Press Release: EU rewards 9 innovative public initiatives in Europe

The European Commission on 6 June 2013 announced the winners of the European Prize for Innovation in Public Administration. This prize celebrates the most innovative, forward-looking public initiatives which benefit citizens, firms, or the education and research sector. Nine initiatives from Croatia, Finland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain (two winners), Sweden and the UK were awarded EUR 100,000 each.

Winning initiatives included integrated healthcare information accessible on a phone, a web-based platform for funding opportunities for firms, and a nationwide plagiarism detection system for higher education institutions. The awards were made by Research, Innovation and Science Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn during the Week of Innovative Regions Europe IV (WIRE IV) Conference in Cork, Ireland.

European Commission: Rapid: MEMO/13/503: Winners of the European Prize for Innovation in Public Administration 2013 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-503_en.htm

European Commission: Rapid: SPEECH/13/513: How EU research and innovation policies are positively developing the regions of Europe http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-513_en.htm

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