Press Release: Investment in knowledge brings jobs and growth to Europe, Danuta Hübner tells Gothenburg conference

Report from the conference 'Towards a Knowledge Society – the Nordic Experience', jointly organized by the European Commission's Regional Policy Directorate General, the Information Society and Media Directorate General and the region of West Sweden, Gothenburg, 14 November 2005. It brought together delegates in particular from the 10 countries that joined the European Union in 2004 and it included presentations and project visits to showcase how the Nordic countries managed to bring Knowledge Society research and business together.
”. Danuta Hübner highlighted in her speech the central role which EU structural funds play in turning research knowledge into business ideas.

European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/05/686, European policy at the forefront of the foundation of European knowledge society, 14.11.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/05/686&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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