📢 New review by the @euauditors.bsky.social: 15 years after they were launched, it is still difficult to establish whether #SmartSpecialisation strategies for #research and #innovation in the #EU are achieving their goals.

🔗 Read the full review 👇
www.eca.europa.eu/en/publicati...

🚀 What is #SmartSpecialisation?

💡 It is a #regional #innovation policy approach which aims to help the #EU make the most of #cohesion policy funds by boosting the most promising areas of #development.

🔎 Does it live up to its promises?

📅 Stay tuned and find out on 23 September at 17:00 CEST.

NESS Practice lab - knowledge valorisation | NESS - Network for experts in Smart Specialisation NESS Smart Specialisation Practice Lab: Improving regional knowledge valorisation capacities. The Network of European Smart Specialisation Stakeholders (NESS) brings together practitioners, experts, ...

Smart Specialisation Practice Lab: Improving regional (Horizon Europe) knowledge valorisation
- 17 Oct 1PM CET, online -

Interested?

More info: www.linkedin.com/posts/ness-n...

Register: lnkd.in/dNS8CpEV

#S3 #SmartSpecialisation #HorizonEurope

Last night, we hosted our Symposium & Cocktail with @odiseehogeschool.bsky.social 🍸 Discussing how #UAS can lead regional innovation & cohesion with voices from @ec.europa.eu & #ERRIN

Key takeaways: lnkd.in/daVyvs5Z
Photo album: lnkd.in/dZ3-X6aM

#EURASHE #HigherEd #SmartSpecialisation #EURegions

NESS goes BRU!

Super hyper to meet in person back-to-back w/ S3 Conference 2025 in Brussels - and to workshop on shared topics. Thank you also Dominique Foray, Jan-Philipp Kramer / Prognos! #S3 #S4 #smartspecialisation

Andre Torre presented on Developments in CCIs. He argues that #CohesionPolicy has devoted many programmes for the development of #peripheralareas, but very few to CCIs. #SmartSpecialisation focuses investment on technological innovation, and this is not the core of #CCIs.

Register for the NESS webinar | NESS - Network for experts in Smart Specialisation 🚀 Are you working with Smart Specialisation? Feeling alone in your role? You’re not. Join us for a unique interactive webinar hosted by NESS – the Network for Experts in Smart Specialisation! 🗓️ 28 M...

Are you working with Smart Specialisation? Feeling alone in your role? You’re not.

Check out an open webinar 🗓️ 28 May, 15:00–17:00 CET
“The Role of Trust in Creating Sustainable Shared Value in Networks.

Register here esmaker.net/nx2/s.aspx?i...

For more info see comments!

#smartspecialisation

NESS – A Network for Experts in Smart Specialization - SBHSS Smart specialization is a key policy tool to strengthen Europe´s regional innovation. But, while strategies are often shaped at regional level, the work of regional experts can be an isolated experien...

Thank you Småland Blekinge Halland South Sweden for introducing NESS!

www.sbhss.eu/ness-a-netwo...

#smartspecialisation #s3 #regionaldevelopment

Join us on 13 May for the S3 Community of Practice #S3CoP webinar "Industrial Transition in Action: New Smart Specialisation Trajectories", hosted by the S3 CoP Working Group on #IndustrialTransition & led by Technopolis! 🔔

More info & registration👇
bit.ly/3YXLkph

#SmartSpecialisation #EURegions

NESS Network – Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) Survey Shape the future of the NESS network through this survey : help us identify your challenges and needs to develop relevant activities for S3 practitionners.

Dear #S3 expert - we want to hear from you!

Please answer our survey: forms.gle/nR8hQwkSs9DJ...

The results of the survey will be discussed in our forthcoming inaugural webinar. Thank you and stay tuned🫡
#SmartSpecialisation #innovation #regionaldevelopment

Inforegio - 2nd MED Innovation Campen EnglishSearch EuropeanCommission – Regional Policy - Inforegio

A set of webinars on #SmartSpecialisation by #S3 Community of Practice Working Groups:

12 May - Interregional collaboration: ec.europa.eu/regional_pol...

13 May - Industrial transition: ec.europa.eu/regional_pol...

28 May - Innovation diffusion: ec.europa.eu/regional_pol...

In #SmartSpecialisation, the ultimate goal is very often about growth, growth, growth... but thinking of e.g. less developed regions, how about Smart Adaptation, or even Smart Shrinking? Any sense in this? What do you think? #S3 #growth #competitiveness #cohesion #innovation

Turning Technological Relatedness into Industrial Strategy: The Productivity Effects of Smart Specialization in Europe In this article we evaluate the impact of smart specialization policies on European regional economies. We propose a novel analytical framework that considers the policy prescription defined by the...

Want to explore more? Check out the full paper here: 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YKTZJ...

@silviarocchetta.bsky.social

#SmartSpecialisation #RegionalPolicy #Innovation

Productivity, Smart Specialisation, and Innovation: The paper aims to enrich the discussion on the Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) and ongoing development of macro-regions in the EU. EU macro-regions are defined as ge...

Our 2023 study uncovers key insights into #SmartSpecialisation & #Productivity in EU macro-regions. Tailored policies are vital to bridging gaps and driving innovation. Still highly relevant!
🔗 Read here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
#Research #RegionalEconomics #Innovation

Productivity, Smart Specialisation, and Innovation: The paper aims to enrich the discussion on the Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) and ongoing development of macro-regions in the EU. EU macro-regions are defined as ge...

Our 2023 study uncovers key insights into #SmartSpecialisation & #Productivity in EU macro-regions. Tailored policies are vital to bridging gaps and driving innovation. Still highly relevant!
🔗 Read here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
#Research #RegionalEconomics #Innovation

#EUA2018Zurich Day 2 starts with breakout sessions - Peter Haring Bolivar @PHBmex introduces the challenges of regional #smartspecialisation.