1. “The Learning Journey”
Ten regions develop their understanding of Smart Specialisation
(SmartSpec Project )
Sept 2016
Richard Tuffs

2. ERRIN Four Ps Influencing EU Research & Innovation Policy
Juncker Plan
Synergies
Smart Specialisation
Innovation Council
Policy
Projects
Partner-
ship
Profile
Project Brokerage sessions:
Interreg-Europe
March 17th
ICT/KETS /Health and SSH
June 21st-22nd
Energy 25th Oct
Working with our members
Joint events – EURADA/ERRIN and CEFIC/ERRIN
MoUs
Partner Searches on website
Average of +2 events/invitations to speak per week
ERRIN in ‘SmartSpec Project’ with ten ERRIN regions
Supporting project development and
engaging ERRIN regions in EU projects
Raising the profile of ERRIN
and member regions in Brussels

3. Innovation & Investment
ERRIN Working Groups 2016
Energy & Climate Change
Bio-economy/ Food & Agri
Health
Water / Process Industry
Transport
Smart Cities
Tourism
Advanced manufacturing/ Nano
Blue Growth
Design & Creativity
ICT
Opening Science
Innovation & Investment
Smart Specialisation
Policy

4. Working Groups and Leaders 2016
Policy – Scotland Europa, East & North Finland & South Tyrol
Projects – West Midlands, Eindhoven & Lombardy
Societal
Energy – Scotland Europa, Flanders, West Finland & South Denmark
Health – Stavanger, South Denmark, Skåne & Lombardy
Opening Science – Bremen, Berlin, Capital Region DK & Wales Higher Education
Transport & Logistics – Aragon, Ile de France & Scotland
Water – Fryslan & Puglia
Industry
Advanced manufacturing & nano – Twente University, Rhone-Alpes, West Mids & Basque Country
Bio economy, food & sustainable agriculture – West Finland, Northern Ireland, Navarra, Pays de la Loire & Veneto
Design & creativity – Central Denmark, Lombardy & Stuttgart
ICT – Zealand, Berlin & Extremadura
Innovation & investment – Cantabria, Eindhoven, KEPA & Trento
Tourism – Valencia, Crete, Lombardy & Saxony Anhalt
X-cutting
Smart Cities Communities & Regions –Eindhoven, East & North Finland , North Sweden, Noord Regio & Stavanger
Smart Specialisation – Scotland Europa, PACA, Helsinki & Malta
Blue Innovation & Growth – Brittany, Pomorskie & Emilia Romagna
Strategic
Over 40 regions involved in
leading Working Groups

5. Working Groups – what do they do?
Regional presentations
Developing positions
EU institutions - speakers
Working Group
Policy
Projects
Partnership
Profile
Visibility
Brokerage sessions x 1 per year
Regional interests &
competences
Early intelligence
Working Groups
Develop an annual work plan with broad objectives and planning
Meet approx 4 times per year
Most meetings involve Brussels representatives
Regional experts needed for brokerage events for project development
Sharing knowledge
Project dissemination
Other networks
Mutual learning
Making contacts

6. Introduction
How do we embed smart specialisation competences into regions?
What are the key issues?
How do we create a learning community?
Interreg-Europe?
S3 Platforms?
Knowledge Exchange Platform?

7. Outline Discussion The ‘Learning Journey’
Process
Outcomes
Key issues – governance and evaluation
Building a smart specialisation professional base
Interreg-Europe
Policy Learning Platform
Learning academies
MOOCs
Discussion

8. Research and Innovation Strategies Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3)
Building on the past, whilst breaking with the past, through:
Building on existing strengths and potential
Strengthening competitive advantage
Stimulating innovation
Connecting and engaging with external expertise
Involves focused investment, through:
Prioritisation of research and innovation fields
Stimulating exploration and search processes

9. SmartSpec Project Aims
To strengthen the analytical underpinnings of the concept of Smart Specialisation
To generate strategic intelligence for policy-makers, and
To provide methodological guidance for practitioners

10. SmartSpec Project approach
Series of integrated Work Packages, exploring
PRINCIPLES
Entrepreneurial Search Dynamics
Social Innovation
Regions with less developed research and innovation systems
Effective strategy design
PRACTICES
16 regional ‘living laboratories’ (10 LJ regions + 6 other regions)
PROCESSES
10 Regional affiliates engaged in a ‘Learning Journey’

11. The SmartSpec Team The Team Regional Affiliates Partners
Basilicata, IT
Bremen, DE
Eszak-Alfold, HU
Lodz, PO
Murcia, ES
Navarra, ES
Northern Ireland, NI
East Sweden, SE
South Moravia, CZ
Slovenia, SL
Cardiff University
Charles University
Claire Nauwelaers
ERRIN
EURADA
Fundacion Deusto
Lund University
Newcastle University
University of Groningen
University of Padua
Utrecht University

12. The learning journey Developing a practitioner/ Identifying practical
policy interface
Identifying practical
challenges
Linking theory
and practice
Developing a thematic knowledge base
Benchmarking
conceptual knowledge
Building a
learning community

