Implementation examples

Governance and EDP

Policy instruments for S3 implementation

Transregional cooperation across Europe

Monitoring and Evaluation

Entrepreneurial discovery process (EDP) cycle

Good governance

Project selection: criteria and processes

Transnational cooperation and value chains

Monitoring

Recent Implementation Examples

In this section, several implementation examples are presented that examine how the Smart Specialisation approach was put into practice across European regions and member states. The cases provide an overview of the key challenges that public authorities are seeking to address and the innovation policies that were developed. They also explore the ways in which stakeholders have taken ownership of the Smart Specialisation concept to achieve certain goals, and underline success-driving factors and types of outcomes obtained.

Governance and stakeholders involvement in the Entrepreneurial Discovery Process

Policy instruments for S3 implementation

Transregional cooperation across Europe

Monitoring and Evaluation

Early Implementation Examples (2016)

Here are presented a collection of early examples of S3 implementation from regions and countries across Europe. The examples represent insightful practical experiences and show effective ways to tackle specific problems and challenges taking into account the context, resources and institutional settings characterising each region and country.

We also encourage you to submit new examples you deem interesting and relevant by emailing us at: JRC-B3-S3P@ec.europa.eu

Entrepreneurial discovery process (EDP) cycle

Good governance

Project selection: criteria and processes

Transnational cooperation and value chains

Monitoring

Latest news

News article | 2021-01-04

Fostering environmental-oriented activities through S3 – Results from the call for contributions

The 10 selected cases highlight how stakeholders across Europe are using the Smart Specialisation concept to develop their own innovation-driven economic transformation agendas at various territorial levels, with a specific emphasis on environmental-oriented activities.

News article | 2020-07-27

Call for contributions: Fostering the implementation of environmental-oriented activities through Smart Specialisation

The S3 Platform solicits S3 stakeholders at national and regional level to highlight relevant cases on the ways in which the S3 approach can foster the implementation of environmental-oriented activities

News article | 2019-12-05

Implementing Smart Specialisation: An analysis of practices across Europe

Building upon 35 cases, this report sheds light on the success-conducive factors and tools that have been used by policy-makers to manage the Smart Specialisation policy process, as well as the recurring types of outcomes that were achieved

Publications

PUBLICATION | 2020-10-29

State Aid Map in the Energy Sector

ESI Funds managers for S3 and energy across the EU often mention that the assessment whether their public interventions constitute State aid and whether the measure is compatible with the EU competition law is a constant challenge. This report is the summary of the “Workshop on State Aid Map in...

RUDOLF MESARIČ Jana, SEIGNEUR Isabelle, MERIDA MARTIN Fernando

PUBLICATION | 2019-11-27

Implementing Smart Specialisation: An analysis of practices across Europe

Building upon 35 cases, this report examines how the Smart Specialisation approach was put into practice across European regions and Member States.

Caroline Cohen