RIS3 support in Lagging Regions

Bari, 11 July 2016

Serving society

Stimulating innovation

Supporting legislation

www.jrc.ec.europa.eu

Project team: Mark Boden, Karel

Haegeman, Elisabetta Marinelli, Patrice

dos Santos, Susana Valero

Joint Research Centre (JRC) The European Commission's in-house science service. Serving society, stimulating innovation, supporting legislation.

Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) Developing science-based responses to policy-challenges

Activities of the S3 Platform

Trans-national learning and Peer

Review

RIS3 assessment and support to REGIO

desks; ICT experts

Thematic focus on actors, process,

common features and priorities

Interactive web tools, S3 Newsletter

and Website

The RIS3 Guide & the Digital Agenda Toolbox; S3

policy briefs

Value chains and alignment of innovation roadmaps

Synergies ESIF-H2020

Eye@RIS3

TARGETED SUPPORT

RIS3 in Lagging Regions: aims & background

Aims

Tosupporttherefinementandimplementa3onoftheRIS3ofselectedEUregions

Togeneratelessonsandamodelforotherregions

Toserveasatest-bedfortheoriesonSmartSpecialisa3on–

understandingofRIS3

Background

Extendssuccessfulac3vi3esonEastern

MacedoniaandThrace

ImplementstwoEuropeanParliament"PreparatoryAc3ons"

Lagging Regions: Policy issues

Slowandlimitedgrowth–despiteinvestment

Lackofunderstanding→lackofeffec3veac3onsto

iden3fy,understand,addressissues

Lowgrowthregions-GDP/capitabelowEUaverageanddidnot

convergetoEUaveragepost-crisis(Greece,Italy,Spain,Portugal)

Lessdevelopedregions-GDP/capita<50%ofEUaverage(Bulgaria,Hungary,Poland,

Romania)

Policyissuesand

defini3ons

European Parliament Support – 2 Preparatory Actions

PA1:Supportforgrowthandgovernanceinlaggingregions•  Regionsfrom8EUMS•  Stakeholderengagement,mutuallearning,supportforRIS3implementa3on

•  Cross-cuQngapproachestokeyissuesofgrowthandgovernance

•  RefinementoftheRIS3model•  Furtherdevelopmentofprac3calsupportforregionsacrossEU

PA2:Compe33veadvantageandpoten3alforsmartspecialisa3oninRomania•  Indepthsupportfor2RomanianRegions(NorthEast,NorthWest)

•  Closecomplementarity-butdeeperengagement

•  DifferingstagesofRIS3developmentbetweenregions

•  Coordina3onwithna3onallevelRSI3

Implementation

• Iden3fyandsharecommonchallenges

andsolu3ons

•  S2E,LessDevelopedRegionsini3a3ve,VanguardIni3a3ve,S3P,etc.

•  approachtailoredtoneedsand

problemsiden3fiedbystakeholders

•  JRC,DGREGIO,otherDGs,regionalandna3onalauthori3es

Partnership Flexibility

Transna3onaldimension

Synergieswithotherac3vi3es

Businessidea

E.g.useofwine-makingresidues

EDPfocusgroup

Ideadecomposed

Researchandinnova3oncomponentsandfundability

ProjectDevelopmentLab1(PDL1)

