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OCTA INNOVATION

Compendium

of

EU Innovation Good Practice

25.10.2015

http://www.octa-innovation.eu/

Compendium of EU Innovation Good Practice

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Table of Contents Abbreviations .................................................................................................................................... 3

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 4

APPROACHES TO S3 PLATFORM / RIS3 SMART SPECIALISATION ......................................................... 5

Smart Specialisation S3 Platform ....................................................................................................... 5

EU Island Territorial Regional Economies ........................................................................................... 6

Azores ........................................................................................................................................... 6

Balearic Islands .............................................................................................................................. 6

Canary Islands ............................................................................................................................... 7

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly ............................................................................................................. 8

Crete ............................................................................................................................................. 8

Cyprus ........................................................................................................................................... 9

La Réunion Island ........................................................................................................................ 10

Sicily ............................................................................................................................................ 11

EU Mainland Territorial Regional Economies................................................................................ 12

Algarve ........................................................................................................................................ 12

Alsace .......................................................................................................................................... 13

Aragόn......................................................................................................................................... 14

Basque Country ........................................................................................................................... 14

Bratislava..................................................................................................................................... 16

Castilla y Leόn .............................................................................................................................. 16

Centre-France .............................................................................................................................. 17

Croatia......................................................................................................................................... 18

East Sweden ................................................................................................................................ 20

Estonia ........................................................................................................................................ 20

Friesland ...................................................................................................................................... 21

Languedoc-Roussillon .................................................................................................................. 23

Latvia........................................................................................................................................... 23

Lower Austria .............................................................................................................................. 24

Lubelskie ..................................................................................................................................... 26

Marche ........................................................................................................................................ 27

Mazovia ....................................................................................................................................... 27

Moravia-Silesia ............................................................................................................................ 29

Nordland ..................................................................................................................................... 29

Piedmont ..................................................................................................................................... 30


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Pomorskie ................................................................................................................................... 31

Puglia .......................................................................................................................................... 32

Satakunta .................................................................................................................................... 33

Slovenia ....................................................................................................................................... 33

South Moravia ............................................................................................................................. 34

Sterea Ellada................................................................................................................................ 35

Tuscany ....................................................................................................................................... 36

Umbria ........................................................................................................................................ 37

Vojvodina .................................................................................................................................... 39

Weser-Ems .................................................................................................................................. 40

SMART SPECIALISATION CASE STUDIES ............................................................................................ 41

ANNEX 1: Smart Specialisation – A Strategy for all Regions .............................................................. 48

ANNEX 2: Recensements bonnes pratiques ..................................................................................... 50

ANNEX 3: High Profile Examples of EU Good Practice ...................................................................... 51

ANNEX 4: Lessons Learned from the RITTS scheme (2002) ............................................................... 54

ANNEX 5: Priorities for the Improvement of Innovation Strategies .................................................. 57

ANNEX 6: Further Reading and Reference Sources........................................................................... 58


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Abbreviations PC or pc Per capita / per capita

AMT Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

BERD Business Expenditure on Research and Development

BSC Balanced Scorecard / Business Services Centre (according to context)

CP On page 46 – check for meaning (Consumer Products?

EPO European Patent Office

EU-ISB EU Innovation Scoreboard

GERD Gross Expenditure on Research and Development

HAMHIT High and Medium-High Technology (e.g. sectors)

HR Human Resources

I&T Innovation and Technology

I&TT Innovation & Technology Transfer

Inst/s Institution / Institutions

KET Key Enabling Technologies

KIBS Knowledge-intensive Business Services

KIT-ESPON Knowledge, Innovation, Territory Project – European Spatial Planning Observation Network

KPI Key Performance Indicator

MINT Management of Innovation and New Technology

PESTLE or PESTEL

Political, Economy, Society, Technology, Legal, Environment or Environment Legal

Quadruple Helix

As for Triple Helix but usually also engaging Civil Society and/or other key stakeholder groups in the process

RDTI Research, Development, Technology and Innovation

RES Renewable Energy Source

RISB Regional Innovation Scoreboard

RITTS Regional Innovation & Technology Transfer Strategies

S&T Science & Technology

SIDS Small Island Developing States

SS Smart Specialisation

STI Scientific and Technological Institutional facilities

SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

Triple Helix Collaboration of University, Business and Government to enhance innovation capacity

TWG Thematic Working Group

USP Unique Selling Proposition


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INTRODUCTION The EU has a long history of funding support for research, development and innovation. The

framework programme (FPs 1 – 7, now Horizon 2020) which started in 1984, the Regional

Innovation Strategy and Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer Strategies programmes

(RIS-RITTS) of the 1990s and first decade of C21, ERDF via the on-going INTERREG programmes to

name only a few of the bigger programmes; and in more recent times the promotion of the S3

Platform with its focus on support for RIS3 Smart Specialisation projects and ensuring that regions

remain abreast of and successfully participate in present and foreseeable developments in

technology and innovatory-driven economic growth.

In effect, the EC and the individual MS together form a vast institutional memory bank and

repository of knowledge related to the pursuit of innovation. That is the good news. The not so

good news is the difficulty of finding and then accessing the appropriate data in a format that is

both relevant and comprehensible to the need. This is especially true for small less favoured

nations for whom the benchmarking of good international practice may have to take the place of

indigenous applied RDI capacity.

However, benchmarking should be approached with caution. The cases studied should be treated

as sign-posts to solutions or lessons from which to learn rather than being transposed from one

environment to another as carbon copies without making allowances for cultural differentiation.

Learn from the methodology, not from the implementation. The Compendium of EU Innovation

Good Practice is based on that precept. It also aims to be mainly contemporary in content.

Hopefully it will also help to resolve some of these issues for the OCTs

The first section focuses on the EU S3 Platform and 38 active RIS3 projects which includes 8 island

economies. The tables provide a short profile of the concerned region’s economic and RDI

capacity followed by data which present the essence of the project’s strategic priorities and the

methodological structure that was adopted.

The second section covers findings from a Smart Specialisation case study of 11 EU regions

undertaken by Dr Raquel Ortega-Argilés of Groningen University. This document presents the

analysis of a set of European regions that in recent years have undertaken processes of economic

transformation in line with the objectives of Europe 2020 (sustainable, inclusive and smart growth

strategies). The policy strategies share various features and patterns, but also exhibit differences

related to historical and economic environment.

The Annexes to the Compendium include an extract from a Smart Specialisation concept paper by

DG REGIO (Annex 1); Special Reports by OCTA Innovation Experts (Annexes 2 and 3). Lessons

Learned from 42 EU regions that participated in the Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer

Strategies programme (Annex 4); and Priorities for the Improvement of Innovation Strategies

(Annex 5). Annex 6 provides on-line links to a range of EU, OECD and other documents for further

reading and reference.

Milan Jezic von Gesseneck, Team Leader, Innovation Expert

James Dick, Innovation Expert


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APPROACHES TO S3 PLATFORM / RIS3 SMART SPECIALISATION

Smart Specialisation S3 Platform The S3 Platform assists EU countries and regions to develop, implement and review their

Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3). Established in 2011 the role of

the S3 Platform is to provide information, methodologies, expertise and advice to national and

regional policy makers, as well as promote mutual learning, trans-national co-operation and

contribute to academic debates around the concept of smart specialisation. Services include:

Providing guidance material and good practice examples

Organising information sessions for policy makers and participating in conferences

Providing training to policy-makers

Facilitating peer-reviews

Supporting access to relevant data

Participating in high quality research projects to inform strategy formation and policy

making

Registration on the S3 Platform is open to regional and national administrations of EU, candidate

and neighbouring countries.1The S3 Platform is hosted by the Institute for Prospective

Technological Studies (IPTS) in Seville, part of the European Commission's Joint Research

Centre. It is made up of three main parts:

A project management and research team at the IPTS.

A Steering Team gathering representatives of several Commission Services

A Mirror Group composed of leading academics and experts in the fields of innovation

and regional development, as well as representatives of networks such as EURADA.

