Smart Specialisation

Smart specialisation strategies (RIS 3 or S3) are about enabling regions to turn their needs, strengths and competitive advantages into marketable goods and services. They aim to prioritise public research and innovation investments through a bottom up approach for the economic transformation of regions, building on regional competitive advantages and facilitating market opportunities in new inter-regional and European value chains. They help regions to anticipate, plan and accompany their process of economic modernisation.

The S3 approach is thus characterised by the identification of strategic areas for intervention based both on the analysis of the strengths and potential of the economy and on an Entrepreneurial Discovery Process (EDP) with wide stakeholder involvement. It embraces a broad view of innovation supported by effective monitoring mechanisms. Smart Specialisation Strategies (RIS3 or S3) set priorities at national and regional level to build competitive advantage by developing and matching research and innovation own strengths with business needs, to address emerging opportunities and market developments in a coherent manner, while avoiding duplication and fragmentation of efforts. They are also a backbone of national or regional research and innovation strategic policy frameworks in Europe.

Since 2011, the Smart Specialisation Platform (S3 Platform) acts as a facilitator for regions and countries in the uptake and incorporation of the smart specialisation concept and methodology in their research and innovation strategies. The community is continuously growing. (Source: EC-JRC).

Smart Specialisation has already been in focus of the WBC-RTI.info newsletter in 2016 and 2018. You can find the related articles here and here.

News

THE 14th MEETING OF THE SEEIIST STEERING COMMITTEE HELD ON 4 APRIL 2022 IN THESSALONIKI, GREECE

The 14th meeting of the SEEIIST Intergovernmental Steering Committee (SC) was held on April 4, 2022 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The welcome address was given by representatives of Greece and SEEIIST Steering...
[Call Announcement] Call for Serbia Ventures Program

The program is designed to incentivize private investors, high net worth individuals and institutions to engage in financing startups with high growth potential by incorporating venture capital funds ...
[Call Announcement] EIT / RIS "Intrapreneurship call" deadline on May 17!

Apply to the Intrapreneurship Challenge to make your company more environmentally friendly or addressing other societal challenges as an Intrapreneur! Intrapreneurship Challenge is a competition to...

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Events

Western Balkans Circular Economy Week

Western Balkans Circular Economy Week is the first regional initiative to bring together different actors throughout the Western Balkans focusing on Circular Economy and Sustainable Development and is...
Annual Research Conference 2022 - How to turn green in the European way?

The conference is organised by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN). The Annual Research Conference, now in...
Podim Tech & StartUp Event in Maribor (registration fee)

Podim is a nonprofit platform founded in 1980 to change attitudes towards innovation. Based in Slovenia, Podim has evolved into the most influential startup & tech event in the CEE region, where innovation...

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Organisations

European Commission - Joint Research Centre - IPTS - Spain

The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) is one of the seven scientific institutes of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), located in Seville, Spain. Since 1994, ...

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Calls

Call for Serbia Ventures Program

The program is designed to incentivize private investors, high net worth individuals and institutions to engage in financing startups with high growth potential by incorporating venture capital funds ...
EIT / RIS "Intrapreneurship call" - deadline: May 17

Apply to the Intrapreneurship Challenge to make your company more environmentally friendly or addressing other societal challenges as an Intrapreneur! Intrapreneurship Challenge is a competition to...
European Innovation Procurement Awards

Recognising the efforts done by public and private buyers to promote and implement innovation procurement across Europe About Innovation procurement boosts the process of transforming...

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Documents

Smart specialisation implementation framework for the EU enlargement and neighbourhood region

As economies in the European Union Enlargement and Neighbourhood Region are gathering pace in developing their respective Smart Specialisation Strategies, their focus is moving from the design...
Skills for smart specialisation: A handbook based on experience

While smart specialisation is primarily about the economics of specialisation, vocational education and training (VET) and skills are the engine that drive smart specialisation. The ETF’s methodological...
Rethinking the ‘Entrepreneurial Discovery Process’ in times of physical distancing

The “Entrepreneurial Discovery Process” is a key element of Smart Specialisation Strategy, referring to stakeholder involvement in policy design to ‘discover’ and identify new or existing priorities for...

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Projects

Serbia Accelerating Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project (SAIGE)

Serbia has received a loan from the World BankGroup for the Serbia Accelerating Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SAIGE) Project to support the strengthening of the Serbian Innovation and Entrepreneurship...
INNOPLATFORM

INNOPLATFORM aims at improving the competitiveness of the Balkan Mediterranean region by advancing existing knowledge on business model innovations and developing a set of tools (InnoTools) and services...
High-Level Innovation for a Value-Driven Exploitation of a Joint S3 in The Adriatic Area

The HIVES Project wants to deal with the main challenges in the field of entrepreneurial innovation in the IPA Adriatic area: low R&D investments,low propensity among SME to collaborate on knowledge...

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