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The Regional Innovation Excellence in Greece publication takes a closer look at the first generation of the Greek regional programmes of innovative actions. Built on the preliminary experiences of the thirteen programmes, it describes briefly and statistically analyses the Greek vis-à-vis the other European programmes as well as describing the historical steps in regional innovation strategies making.
Community Development (CD) is a broad term applied to the practices and academic disciplines of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens and professionals to improve various aspects of local communities. Community development seeks to empower individuals and groups of people by providing them with the skills they need to effect change in their own communities. These skills are often created through the formation of large social groups working for a common agenda. Community developers must
Europe is more than a bloc of nations. It is also a collection of regions. Most regions radically differ from their respective countries. National and global trends are not felt the same way in all regions. While some regions lead, some others lag behind these trends, i.e. some regions maintain low unemployment rates despite a global downturn. As a result, the disparities between regions are far greater than the differences between countries. The ability of regional economies to withstand