The AII Permanent Secretariat attended the Round Table on Inter-University Cooperation – Smart Specialization Strategies and Cooperation Programs towards Macroregional Integration, which took place in Patras, Greece on the 8th of April 2017, organized by the AII Hellenic Chairmanship together with UNIADRION.

During the Round Table the following thematic topics have been discussed and debated:

  1. Implementation of Smart Specialization Strategies and Cooperation Programs. A key issue for macro-regional integration
  2. Synergies of University associations, research centres, chambers of commerce and enterprises, towards the development of Macroregional real economy
  3. Education, Research, Innovation, Transnational and Interregional cooperation as a life improving promoters and socio-economic developers of Macroregion.