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ECCE
BRUSSELS BRIEF - JULY 2003 ANNEX: Leading EU innovative regions |
The following table shows the leading EU regions for a number of indicators of innovative performance used in the European Innovation Scoreboard 2002.
|
Indicator
of innovation |
Top
5 EU regions |
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|
Tertiary
Education |
South
West (UK) |
Oestra
Mellansverige (S) |
Vaeli-Suomi
(FIN) |
Ile-de-France
(F) |
Berlin
(D) |
|
Life
long learning |
South
West (UK) |
Sydsverige
(S) |
Vaeli-Suomi
(FIN) |
West
Midlands (UK) |
North
West (Inc. Merseyside) (UK) |
|
Medium/high
tech employment in manufacturing |
Comunidad
Foral de Navarra (E) |
Baden
- Württemberg (D) |
Franche
- Comte (F) |
Piemonte
(I) |
Alsace
(F) |
|
High
tech employment in services |
Comunidad
de Madrid (E) |
Stockholm
(S) |
Uusimaa
(Suuralue) (FIN) |
Ile-de-France
(F) |
Lazio
(I) |
|
Public
R&D expenditure |
Midi-Pyrenees
(F) |
Flevoland
(NL) |
Berlin
(D) |
Lazio
(I) |
Languedoc
- Roussillon (F) |
|
Business
R&D expenditure |
Vaestsverige
(S) |
Eastern
(UK) |
Stockholm
(S) |
Baden
- Württemberg (D) |
Piemonte
(I) |
|
High
tech patents |
Noord
- Brabant (NL) |
Uusimaa
(Suuralue) (FIN) |
Stockholm
(S) |
Bayern
(D) |
Pohjois
- Suomi (FIN) |
Source: European Innovation Scoreboard 2002