ERRIN, EBN, OECD, European Cluster Observatory and European Cluster Alliance.

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is the scientific and technical arm of the European Commission

which produces multi-disciplinary research to inform EU policy challenges. Smart specialisation is

an example of how theory and practice can inform each other and how the EU can draw on the

wide range of academic expertise in the various institutes of the JRC.

The Platform organises two main types of events: Outreach seminars in different European

locations explain and promote the concept of smart specialisation to all interested regions and

institutions; Workshops for registered regions address specific aspects of concern to regional

policy makers. In addition, the Platform can support Member States in organising national events

on Smart Specialisation.

The Platform develops mutual trans-national learning tools shifting gradually from the more

general assessment of national and regional smart specialisation strategies to more targeted

"discussion paths" on specific themes, with regard namely to: (i) specific actors / stakeholders of

the RIS3 (ii) common features of regions such as rural / urban areas, peripheral areas etc.; (iii)

specific policy tools (such as governance setup, funding tools, cluster support, monitoring and

evaluation, etc.; (iv) common RIS3 priorities of regions and countries. The website will be of use

to anyone interested in smart specialisation. In addition, specially designed interactive tools are

currently being designed as online resources for registered regions and countries.

1The list of registered regions and countries can be found at: http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/home

http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/home


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EU Island Territorial Regional Economies

Azores

TERRITORY The Azores Region of Portugal

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Strategic Concept (S3 Platform) (2013)

Profile

Area: 2,333 km2 / Exclusive Economic Maritime Zone 953,633 km2

GDP: 15,197 € pc (2010) Growth rate: Energy: R&D: Expenditure 0.7% of GDP 1 University.

Population: 246,746 (2011) Unemployment: Education: Tertiary education 9.9% (2011) Poverty Rate: Key sectors: Services (74%) Industry (17%) Agro and Fisheries (9%)

Innovation Aims / Strategy

Focus investments on a limited number of priorities

Upgrade and improve policy instruments

Mobilise stakeholders participation in innovation processes

Improve internal and external connections and positioning in EU and global value chains

Innovation Actions / Methodology

Methodological approach in 6 steps 1) Definition of Governance Structure i.e. Management team, Steering Group, Mirror group

(small advisory group of experts), Thematic groups and Project-specific groups 2) Analysis of the regional context i.e. analysis of regional economy, society and innovation

infrastructure with dimensions covering regional assets, EU and global linkages and the entrepreneurial environment. The process is one of looking beyond boundaries

3) Mobilisation and promotion of entrepreneurial process of discovery i.e. the development of a shared vision through the quadruple helix model that draws in Regional Government, the University, the Business Community and Society.

4) Selection of a limited number of priorities. The mail challenge is to strike a viable balance between bottom-up and top-down processes

5) Define the strategy i.e. Policy mix, Roadmap and Action Plan. Strategy definition demands the close commitment of all relevant bodies and actors. Strategy definition leads to the conceptualisation and determination of Pilot Projects under an Action Plan

6) Definition and implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation mechanisms

Innovation Outcomes

A strategic document setting the vision, priorities and action plan

An Ongoing System for the permanent process of identification of opportunities and updating of the adopted strategy

Balearic Islands

TERRITORY Illes Balears (Balearic Islands) Region of Spain

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Strategic Concept (S3 Platform) Plan for Science, Technology & Innovation Plan of the Balearic Islands 2009-2012 Government of the Balearic Islands

Profile

Area: 4,992km2

GDP: 26,692 € pc (2.5% of national GDP) Growth rate: Energy: R&D: 1 university (54.7% of RDI costs)

Population: 1,119,000 (2012) Unemployment: 2.77% (2015) Education: Poverty Rate: Key sectors: Tourism + Services (81%)


Prioritise areas of technology, markets and sectors where existing clusters work – in particular Tourism and its technology domains

Prioritise Clusters as tools for knowledge generation according to market needs


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TERRITORY Illes Balears (Balearic Islands) Region of Spain


Maximise and support the role of Tourism as an engine for regional development (indicators: 43% of GDP/30% of employment/81% of exports/39% of taxes)

Cluster enhances tourism activities in different technology domains e.g. Creative Industries, Sea technologies, Life Science Biohealth, Media, Music, ICT

Pilot or Main Projects

Initiatives whereby Tourism stimulates economic activity and employment through ICT solutions that embrace travel agencies, tour promoters, airport services and air transport, accommodation, restaurants, sailing ports and marinas, marine transport

Innovation Outcomes

Tourism sector is main driver of the economy

Tourism acts to integrate activity of technologies

Tourism promotes development of specialised activities based on knowledge

Lessons Learned

Tourism requires the kind of policy that supports the ability to generate knowledge in an industry that does not create technology but uses it

Canary Islands

TERRITORY Canarias (Canary Islands) Region of Spain

Data Source & Date

RIS+ Innovative Actions ERDF Innovative Actions 2000-2002 DG Regional Policy

Profile

Area: 7447km2

GDP: 19,806 € pc (41,732,769 € (2011) Growth rate: Energy: R&D: 2 universities, RD centres, Technology Parks

Population: 2,126,769 (2011) Unemployment: 30.8% Education: Poverty Rate: Key sectors: Tourism


Develop relevant technological resources

Increase capacity to create innovative firms

Coordinate institutional support for innovation waste management

Strengthening local services and support network for the promotion of cultural tourism


Support to the diffusion and marketing of technology centres and university research

Design of Business Plans

Access to private/public funding

Website support for innovation

Feasibility study for technology centre for furniture industry

Innovation Outcomes

Quality charter prepared for and adopted by technology transfer offices in universities and research centres

Practical guide on the tax system for RDTI activities, including critical analysis of national incentives and recommendations

5 year Innovation Action Program (NIAP)

Portal to web-based services

Lessons Learned

Administrative difficulties caused significant delay

RIS+ was good preparation for implementation of the NIAP

Key role of digital platform for disseminating integrated support services for innovation will lead to further development of website portal and boosting of internet access in rural areas.


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Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

TERRITORY Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Regions of United Kingdom

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Strategic Concept (S3 Platform) Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership

Profile

Area: 3,563km2 (coastline 697 km)

GDP: 8.8 billion € (total economy value) Growth rate: 9% (2009) Energy: R&D: 2 universities, 3 Innovation Centres

Population: 535,300 Unemployment: 15,000 (2011) Education: 27% (working age with NVQ4) Poverty Rate: Key sectors: Business Services


Vision: Leadership in in innovative business and low carbon technologies

Green Economy – renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

SME Innovation and Competitiveness

Smart, sustainable and inclusive growth


Working with private and public sector partners. Public consultations.

Encouraging new innovation and R&D into Cornwall

Promote Business-University cooperation

Invest in R&D and enterprise

Bringing superfast broadband to Cornwall and Scilly Isles

Focus on addressing low productivity across all sectors

Focus on support for high value businesses

Alignment with national agenda


Areas for pilot activity include:

Smart grid development

Renewable energy technologies e.g. marine energy, floating wind and bio fuels

Innovation Outcomes

Businesses reach their national and global potential

Great career opportunities attract the top-calibre talent

Value created out of Knowledge

Responsible use of the natural environment as a key economic asset

Crete

TERRITORY Crete Region of Greece

Data Source & Date

RIS3 Regional Assessment (Smart Regional Specialisation) DG REGION (2012)

Profile

Area: 8,336 km2

GDP: 19,900 € pc (85% of EU 27 average) Growth rate: GDP pc 1.24% (2009) Energy: R&D: 2 universities, 1 Technological Institute, 2 Research Centre. Regional Innovation Council. Modest-high innovator (RISB) Business R&D and patenting very low

Population: 623,100 (5.5% of Greece (2011) Unemployment: 4.0% Education: Poverty Rate: Key sectors: Services (80.75); Trade & Tourism (38%); Industry (13.8%)


Vision Strengthen competitiveness and enhance attractiveness of Crete in conditions of sustainable development Strategic Orientations