13. SmartSpec Regions The Learning Journey 10. East Sweden 5.Northern
Ireland
4. Bremen
3. Lodz
7.South
Moravia
9. Eszak-
Alfold
2. Slovenia
Building a learning community
Identifying practical challenges
Benchmarking conceptual knowledge
Linking theory and practice
6. Navarra
8. Basilicata
1. Murcia

14. Topics Monitoring Social innovation and S3
Chosen by the regions
Monitoring
Social innovation and S3
Involving business in the S3
Cluster strategies and S3
Public sector innovation
Governance x 2
Creative clusters and S3
Internationalisation
Wrap up session – (discussing questionnaire)

17. How many people in your organisation are involved in the region’s S3 strategy?
Average
5.2
S3 Regional
Team Meeting

18. Q11: How far do you consider that your organisation has a good understanding of S3?
Average Score: 3.7

19. Q12: How far do you think that knowledge of S3 is embedded in the organisation?
1-5 scale used with 5 highest score
3.2
3.1
How far do you consider that the S3 process has political support in your region?

20. Meet the implementers…
Thanks to Nancy for the picture
Thanks to Vittorio for the picture

21. Overview Positive feedback – strong attendance
Rule minimum 8/10 regions in each workshop
Each region must attend 8/10 workshops
Building of confidence and shared support
But…
How do we learn about smart specialisation?
Should we be building professional competences and how?

22. S3 Platform Basic Guide

23. S3 Platform Specialised Guides

24. Smart Specialisation Thematic Platforms
Three platforms started for regions to join together on shared S3 priorities:
Energy
Agri-food
Industrial Modernisation(Barcelona 16th/17th Nov)
Photonics?

25. Interreg Europe
The INTERREG EUROPE programme promotes exchange of experience on thematic objectives among partners throughout the Union on the identification and dissemination of good practice
This will be done via the support and facilitation of policy learning, sharing of knowledge and transfer of good practices between regional and local authorities and other actors of regional relevance.
The programme covers the whole territory of the European Union (EU) and Norway and Switzerland.
Budget €359 million for the period.

27. Interreg Europe first call outcomes for Innovation
ACRONYM
Topic
Priority axis
specific objective
Beyond EDP
RIS3 - governance (EDP) 1
1.2
BRIDGES
RIS3 - governance
1.1
Clust&RIS3
RIS3 - clusters
Clusterix 2.0
ERUDITE
Open innovation (for new ICT services)
HELIUM
Innovation in specific sector (health)
HIGHER
HoCare
INKREASE
RIS3 - governance
InnoBridge
Bringing innovation to market
NICHE
Innovation in specific sector (food)
NMP-REG
Innovation specific sector (nanotechnologies & new materials)
OSIRIS
Open innovation
P2L2
RIS3 - advanced materials
RATIO
Innovation capacity of rural SMEs
RESET
Innovation in specific sector (textile)
S34GROWTH
RIS3 - industry led interregional cooperation
S3Chem
RIS3 - chemicals
SmartPilots
Innovation in specific sector (bioeconomy through shared pilot facilities)
SUPER
Eco-innovation (& internationalisation)
TITTAN

28. Interreg Europe first call outcomes in research and innovation catergory
9 projects focusing directly on RIS3

29. INTERREG IVC capitalisation
Policy Learning Platforms
INTERREG IVC capitalisation
exercise
S3 platform
Seville
Objective
Facilitate continuous policy learning across EU by creating an Interreg Europe community of peers
What is the Interreg Europe community? What services will be provided through policy learning platforms?
Better exploit the projects’ results
Open up the programme results to anyone interested

30. The Policy Learning Platform (PLP) will focus on key areas like:
S3 implementation (with a focus on monitor and review/updating processes)
Research-to-business knowledge/technology transfer
Promotion and sustainability of excellence centres and R&D infrastructures
Cluster approaches and open innovation
Non technological innovation
Down-stream and demand based policy measures
Synergies with central managed programmes (like H2020 and COSME).

31. Värmland Academy for Smart Specialisation
The Värmland Academy for Smart Specialisation is a tool for transformation and renewal of private and public sectors in Värmland and for research at Karlstad University.
The Academy will contribute to innovation by improving cooperation and clarifying priorities, increasing the involvement of the business sector and the public sector, increasing the capacity to participate in international research and innovation projects and raising awareness nationally and in EU cooperation.
The Smart Specialisation Academy brand will create awareness and facilitate communication about the initiative and cooperation opportunities. The brand will be known internationally and help to strengthen the region, the University and Region Värmland by facilitating recruitment, investment, research funding and partnerships.

32. MOOCS
Committee of the Regions
EPFL Lausanne

33. Conclusion Important to build a community of learning
Practical exchange and discussion
Learning Journey
Peer to peer workshops
Conferences
Knowledge Exchange Platform events
But also need to build recognition of skills
MOOCs
Short courses

34. Powered by Collaboration
Connected to Regions
Powered by Collaboration

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