The BETTER project has officially commenced. Five partners have joined together to address a common challenge: how to encourage Public Authorities to develop Regional Innovation Strategies in which e-Government solutions improve their services and can stimulate regional innovation chains. The project will share and integrate […]

                           Newsletter #05                                        January 2022        Dear Readers,  Welcome to the fifth Newsletter of the BETTER project! BETTER is an Interreg Europe project that focuses on the promotion of e-Government solutions. With our project we aim to create a win-win situation for everyone by enhancing the […]

Newsletter #04       July 2021        Dear Reader, Welcome to the fourth Newsletter of the BETTER project! BETTER is an Interreg Europe project that focuses on the promotion of e-Government solutions. With our project we aim to create a win-win situation for everyone by […]

  An ecosystem is like a finely tuned Swiss watch.  Poetry in motion if you have all the relevant cogs and springs in place, but with one wheel out of kilter, the movement can go to pot.  Investment in people and skills is the oil […]

  Cows wearing GPS collars and food vans predicting the locations of potential customers were just some of the good practices presented at the Better project thematic event in the week of 15th June 2020.  The Better project – stimulating regional innovation through better e-government […]

The room was brimming with excitement at the launch for the Birmingham local partnership stakeholder event on 3rd October 2019 at Birmingham Council House. There was a fantastic turn out from a variety of organisations including: Birmingham City University, the Innovation Alliance, Birmingham Public Health, […]

It is not only the destination that is important, but the journey In the midst of the relentless momentum of the project life cycle, the peer review experience has offered a wonderful opportunity to pause and reflect upon the policy challenge that we have set […]

On the 28th of July the University of Birmingham hosted a dinner in honor of the Jamaican Athletics team.  Prior to that, the team was training at the University of Birmingham for the World Athletics Championship 2017, which was held in London.   The dinner […]

The Association of Jamaican Nationals together with Birmingham City Council will be working closely with the Jamaican community to host a free open-air Jamaica street festival on Victoria Square and Upper New Street.   In the context of the 55th anniversary of Jamaica’s Independence, the Jamaican […]

The meeting with the Jamaican High Commissioner is taking place in Birmingham on 23rd March 2017 in the City Council House from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. George Ramocan, Jamaican High Commissioner, will welcome attendees and discuss the role of the Economic Growth Council. This will be […]