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Targeted Support to RIS3 Implementation

Mark BODEN & Elisa GERUSSI

JRC.B3 Territorial Development

Olsztyn, 8th February 2018

mark.boden@ec.europa.eu

Targeted support to S3 implementation

Four complementary JRC activities

"Lagging" Regions Stairway to Excellence

RIS3 Support

to Lagging

Regions

RIS3 Support

to Romania

Higher

Education in

Smart

Specialisation

Stairway to

Excellence

European

Parliament

DG REGIO

European

Parliament

DG REGIO

DG EAC

European

Parliament

DG REGIO

2016-2018 2016-2018 HESS2 - 2017-8 S2E –3 2017-8

History…

RIS3 in the Region of

Eastern Macedonia and

Thrace

• 2015 – €700K

• EP – Preparatory Action

• AA - DG REGIO

Észak-Alföld Nord-Vest

Nord-Est

Eastern Macedonia

and Thrace

Puglia

Warminsko

Masurskie

Targeted support to RIS3 implementation in selected regions

Support the refinement and implementation of the RIS3

of selected EU regions

Generate lessons and a model for other regions Test-bed for theories on S3

and for understanding RIS3

S3 as entry-point to address wider structural issues

Lagging Regions: aims and coverage

Specific Support in partner regions

• BG - Severen Tsentralen (focus – Gabrovo/ Ruse)

• EL – Eastern Macedonia and Thrace + spillovers in all EL

• HU - Észak-Alföld (focus – Debrecen?)

• IT – Puglia

• PL - Warminsko Masurskie

• PT - Centro

• RO - Nord-Vest and Nord-Est

• ES – Extremadura

HESS

HESS

HESS

Slow and limited growth – despite investment

Lack of understanding lack of effective actions to identify, understand, address issues

Low growth regions - GDP/capita EU average and

did not converge to EU average post-crisis (EL, IT, ES PT)

Less developed regions - GDP/capita 50% of EU average

(BG, HU, PL, RO)

Policy issues and definitions

Lagging Regions: Objectives

• to develop and provide appropriate and specific support to selected regions in RIS3 implementation, building on EDP

• to develop and enhance linkages between RIS3 at regional and national levels

• to develop and implement horizontal approaches to key issues in the growth and governance of RIS3 (e.g. monitoring)

• to develop and disseminate lessons and a tool box for other EU regions

• to improve understanding of slow and limited growth in EU regions and links to macro-economic framework conditions

Implementation

•Identify and share common challenges and

solutions

• Less Developed Regions initiative, Bridges, Beyond

EDP, S3P, S2E

• approach tailored to needs

and problems identified by stakeholders

• JRC, DG REGIO, other DGs,

regional and national

authorities Partnership Flexibility

Trans-national

dimension

Synergies with other activities

Lagging Regions Toolbox

EDP focus group Online

stakeholder engagement

Specific support WGs

PDL Horizontal WGs Online funding

guide

Peer review and peer learning

Board of critical friends

EDP focus group

Interviews and analysis

PDL

Board of critical friends

Interviews and analysis

Horizontal WGs

Business idea

E.g. use of wine-making

residues

EDP focus group

Idea decomposed

Research and innovation components

and fundability

Project Development Lab 1

(PDL 1)

Idea refined

Partners, business and research

aspects, roadmap, funding sources

Online consultation and

PDL 2

Peer review

Board of critical friends

Analysis of role of KETs

Mapping international R&I

collaborations

Working groups

Mobility &Governance

RDI funding guide

and case studies

State aid issues

Avoid double funding between national/regional

calls

Sustainability/viability

Role for KETs

Need for champions/leaders

Address training needs

International scope Technical meetings

regional/national/EU

Targeted support: bottom-up approach to address structural issues Targeted Support to RIS3

Entrepreneurial Discovery Process Focus Group

Cluj – May 2016: Cosmetics and food supplements based on natural resources

Stakeholder representation (Quadruple helix): 73 participants 38 business ideas generated

Examples of business ideas:

• Database of plant resources - Edible plants consumed

traditionally for anti-ageing / healthy ageing purposes

• Anti-acne products - testing efficiency locally

• Transylvanian Cosmatopea Cluster

• Locally branded bio products

• In-house technology for determination of own natural cosmetic

products' validity date and for quality control of ingredients and

final product

• Smart packaging: with anti-microbe protection or smart labels

changing colour if expired

• Cosmetics and (para)pharma: From harmful to beneficial

cosmetics

Key role for international stakeholders

Lagging Regions: Horizontal Activities

Governance

• long-term sustainability of the EDP process

• relationship between national and regional levels

• synergies between structural funds and other resources

• Questionnaire survey and working group

Monitoring and evaluation

• Working Group – experts and Mutual learning

• Development of MOOC

Transnational cooperation

• Workshop on interregional collaboration

Warminsko Masurskie: main issues

Governance and institutional capacity

• Fragmentation and enhanced coordination

• Efficient use of resources

RIS3

• Enhance definition of specific priorities

Calls

• Formal constraints of calls

• Monitoring

• Company interest in calls

Context

• Level of innovation

• Research institutions, universities connections with local firms

Institutional framework

• Jan 2017 invitation letter to the Region

Monitoring

Working Group

• Feb 2017

• May 2017

• July 2017

EDP definition

• Oct 2017 - DG REGIO & MA

• Nov 2017 – JRC & MA

1st EDP event

8 Feb 2018

Collaboration with Warminsko Masurskie

• High quality food

• Animal nutrition for high quality meat

• Innovation, technology and quality food production

• Use of tradition in food production

Priority Sector

• Dialogue and exchange

• Ideas for the next ROP

• Collaboration universities – enterprises

• Sharing best practices

Objectives

• Inputs for RIS3 refinement

• Innovative ideas

Expected outcomes

EDP event in Olsztyn 2018

• Plenary

• Individual reflection

• Challenge identification and cluster

• Discussion and project idea generation

• Ranking and presentation of the most popular one

Methodology

• Research institutes/universities

• Technological parks

• Companies

• Intermediate agencies

Actors

EDP event in Olsztyn 2018

In the pipeline

Governance

Survey and outcome dissemination

Focus groups in February & May

Stakeholder engagement

PDL –

development of project ideas

Action Plan & RIS3

Context analysis and monitoring for policy recommendations

http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ris3-in-lagging-regions

Impacts of Preparatory Action

• Willingness/openness to collaborate

• Increased trust in the quadruple helix

• Approach 'exported' to other regions

Trust building

and commitment

• Focus on the process and the ideas emerging

• Need to align regional strengths, international trends and opportunities

Enhanced understanding of RIS3

• Increased participation of stakeholders in policy activities (EDP focus groups, working groups, online consultations)

Participatory capacity building

• Legal and administrative

• Capacities and experiences Identifying Challenges

• Momentum created and sustained

• Sense of collaboration between actors

• Sustained commitment Other

Lagging Regions Toolbox Objectives Tools

Idea generation, trust building and support cooperation EDP focus group methodology

Open up to wider (online) communities Online stakeholder engagement

Address brain drain, build skills Mobility Working Group

Increase coordination between national and regional levels Methodology PDL1

Widen funding sources to draw on for idea implementation Methodology PDL2

Online RDI Funding Guide

Case descriptions

Optimise RIS3 governance structure Governance working group

Support ongoing stakeholder engagement Stakeholder round table discussions

Identification of barriers and possible solutions Tailored peer review events

Mutual learning Board of critical friends

Support international cooperation Collaboration spotting tool