic
A state contributory organisation, founded by the Ministry for Regional Development, which has actively supported regional policy of the Government of the CR since 1997.
  www.eccoeuropa.net
A diverse partnership from five EU member states, financed by the EU initiative Equal. This project provides support for non profit organisations and social enterprises, aiming to support a sustainable, flourishing, and professional social economy.
www.eec-observatory.org
METREX logo www.eurometrex.org
METREX is the Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas. It is a network of practitioners, that is, politicians, officials and their advisers, concerned with the spatial planning and development at the metropolitan level.
www.forumterzosettore.it
Social Enterprise Edinburgh logo www.go4see.info/about/index.html
Social Enterprise Edinburgh
www.impresarete.it

www.innovazione.gov.it
Italian Ministry of Innovation and Technology

Centre for Cities logo www.ippr.org/centreforcities/
The Centre for Cities, based at the Institute for Public Policy Research, is an independent urban policy research unit. Launched in March 2005, it is taking a fresh look at how UK cities function.

www.isbreda.it
Istituto scientifico Breda

  www.laratoolbox.net/
The Local And Regional Authorities (LARA) INTERREG Toolbox is an ERDF financed project designed to inform European local and regional authorities about the possibilities of the European Structural Funds and to support them in developing European Structural Funds financed projects. The website has a database with Good Practices, a list of activities and calendar, as well as a partner search tool.
Madrid logo www.madrimasd.org/ingles/regionalpolicies/
METROPOLIS is a Thematic Network, that brings together 13 “movers and shakers of innovation” organisations with a common interest in innovation strategies in Large Metropolitan Areas (LMAs).
  www.mdx.ac.uk/www/ceedr/
CEEDR is a university research centre, located in Middlesex University Business School. CEEDR specialises in research relating to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and regional economic development, focusing on research with an applied policy emphasis.
NESST logo www.nesst.org/vision_problem.asp
NESsT is an international, non-profit, nongovernmental organisation dedicated to finding lasting solutions to systemic poverty and social injustice through the development of social enterprises - mission-driven businesses that increase the financial sustainability and social change impact of civil society organisations.
  www.nprofit.org
OSE logo www.ose.be/
The Observatoire social européen was founded in 1984 to foster a better understanding - and hence greater mastery - of the social implications of the building of Europe. Its main tasks are to monitor developments in Community policies, particularly social policies, and to analyse the forces and players at work.
 

www.papercontracts.co.uk
Paper Contracts is a small consultancy that provides specialist expertise in business and social enterprise support to economic regeneration organisations

www.peer-review-social-inclusion.net
Site of the Peer Review Programme in the Field of Social Inclusion Policies, which is a key instrument of the Community Action Programme to Combat Social Exclusion. Implemented with the assistance of the INBAS/NIZW/European Centre consortium on behalf of the Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities DG. Newsletter can be downloaded in English, French and German.
www.praha-mesto.cz
City of Prague – official website
www.qec-eran.org/index.htm
www.redattoresociale.it
RETIS logo https://retis.ox2.be
Retis is a political institution which consists of European regional and local authorities wishing to reflect and act together to eradicate deprivation, poverty and exclusion and to work towards liberty and equality as a matter of dignity, principle and practice, as well as towards social emancipation for all women and men.
www.sbs.gov.uk
Small Business Support
SEO logo www.seo-online.org.uk/html/home.asp
The Directory for Social Entrepreneurial Organisations
SEPGB logo www.sepgb.co.uk/
The Social Enterprise Partnership implements infrastructure and systems development, capacity building, research and development for the social enterprise sector in the UK.
EQUAL logo Social Economy Conference
The Strengthening the Social Economy conference is the major event bringing together those active in the social economy in the first phase of the EQUAL Community Initiative. It examined the contributions that social economy approaches are making to meet challenges such as demographic change and welfare state reform as well as labour market discrimination and inequality. It examined the relevant policies, discussed the promising practices being piloted among EQUAL development partnerships, and formulated policy messages for presentation at European level in 2004.
Centre of Excellence for Social Economy Development logo www.socialeconomy.org/
The Centre of Excellence for Social Economy Development
www.socialenterprise.org.uk
UK trade body that brings together all types of social enterprise to promote the sector and share knowledge.
www.socialexclusionunit.gov.uk/
 

www.sozialestadt.de/en/programm
Website in English, German and French about the German programme for deprived urban areas. This programme fosters participation and cooperation, and represents a new integrated political approach to urban district development. The website provides information about the programme, links to international networks working on deprived urban areas, and a few English publications.

www.spazio-lavoro.it
www.step.no/publin/
Publin is a three year long research project on innovation in the public sector, consisting of researchers from 10 institutions in nine European countries
STIMENT logo www.stiment.net
INTERREG IIIC project “Stimulting new ways of entrepreneurship 2003 – 2006”. The primary objective of an INTEREG IIIC operation is to produce added value through interregional co-operation.
Inner City 100 logo www.theinnercity100.org/
The Inner City 100 is a yearly business index and research initiative that locates and celebrates the fastest growing inner city businesses in the UK. The Inner City 100's mission is to champion entrepreneurship in the inner city and to promote its untapped market potential.
www.vispnet.org
Vitalizing city centres through integrated spatial planning
www.vita.it