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The conference “Implementing the Western Balkan Agenda on Innovation, Research, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport - Support to Smart Specialisation in the Western Balkans and Turkey” will bring together high officials, policy makers, innovation practitioners, representatives from start-ups and...
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Innovation ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa: the path towards localised STI for SDGs roadmaps
The 1.5-hour side event will be held virtually on the margins of the HLPF 2022. The first part of the event will be the occasion to share the overview on STI performances in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the second part, countries developing their STI for SDGs roadmaps in the context of the Global Pilot...
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First Pilot Plenary meeting on Partnerships for Regional Innovation (PRI)
Following the high interest from EU territories and Member States to participate in the PRI Pilot Action launched jointly last month by the European Commission and the Committee of the Regions, we are pleased to aanounce the first PRI Pilot Plenary meeting. This will be an online event to be held...
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The proposed side event will discuss major policy-making gaps around STI policy for the SDGs and will illustrate the importance of partnerships and collaborations to strengthen capacities and overcome such gaps. The event will also update participants on recent and forthcoming work of the IATT...
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National Innovation Week - JRC – UAB Special Session
How to foster intra- and inter-regional collaboration to promote innovation and sustainable growth in America Latin? From June 21 to June 25, the National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation (CONCYTEC) will hold a very important event about innovation and technology in...
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Smart Specialisation Conference in Latin America
How to use place-based innovation policies to build sustainable and inclusive growth in Latin America? This event presented key findings on the development and adaptation of the Smart Specialisation policy concept in selected LatAm countries and regions. It discussed main challenges, lessons...
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Georgia is one among five Eastern Partnership countries that have expressed interest in applying smart specialisation approach. Georgia has taken important actions by mobilising national and regional smart specialisation teams, launching S3 in the pilot Imereti region, completing series of...
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Awareness raising event on Smart Specialisation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
During the last decade, Smart specialisation has become one of the core strategic approaches to Research and Innovation as well as an effective policy instrument for higher competitiveness and increasing opportunities. The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) is working closely with...
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The European Maritime Day 2022 was held as a hybrid semi-presential event in Ravenna (Italy) on 19-20 May 2022. Within the Thematic sessions on the “European Maritime Policies” a Thematic Session 3 was organised on “The Sustainable Blue Economy implementation through Smart Specialisation”, where...
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Launch of the CoR-JRC Pilot Action on Partnerships for Regional Innovation
The European Commission and the European Committee of the Regions launch on the 17th of May the Pilot action on Partnerships for Regional Innovation. This initiative responds to the urgent call of the European Green Deal to address the unprecedented challenge posed by climate change and other...