Smart Specialisation Newsletter

S3 Partnership on Nutritional Ingredients (NI) is ready to welcome new partners. Under the European Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) Agri-food Platform. The aim of the S3P NI is to develop a cross-regional partnership between agrifood and bioeconomy actors to facilitate the uptake and crossover of innovation for development and commercialisation of novel or improved functional ingredients with applications in sectors, including, but not limited to, the Food Industry.

As part of the #EURegionsWeek, this online workshop will present and collect input for the new HEI initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. It builds on the Regional Innovation Impact Framework, developed by the JRC to assess the contribution of HEIs to their cities and regions. This workshop aims to bring together HEIs, regional authorities and other interested EWRC participants to help strengthen the links between the EIT, its innovation communities and a new generation of Smart Specialisation Strategies. It will be held on the 13th of October 2021.

A brainstorming workshop for the pilot countries and regions interested to develop Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Roadmaps based on S3 methodology was held on 21 July 2021. Representatives from the pilot countries, namely Czech Republic, Serbia and Ukraine, presented and discussed the progress made on the development and implementation of a Smart Specialisation Strategy for SDGs. They received feedback and comments from high-level international experts, members of the S3 for SDGs Steering Committee.