Development and modernisation of physical infrastructure

Strengthen productive investment, innovation and effective use of ICT

Upgrade educational infrastructure, health and welfare


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TERRITORY Crete Region of Greece Sustainable environment management and enhancement of cultural heritage

Enhance spatial and social cohesion and improve quality of life for residents Priorities of Research and Innovation policies

Expansion of markets and technological and organisational modernisation

Promote a culture of innovation

Encourage internationalisation of enterprises Expansion of the productive base, creation of new jobs and competitiveness of tourism

Cyprus

TERRITORY Cyprus EU Member State

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Strategic Concept Leonidas Antoniou (rapporteur) National RIS3 Governing Board

Profile

Area: 9,251 km2 GDP: 19.9 billion € PC 22,582 € Growth rate: - 6.0% Energy: R&D: 3 public universities, 5 private universities

Population: 900,000 Unemployment: 15.7% Education: Tertiary 25-64 age group 77.6% Poverty Rate: Key sectors: Tourism, Energy, Environment Agro-food, Construction, Transportation, Health

Innovation Aims / St

Policy – 3 Pillars (1) Smart Growth (2) Sustainable R&I System (3) Support for the R&I system

Objectives

Enhancement of the effectiveness of the RDTI system and its targeted interconnection with the production base through modernisation and technological diversity of the priority sectors

Enhancement of economic competitiveness through the adoption of new forms of innovation and penetration into new markets

Enhancement of the quality of life in Cyprus Strategy

Promote an Innovation Quadruple Helix i.e. cooperation between institutions of higher education and research, enterprise, policy makers and key actors and stakeholders from the wider society.

Increase participation of SMEs in RDTI-related activities

Increase the private sector’s investment in RDTI process

Improve the capacity, quality and ability of the RDTI institutions to support economic competitiveness and social advancement

Increase research-related job opportunities and attract qualified scientists and engineers


Desk Research e.g. Case studies, National and international economic and RDTI reports, Evaluation of RDTI programmes, Evaluation of participation in RDTI programmes, Statistical data for Cyprus and EU, Sectoral analyses

Field Research e.g. Quantitative data, Questionnaires to enterprises, Qualitative data – interviews with opinion leaders and focus groups

Public Consultation e.g. Government bodies, Universities, Enterprises, NSA and wider public, Governing Board, Open workshops, Thematic workshops, Publicity and Awareness creation


Modernisation of the institutional framework

Upgrading the mechanisms supporting the RDTI system

Expanding the sources of and access to funding mechanisms for RDTI

Creating a national culture of innovation in business and throughout society


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TERRITORY Cyprus EU Member State

Innovation Outcomes

A thorough and critical review of the literature initiated – presently ongoing

A methodology for monitoring utilising Social Network Analysis has been adopted – now to be empirically tested

Awareness activities and promotional workshops aimed at private sector investment have been initiated – presently ongoing

Lessons Learned

In an era of severe economic constraint, private sector investment is critical for fostering further innovation and growth

La Réunion Island

TERRITORY La Réunion France

Data Source & Date

RIS3 Smart Specialisation French Department Overseas (2012) Sole Outermost Region of Europe in the Indian Ocean (up to 2014)

Profile Area: 2505 km2

GDP: 18,000 € Growth rate: 4.5% Energy: 33.5% renewable R&D: 1 university, 40 research units

Population: 839,500 35% above 20 years old Unemployment: 29% (2010) Education: Poverty Rate: 49% (2008) Key sectors: Trade and Non-trade services


Wide definition of innovation, resting on 3 pillars: Human, Economic and Territorial Competitiveness and 8 strategic orientations: Human I. Raise level of qualifications to correspond with economic realities, especially Strategic

Business areas II. Build innovative tools to combat illiteracy Economic III. Optimize local resources to support and encourage networking IV. Put companies in a position to innovate V. Create conditions for implementing downstreaming projects Territorial VI. Implement integrated approach to planning

VII. Provide greater visibility for innovation VIII. Establishing a consistent and ongoing culture of innovation


Bonus from public funding awarded to SMEs for innovation projects

An open service for monitoring Calls and helping stakeholders respond to Calls

Strengthen Governance: Strategic Committee (State, Regional & Departmental representatives) – Regional Committee for Innovation (11 public and private sector entities + 4 VIPs) – Operators Committee (28 organisations with links to projects and businesses)


Development of Clusters in sectors with future growth potential:

Biotechnology (e.g. Biofuel) and Life Sciences

Energy (e.g. Ocean thermal energy conversion)

Fishing and Aquaculture (e.g. Marine innovation platform)

ICT (e.g. Environmental Monitoring Satellite-aided Station)

Tourism (Pole of excellence)

Environment

Innovation Outcomes

Establishing Réunion as a centre for testing and adapting European technologies and products and proposing solutions on topics that are of main interest for the intertropical markets

Improvement of the whole innovation chain


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TERRITORY La Réunion France

Lessons Learned

Developing and pursuing innovation strategy is a bottom-up process

Good governances provides the framework that allows both bottom-up and top-down initiatives to function

Given a strong boost and a positive signal Business-oriented clusters will develop

Inter-regional/neighbourhood cooperation benefits all parties

Social innovation is a critical consideration when planning strategies for innovation and change

Sicily

TERRITORY Sicily Region of Italy

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Strategic Concept Giuseppe Polizzano, Evaluation Unit Ministry for Economic Development

Profile

Area: 25,706km2

GDP: 71% of EU27 average (2011) Growth rate: Energy: R&D: “moderate innovator” (RISB 2012)

Population: approx. 5 million Unemployment: 14.4% (2011) Youth Unemployment 42.8% Education: Poverty Rate: 41.3% Key employment sectors: Services 50%


Strategy development is focused on regional clusters covering agri-food, smart manufacturing and life sciences

Coordinating regional with national cluster policies (project of the MoED)

Strategic Vision embraces Social Innovation, Knowledge interfaces, Funding for innovation


Start from existing assets relating to specificities of Sicily

Focus on ST areas where the region is already showing good results

Build on areas and applications with the potential for having the most widespread impact

Strengthen interaction between policy and funding sources

Strengthen the involvement of new stakeholders and partners in implementation

Develop pilot projects in the field of social innovation linked to the role of ICT

Better and more effective alignment of support and instruments with beneficiaries’ needs

Innovative financial tools (seed capital, VC) and PPF to support early stage innovation

Innovation Outcomes

Further analysis of distinctive competences in terms of research capacities and human resources and embedded potential of endogenous assets

Further discussions and development action with productive sectors

Scenario analysis

Final identification, definition and setting of the regional priorities for smart specialisation

Lessons Learned

High public funding for R&D and human resource but low output in terms of patents, spin-offs etc.

Regional research lacks governance, connectivity and integration

Regional innovation strategy lacking in focus and definition

Procedures and response times not in line with firms’ needs

Some effective support for SMEs has been achieved in spite of their low propensity to innovation and lack of patenting in hi-tech sectors

Potentiality of innovation comprised through weak regional strategy, insufficient funding or capital, broken system of governance.


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EU Mainland Territorial Regional Economies

Algarve

TERRITORY Algarve Region of Portugal

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Concept S3 Platform) Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR) (2013)

Profile

Area:

GDP: 7.78 billion € PC 17,774 € Growth rate: 1.9% Energy: R&D: 0.45% of GDP 1 public university

Population: 451,006 Unemployment: 17.9% (Youth 40.3%) Education: Higher education 17.3% of pop Poverty Rate: Key sectors: Tourism and related services (66.67%) Construction, Aquaculture, Food and Cork


Main Socio-Economic RIS3 Objectives (stakeholder needs and societal challenges)

Reduce dependence of tourism on season factors

Develop ‘niches of excellence’ in areas that benefit from ‘related variety’ with tourism

Exploit the potential of maritime cluster in Algarve

Diversify the economic base of the region creating added value and job RIS3 Priorities – Key criteria for definition of priority areas

The existence of key assets and capabilities

Their potential for regional diversification

The potential has and realistically can achieve critical mass RIS3 Priorities

Consolidated Sectors – Tourism and Sea Economic significance, capacity to create and sustain jobs and have solid R&D basis

Emerging Sectors – Ago-feed, ICT, Creative, Renewable Energy, Health and Life Sciences Sectors displaying potential at regional level to have the capacity to drive a Smart Specialisation Strategy, but which also display systemic weaknesses that are hindering economic development.