Idearefined

Partners,businessandresearchaspects,roadmap,

fundingsources

Onlineconsulta3onandPDL2

PeerreviewBoardofcri3calfriends

AnalysisofroleofKETs

Mappinginterna3onalR&Icollabora3ons

WorkinggroupsMobility&Governance

RDIfundingguideandcasestudies

Stateaidissues

Avoiddoublefundingbetweenna3onal/regionalcalls

Sustainability/viability

RoleforKETs

Needforchampions/leaders

Addresstrainingneeds

Interna3onalscope

Technicalmee3ngsregional/na3onal/EU

Entrepreneurial Discovery Process Focus Group Cluj – May 2016

Cosme3csandfoodsupplementsbasedonnaturalresources

Stakeholderrepresenta3on(Quadruplehelix)73par3cipants

38businessideasgenerated

Examplesofbusinessideas:•  Databaseofplantresources-Edibleplants

consumedtradi3onallyforan3-ageing/healthyageingpurposes

•  An3-acneproducts-tes3ngefficiencylocally

•  TransylvanianCosmatopeaCluster•  Locallybrandedbioproducts

•  In-housetechnologyfordetermina3onofownnaturalcosme3cproducts'validitydateandforqualitycontrolofingredientsandfinalproduct

•  Smartpackaging:withan3-microbeprotec3onorsmartlabelschangingcolourifexpired

•  Cosme3csand(para)pharma:Fromharmfultobeneficialcosme3cs

Keyroleforinterna3onalstakeholders

Objec3ves ToolsIdeagenera3on,trustbuildingandsupportcoopera3on

EDPfocusgroupmethodology

Openuptowider(online)communi3es Onlinestakeholderengagement

Addressbraindrain,buildskills MobilityWorkingGroup

Increasecoordina3onbetweenna3onalandregionallevels

MethodologyProjectDevelopmentLab1

Widenfundingsourcestodrawonforideaimplementa3on

MethodologyProjectDevelopmentLab2

OnlineRDIFundingGuide

Casedescrip3ons

Op3miseRIS3governancestructure Governanceworkinggroup

Supportongoingstakeholderengagement Stakeholderroundtablediscussions

Iden3fica3onofbarriersandpossiblesolu3onsTailoredpeerreviewevents

MutuallearningBoardofcri3calfriends

Supportinterna3onalcoopera3on Collabora3onspoQngtool

Toolbox

Focused on 9 regions in Eastern and Southern Europe: selection of regions

Centro

Extremadura

Észak-Alföld Nord-Vest

Nord-Est

SeverenTsentralen

EasternMacedoniaandThrace

Puglia

WarminskoMasurskie

SupporttoRIS3implementa3oninLaggingRegions

REGIONS

•  Bulgaria - Severen Tsentralen

•  Greece – Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

•  Hungary - Észak-Alföld (city focus - Debrecen)

•  Italy – Puglia

•  Poland - Warminsko Masurskie

•  Portugal - Centro

•  Romania - Nord-Est and Nord-Vest

•  Spain – Extremadura

Horizontal issues (i)

Governance-WorkingGroup(s)onGovernance

• long-termsustainabilityoftheEDPprocess• rela3onshipbetweenna3onalandregionallevels• synergiesbetweenstructuralfundsandotherresources

Transna3onalcoopera3on–essen3altoRIS3• Poten3altransna3onalcollabora3on• Coopera3onwithinEUandwithneighbourhoodcountries• Thema3ccoopera3onacrossEU(Valuechains/KICs/…)• Methodologicalcoopera3on/mutuallearning

Horizontal issues (ii)

Implementa3onofRIS3–cri3calissuesforsustainableRIS3implementa3on:

• StateAidrules• SustainingEDP•  InstrumentsbeyondtheROP(synergiesbetweenERDFandH2020,butalsowithother(EU)fundingopportuni3es)

• Appropriatemonitoringandevalua3onsystems• ComponentsoftheR&Isystemanddesignofthepolicymix-Roleofuniversi3es,RTOs,andresearch-ac3vefirms

• Outward-lookingorienta3on

Outcomes

Specificsupport• e.g.instruments• e.g.synergiesbetweenfunds• supporttocon3nuousEDP

Horizontalsupport• E.g.Monitoring,governance• E.g.Cross-regionalexchange

Dissemina3on• Codifica3onofmethodologies• Publica3ons• Othermedia

AdvancingunderstandingofRIS3implementa3on

RIS3-anentrypointtobroaderissues

Improveunderstandingofslowandlimitedgrowth

Regions Commission

• Willingness/opennesstocollaborate•  Increasedtrustinthe"quadruplehelix"• Approachadaptabletootherregions

