Serving society Stimulating innovation Supporting legislation Joint Research Centre Food, Gastronomy and Bio-economy as elements of regional innovation strategies Katerina Ciampi Stancova

Agro-food: one of S3 key priorities 1263 priorities encoded in covering 25 MSs and 178 regions. 271 priorities (21.5%) are specifically in area of agro-food incl. related areas e.g. (agro)tourism, bio-technologies (incl. KETs), water, etc. 229 November 2015

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Agro-food bio-technologies 60 related priorities have been identified in 50 countries and regions: 9 EU-13 countries and regions and 41 other countries and regions. Related technologies that appear in the description are: KETs, chemistry, energy, biofuels, engineering, health and life sciences, bio-medicine, pharmacy and generic engineering. the most frequent priority is KETs in particular industrial biotechnology (25 entries) 429 November 2015

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Common issues Entrepreneurial discovery process – how and why food (or similar area) was selected as one of smart specialisation areas? Who are relevant stakeholders? What is special about this specialisation? Is it a cross-sectoral activity or niche activity? Past, current, future R&I in food, gastronomy, bio-economy, food tourism, etc. to boost regional/ national growth and employment. Implementation of this smart specialisation including implementation strategy, processes, tools, project calls and selection criteria, etc. Trans-regional and international collaborations within this smart specialisation area – experience, projects, partners, future activities. 629 November 2015

Questions from the regions Collaboration among stakeholders in agro-food GVCs Collaboration between industry and academia Incentives for SMEs to invest in R&D Funding mix Investment priorities Local branding strategies Public support to innovation processes Added value of food products KETs in agro-food 729 November 2015

8 14:10-16:10Presentations and testimonials: CROATIA and IRELAND 15 minPresentation CROATIA 15 minPresentation IRELAND 5 minExpert feedback 50 minOpen space discussion: 4 groups and 4 questions 20 minSharing the results of the discussions- Rapporteurs reporting back the proceedings of the discussion 16:10-16:30COFFEE BREAK 16:30 – 17:30Presentations and testimonials: LAZIO 15 min - 5 min Presentation LAZIO - expert feedback 30 minOpen space discussion: 3 groups and 3 questions 10 minSharing the results of the discussions- Rapporteurs report back the proceedings of the discussion 10 minOpen discussion – Round 1 – What are the actual problems (in the country/region)? 20 minOpen discussion – Round 2 - Policy suggestions for how this/these issue(s) can be addressed

The objectives of the Open space discussion Outputs expected from the afternoon session: Catalyse effective working conversations Clarify the actual problems that need to be tackled Specific policy advice and practical recommendations, backed by the clarification of the actual underlying problems Put together a collection of key insights – reported back in the plenary session after the group discussions. 929 November 2015

Rules and roles If you find yourself in a situation where you are not contributing or learning, move somewhere where you can. Follow your passion and take your responsibility November 2015

Presentations: CROATIA IRELAND 1129 November 2015

Four questions first session 1.How to promote collaboration of key stakeholders (including multinationals, SMEs, research institutions, intermediaries, etc.) in new emerging agro-food (global) value chains? 2.How can KETs be identified and applied in the area of agro-food? 3.How can we incentivise small SMEs to invest in R&I and/or encourage more collaboration between industry and academia? 4.What is the appropriate mix between basic, applied and commercial type (TRL scale) publicly funded R&I investments? 1229 November 2015

INTRODUCTION - What is the real question/problem? - How do you understand the issue that is at your table? Purpose: to go deeper with the question, dig under the surface of what we know already. 13

DISCUSSION - How the issue that you identified should be specifically tackled? - Do you have any practical advice or recommendations based on your own experience? - What (in your experience) has worked and what has not (good/bad practices)? Purpose: - Discuss your experiences and suggested advice/ recommendations - Write down your collective recommendations. 14

Presentation: LAZIO 1529 November 2015

Three questions second session 1.How to combine product qualification & local branding strategies? 2. How to strengthen and stabilize the process: from pilot applications to services and products to the market 3.How should STI investment in specialised area be prioritised across human capital, infrastructure and international collaboration? 1629 November 2015

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