The strategy and its implementation is intended to integrate and exploit the synergies between different policies and funding sources

Relevant stakeholders and partners are involved in the implementation stage OF RIS3

RIS3 will stimulate private RDI investment as well as being designed to benefit from the DUI mode because of the relevance of the tourism sector

CCDR is the responsible body for RIS3 implementation.

Lessons Learned

Next Steps

The linkage of Tourism to other priority areas will help to get smart specialisation up and running

The creation of adequate policy mix and governance tools to facilitate the implementation process is critical

Algarve needs support in defining adequate monitoring schemes and control mechanisms to underpin the governance of the programme


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Alsace

TERRITORY Alsace Region of France

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Concept (S3 Platform) Directorate of Innovation, Research and Higher Education Operational Committee of Innovation of the Regional Council of Alsace (2012)

Profile

Area: 8,280 km2 GDP: 52,076 M€ PC 27,986 € (2010) Growth rate: Energy: R&D: 2 universities, 3 research centres, 6 regional centres for I&TT.

Population: Unemployment: Education: Poverty Rate: Key sectors: Trade Transport & Services (44.3%) Education Health & Public Admin (29.5%) Industry (18.2%), Construction (6.5%) Exports PC 15,800 € (2011)

Clusters

5 Competitiveness Clusters

Pharma, Biotech, Medical Instruments

Focus on Vehicle and Mobility solutions of the future. Cross-border cluster cooperation

Fibres: Wood, Paper, Textiles, Composites. Cross-border cluster cooperation

Development of Energy-plus solutions in the construction sector

Continental Water issues: Pollution management, Quality of water systems, water protection. Cross- border cluster cooperation

6 Regional Clusters

116 food processors and producers

Vine health and wine quality, agronomy and environment. Dedicated collaboration between researchers, agricultural organisations and services companies

100 ICT companies developing and marketing digital technologies and solutions

40 companies representing industrial textiles, textile schools, laboratories & research centres

Eco-companies and Alsatian research specialised in environment issues

Domestic furnishing and equipment and the design of future furnishing solutions


4 levers for strategic action Addressing culture of innovation and creativity within SMEs Developing the skill and capability of firms to innovate Promoting a collaborative approach and academic research partnerships Promoting the region and its innovation-friendly business infrastructure

3 Regional Convergences Green economy Health and Wellness Humanities and social issues


Key Challenges for Action

Foster the development of SMEs

Strengthen the industrial innovation footprint

Facilitate commercialisation of innovation

Foster R&D, business and emerging market cooperation

Foster culture of innovation and creativity Methodology Main Steps

Diagnostic e.g. SWOT, Issues and strategic orientations

S3 Definition e.g. diagnostic elaboration, identification of main actors, establishment of working groups based on the 3 convergences

S3 Elaboration e.g. KPIs and evaluation

Innovation Advisory Committee consultation

Validation of RIS3 plan by Steering Committee / relevant authorising body


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TERRITORY Alsace Region of France

Innovation Outcomes

Cross-border situation of Alsace defined and cooperation focused on mutually productive areas

Favourable institutional environment established and consolidated i.e. strong governance for innovation and a national/regional cluster policy implemented

1 Bio€ (over 10 years) earmarked for Alsace in recognition of its excellence in research

Lessons Learned

State-region participation based on common diagnostic, and a participatory approach built on stakeholder working groups will support a good connection between entrepreneurial dynamics and strategic orientations

Aragόn

TERRITORY Aragόn Region of Spain

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Concept (S3 Platform) DG Research & Innovation, directorate of Ministry of Industry & Innovation (2012)

Profile

Area: 47,720 km2 (9.5% of Spain) 95% consists of “fragile” rural zones Growth rate: 1.5% GDP (2012) Energy: R&D: University system, Research Insts, International STI, I&T centres, Science Parks and Technological Poles. Budget for Innovation 35 M€ until 2017 but low research absorption

Population: 1,346,293 (2.85% of Spain). 50%+ live in Zaragoza metropolitan area Unemployment: 21.86% (2013) Education: Tertiary in 25-64 age group = >120% of EU average Poverty Rate: Key sectors: Services (61%), Agriculture (17%), Construction (13%), Energy (5%). SMEs


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TERRITORY The Basque Country

Energy: R&D: expenditure 2.12% GDP (2012) Well-established regional STI network 4 universities, 4 technology parks 210 patents filed (2012) RIS3 focus on Biotech, Nanotech, Alternative Energy

Key sectors: Services (62%), Industry (21.3%) Construction 6.5%, Ag & Fisheries (0.8%) 11 consolidated clusters and 9 pre-clusters Service sector growing in importance


The Vision is to develop the actions required to position the Basque Country among the most advanced and competitive regions in Europe

Target markets

Ageing society

Digital world

Transport and mobility

Energy (renewable) Science industry

Cross-technology Domains

Biosciences

Nanoscience

Advanced manufacturing

Boosting Competitiveness through Diversity

Build a society embedded in the global economy connected with the R&D system and international companies

Increase competitiveness through fostering Knowledge, Creativity and Cooperation

Ensure a sustainable future in economic, social and environmental terms through the development of new activities and markets


Identifying priorities

Analysis of sectoral possibilities and needs

Analysis of regional assets and RDTI capacities

Define priority focus areas (see above)

Regional vision-building through dialogue with government, entrepreneurial, scientific and business actors

Methodology and Selection criteria

Build on the established platform of a long tradition in strategic planning of regional industrial and RDTI policy

Organise a programme of focus groups, interviews, feed-back and comments on proposals

Prospective analysis of the overall RDTI capacity and overall trends in global society and economy

Coordination between Regional Ministries (inter-departmental) and provincial and local authorities (multi-level) and between public and private agents (consensus)

Generate and cultivate an Entrepreneurial Process of Discovery

Innovation Outcomes

Global partnerships in RDTI and commercialisation of innovative products established

International business activities and the international capability of SMEs strengthened

R&D cooperating networking activities (intercluster cooperation) taking place

Universities participating in strategic partnerships and cooperating with business

Effective outreach to involve/include smaller and/or non-innovative companies

Lessons Learned

Important to find the balance between demanding active participation and not “disturbing” the actors with unfruitful events and actions

On an on-going basis, international benchmarking and comparison with key indicators is an important issue


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Bratislava

TERRITORY Bratislava Self-Governing Region (BSK) Region of Slovakia

Data Source & Date

RIS 3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Concept (S3 Platform) BSK jointly with Ministry of Education & Science (MinEdu) (2012)

Profile

Area: 2,053 km2 GDP: 46,648 € pc Growth rate: Energy: R&D: 3 universities 53% nation R&D staff / 62% of FP7 1.2% GDP Main research activities: Engineering, Natura; Sciences, Humanities (2012) EU-ISB ranked 22/27 FP7 Participation ranked 22/27 No prior national innovation strategy

Population: 625,300 (2014) Unemployment: 14% (Young People 32%) Education: Tertiary – High % of population Poverty Rate: Key sectors: Automotive industry (VW etc) Knowledge-intensive services Trade and services, banking and insurance


Strategic Vision: Creating of an R&D region of European significance

Achievement of clear leadership in implementation process

Ensure secure financial arrangements

Secure central government support


Roadmap and concrete action plans under development

Sources of funding are uncertain and State budget services are limited

Industry stakeholder involvement must be strengthened

Lessons Learned

Awareness is not yet sufficient but it is improving. The Ministry of Finance and the business community must be made better aware of the R&D initiatives and opportunities

