1. www.jrc.ec.europa.eu Serving society Stimulating innovation Supporting legislation Joint Research Centre Food, Gastronomy and Bio-economy as elements of regional innovation strategies Katerina Ciampi Stancova

2. Agro-food: one of S3 key priorities 1263 priorities encoded in Eye@RIS3 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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4. 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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6. 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

7. 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. 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

9. 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

10. 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. 1029 November 2015

11. Presentations: CROATIA IRELAND 1129 November 2015

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Presentation: LAZIO 1529 November 2015

16. 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

17. Thank you! @S3Platform Katerina.Ciampi-Stancova@ec.europa.eu JRC-IPTS-S3PLATFORM@ec.europa.eu JRC-IPTS-S3EVENTS@ec.europa.eu http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu