Smart Specialisation Platform on EnergyIsabelle SEIGNEUR
B3. Territorial Development Unit Joint Research CentreEuropean Commission
S3PEnergy: http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu
10th EMA Network Meeting – 2-3 December 2019
The concept of Smart Specialisation (S3)
as a place-based innovation policy
A place-based approach to research and innovation (R&I) policy that aims toboost growth and jobs in Europe
Based on a SWOT or similar analysis to identify region's own competitiveadvantages
Through concentration of resources on a limited set of R&I priorities (preferablygoing beyond sectoral definitions) in which innovation can most readily occur
Regional priorities are identified through an open dialogue between policy makers,industry, research and education institutions and civil society
The development of Regional R&I Smart Specialisation Strategies (RIS3)= introduced as an ex-ante condition to access cohesion funds for R&I in the 2014–2020 period (ERDF, TO1)
Over 120 smart specialisation strategies have been developed
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The S3 Platform provides advice to EU countries and regions for the design and implementation of their S3:
• Provide guidance material:
RIS3 Guide, Implementation Handbook, Digital Agenda Toolbox…
• Support access to relevant data and tools:
S3 priorities (Eye@RIS3), Regional Benchmarking, Energy ESIF Monitoring, Digital Innovation Hubs…
• Facilitate peer-reviews and mutual learning
• Train policy-makers: MOOC on monitoring, Labs…
• Analyse: Conceptual and empirical developments, policy briefs, working papers…
The Smart Specialisation Platformsupporting innovation-led growth in EU regions
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http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/home
•Deficiency of the governance system•Lack of a long-term strategic plan with a shared vision•Need for further coordination and communication between main actors•Accessing the necessary information on a timely manner•Administrative burden and complicated procedures
Quality of Governance
•Lack of capacity (infrastructure, HRs, etc.) for excellent research•Human capital, incl. researchers and administrative support•Limited networking capacities•Active interaction between academia and business•Brain drain & Salary differences for researchers
Capacity Building
•Continuous and sustainable financing•Different natures/legal framework of funding sources, as well as state-aid and public procurement procedures
•Lack of competences and experience in international collaboration•Considering ESIF as a guaranteed resource for short-term projects•Orientation of HEIs and PROs, as well as business-academy collaboration
Research & Innovation
Quality of Governance
•Better coordinate the current info channels between key stakeholders
•Exploit opportunities provided by EDP
•Independent coordination body•Learn from good practices & Train key staff
Capacity Building•Map existing research facilities•Facilitate accessing to public infrastructure
•Track brain-drain and develop motivational mechanisms for researchers
•Measures to mitigate the researchers remuneration gap
Research & Innovation•Impact-base evaluation & long-term monitoring for sustainable ecosystem
•Effective public funds and incentives for researchers and SMEs
•Efficient state-aid & Public procurement•Priority to market-oriented R&I activities
•Align S3 and research in where comparative advantages exist
Proposed policy actions
S3 in practice: Barriers and policy recommendations
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Need for a coordinated approach beyond 2020
Cohesion policy maintains/enhances: Smarter/Greener/Connected/Social/Closer to Citizens
• More tailored approach to regions - locally-driven development
• Develop a stronger regional innovation ecosystem through improved internal connectivityo Knowledge transfer between key stakeholders – Active participation in EDP
o Synergies (not only funding, but in a broader scope)
o More support to interdisciplinary and cross-sectors investments
o More support for innovative companies and market-creating innovations
5Reinforced smart specialisation - S3 as a coordination tool
• Grow a larger, stronger and more dynamic regional innovation ecosystem by opening it up and connecting it to macro-regional and EU knowledge networks and systems of innovation, and
• Expanding innovation across borders
Implementing S3 through transational and interregional cooperation
3 Thematic Smart Specialisation Platforms have been set since 2015.
provide interactive & participatory environment supporting interregional cooperation
offer hands-on support to regions committed to implement together their S3 in European strategic growth areas
Agri-Food
Industrial
Modernisation
Energy
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Implementing S3 through transnational and interregional cooperation
Interregional innovationReasons for opening up
To connect regional innovation ecosystems
To exploit complementing strengths, avoiding duplication of S3 investments and efforts
To overcome interregional fragmentation and lack of critical mass across the EU
To improve the existing business environment by identifying barriers to innovation, new investment or skills.
