Nine cities with outstanding success in boosting innovation have reached the final stage of the European Capital of Innovation Award 2016 sponsored by the European Commission. From the Danube Region the City of Vienna has been selected as one amongst the 9 best pioneer cities.

36 cities from 12 countries applied to this year’s competition to succeed Barcelona, the winner of the first European Capital of Innovation award in 2014. The contestants are cities with over 100,000 inhabitants from EU Member States and countries associated to Horizon 2020, the European research and innovation programme. The winner and two runners-up will be announced in spring 2016.

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