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Smart specialisation is an innovative approach that aims to boost growth and jobs in Europe, by enabling each region to identify and develop its own competitive advantages.
Through its partnership and bottom-up approach, smart specialisation brings together local authorities, academia, business spheres and the civil society, working for the implementation of long-term growth strategies supported by EU funds.
- SMART: Identify the region’s own strengths and comparative assets
- SPECIALISED: Prioritise research and innovation investment in competitive area
- STRATEGIC: Define a shared vision for regional innovation
National factsheets :
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Cyprus
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Malta
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Estonia
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Finland
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Slovenia
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Sweden
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in United Kingdom
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Hungary
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Italia
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Latvia
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Spain
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in France
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Ireland
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Austria
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Bulgaria
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Czech Republic
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Croatia
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Portugal
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Poland
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in the Netherlands
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Germany
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Denmark
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Lithuania
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Belgium
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Slovakia
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Luxembourg
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Greece
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Romania
- Smart Specialisation - Pilot actions