RIIC
Regional Inclusive Innovation Centers (RIICs) are virtual or physical platforms for collaborative programs purposively to generate product, process, or service innovations that are deemed important to the goal of inclusive growth and development of the respective regions.
It is “inclusive” as they pertain to product, process, service innovations or other solutions that benefit the common good. Inclusiveness provides a chance for every one, especially MSMEs, to have access to shared facilities, information, expertise, and resources for their improvement and growth as well as to form partnerships with various stakeholders in the region.
The RIICs recognize that all key actors in the region should move as one and seamlessly in pursuit of common regional innovation targets through the sharing of information, expertise, and resources. Some of these collaborations are expressed through government-academe-industry partnerships, access to shared facilities such as R&D laboratories, co-working spaces, fabrication laboratories, and in the case of regional startups, access to capital and investments.
