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The ongoing globalisation of the world economy has a considerable impact on the de-velopment of regions and their competitiveness. Contemporary learning regions must face numerous challenges. The present paper discusses the following challenges for regional competitiveness: (i) innovation as a key to regional competitiveness, (ii) metropolisation, (iii) internationalisation of regions, (iv) networking of regional economies, and (v) creativity at the national and regional level.