Smart Specialisation or RIS3 (Research and Innovation strategies for Smart Specialisation) is a strategic approach to economic development through targeted support for research and innovation. It involves a process of developing a vision, identifying regionally based areas of greatest strategic potential, developing multi-stakeholder governance mechanisms, setting strategic priorities and using smart policies to maximize the… Continue reading European Regional Competitiveness Scoreboard
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Innovation Driven Growth in Regions
The OECD has published a report on “Innovation-driven Growth in Regions: The Role of Smart Specialisation”. The report aims to bridge the gap between theory and implementation through case studies that illustrate the conditions in which the concept of smart specialisation can be used to design better public policies for boosting innovation driven growth in… Continue reading Innovation Driven Growth in Regions
East Sweden Region – the county of Östergötland’s adaptation of RIS3
Yesterday I published a brief article about what we mean with RIS3. Today I will tell you a bit about the implementation of RIS3 in the East Sweden Region, where we are working on developing and now implementing smart specialisation since more than one year. Strategic governance and operationalisation There is currently extensive work within… Continue reading East Sweden Region – the county of Östergötland’s adaptation of RIS3
Regional Development for Growth and Smart Specialisation in East Sweden
Strategic governance and virtual cooperation structure to stimulate regional growth The Region of Östergötland in Sweden has for the last few years worked with development and implementation of a new, unique virtual organisation and Quad-helix based cooperation structure for governance and execution of its Regional development plan and Regional innovation strategy. Bearing is in this… Continue reading Regional Development for Growth and Smart Specialisation in East Sweden
Video on Smart Specialisation
All across the European Union, regions are working to develop smart specialisation strategies. This may have a great impact on our future, however it is not yet well known in society. To make the concept more popular the EU´s Directorate for Regional Policy published the video below yesterday, which I would like to share. Is… Continue reading Video on Smart Specialisation
Future of the European Union – Smart specialization
“Europe is facing a moment of transformation. The crises has wiped out years of economic and social progress and exposed structural weaknesses in Europe´s economy. In the meantime, the world is moving fast and long-term challenges such as globalisation, pressure on resources, population ageing, are intensifying.” – Quote from Europe 2020 Strategy Introduction This blog… Continue reading Future of the European Union – Smart specialization