Trustbuildingandcommitment

•  Focusontheprocessandtheideasemerging• Needtoalignregionalstrengths,interna3onaltrendsandopportuni3es

EnhancedunderstandingofRIS3

•  Increasedpar3cipa3onofstakeholdersinpolicyac3vi3es(EDPfocusgroups,workinggroups,onlineconsulta3ons)

Par3cipatorycapacitybuilding

•  Legalandadministra3ve• Capaci3esandexperiencesIden3fyingChallenges

• Momentumcreatedandsustained•  Senseofcollabora3onbetweenactors•  Sustainedcommitment

Other

Impacts - Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

SixEntrepreneurialDiscoveryProcess(EDP)FocusGroups:fourinREMTh(2014-5);twoinRomania(2016)

WineEDP(Drama,2014)–fosteredcollabora3onbetweenlocalwineproducerandItalianuniversity

Cosme3csEDP(Cluj,2016)–highlightedpoten3alforEUcollabora3onwithFrenchcluster

DraoCallsforfundingproposals–basedonEDPfocusgroups–targe3ngSMEs,increasingappliedresearchanddissemina3onofresults–2016callonpolymers

EDPmethodologyfurtherrefinedandapplied:

• inREMTh:chemical/polymermaterialsandelectronic/electricalequipment)• Greekregions(AQcaandThessaly)• Romanianregions(NWandNE)

Specific outcomes

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State of play

•  Exploratory visits/meetings and first events

•  First stakeholder events took place in Nord-Vest, RO and Nord-Est, RO - Entrepreneurial discovery focus groups:

•  On cosmetics & food supplements based on natural resources (CLUJ – 26 May)

•  On biotechnology (IASI – 06 June)

•  TAIEX-REGIO Workshop on Tech Transfer and RIS3 (8 June - BUCHAREST)

•  Exploratory visit in IASI (7 June) of HESS project with pilot in Nord-Est (HESS=Higher Education in Smart Specialisation)

•  Identification of horizontal activities across regions involved: diversifying RIS3 instruments, RIS3 governance, RIS3 monitoring, state-aid, etc.

•  Inception report under preparation •  Board of "Critical Friends"

Future activities – 2016 -2017

Roadmap for future activities under refinement:

•  RIS3 development and action plan based on further EDP focus groups and other stakeholder interaction

•  Support in developing a concept note for Romanian regions as input for national level

•  Governance and alignment between national and regional level

•  Tackling concrete implementation issues related to RIS3: stakeholder interaction, multiple funding sources, state aid, monitoring,…

•  Transnational cooperation (essential to RIS3): cross-border, thematic (Value chains/KICs/…), methodological cooperation/mutual learning

•  Capacity building: human resources and mobility, entrepreneurship, …

Objectives •  appropriate and specific support to the implementation of

RIS3 and related activities in selected lagging regions

•  develop and implement horizontal approach to key issues in growth and governance of lagging regions

•  improve understanding of slow and limited growth in EU regions and links to macro-economic framework conditions

•  RIS3 - an entry point to understanding broader structural problems (e.g. in RDI, education, business environment and governance) - links with the 'lagging regions initiative'

•  contribute to advancing relevant theory on (implementation of) smart specialisation by codifying hands-on experiences

•  develop and disseminate lessons for other EU regions

Work Packages

•  National/Regional Profiling - stocktaking and assessment of state of RIS3 implementation in selected countries/regions

•  RIS3 implementation and refinement in Romanian regions - reinforcement of linkages between national and regional RIS3 and support to development of EDP

•  Specific support activities - undertaken in selected regions

•  Horizontal support and peer learning - addressing common issues and with wider relevance

•  Analysis, tool development and policy recommendations

•  Coordination, cooperation, and communication