Castilla y Leόn

TERRITORY Castilla y Leόn Region of Spain

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Strategic Concept (S3 Platform) Commissioner for Science &Technology and Innovation Policy + Triple Helix Partnership (2013)

Profile

Area: 94,22m km2 GDP: 53.5 billion € PC 21,879 € (2012) Growth rate: Energy: R&D: GERD as % GDP – 1% 4 public and 4 private universities 5 research institutes and 10 units 2 national research centres HAMHIT companies (1.4% of all) account for 65% of business RDI expenditure

Population: 2, 519,875 (2013) Unemployment: 21.2% (2014) Education: Poverty Rate: Key sectors: Services (69.6%), Industry (15.5%), Construction (8.3%), Agriculture (6.6%) 13 clusters of which 6 account for 59% of regional economy (Automotive, Components & Equipment, Agro-food, Health, Energy & Environment, Tourism)

Clusters Four main priorities in support of emerging clusters:

Strategic: clusters which are needed for sustaining employment and economic wealth


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TERRITORY Castilla y Leόn Region of Spain Emerging: clusters benefitting from global trends in fields where CyL has competitive

advantage

Complementary: clusters needed to improve the competitiveness of the above

Traditional: clusters with historic relevance for employment and the economy of CyL


Strategic Vision for the future of Castilla y Leόn and Main Objectives of RIS3: To achieve a competitive position in a global context to contribute to the Region’s goals Employment and sustainable economic growth

Social and territorial cohesion

Improved quality of life

Build evidence base for RIS3. Analysis and Diagnosis of Regional Context and Innovation Potential

Sectoral analysis: Automotive, Agro-business, Health and Quality of Life, Environment and Energy, Habitat, Tourism and Heritage

Interviews with: Public Administration, Companies, Researchers, Technology Centre, Knowledge Transfer entities

Focus Groups: Universities, Knowledge Transfer entities, Companies

KET Workshops: Advanced Materials, Bio-Technology, Advanced Processes, ITC

SWOT analyses: (1) RDI agenda (2) Knowledge Digital Society (KDS) agenda,

Look beyond regional boundaries

Review of external context e.g. potential for regional collaboration in macro-economic activity; Internationalisation of RDI system

Look at entrepreneurial dynamics

Process of Discovery e.g. continuous dialogue with regional actors to explore and identify Specialisation Patterns, Horizontal Priorities (strategic and specific objectives), Vertical Priorities (technology trends, scientific areas, economic sectors)


Action Plans to be developed by each Ministry

Budget to be specified but will comprise: Regional Budget appropriations, Funds obtained from Competitive Calls (national and EU), Private sector RDI investments

Lessons Learned

Next Steps

Validation of the selected vertical priorities Establish monitoring and evaluation system Elaboration and agreement of budget Complete final version of strategy Formal approval by regional government Official public presentation of RIS3

Centre-France

TERRITORY Centre-France Region of France

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Strategic Concept (S3 Platform) Regional Innovation Agency, Regional Government Centre-France (2012)

Profile

Area:

GDP: 65.2 billion € Growth rate: 0.4% Energy:

R&D: RIS ranking: EU 85th, France 8/22 Université de Lyon is at the apex of 11 higher education institutions

Population: 2,530,000 (ageing population) Unemployment: 6.3% Education: Poverty Rate: Key sectors: Economy driven by agriculture and industry Major cereal producing region Cosmetics / Pharma and Rubber


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TERRITORY Centre-France Region of France

Region is location of 2nd scientific cluster in France plus 10 others The SATI organisation facilitates spin-offs from scientific research

Graphic Arts, Computer and Electronics, Mechatronics Automotive industry and Defence Industry


Key Challenges

The region lacks a sense of identity

Diversified economy without strong leadership.

Public sector University/Research – Private sector cooperation is weak

Too many subcontractors classified as low-tech

Maybe too many clusters Main opportunities for future regional development

RIS3 to be the baseline and the platform for selecting / developing areas of specialisation

Tourism and Agriculture, linking with ICT, Water management, Heritage and Agro-industry

Willingness of region to support projects related to innovation


SWOT at all stages

Thematic workshops (x 20 entrepreneurs per event) to raise RIS3 awareness and increase private sector engagement

Promotion of the RIS3 4C criteria: Targeted Choice, Cooperation, Critical Mass, Competitive Advantage

Dedicated workshop to investigate other potential smart specialisation areas and flexibility mechanisms, with focus on ecosystem support and funding

Implementations structured on roadmaps with concrete action plans for each of the selected potential specialisation areas

Innovation Outcomes

Regional identity formulated, described and promoted throughout society

Regional assets for innovation identified, classified and measured

The regional innovation ecosystem defined and validated

Areas for smart specialisation identified, established and prioritised

Croatia

TERRITORY Croatia National Strategy

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Strategic Concept (S3 Platform) Directorate for Competitiveness & Investment of the Ministry of Economy (2014)

Profile

Area: 56,542 km2 GDP: 53.4 billion € PC 12,457 € Growth rate: 0.5% Energy: 12 clusters R&D: 0.75% of GDP 7 public universities, 3 private universities, 4 research institutions, 12 clusters, % firms actively innovating 45% = but both BERD & GERD are well below EU average (c.33% of R&D as % of GDP)

Population: 4,284,889 Unemployment: 17% (Youth 40%) Education: Upper Secondary & Tertiary 25-64 age group 82.9% Poverty Rate: 18% Key sectors: Telecommunication equipment, Medical equipment, Pharmaceuticals, Environ-mental technologies, Renewable Energy, IT equipment and services, Transportation, Tourism, Fisheries / Aquaculture


Priority Thematic Areas

Health

Sustainable Energy and Environment

Engineering


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TERRITORY Croatia National Strategy Bio-Technology and Bio-Economy

Cross-cutting Themes

KETs:

Health: Industrial Bio & Nanotech, advanced manufacturing technologies

Energy & Environment: Advanced materials, Micro & Nano electronics, Photonics, AMT

Engineering: Advanced materials, Nano technologies, AMT

Bio-Technology/Bio-Economy: Industrial Bio-Technology, Nano Technology, AMT

ICT:

Health: E-Health, Robotics

Sustainable Energy & Environment: semi-conductor design, Robotics

Engineering: Automotive Embedded Systems, Video games, Robotics

Bio-Technology/Bio-Economy: Robotics

Tourism:

Health: Health Tourism

Sustainable Energy & Environment: Green Tourism

Engineering: ICT/Tourism, Transport solution/tourism

Bio-Technology/Bio-Economy Gastro and Eno Tourism

Creative & Cultural Industries (all thematic priorities)

Product design, branding, new media (marketing innovation), packaging etc

Green Growth

Health: not applicable

Other Priorities: Applicable

Societal Challenges

Health: Health, Demographic change, Wellbeing

Energy & Environment: Secure clean efficient energy, Climate Action, Resource efficiency

Engineering: Smart green integrated Transport, Secure societies, protecting freedom

Bio-Technology/Bio-Economy: Food security, Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland water research


Actions to enable change

Health – modernisation based on industrial and R&D capabilities

Health – diversification based on additional activities e.g. Medicare to elderly and disabled

Energy & Environment – modernisation and diversification of traditional products based on industrial and R&D capabilities

Energy & Environment – transition to sustainable and advanced engineering

Engineering – modernisation and diversification of traditional products based on industrial and R&D capabilities

Engineering – transition to sustainable and advanced engineering

Engineering – radical foundation of new domain of transport solution

Bio-Technology/Bio-Economy – modernisation and diversification of agro-food based on industrial and R&D capabilities

Bio-Technology/Bio-Economy – transition to sustainable chemistry


Next Steps

Drafting of Governance and Monitoring Chapters and finalisation of RIS3 strategy

Public consultation

Presentation to European Commission

Definition and implementation of S3 tools in dialogue with stakeholders of the R&I system, companies and Local and Regional Governments

Lessons Learned

Stakeholders must feel engaged in the decision-making process otherwise consultations, workshops etc will have no added value