To get access to wider business and knowledge network
To join, enhance and even create new EU value chains in specific areas linked to their S3 priority areas, expanding business opportunities & realising joint investment projects
To develop shared infrastructures
To build synergies with other regional, national and EU networks and initiatives
…
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Enabling condition Policy Objective 1:
Good governance of S3
Joint innovation investment? Preparation for the post-2020 interregional S3 agenda?
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S3 Interregional Partnerships
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Based on their local priorities, the EU regions have found areas of common interest and joined forces within S3 interregional partnerships.
The bottom-up component in this process has resulted in a wide variety of thematic partnerships, driven by a broad range of actors (quadruple helix).
o Currently 32 partnerships in totalo 197 territorial administrative units
Aims to support EU regions committed to generate a pipeline of industrial investment projects following a bottom-up approach - implemented through interregional cooperation, cluster participation and industry involvement.
o 21 partnerships
o 130 territorial administrative units
EC DGs involved: DGs REGIO, GROW, RTD and JRC
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S3 Thematic Platform on Industrial Modernisation
• 5 partnerships:• Consumer Involvement in Agri-Food (4
regions/MS)
• High-tech Farming (27)
• Nutritional Ingredients (10)
• Smart Sensors for Agri-Food (15)
• Traceability and Big Data (21)
• 52 territorial administrative units
• 7 leading/co-leading regions
• Many participating regions come from: Italy (8), Spain (8), France (5), Hungary (4) and The Netherlands (4)
• EC DGs involved: DGs AGRI, REGIO, RTD and JRC
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S3 Thematic Platform on Agri-food
Objectives:
1. Support the implementation of the S3 of the regions/countries that have chosen energy-related priorities in their RIS3 (TO1)
2. Assist countries in the optimal uptake of the Cohesion Policy funding opportunities for energy (TO4 & TO7e)
• Joint action between DG REGIO, DG ENER and JRC
of all MS/regions have chosen an energy-related priority in their S3!2/3
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S3 Thematic Platform on
Energy (SP3Energy)
o 6 partnerships in energy
+ Heating & Cooling initiative
o 89 territorial administrative units, in 27 different countries
http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/s3p-energy13
Since 2016, S3PEnergy has been promoting interregional cooperation in energy innovation:
- encouraging collaboration for joint demonstration solutions (co-investments with ESIF, EU Value Chains linkages…)
- advocating for strategic alignment between regions regarding energy & innovation
new MFF!
Interregional innovation in energy
MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGYBIOENERGY
SMART
GRIDS
SOLAR
ENERGY
SUSTAINABLE
BUILDINGS
S3PEnergy Partnerships
GEOTHERMAL
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The S3PEnergy HEATING & COOLING Initiative
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Objective: to support regions to improve their H&C strategies and to enhance their chances to access EU funds for their projects.
3 workshops with regional representatives and experts: info about available technologies, good practices examples of implementation of H&C strategies and financial options.
4 public reports: (1) workshop summaries; (2) available EU funding sources; (3) case studies on EU funding strategies for four H&C projects from this initiative, and (4) an overview of the activities performed in the project.
https://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/heating-and-cooling
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Interregional partnership for Smart Specialisation on BIOENERGY
Lapland (FI) and
Castile and Leon (ES)
Lapland (FI)
Castile and Leon (ES)
Leaders
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This interregional
partnership aims at
developing a
collaborative
framework to facilitate
joint business among
EU regions with
bioenergy-related
priorities in their Smart
Specialisation
Strategies.
