S2E National Event: SLOVENIA
- 06 Apr 2016
The SLOVENIA National Event was co-organised by the S3 Platform - S2E project, the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, and Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy - Republic of Slovenia.
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Full agenda of the event
WELCOME SPEECHES - Alenka Smerkolj (Minister, Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy (SVRK)), Tomaž Boh (State Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport (MIZŠ))
OPENING SESSION – POLICY CONTEXT - Moderator: Aleš Gnamuš (European Commission, DG JRC)
- Policy Instruments to Widening Participation - Dimitri Corpakis (European Commission, DG RTD) (via videolink)
- Synergies with Research & Innovation Funds: Stairway to Excellence – Andrea Conte (European Commission, DG JRC)
- Slovenia’s Priorities in Public Research & Innovation Investments – Opportunities for Synergies - Urban Krajcar (Director General, MIZŠ)
- Opportunities for Synergies Under the New ESIF Framework – Beate Grajnert (European Commission, DG REGIO)
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CONTEXT - Moderator: Gregor Čufer (European Commission, DG REGIO)
- Strategic Innovation Partnership and SRIP in Slovenia – Marko Hren (Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy)
- Slovenia’s Profile in terms of FP Participation and Structural Funds – Nida Kamil Özbolat (European Commission, DG JRC)
- The Slovenian R&I System and Opportunities Arising from Synergies – Maja Bučar (Stairway to Excellence Slovenia Expert)
- How EARTO can Support the Development of Innovation Ecosystems in Europe - Jadran Lenarčič (CEO, Jozef Stefan Institute / EARTO)
SYNERGIES IN PRACTICE - Moderator: Nicholas Harrap (European Commission, DG JRC)
- Synergies in Funding Sources to Finance R&I Infrastructures - Louis-Philippe Carrier (EIB-JASPERS)
- Synergies in Funding Energy and Smart Cities Activities – Georg Houben (European Commission, DG ENER)
- Climate-KIC: Boosting climate innovation through the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) – Mike Cherrett (Director of Operations, EIT Climate-KIC)
- Synergies in practice: ERRIN network and Smart Specialisation – Pieter de Jong (EU Liaison Officer for Wetsus)
CONCLUSION & WAYS FORWARD
Practical Information
- When
- 06 Apr 2016
- Registration Information
- Participation was by invitation only.
Description
The "Stairway to Excellence (S2E)" European Pilot Project is centred on:
- Providing assistance to the 13 Members States (and their regions) which joined the EU after 2004 with the aim of closing the innovation gap and promoting excellence in all regions and EU countries
- Stimulating the early and effective implementation of national and regional Smart Specialisation Strategies.
Country specific work by S2E on Slovenia is available in the Country & Region Information and the Synergies Examples sections:
- Slovenia Facts and Figures and Regional Annex
- Slovenia Country Report
- Slovenian Case of Nanotechnology Centre
The National Event in SLOVENIA is organised jointly by the European Commission, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (S3 Platform, S2E project), Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (REGIO G1), Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, and Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy - Republic of Slovenia.
A JOINT STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL EVENT OF SLOVENIA: "Synergies between European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) & Research and Innovation Funding" was issued as an outcome of it and covers the Main Issues under the different topics brought at the event.
This National S2E event was followed (on April 7th in the same venue) by the Workshop on Implementation of the Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) aiming at supporting trans-regional collaboration on a few selected fields that can benefit from additional exposure to the relevant European stakeholders.
Objectives of the event:
- A better understanding of the national (and regional) innovation ecosystem(s) with a special emphasis on the identification of obstacles, barriers and potentials to innovation.
- Raising awareness of the actions needed to enable synergies between European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) and other programmes for research and innovation.
- Sharing experiences in combining Structural Funds and Framework Programme to improve excellence in R&I systems.
- Drawing lessons for the future and identifying follow-up actions to enhance the potential synergies between different EU funds in Slovenia.
Who should attend? (Participants: around 120 people)
- Slovenian national and regional managing authorities (of ERDF, ESF, EARDF Operational Programmes) involved in the implementation of the Smart Specialisation Strategy
- Slovenian National Contact Points from the past Framework Programmes and Horizon 2020 and other EU-funded programmes
- Slovenian national and regional authorities in charge of Smart Specialisation Strategies
- Members of the Horizon 2020 programme committee
- Selected national and international experts on EU funding programmes and regional policy
- Selected representatives from businesses
- Selected representatives from universities, research centres and other organizations with experience and/ or interest in EU-funded programmes.