North Rhine-Westphalia thrives on the impressive diversity of its regions. The potential that emerges from this colorful mix is enormous: it is the people and their different approaches that, in combination with the diverse regional characteristics in the economic and industry structure, in the science and research landscape as well as in innovation topics and areas of expertise, ensure success . The innovation location of North Rhine-Westphalia will be further developed and strengthened in its entirety through the development of the sub-areas and intensive strategic cooperation between the regions and the state government.
Successful innovation measures must be regionally anchored. Only then can they be targeted and effective. It is important to take into account both the country as a whole and the individual sub-areas with their strong regional centers and spatial disparities, including the special situation in the Rhenish mining area affected by the withdrawal of coal. With regions.NRW, there is an association of the nine regional development and marketing organizations that represents the interests of state politicians, accompanies regional development processes and promotes interregional exchange. The website provides, among other things, event information and news from the regions. NRW.innovativ strengthens the regions in North Rhine-Westphalia as a central interface for networking the state-wide innovation landscape, through topic- and needs-oriented advice on site, exchange of knowledge and experiences through peer-to-peer learning as well as the participatory further development of North Rhine-Westphalia's regional innovation strategy.