On 19 January, the INNO-Learning Platform of the PRO INNO Europe initiative is organising a panel discussion on 'Measuring the Impact of European Innovation Policy Cooperation Initiatives'.

The purpose of this panel discussion is to explore with individual experts, the current project coordinators and owners how to measure success and impact of policy cooperation initiatives such as the new INNO-Nets as well as possible future European policy cooperation platforms, building upon the lessons drawn from the first generation of the PRO INNO Europe initiative.

Participation in the panel discussion is by invitation only. It will take place in the headquarters of Eurocities, in Brussels.Eurocities is the network of major european cities.

PRO INNO Europe has recently issued the 2009 Regional Innovation Scoreboard (RIS), published by the JRC's Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC), together with the Commission's Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry and the Maastricht University (MERIT).

PRO INNO Europe is an innovation policy initiative of the Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry that intends to become the focal point of innovation policy analysis and development throughout Europe.