Weak innovation infrastructure is deterrent to business sector cooperation

Top-down approach creates barriers to effective implementation


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East Sweden

TERRITORY East Sweden Region of Sweden

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Strategic Concept (S3 Platform) (2013)

Profile

Area: 10,562 km2 GDP: € Growth rate: Energy: R&D: 1 university, 4 key research institutes and technology transfer, green technology cluster, science centre and 2 science parks, printed electronics arena, open innovation platforms, living labs/testbed initiatives

Population: 430,000 Unemployment: Education: Poverty Rate: Key sectors:


RIS3 OBJECTIVE: Sustainable Regional Growth 4 Strategic Pillars: Business Development, Innovation, Investment Promotion, Talent Attraction Management

Thematic Specialisation Areas

Logistics of Goods and Services: logistical processes including goods, people, material

Smart and secure Connected Products and Systems: systems of secure, internet-integrated communicating electronics and sensors. Innovative manufacturing and distribution methods e.g. printed electronics

Simulation and Visualisation: visualisation of complex data processes and interactions through virtual models

New Industrial Materials: novel materials, Graphene, Nano-engineered surface coatings for metals and plastics

Cross-cutting Specialisation Area

Sustainable and resource-efficient Business Development: green product development and business models, circular systems e.g. Waste Disposal, Energy


Thematic focus groups of 5 – 10 members for each SS area. Participation emphasis on industry, complemented by academia and intermediaries. 3 – 4 workshops per group. Output – strategy and action plan as well as proposals for policy instruments

KPIs include: Increases in No of Enterprises, No of New Enterprises, Employment, Value Added and No of investments

Lessons Learned

Private commitment and contribution is crucial to success. Private involvement is needed to create sufficient impact on projects

Focus groups in general work well, but allowances have to be made for differences in the level of progress, depending on the theme.

Research-based knowledge can be very strong relevant to innovation and it is important to maximise its utilisation

Technology development initiatives generally need more time than originally estimated which can cause problems from a regional policy point of view

Estonia

TERRITORY Estonia National Strategy

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Strategic Concept (S3 Platform)


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TERRITORY Estonia National Strategy

Ministry of Economic Affairs & Communications, and Ministry of Education & Research lead on RIS3. Estonian Development Fund acts as Secretariat (2014)

Profile

Area:

GDP: 19.5 billion € PC 14,860 € (2014) Growth rate: 2.1% Energy: R&D: 3 universities, 2.4% of GDP

Population: 1,320,000 Unemployment: 7.4% Education: Tertiary, age group 30-34 39.2% Poverty Rate: 17.5% (2010) Key sectors: Manufacturing (16%), Services (12.7%), Construction (7.1%), ICT (5%), Agriculture (3.7%), Energy (3.5%)


3 National Priority Areas in terms of research, innovation and development ICT

Create more of our own products i.e. scalable businesses with high added value Position Estonia as a Testbed Platform

Healthcare Full potential for E-Health not yet reached. Position Estonia as a Testbed Platform for international solutions Synchronise information system of large hospitals Increase the engagement and involvement of the private sector Export E-Health services – promote healthcare tourism Boost funding for Biotechnology research and product development

Resources Innovative Construction – IT solutions, alternative materials, smart energy solutions Nanotechnology – build on the research of the Nanotechnology Competence Centre Chemical Industry – build on the research of the Oil Shale Competence Centre Health Foods – focus on foods that support health and build on the research of the Bio-Competence Centre of Healthy Dairy Products


S3 Budget Both Ministries (MEAC and MEAR) will direct EU funding towards the selected growth areas. But other policy instruments will also indirectly contribute to the growth areas

Policy Instruments MEAC: Funding for Demand-side policies. Funding for collaboration networks (competence centres and clusters). Funding for start-ups through Start-Up Estonia. MEAR: Funding for Applied Research programme (including growth area specific activities such as the IT Academy). Funding for Speciality Scholarships


Mechanisms. The goals and indicators for RIS3 are being developed

Indicators: The three growth areas are very different as economic sectors and have different bottlenecks. Key challenge is to find suitable indicators for each growth area

Follow-up: The evaluation of the RIS3 goals will be carried out by the Estonian Smart Specialisation Steering Committee on an annual basis

Lessons Learned

2014 will be a very important year in terms of RIS3. The managing structure and the detailed measures must be implemented.

The small size of Estonia has facilitated the integration of the R&D and innovation infrastructure and favoured the collaboration with the business sector in undertaking applied research projects. How can such a dynamic resource be converted into international opportunity?

Friesland

TERRITORY Friesland Region of the Netherland (Province of Friesland)

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Strategic Concept (S3 Platform) Government of the Province of Friesland (2012)


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TERRITORY Friesland Region of the Netherland (Province of Friesland)

Profile

Area: 2,960 km2 (8% of total NL) GDP: 17.2 billion € PC 29,100 € Growth rate: 2.0% Energy: R&D: 1.01% GDP No research university but 3 colleges of applied science (includes EU’s most advanced drinking water lab) are networked with living labs and incu-bators form innovation infrastructure Water technology is main research area (within framework of Dutch innovation programme on WT)

Population: 630,000 55% live in rural areas) Unemployment: 10.9% Education: Higher Ed. 30,000 students Poverty Rate: Key sectors: Health & Welfare (17%) Industry & mineral extraction (15%) Trade & Repairs (14%) Water is a major technology industry e.g. water & gas purification, waste water treatment Sustainable energy Tourism

Friesland – Living Lab Region. Integral regional development through:

o Development of a Conscious Society o Using Culture and Creativity o Talent development; and o Societal Digitisation


The integral vision is for a region that is operational as a Living Lab for conscious regional development based on efficient use of all natural resources, such as Clean Water, Nutrients, Biomass and Energy but also driven by the Cultural Energy of Human Capital.

Living Lab programmes are implemented in society according to the following rules

Create an innovation space and process

Listen to all stakeholders and find out together what really matters

Create regional innovation agendas (policy tool)

Install regional living labs throughout region, not only in one location (scientific tool)

Apply a clear ownership pyramid (governance tool)

Apply a reflective “monitoring and evaluation” methodology (feedback tool)

Consciousness of Culture

Culture points to and reflects the pattern of human activities and the symbolic structures that make them meaningful

Conscious individuals take control of their life and personal development. The more conscious, the more self-control.


Future orientation of S3-RIS3 process

Implementation

Regional Living Labs

Regional Smart Specialisation

Regional Digital Agenda Friesland

Hot-spots valorisation programme

Bio-based society (on a regional scale)

Flexibility towards emerging challenges created by shared holistic responsibility for all partners’ cooperation

Monitoring mechanisms benchmarked on EU partnerships and projects together with international knowledge institutes are the basis for evaluation and comparison

Lessons Learned

Next Steps

S3 is implemented on short term by participating in EU Calls together with our Vanguard partner regions with whom there is a joint Smart Specialisation Agreement

Comparable regional development agendas of EU partner regions will inform the development of a medium-term regional innovation strategy for smart specialisation


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Languedoc-Roussillon

TERRITORY Languedoc-Roussillon Region of France

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Strategic Concept (S3 Platform) L-R Regional Administration for RIS3 (2013)

Profile

Area: 27,380km2

GDP: € pc 75% of EU 27 average Growth rate: Energy: R&D: 3% of GDP. 5 universities, 10 research institutes. Higher % of innovative companies than national and EU rates

Population: 2.7 million. Highest growth rate in France Unemployment: Education: Poverty Rate: Key sectors: Services (48%), Trade & Repairs (28%), Construction (14%), Industry (10%), Major wine region, Cultural tourism


Vision: High research activity to achieve economic transformation (territory adapted to the new economy) 5 stage strategy: Governance – Identification and Mapping – Entrepreneurial Discovery – Prioritisation – Policy mix Process


Establish Steering Committee – Technical Committee – Regional Innovation Agency = Dedicated Project Team

10 criteria for innovation actions choices:

