Smart Specialisation Platform at JRC - IPTS Inger Midtkandal
JRC IPTS - S3 Platform Warsaw, June 2012
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2 Smart Specialisation Platform, tools and activities What is
the S3 Platform? The RIS 3 guide Tools for assessment and
learning
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Designed to assist regions and Member States in developing RIS3
strategies Launched in June 2011 Managed by a team established at
JRC-IPTS in Seville Monitored by a Steering Team incl. DG REGIO,
RTD, ENTR, EAC, INFSO, SANCO, AGRI, CLIMA Input from a Mirror Group
of European high-level experts and network representatives
http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu
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Support to regions in preparing RIS3 Peer Review workshops
Informal assessment of RIS3 Seminars/events in Member States and EU
Macro-regions Website RIS3 Methodological Guide Thematic working
groups Analytical and scientific based advice
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S3 Platform 65 registered regions by June 2012 POLSKA Dolny lsk
(Lower Silesia) Lubelskie Lubuskie Mazovieckie Podkarpackie
witokrzyskie Wojewdztwo Podlaskie ROMNIA Vest SLOVAKIA
Bratislava
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6 PART I: THE POLICY CONTEXT PART II: THE RATIONALE PART III:
RIS3 DESIGN IN A NUTSHELL Annex I A step-by-step approach to RIS3
design Annex II Delivery instruments and horizontal approaches
Annex III Guidance for expert assessment Edited by JRC IPTS in
association with DG REGIO and with contributions from: D. Foray, P.
McCann, J. Goddard, K. Morgan, C. Nauwelaers, R. Ortega, Commission
officials from various DGs and S3 Platform team Available on the S3
Platform webpage http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/home The RIS3
Guide
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7 What is a RIS3? (research and innovation strategy for smart
specialisation) Building on the past Widespread experience of
national/regional innovation strategies in the framework of the EU
Cohesion Policy Achieved greater co-operation among private and
public stakeholders and better communication between technology
providers and clients Breaking with the past Lack of international
and trans-regional perspective Not in tune with the industrial and
economic fabric of regions Too narrow vision of innovation Picking
the winner syndrome The best performing regions were just
copied
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8 RIS3 guide - Key steps for developing a RIS3 Step 1 Analysis
of regional context/potential Step 2 Governance Step 3 Vision for
the future Step 4 Selection of priorities Step 5 Policy mix Step 6
Monitoring and evaluation RIS3
AnalysisProcessVisionPrioritiesPolicy mixMonitoring
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Step 1 Analysis of regional context and potential for
innovation (I) A broader definition of innovation, not just
RTD-oriented Assess existing regional assets Identify regional
competitive advantage Detect emerging niches for smart
specialisation Combine methods (e.g. regional profiling, SWOT
approach; surveys)
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Step 1 Analysis of regional context looking out and potential
for innovation (II) Assess regions positioning within the EU Beware
of global companies and value chains Flows of knowledge and skills
Avoid blind duplication, discover possibilities for collaboration
Combine methods (e.g. studies; interviews; interregional work
groups) Outward-looking Analysis:
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Step 1 Analysis of regional context and potential for
innovation (III) Different types of actors Spirit of the
entrepreneurial environment Involvement of entrepreneurial actors
in the regional economy Firms, but also Universities, Technology
Centers, Venture Capitalists, Regional Development Agencies..
Identify economic differentiation potential Combine methods
consultation with firms, clusters; technological audits; foresight
studies Analysis of entrepreneurial dynamics and identification of
future opportunities:
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Step 2 Governance: Ensuring participation and ownership Include
the demand-side perspective Quadruple Helix Collaborative
leadership Boundary spanning individuals and organisations
Dedicated Steering Group/ Knowledge Leadership Group, Management
Team, Working groups Wider engagement of stakeholders:
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Step 3 Developing an overall vision of the regions future
Formulate different scenarios based on analyses and debate where
your region wants to go Produce a positive tension towards the
future Guarantee long-term engagement of stakeholders Mobilising
power Shared vision of the regions potential and main directions
for its international positioning:
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Step 4 Identification of priorities Focus on a limited number
of areas with potential for smart specialisation as emerged from
entrepreneurial discovery Areas where the region hopes to excel Pay
attention to horizontal priorities (Key Enabling Technologies,
social innovation, etc.) Avoid capture by interest groups!
Decision-making step where top-down meets bottom-up:
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Step 5 Implementation, definition of a coherent policy mix,
roadmaps and action plan Roadmap will include: Action plan target
groups, objectives, timeframes, indicators, sources of funding and
budget allocations Pilot projects experiment with unprecedented
policy mixes, obtain inputs for updating RIS3 strategies Organising
and detailing rules and tools:
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Step 6 Integration of monitoring and evaluation mechanisms
Monitoring to verify the correct and efficient implementation of
activities Evaluation to verify whether and how strategic goals are
met Importance of ex-ante setting of measurable targets and
output/outcome indicators Mechanisms integrated in the
strategy:
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The importance of communication of RIS3 To ensure RIS3
endorsement by all stakeholders To engage new stakeholders To
inform the general public Communication is needed at every stage of
the process Good communication is crucial:
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(Peer) Review and update of RIS3 Always a need to adapt and
update the strategy Information is gathered during implementation
and incorporated into an updated RIS3 Peer-review exercise: 1 st
Workshop in Seville (January 2012) 2 nd Workshop in Seville (May
2012) 3 rd Workshop in the Azores (June 2012) 4 th Workshop in Pisa
(September 2012) 5 th Workshop Atlantic Arc (November 2012) 6th
Workshop Somewhere (Dec 2012/Jan 2013) Formulating and implementing
a RIS3 is a continuous process:
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RIS3 Peer Review Methodology and transnational learning
Presentations of RIS3 based on template with the 6 key elements of
the guide; Distributed to critical friends and experts together
with background documents on the regions Peer discussion at the
workshop Feedback report prepared by S3Platform: feedback from the
workshop; Follow-ups after the workshop. Allows: - To switch roles
(a region can be peer-reviewed as well as it can act as a
peer-reviewer within the scope of same workshop); - To concentrate
peer-learning in space and time, making it less formal and more
open to interaction; - To integrate expertise and knowledge from a
variety of sources: collaborative contribution from peers, experts
from academia and Commission services. The SECI Model (Nonaka and
Takeuchi)
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Peer-review: current levels of participation Seville, January
2012 19 regions participating from 10 countries 6 CONV regions
Seville, May 2012 21 regions participating from 11 countries 4 CONV
regions The Azores, June 2012 18 regions participating from 10
countries 11 CONV regions 12 regions have been peer reviewed:
Friesland (NL) Nord-Pas de Calais (FR) The Basque Country (ES) West
(RO) Scania County (SE) Apulia (IT) Wallonia (BE) Northern Ireland
(UK) The Azores (PT) Cornwall (UK) Canary Islands (ES) Runion (FR)
Seven other regions have expressed interest to be peer
reviewed
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Informal RIS3 assessment Stakeholder involvement? Innovation
and knowledge- based development priorities? Appropriate actions
identified? Outward looking? Promote critical mass/potential?
Evidence- based? Draft RIS 3 from REGION X Align and leverage
EU/national/regional policies towards identified areas of current
and potential future strength? Conclusions and advice Region X
Synergies between policies and funding sources? Innovation and
knowledge- based development priorities? Appointed Expert(s) See
expert questions in annex II of RIS 3 guide
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Self assessment of your RIS 3 process RIS3
AnalysisGovernanceVisionPrioritiesPolicy mixMonitoring Elaborated
from the original proposal by C.Saublens, EURADA