1. The document discusses a regional transition program in the Veenkolonien region of the Netherlands that aims to foster knowledge sharing and innovation through multi-actor cooperation across sectors like education, traffic, care, recreation, life, water, nature, and farming. 2. It establishes a "workplace" approach and process to facilitate integral, trans-sectoral, and trans-powerment collaboration between regional initiators, education and knowledge institutes, and other actors over 4 years through projects, with 250,000 student hours, 40,000 teacher hours, and 15,000 research hours allocated. 3. The workplace is envisioned as a learning and innovation environment that connects and interacts actors with a new,

1. Knowledge & Innovation: Regions your call! Willem Foorthuis Lector Polytechnic Van Hall Larenstein/Wageningen University & Research Centre Programme Director GKC-Programma Regional Transition September 17, 2009

3. Workplace Network

4. Case: Region Veenkolonien

5. Knowledge Agenda including Projects (4 yrs)

6. Workplace approach

7. Workplace process

8. 9 juni 2008 Kennisnetwerk Vitaal Platteland Livability Citizens Ltd NL City-countryside Committees ILG National Government Europe Counties Local Councils BANS Entrepreneur Chains Taskforces Product boards Recron Water Spatial planning Landscape Recreation Agenda’s Univ GKC Telos Movision Care Youth Aging >> 120 networks ?? Entrepreneurs 12 provinces Vouchers 443 municipalities 150 Parliamentarians 27 member states 16 mln Dutch citizens Regions People Profit Planet Knowledge Government

10. Confusion about roles & positions

13. New Living Environment

14. Common Ownership

15. From Government to Governance

16. Regional Transition The motor of regional cooperation … … is the primary process Government Primary Process Region / Regional Initiators Education & Knowledge Institutes

17. Regional Transition Urgency : new learning, knowledge & innovation arrangements necessary The Workplace - Learning & innovation environment - Connection & interaction - Integral approach - New roles - Change in attitude

18. Regional Knowledge Framework Workplace Network

19. Case: Region Veenkoloniën – Proces 2008

20. Case: Knowledge Agenda Veenkoloniën Programme of projects based on the Regional Transition Agenda of the Veenkolonien 2008-2012; 4 years (minimal) hours: 250.000 Student; 40.000 Teacher; 15.000 Research

21. The Workplace Approach

22. The Workplace Multi-actor Multi discipline

23. The Workplace Trans-sector educaion traffic care recreation life water nature farming

24. The Workplace Trans-powerment

25. The Workplace Process

26. The Workplace Cyclic proces

27. Thank you! +31 6 46195905 willem.foorthuis@regionaletransitie.nl www.regionaletransitie.nl www.dewerkplaats.eu www.europawerkstatt.eu