Economic impact on region

Innovations and commercial applications

National/ International market target in 5 – 7 years

Economic transformation of the activity / domain in 5 – 7 years

Creating a common vision among the partners

Activity across several sectors

Change for leadership in Europe in 5 – 7 years

Need for public funds

Differentiation


SWOT analysis to identify pilots

Pilot to determine role of ICT in regional strategic policy framework for digital growth

ICT as a means rather than and end i.e. no large ICT companies

KET to support traditional and emerging sectors

Source of added value at the crossroads of economic activities

Latvia

TERRITORY Latvia National Strategy

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Strategic Concept (S3 Platform) Ministry of Education and Science (2014)

Profile

Area: 64,590 km2 GDP: 24.06 billion € (2014) Growth rate: 4.1% Energy: R&D: Private sector investment 25% (2012)

Population: 2,001,468 Unemployment: 10.9% Education: Highest in 30-34 age group 36% Poverty Rate: Key sectors:


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TERRITORY Latvia National Strategy

Scientists and researchers 5593 (2012) Number of patents 11 (2011) % of innovative companies 30% (2010)

Services (25.3%), Industry (16.4%), Public Administration, Defence, Education, Health (15.1%) (2014) High/Medium Tech % exports 23.8% (2012)


RIS3 goal is economic transformation towards higher added value, productivity and more effective usage of resources.

Key Strategic Pillars

Building innovation and human capacity for solving innovation challenges as the arise

Analysis of regional assets and innovation potential assessment based on hard data

Selection of priorities based on analysis, stakeholder consultation and consensus


Directions

Structural changes in manufacturing and exporting in tradition economic sectors

Future growth sectors – products and services with high added value

Sectors with significant horizontal impact on economic transformation

Priorities

Products with high added value

Productive innovation system

Energy efficiency

Advanced ICT

Advanced education system

Knowledge base and Human Capital

Polycentric development

Specialisation Areas

Knowledge intensive Bio-economy

Bio-medicine, Medical technologies, Bio-pharmacy, Bio-technology

Smart materials, technology and engineering

Smart Energy

ICT

Innovation Outcomes

Measures of RIS3 Success (Indicators)

Investment in R&D will be 1.5% of GDP by 2020

High/Medium Tech exports as % of total: 31% by 2020

Private Sector investment in R&D will be 48% by 2020

Number of scientists and researchers will be 7000 by 2020

People with highest education in 30-34 age group will be 40% by 2020

Number of patents (EPO) will be 50 by 2020

% of innovative companies will be 40% by 2020

Lessons Learned

Prevalent business model of Latvian companies is not oriented towards innovation but is indiscriminately exploiting cheap labour and natural resources

Cooperation between industry and science is weak

The current education system does not match the demand and supply of labour in STEM sector

Lower Austria

TERRITORY Lower Austria Region of Austria

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Concept (S3 Platform) Department for Economy, Tourism & Technology, Government of Lower Austria (2014)

Profile Area: 19,178 km2 Population: 1,618,000 (2013)


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TERRITORY Lower Austria Region of Austria

GDP: 49.6 billion € Growth rate: 0.4% (2012) Energy: R&D: 1.53% of GDP (759 M€) (2012) 4 Innovation & Technology Centres 5 innovation-related Cluster initiatives Regionally diffused Innovation culture

Unemployment: 7.1% Education: Poverty Rate: Key sectors:

Clusters

Smart Specialisation through Clusters

Green Building Cluster: energy efficient construction, healthy interior environments

Food Cluster: food safety, regional and bio-products

Plastics Cluster: bio-plastics

Mechatronics Cluster: energy efficiency in production processes

Logistics Cluster: model split, bundling (empty runs)


Vision: Establish LA as a benchmark for EU “Top” Innovation Regions

Create a unique selling proposition (USP), no duplication of other regions

Collaborate with neighbour regions

Create critical mass in R&D and Innovation in niche technologies

Facilitate innovation in rural areas and foster innovation capacity


For Technology & Innovation Partnerships

Local contact point with proactive approach to mobilising innovation potential regardless of sector

Coaching of Firms and R&D projects

Technology screening, patenting and licencing support

Award for innovation, matching needs of enterprises For Clusters

Contacts between business and academia

Trend scouting

Competence mapping

Focussed topics

Linked activities

Regional value added

Specialisation

Measured in BSC For Technopols (Innovation & Technology Centres)

Strengthen regional assets and develop regional potential

Create critical mass in a selective way on specific spots

Involvement of all relevant regional actors and stakeholders (Triple Helix)

Innovation Outcomes

BSC as planning, monitoring and evaluation tool well established and accepted within network

No strict top-down specifications regarding priorities

Overall strategy as basic framework. No priorities included, priority development on programme level, continuous reviews and adaption through BSC monitoring

Lessons Learned

What worked

Good cooperation between programmes

One BSC review for all clusters

Process of bottom-up development

Accepted as the one official strategy (budget allocations linked to this)

Both Minister and operation level kept well informed

What did not work

At the beginning, cooperation between programmes

At the beginning, a lot of scepticism

Time frame, took very long to introduce it


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TERRITORY Lower Austria Region of Austria Monitoring through BSC provides

sound basis for making changes

Lubelskie

TERRITORY Lubelskie Voivodeship Region of Poland

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Strategic Concept (S3 Platform) (2013) Department of Economy and Innovation, Marshal Office of Lubelskie Voivodeship

Profile

Area: 25,160 km2 GDP: 13.5 billion € PC 10,300 € Growth rate: Energy: R&D: 5 Universities, 10 research institutes, 3 science & technology parks

Population: 2,180,000 Unemployment: 14.4% Education: 18 tertiary education institutes Poverty Rate: 31.3% Key sectors: Bio-economy, Health and Wellness, IT, Control Engineering, Low carbon Emission


Vision: Lubelskie as a cooperative region specialising in modern business within bio-med-info and low carbon emission energy sectors

Main Objective and Priorities

General Objective: Development of chosen sectors (as per Key sectors)

Priority 1: Increase ability of business entities to create or absorb and to implement innovations in the areas of smart regional specialisation

Priority 2: Increase ability of B+R entities to create and commercialise knowledge in the areas of smart regional specialisation

Priority 3: Strengthen the innovation environment, working towards the development of areas of smart regional specialisation


Choice of specialisation is based on shared resources. Close inter-sectoral cooperation between entities operating in the identified fields of economy and science is an essential

Diagnosis comprised studies on the position and competitiveness of the region in Poland and Europe, using data from sources such as

Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2009 and 2012

OECD and World Bank

PARP the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development

GUS Central Statistical; Office in Poland

Own analyses


Planned Pilot Projects

Smart Incubation: Inter-collegiate program of incubation and development of innovative companies

Smart Services: Pro-innovative system to meet innovative needs of enterprises

Smart Researchers: Intercollegiate program to support young researchers conducting commercial research in areas of smart specialisation

Smart Research Areas: Development and promotion of a regional inter-disciplinary research program in the areas of bio-md-info for smart specialisation

Lessons Learned

The Quadruple Helix approach fits well with RIS3 implementation


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Marche

TERRITORY Marche Region of Italy

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Concept (S3 Platform) Marche Regional Council (2012)

Profile

Area: 9,694 km2 GDP: 26,166 € pc (2007) Growth rate: 18.2% (2008) Energy: R&D: 4 universities, 3 technology research centres, 1 science and technology park (KET focus)

Population: 1,569,578 Unemployment: 6.4% Education: Tertiary 25-64 age group 15.2% Poverty Rate: Key sectors: SMEs


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TERRITORY Mazovia Region of Poland

Office of the Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodship in Warsaw; Mazovia Innovation Council (Advisory Board); Management Board of MV and the Regional Council (Management Board) (2013)

Profile

Area: 35,558 km2 (11.4% of Poland GDP: 14,275 € pc Growth rate: Energy: R&D: Universities 19 public, 91 private 45 clusters (mostly early stage)

