Editing Eindhoven (section)

===Knowledge economy initiatives===
Due to its high-tech environment, Eindhoven is part of several initiatives to develop, foster and increase a [[knowledge economy]]. Chief among these are:

*Brainport Top Technology Region,<ref name="Brainport">{{cite web|url=http://www.brainport.nl |title=Brainport |website=Brainport.nl |date=18 February 2017 |access-date=5 March 2017}}</ref> a cooperative initiative of local government, industry and the [[Eindhoven University of Technology]] to develop the local knowledge economy of the Eindhoven region.
*Brainport Development,<ref name="BrainportDevelopment">{{cite web |url=http://www.brainportdevelopment.nl/en/ |title=Home – Brainport Development |website=Brainportdevelopment.nl |access-date=5 March 2017 |archive-date=20 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220161456/http://www.brainportdevelopment.nl/en/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> an extension of the Top Technology Region, Brainport Development serves as the Eindhoven's regional innovation agency to maintain its position as an innovation hub.<ref>Morisson, A. & Doussineau, M. (2019). Regional innovation governance and place-based policies: design, implementation and implications. Regional Studies, Regional Science,6(1),101–116. https://rsa.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21681376.2019.1578257.</ref>
*Samenwerkingsverband Regio Eindhoven,<ref name="SRE">{{cite web |url=http://www.sre.nl/web/show |title=SRE - Uitgelicht |access-date=29 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408230745/http://www.sre.nl/web/show |archive-date=8 April 2010}}</ref> a cooperative agreement among the municipalities in the Eindhoven metropolitan area.
*The Eindhoven-Leuven-Aachen triangle,<ref name="ELAt">[http://www.elat.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313190025/http://www.elat.org/|date=13 March 2014}}</ref> a cooperation agreement between the universities and surrounding regions of Eindhoven, [[Leuven]] ([[Belgium]]) and [[Aachen]] (Germany).

The Intelligent Community Forum named the Eindhoven metro region the No. 21 intelligent community in 2008 and the No. 7 intelligent community in 2009 and 2010.<ref name="ICFIntelComm2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.intelligentcommunity.org/index.php?src=news&srctype=detail&category=Partner%20News&refno=582 |title=Intelligent Community Forum Announces Top Seven Intelligent Communities of 2011 |date=19 January 2011 |publisher=Intelligent Community Forum |access-date=23 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722103029/http://www.intelligentcommunity.org/index.php?src=news&srctype=detail&category=Partner%20News&refno=582 |archive-date=22 July 2011}}</ref><ref name="NRC20110122-Brabo-Techniek">{{cite news |title=Brabantse techniek terug in de wereld |first=Renée |last=Postma |url=http://digitaleeditie.nrc.nl/NH/2011/0/20110122___/3_13/article5.html |newspaper=[[NRC Handelsblad]] |page=13 |access-date=23 January 2011 |language=nl |trans-title=Brabant technology back in the world}}</ref> In 2011, the ICF named Eindhoven the Intelligent Community of the Year.<ref name="ICFIntelComm2011Winner">{{cite web|url=http://www.intelligentcommunity.org/index.php?src=news&srctype=detail&category=Partner%20News&refno=629 |title=ICF Names Eindhoven Region of the Netherlands as its Intelligent Community of the Year 2011 |date=3 June 2011 |publisher=Intelligent Community Forum |access-date=4 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726181907/http://www.intelligentcommunity.org/index.php?src=news&srctype=detail&category=Partner%20News&refno=629 |archive-date=26 July 2011}}</ref> Since 2012, Eindhoven has vanished from the top 7 of intelligent communities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.intelligentcommunity.org/top7|title=The Top7 Intelligent Communities of the Year|website=Intelligent Community Forum}}</ref>