Organizer

National Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Learning - www.ncdiel.mk 

Patrons

• European Academy of Sciences and Arts - www.euro-acad.eu
• Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts - www.manu.edu.mk
• European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship - www.ecsb.com

With main financial support of:

• Austrian Development Cooperation - www.adv.gv.at
• Central European Initiative - www.ceinet.org

The International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development (ICEIRD) Consortium was formally established in 2008. It is a multi - disciplinary and cross-sectoral network crossing several streams of theory and practice, namely entrepreneurship, innovation, regional economic development and information systems. The ICEIRD Consortium was set-up with members from institutions jointly researching and collaborating in strategising/organising the annual ICEIRD conference and managing joint projects focused on the theory, policy and practice of entrepreneurship and innovation in particular as it pertains to information technologies.

One of the higher concern features of the so-called European Innovation Paradox is the divide between academic research and policy-making, between thinkers and doers. The ICEIRD can become an authoritative reference in bridging this gap by developing analysis in the field of innovation and regional policy, based on high-level academic research, but without neglecting the lessons learnt by policy makers and professionals in the field. Thus establishing experiential feedback learning loops and cross fertilization among two communities which have lived too far away from each other for far too long, and in the European Union in particular.