Smart Specialisation
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
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Start of the New European Union for Local Development programme – EU PRO Plus
EU PRO Plus, a new European Union programme for local development, which aims to contribute to the overall social and economic development of 99 local self-governments 2 in the regions of Šumadija and...
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[Event Announcement] Smart Specialisation for the Recovery Workshop
This event aims to deepen our understanding as to how Smart Specialisation can be an effective tool to help territories recover from the current pandemic-induced crisis and discover new opportunities ...
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Energy Agencies – key drivers for the energy transition
As energy agencies evolve and respond to their fast changing environment, they need to build new skills and strategies to scale up and speed up action. ManagEnergy is a key enabler for energy agencies...
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Events
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Smart Specialisation for the Recovery Workshop
This event aims to deepen our understanding as to how Smart Specialisation can be an effective tool to help territories recover from the current pandemic-induced crisis and discover new opportunities ...
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Navigating through the Social Innovation Tournament application process
Are you considering applying for the Social Innovation Tournament?
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University-Industry Interaction Conference
Join the largest global event dedicated to university-industry interaction, entrepreneurial & engaged universities and the future of higher education. In a social-distancing and lockdown world, university...
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Organisations
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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, ...
Calls
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CfP and Call for special session proposals: SMARTER Conference
Conference on Smart Specialisation and Territorial Development: Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy.
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Call for Event Partners: European Week of Regions and Cities
Application deadline: Friday 27 March 2020 The European Commission Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) and the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) have launched the...
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Opened on November 7, the INNOSUP-01-2018-2020 call for proposals for cluster facilitated projects for new industrial value chains has an allocated budget of 25.150.000 EUR and aimes at ...
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Documents
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JRC: An intervention-logic approach for the design and implementation of S3 strategies
Smart specialisation is conceptualised as research and innovation policymaking encompassed in a holistic place-based view of development.
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Regional Risks for Doing Business 2019
The Regional Risks for Doing Business report offers a business perspective on the impact of global risks and illustrates how they are experienced differently across regions. In an increasingly complex...
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Smart Specialisation METHODOLOGICAL MANUAL: Developing Thematic Interregional PArtnerships for SS
Since 2015, the European Commission has been working hard with the thematic partnerships helping them to figure out how to go best about initiating and managing interregional thematic S3 partnerships. ...
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Links
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Smart Specialisation Strategy R&I Regional Viewer
The R&I Regional Viewer provides a structured, regionalised visualisation (at Nuts levels 1, 2 and 3) of two sets of data: the Horizon 2020 funding awarded to the participants of projects sourced...
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S3.ME (link to S3 strategy Platform in Montenegro)
Platform online since 15 January 2020 for implementation of the S3 Strategy in Montenegro. Follow this link
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The Digital Innovation Hubs tool, is an online catalogue which contains comprehensive information on digital innovation hubs in Europe. The ultimate purpose of the tool is to help companies get access...
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Projects
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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...
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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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Centre of Excellence for Advanced Technologies in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
Agriculture and food security are one of the main focal points of EU policies, since, in the next 20 years, world food production must increase by 50%, while 80% of that increase must come from intensification...
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