Population: 528,600 (13.7% of Poland) Unemployment: 10.7% Education: Secondary & Tertiary 44% of pop Poverty Rate: Key sectors: Industry, Agriculture, Construction, Services


Main Goal:Increased innovation potential, leading to accelerated growth and increased competitiveness of Mazovia

Strategic Goal 1: Increased and strengthened cooperation in innovation and innovativeness development

Strategic Goal 2: increased internationalisation aiming at innovativeness of region

Strategic Goal 3: increased efficiency of support and financial support to pro-innovative initiatives in the region

Strategic Goal 4: shaping and promoting pro-innovative and pro-entrepreneurial attitudes fostering cooperation and creativity

Strategic Goal 5: strengthening of the Information Society as the key driver of innovation


Adopting Smart Specialisation

Evidence base for RIS3 compiled from a set of 4 SWOT analyses: Academic Potential, Economic Potential, Social Potential and the General characteristics of the region in relation to the promotion of innovation

Identification Process (1) Feedback (analyses, reports, statistical data), desk research (2) Diagnosis – initial selection of leading sectors (3) First round of consultation meetings (4) Modification of the list of leading economic sectors. Feedback (5) Feedback analysis (6) Narrow down list. Identify cross-sectoral connections. Link with KETs and support

processes (7) Established of priority economic areas – hubs representing SS areas of the region (8) Second round of consultation meetings. One-to-one and Open meetings (9) Feedback analysis. Further specification of smart specialisation areas

Innovation Outcomes

Provisional identification of smart specialisation areas

Safe Food

Intelligent Management Systems

Modern Services for Business

High Quality of Life

Lessons Learned

Be Prepared for Problems likely to be encountered

Centre- Periphery conflict

How to specialise without one easily identifiable leading area/sector

How to involve stakeholders in the process, especially SMEs

How to address low levels of social capital and trust


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Moravia-Silesia

TERRITORY Moravia-Silesia Region of the Czech Republic

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Strategic Concept (S3 Platform) Elaboration on basis of Regional Innovation Strategy 2010-2020 and CR National RIS3 Regional Development Agency 2013

Profile

Area: 256,653km2 (2014) GDP: € pc 71% of EU 28 Growth rate: Energy: R&D: 5 universities

Population: 1,221,832 (2013) Unemployment: 10.3% (2014) Education: 9.977 graduates in 2014 (25%) Poverty Rate: Key sectors: Services (58%), Industry (40%), Agriculture (2%)


Vision: M-S will be a progressive innovative region utilising existing know-how for tackling new challenges. By 2020 will belong to 25 most innovative regions of EU.

Global Objective: Improve regional economic competitiveness in global markets

Horizontal Priorities: Technology Transfer, Human Resources, Internationalisation, Coordination and implementation on strategy.

Vertical Priorities: Engineering, Metallurgy, Energy, Automotive, Biotechnology, IT and digital engineering


2 years action plans

Specific development projects

Tools designed to implement RIS3 strategy e.g. innovation vouchers, brokerage events, support for clusters, innovation management training, technology foresight etc

Identified sources of finance e.g. regional and national budget, structural funds, other EU innovation-related instruments (Horizon 2020, Eureka, COSME)


To be identified

Innovation Outcomes

Universities and companies actively participating and cooperating

Spin-offs / new start-ups at the rate of 2 RIS3 companies per year

Nordland

TERRITORY Nordland Region of Norway

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Strategic Concept (S3 Platform) Director Economic Development Nordland County Council (2013)

Profile

Area: 36,090 km2 (11.8% of Norway) Located north of the Arctic Circle GDP: € Growth rate: Energy: R&D: 1 university, 2 university colleges, business parks and incubators RIS3 development involved 600+ stakeholders

Population: 240,000 (4.75% of total) Unemployment: Education: Poverty Rate: Key sectors: Largest producer of Atlantic salmon and trout; Second largest producer of hydro-electric power; Non-renewable resources include Oil, Gas, Minerals and Metals. SME


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TERRITORY Nordland Region of Norway


Vision – Sustainable Growth through Innovation Main objectives and strategy of RIS3

Build a more sustainable and competitive regional innovation system and improve R&D capacity based on the needs of the business community

Enhance the cooperation between R&D institutions and companies

Focus on Cluster development in 3 industries – Process, Marine and Experienced-based Tourism.

Develop a strategic policy framework specifically for digital growth in the region but prioritising access to Broadband for all households.


Action Plans on 3 levels

Structural level concerning the development of measures to build the regional innovation system and regional R&D capacity

Industrial sector level on development of various initiatives within companies

Educational level for development of educational capacity at upper secondary grades in cooperation with industry

Derived methodology of RIS3 objectives

Develop strategic tool to target and prioritise efforts within regional development and innovation

Build a Dialogue Arena for key Triple Helix stakeholders resulting in a continuous and learning and discovery process

Participate in and/or promote an international network of highly qualified actors who will act as objective observers of the region and provide input on our innovation strategy

Piedmont

TERRITORY Piedmont Region of Italy

Data Source & Date

RS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Concept (S3 Platform) Research and Innovation Directorate of Piedmont Regional Government (2013)

Profile

Area: 25,319 km2 GDP: 126.8 billion € Growth rate: Energy: R&D: 1.82% GDP expenditure Consolidated research and innovation system comprising 4 universities, 6 science & technology parks, 12 innovation clusters, technological ICT District. Patents registered: 137/mn population

Population: 4,440,000 Unemployment: Education: Poverty Rate: Key sectors:

Clusters 12 Innovation Clusters Agro-food

Biotechnology and a Biomedical Engineering

Sustainable Chemistry

New Materials

Digital Creativity and Multimedia

Sustainable Architecture and Hydrogen

Renewable Energy and Biofuels

Fittings, systems and Components for Renewable Energies

Renewable Energies and Micro-Hydro


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TERRITORY Piedmont Region of Italy ICT

Mechatronics and Advanced Production Systems

Textiles


Vision: To make Tradition an innovative asset for the region Digital Growth Priorities (explicitly designed within RIS3)

RIS3 will include specific chapter devoted to digital growth strategy for the region


Digital Agenda (DA) defined through a consultation process (periodical consultations)

DA is conceived as a Living Strategy (and document) for 2014-2020

DA Launch campaign – collect and analyse citizens’ feedback via social media

SWOT to assess what is needed to reinforce ICT capacity building

Indicators and sources defined to measure progress of interventions in the fields of digital literacy, e-participation, broadband, as well as online efficiency of public administration

Lessons Learned

Already in place – mapping of areas specialisation and coordination at national level

Intention to reinforce the learning/peer review dimension with other regions

Support is still needed in areas of weakness:

Entrepreneurial dynamics

International economic positioning (internationalisation

Monitoring and evaluation system

Level of awareness is generally good and is supported by the national Ministry, the Regional administration units and by the business and academic communities

Pomorskie

TERRITORY Pomorskie Voivodeship Region of Poland

Data Source & Date

RIS3 2014-2020 Smart Specialisation Concept (S3 Platform

Profile

Area: 18,300 km2 (5.9% of Poland) GDP: 19.49 billion € (2012) PC 7900 € Growth rate: 1.9% (2012) Energy: R&D: 0.61% of GDP Universities – 9 Public, 19 Private 23 R&D institutions, 4 STI parks, 19 clusters, 12 business incubators. Innovative firms – 4.8% of all firms

Population: 2,230,000 (5.9% Poland) Unemployment: 12.5% Education: Poverty Rate: Key sectors: Those with greatest growth potential – ICT, Logistics, Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics, Energy, Bio-technology, Baltic Ports and Maritime, Creative industry, Automotive


The aim is Smart Diversification rather than smart specialisation

Support for sectors with greatest potential for technology/non-technology development

Focus on innovation, supporting innovative approaches to boost business

Diffusion of new technology (e.g. Smart grid) and social solutions (e.g. in education(

Enhancement of digital competence of residents, businesses and institutions


Approach to implementation includes actions/activities that target

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