RegioStars – The Awards for Regional Innovative Projects
| Introduction | RegioStars 2009 | RegioStars 2008 |
RegioStars 2008
| Categories | The criteria | Applications | Jury | Winners |
Categories
There were four categories under two themes for the RegioStars 2008:
Regional Economies Based on Knowledge and Technological Innovation
- Energy efficiency and renewable energies
- Environmental technologies
- Supporting clusters and business networks
- Technology transfer from research institutes to SMEs
The criteria for the 2008 awards were:
- Innovative character of the project in the regional context
- Potential impact on the regional economy
- Expected sustainability of the project
- Project’s results in enhancing local, regional and interregional partnerships
Applications
Managing authorities were permitted one application per region under one of the above categories.
For the first RegioStars, 71 eligible applications were submitted from 18 Member States. Following the jury’s consideration, 26 of these were chosen as shortlisted finalists:
- Video presentation of RegioStars 2008 
- List of finalists 
- Presentation of finalists
- Detailed case studies of the 26 Finalists and other innovative projects are available on this link
- Videos of 3 of the 26 finalists for 2008 : Eco-Construction - Energivie - Hysy Vision
Jury
Mr Pasqual Maragall, ex-president of Cataluña
Mr Martti Huolila, Senior Technical Advisor in Tekes
Mrs Marjorie Jouen, Member of Cabinet of President Delebarre (Committee of the Regions)
Mrs Natalija Kazlauskienė, Director, European Commission
Mrs Elzbieta Książek, project manager of the Innovating Regions in Europe Network Secretariat
Prof Örjan Sölvell, Stockholm School of Economics
Winners:
On 25 February 2008 five projects from Alsace, Øresund, Wales, the West Midlands, and Yorkshire and the Humber received awards as winners of the first RegioStars Awards for innovative regional projects. Two other projects, from South Aegean and Niederösterreich, received a special mention from the Jury: Press Release - Briefing on winners
