Abstract
The European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) was established in 1996. This network of universities currently has eleven partners and two associate partners. All the universities are ‘innovative’ and ‘entrepreneurial’ in research, education, or regional development (technology transfer) – or in more than one of these areas. In this paper ECIU activities in the context of regional development are described, especially in terms of the ways information is exchanged and shared. The exchange of information is not just among the ECIU partners: each university has around it an infrastructure that includes incubators, science parks and other regional entities, and the exchange of information extends to these organizations. The exchange of information and experience relating to best practice is important for the partners to sustain a ‘learning’ network in a ‘learning’ Europe.
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