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	S3 Newsletter
	Joint Research Centre

In this issue - September 2018
Editorial Upcoming Events General Information In the Regions & Member States		Announcement S3 across EU Institutions New Dimensions of Smart Specialisation

S3 Platform

Editorial

Alessandro Rainoldi is Head of the Territorial Development Unit within the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC). His unit includes the Smart Specialisation Platform. In this editorial, he shares his views on the role of the JRC as knowledge manager on Smart Specialisation.

Upcoming Events

26 September 2018 - 28 September 2018

2018 SMARTER Conference

The 2018 SMARTER Conference on Smart Specialisation and Territorial Development offers a comprehensive picture of the Smart Specialisation policy experience, including an evaluation of its early results, and highlights recent developments. Particular attention will be given to implementation challenges and ways to address them. In addition, the conference will explore how Smart Specialisation engages with global value chains and production networks, and how firms, regions and cities can benefit from relationships across borders. By gathering around 150 participants, including researchers, policy-makers and practitioners from Europe and beyond, the Conference will provide a unique and lively setting to explore the current status and future perspective of the Smart Specialisation policy concept. It will take place in Seville, Spain from 26 to 28 September 2018, as we flagged in past editions of the S3 Newsletter. Please note that attendance is by registration only (note that registration is now closed) and that the conference can be followed via web streaming.

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S3 Platform

Smart Specialisation: from the EU to the world

26 September 2018

Discover the Knowledge Centre for Territorial Policies' Activities

The Knowledge Centre for Territorial Policies supports a number of dedicated and specialised platforms and models that are used to generate and exchange information with stakeholders and partners (e.g. RHOMOLO, LUISA, Strat-Board, Urban Data Platform, T-Board), alongside the S3 Platform. While these platforms and models differ in specific focus, they have one common denominator: a territorial outlook. The KC TP organises a workshop preceding the 2018 Smarter Conference on 26 September 2018 morning. Participants will be provided with a fundamental understanding of what the KC TP is and what it does, so that they will be able to use or refer to the platforms/models in a basic way. Please note that registration is now closed.

23 October 2018

Save the date: PXL Workshop on Monitoring for S3

The Peer eXchange & Learning (PXL) workshop on Monitoring for Smart Specialisation Strategies is organised by the Smart Specialisation Platform in co-operation with the Lithuanian Research and Higher Education Monitoring and Analysis Centre (MOSTA). Lithuania (LT), Friuli Venezia Giulia (IT) and Lower Austria (AT) will present their experiences in monitoring. It will take place on 23 October 2018 in Vilnius (Lithuania). It will follow the "Smart Specialisation: Progress and Future Prospects" event organised by MOSTA on 22 October 2018.

General Information

Briefings from the Workshop: "Insights on Assessing the S3 So Far"

The workshop: "Insights on assessing the Smart Specialisation experience so far" gave the opportunity to gather experienced practitioners who provided insightful feedback of their experience of S3 implementation to date and reflected together on better RIS3 design for the upcoming programming period. Most of the PowerPoint presentations are now available.

S3P for Agri-Food First Working Committee

The 1st working committee of the Smart Specialisation Platform for Agri-Food took place on June 2018 in Seinajoki(FI). It gathered over 60 participants, including the leading regions of the 5 qualified agri-food partnerships, relevant EC Directorate Generals, key actors of the ecosystem (EIB, Interreg Europe, EIT), experts and observing regions. It gave partnerships the opportunity to present their work to date, express the challenges they face, share experiences and learn from each other. They also learn from relevant EC services about current policy developments in their areas of interest, EC's budget proposals for the next multi-annual financial period (2021-2027) and potential funding opportunities for interregional collaboration. The next semi-annual working committee meeting will take place on 27-28 November in Bilbao (ES) and includes for first time interactive sessions between the three existing S3 thematic platforms (Agri-Food, Energy and Industrial Modernisation).

S3P for Agri-Food First Working Committee

In the Regions & Member States

Smart Stories: the Case of the "S3-4AlpClusters" in Salzburg

The Smart Stories reflect the way in which S3 stakeholders have used the Smart specialisation concept to develop their own innovation-driven economic transformation policies at national and regional level. This month, Salzburg (Austria) presents the S3-4AlpClusters project that supports the framework conditions for cross-sectoral and interregional cooperation.

See also :	Submit your Smart Story
Contact :	Caroline Cohen

Announcement

STRAT-Board, an Interactive Tool for Integrated Urban & Territorial Strategies

STRAT-Board is an interactive mapping tool that provides a visual overview of Sustainable Urban Development (SUD) and Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) strategies currently implemented across Europe. So far, almost one thousand strategies have been mapped within 28 countries. STRAT-Board has been jointly developed by DG REGIO and DG JRC under the umbrella of the Knowledge Centre for Territorial Policies. The tool allows users to explore strategies on different geographical levels (from countries to localities), as well as by different attributes, such as spatial focus, thematic concentration, size of population, funding arrangements and implementation mechanisms. The pre-release is now publicly accessible. New attributes will be added over time.

STRAT-Board, an interactive tool to support integrated urban & territorial strategies

S3 across EU Institutions

Guidance on Public Procurement

The European Commission has published a guide to support public officials across the EU to adopt best practices in public procurement of projects funded by the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) and beyond. Available in all languages, it covers the process from A to Z, from the preparation and publication of the calls to the selection and evaluation of bids and the contract implementation.

Panorama - Cohesion Policy: Powering Ahead to a Smarter Future

This issue of Panorama magazine considers the European Commission’s proposed budget for the 2021-2027 funding period. It highlights Regiostars' finalists and also includes a zoom on Ireland, which is currently celebrating 45 years of EU membership.

Panorama - Cohesion Policy: powering ahead to a smarter future

New Dimensions of Smart Specialisation

S3 in Mexico

The weekly economic review "El economista" has recently published an article based on a speech by Jürgen Haberleithner, visiting scientist in the S3 Platform and invited expert by the National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACYT), given recently to more than 3000 innovation investors, policy-makers and other stakeholders during the Sixth National Congress GINxti in Mexico City.

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