Biofuels
(bioethanol,
biogas)
H&C
(biomass-based)
Knowledge transfer
on biomass feedstock,
installations and energy
consumption
Electricity
(forestry power
plants,
agriculture
power plants)
Reference topics
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TUSCANY (IT)
Leader
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Interregional partnership for Smart Specialisation on GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ES: Asturias, Canary Islands; FI: Northern Ostrobothnia (Pohjois-Pohjanmaa; Oulu); IT: Tuscany, Lombardy; NL: Arnhem/Nijmegen, East Netherlands, Groningen city;PT: Azores; UK: Scotland; TK: West Turkish provinces (Zafer)
Partner regions of the S3 Partnership Geothermal Energy 2.0 will share, test and jointly develop new solutions that can help overcoming existing gaps and concerns in the geothermal sector, by developing a new governance model respecting territories and supporting private businesses
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Scotland (UK) and Basque Country (ES)
Leaders 16REGIONS
Interregional partnership for Smart Specialisation on MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY (MRE)
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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
(FR) and Basque Country (ES)
The aim of the
partnership is to increase
the competitiveness of
the partner regions by
collectively fostering new
business opportunities in
order to develop an
overall approach to the
value chain of smart
grids.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (FR)
Basque Country(ES)
Leaders
10 REGIONS ANDMEMBER STATES
Interregional partnership for Smart Specialisation on SMART GRIDS
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Extremadura (ES) and Alentejo (PT)
The aim of the
partnership is to increase
the implementation of the
cooperation mechanisms
set up under the RES
Directive across Europe,
promoting electricity
exports from solar
technologies from
Southern to Central and
Northern European
countries.
Leaders 12 REGIONS ANDMEMBER STATES
Interregional partnership for Smart Specialisation on SOLAR ENERGY
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3 main areas of work:1. Develop a large-scale First of a Kind (FOAK) project: CSP
hybridized with PV, and incl. storage to provide fully dispatchable power to allow a more flexible generation.
2. Develop a research facility for solar technologies.3. Promote renewable electricity exports from Southern
to Central and Northern EU countries, by using the Cooperation Mechanisms defined in the EU Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC.
Interregional partnership for Smart Specialisation on SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
The Sustainable Buildings Partnership was established to identify and solve key industrial challenges in the existing buildings and construction sector.
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LeadersAndalusia (ES), North Great Plain (HU) and North West Croatia (HR)
42 REGIONS ANDMEMBER STATES
Reference topics
S3PEnergy support activities
• EWRC 2019, Brussels:Workshop on "Implementing Smart Specialisation in Energy through Innovation Procurement"
Sessions’ summaries, main conclusions and ref. documents online
S3PEnergy support activities
• July 2019, Budapest: Learning Lab, jointly with Stairway to Excellence (S2E) project Governance, incl. alignment Energy & R&I policies
Capacities and skills
Connectedness with wider EU R&I landscape
S3PEnergy support activities
• March 2019, Seville: TAIEX Workshop on State Aid Map in Energy Sector
Creation of a Community of Practice
• EUSEW 2018: Financing options for S3 implementation in Energy
• Social Innovation examples in Energy and S3
• Good practices in Energy and S3 call for new examples…
S3PEnergy support activities
• Support on Circular Transition Economy (e.g. in SI, BG), Industrial & energy transition, collaborations with EIT, KICs, EEN…
• etc. in response to bottom-up requests... Speak up!
• Save the date:
• 28 Jan 2020, Brussels: Working Group on Transnational R&I networks: the case of Smart Grids
Incl. match-making event between MAs in energy & S3 managers and other EU (and non-EU) actors active in smart grids R&I
In collaboration with Stairway to Excellence (S2E) Project
https://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/stairway-to-excellence
[email protected]@ec.europa.eu
S3PEnergy: [email protected]
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@S3Platform #S3PEnergy
More information:http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu
LEARN
CONNECT
DEMONSTRATE
COMMERCIALISE
SCALE-UP
Mapping of Competencies and Matching of business
opportunities
Scoping Note
Industry cooperation and design of projects
Business Plan and
Funding mix
Investment Projects
Access to new funding and
New Markets
Co-funded
Joint Calls
Areas of
Shared Interest
Demonstration Projects (TRL6/7)
Joint Pilots
New Productsand Services
New Value Chains
S3 Thematic Partnerships - Methodology
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DEMONSTRATE
COMMERCIALISE
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JRC S3 Platform support
To assist public authorities responsible for designing and delivering interregional investment projects in the S3 context and ensure that these joint projects attract private sector interest sufficient to ensure their sustainability.
S3P support:Methodological Manual
S3 Interregional Innovation Projects: Pilot Actions
Under the Energy Platform, two pilot projects are in place from2018, supported by DG REGIO withtechnical assistance:
1. "Smart Campus" Pilot, part of the Sustainable BuildingsPartnership, to improve the energy efficiency of University Campuses
2. "Sensing and Remote Monitoring" Pilot, part of theMarine Renewable Energy Partnership
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