The atTRACTION project has published its final Good Practice Collection, bringing together the most successful approaches, activities, and lessons learned throughout the project implementation across Lithuania, Wielkopolska (Poland), and Andalusia (Spain).
The publication highlights proven methods for engaging start-ups, scale-ups, investors, and innovation ecosystem stakeholders, while documenting the evolution of project activities between the first and second implementation cycles.
The report demonstrates how continuous learning and adaptation helped project partners improve the effectiveness of their activities and strengthen collaboration within regional and international innovation ecosystems.
Key findings include:
🔹 The value of iterating project activities based on lessons learned during the first project cycle, resulting in more impactful event formats, stronger coordination between activities, and improved participant engagement.
🔹 Increased start-up, scale-up, and investor participation, driven by partners’ commitment to refining and improving their approaches.
🔹 The importance of building and maintaining strong regional and international ecosystem partnerships, creating opportunities for long-term collaboration beyond the project itself.
🔹 Growing levels of trust and credibility established during the first cycle, making it easier to engage stakeholders and attract participants in the second cycle.
🔹 Successful practices that demonstrate the importance of flexibility, tailored support, ecosystem connectivity, and adaptation to regional needs and start-up maturity levels.
One of the report’s key messages is that successful ecosystem-building requires continuous adaptation and collaboration. By connecting regional actors with international innovation networks and adjusting activities based on real-world feedback, the project created stronger pathways for innovation, investment, and cross-border cooperation.
The documented good practices provide valuable insights for innovation support organisations, accelerators, incubators, policymakers, and ecosystem builders seeking to strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystems and support deep-tech innovation.
