What we can do for you
We are the Platform established by the European Commission to provide professional advice to EU Member States and regions for the design of their innovation strategies for smart specialisation. Our services include:
- Providing guidance material and good practice examples
- Organising information sessions for policy makers and participating in conferences
- Providing training to policy-makers
- Facilitating peer-reviews
- Supporting access to relevant data
- Participating in high quality research projects to inform strategy formation and policy making
Registration on the Platform is open to all EU regions and Member States. Find out more here.
What is Smart Specialisation?
Smart Specialisation is a strategic approach to economic development through targeted support to Research and Innovation (R&I). It will be the basis for Structural Fund investments in R&I as part of the future Cohesion Policy's contribution to the Europe 2020 jobs and growth agenda.
More generally, smart specialisation involves a process of developing a vision, identifying competitive advantage, setting strategic priorities and making use of smart policies to maximise the knowledge-based development potential of any region, strong or weak, high-tech or low-tech.
This site offers a unique resource and platform for regional development professionals developing such strategies as well as their partners from business and academia.
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Latest news
Fourth Week of Innovative Regions of Europe Conference, Cork (Ireland) on 06 & 07 June 2013 - Find all information under http://wire2013.eu/
EBN upcoming annual conference (Londonderry, 29-31 May 2013) – www.ebncongress.eu – An event at the crossroad between Digital, Cultural and Social Innovation, with Steve Wozniak, Richard Florida, Tim Smit, Joanna Shields as keynotes! Already 450 delegates registered. And on the Commission side, Dave Harmon from M Geogeghan-Quinn Cabinet, Bernd Reichert from DG RTD, Ann Branch from DG EAC, and JF Aguinaga from DG EMPL
NEW CALL FOR REGISTRATION: Peer review workshop - 'Tourism as a RIS3 priority' to be held on 4-5 July in Faro, Portugal. Further information, including on registration can be found here.
Thematic workshop on social innovation, including a special session on smart specialisation organsed by the S3 Platform. Read more here and download agenda here.
New call for proposals: Demand-side actions for innovations -https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/funding and http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/contracts-grants/calls-for-proposals/index_en.htm
New call for proposals which invites applicants to develop and implement strategic roadmaps of demand-side policy measures with the objective to increase the market uptake of innovations in any market or sector.
New call for registration: S3 Peer Review Workshop: 'Stakeholder Engagement and the RIS3 Governance' in Vaasa, Finland (14-15 May 2013). Further information can be found here.