Education and Skills for S3
Since its initial conceptualisation, Smart Specialisation has assumed a strong place-based dimension, in recognition that innovation is locally and regionally driven and that different places need different investments. The EC proposal for Cohesion funds for 2021-2027 will strengthen regions’ capacities to implement Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3), through stronger concentration of investments under the Smarter Europe and Greener Europe objectives.
Latest news
A new call of the EIT HEI Initiative: Innovation Capacity Building for Higher Education is currently open until 28 February 2022
EIT Community coordinated by EIT Raw Materials
The S3 Platform seeks to collect information from all stakeholders involved in S3 related activities about emerging initiatives that respond to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as redeployment/reorganisation of activities that foster recovery processes.
Events
Education and Innovation Summit: Education is key to strengthen Europe's innovation potential
Regional Innovation Impact of Universities in Europe
Higher education for Smart Specialisation: Greece opportunities in 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy
Publications
The Higher Education in Smart Specialisation (HESS) project has been developed in collaboration with DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (EAC) since 2016 and seeks to engage stakeholders from Higher Education in regional development processes and regional innovation ecosystems to ensure places...
- Woolford, J and Boden, M (2021) (eds)
- TOLIAS Yannis; ARREGUI PABOLLET Eskarne
In 2018 the European Commission launched a flagship initiative for Vocational Education and Training (VET), a policy area in which the European Union (EU) has intervened since the Treaty of Rome. Labelled Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs), the objective is to support pioneers of high...
- Edwards, J.H., Redford, D. and Paiva, T.