The S3 Community of Practice as one-stop shop for S3 in the EU
After a transition period, the Smart Specialisation Community of Practice (S3 CoP) has now become the place to be for all news and updates about Smart Specialisation in the EU. It has been launched by DG REGIO to support the EU Cohesion Policy for the 2021-2027 programming period and is the new central node on guidance, networking, support, and peer-learning on S3, covering its conceptual development and its implementation.
The S3 Community of Practice will assist regional authorities and stakeholders involved in Smart Specialisation across the EU through different forms of support and peer learning opportunities.
The Smart Specialisation Platform will from now on focus on updates and news related to S3 beyond the EU and – accordingly - this newsletter will focus on S3 beyond the EU and research on place based transformative innovation policies.
Save the date: online final event on Smart Specialisation in the Western Balkans and Türkiye
This online event is organised with the objective of presenting some of the main analytical findings and discussing major territorial achievements. It will be an occasion for territorial representatives to share domains of interest within their S3 processes, as well as main lessons learned during the implementation of the S3 design framework.
Join the discussion: Universities for place-based innovation and systemic transformation
How do universities contribute to place-based innovation? Are these contributions customised to the local needs of the places where they are located? And how can our higher education institutions help support the twin transition and transform our economies?
Learn more at the final event of the project Higher Education for Smart Specialisation and discuss together with us the current and future roles of universities in place-based innovation and systemic transformation.
GEOINNO's 7th Edition: Wide contribution from the JRC Innovation Policies and Economic Impact Unit
The Geography of Innovation Conference (GEOINNO), in its 7th edition, takes place at Manchester University. This event promises to be an exceptional platform for the JRC to showcase the notable strides made in their research endeavors in one of Academia's most prominent forums.
The PRI team will be at the helm of a special session in GEOINNO24 titled "Interregional Perspectives on Challenge-Oriented Innovation Systems for Sustainability Transitions." This session has garnered substantial interest among scholars and has seen a considerable influx of high-quality abstract submissions. Without a doubt, the ensuing discussions and insights within this session are expected to be enlightening.
date
09/01/2024 - 11/01/2024
venue
Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
Synergies between European and national/regional research & innovation programmes in the aviation sector
This High-Level hybrid workshop is co-organised by the European Commission's DG R&I and the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking in cooperation with the European Committee of the Regions.
The workshop is organized for all European regions, in particular for those that have identified sustainable aviation, and relevant sectors contributing to this, as a key strategic area in the region’s Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) for the current Operational Programme 2021-2027.
European Universities and Knowledge Alliances in their territorial innovation ecosystems
Higher education institutions (HEIs) are increasingly expected to contribute to regional development and transformative innovation and heralded as actors of change in the context of the twin transitions and European recovery and resilience. Knowledge Alliances and European University alliances are two funding initiatives for HEIs that enable the translation of this broad strategic agenda into an individual and local context and the negotiation of the global (excellence) – local (relevance) dichotomy and potential alignment of their missions.
This report explores the potential for HEIs to contribute to and participate in regional innovation ecosystems and align their missions around the global (excellence) – local (relevance) dichotomy.
author
Esparza Masana, R. and Woolford, J., European Universities and Knowledge Alliances in their territorial innovation ecosystems
