Estonian Regional Innovation Strategy (ERIS) is a project financed from Regional Innovation Strategies in AC initiative of the European Commission.

The project consortium consist of Tallinn Technology Park Development Foundation which acts as a coordinator and represents North-Estonia, Narva Business Advisory Services Foundation, which represents East-Estonia, University of Tartu Pärnu College, which represents West-Estonia, Institute of Baltic Studies from Estonia, Culminatum from Finland, Hamburg Innovation from Germany and Forfas from Ireland.

It is expected that ERIS project will create an overall strategic framework and 3 regional action plans which will enable to improve support actions on regional and national level and to better coordinate developments in field of innovation which are already underway. In addition the project should help to develop on bottom-up basis the priorities for the next National Development Plan outlining the usage of structural funds resources in Estonia during the next programming period as well as the renewed version of national innovation strategy - Knowledge Based Estonia.

The current project proposal covers 3 Estonian regions West-Estonia, North-Estonia and East- Estonia with total population of more than 1 000 000 inhabitants and with area of more than 30 000 square kilometres.