Mapping & Collaboration Axis

The present document D.1.1. Mapping & Collaboration Axis is the output of 'Task 1.1 – Capitalizing on available data sources and previous projects, reports and analysis of ecosystems envisaged under the 'WP1. Mapping and Dialogue Opener' of the EMPOWEREDbyNEIA project. The purpose of this deliverable is to map and navigate seven different regional innovation ecosystems around Europe and lay out a picture of each while describing the region's relevant business scaling-up capabilities, such as gaps, needs, opportunities, support structures, and regulatory conditions, e.g. and identify thematic areas at policy, innovation and support to startups level of collaboration among regions. The content of this report is structured based on the mapping activities carried out at the consortium level on the seven regional ecosystems they are representing. The deliverable introduces the primary purpose of this activity, the methodology used, and a summary overview of the main topics analysed in each ecosystem's overall achievement and the targets achieved against the expected KPIs set at the beginning of the project. Finally, a thorough analysis of each region is presented in the annex. This report is the initial activity under WP1 on Mapping and collaboration on ecosystems that will be further developed and completed under deliverable “D.1.2 SWOT analysis” due by M05.