Industrial Transition
JRC work on industrial transitions supports the adaptation of Smart Specialisation Strategies to the needs of industrial transitions. A particular of focus of this work are the twin green and digital transitions foreseen by the European Green Deal.
Industrial Transition
The Working Group on Understanding and Managing Industrial Transitions
Working Group publications
POINT reviews: an overview
This brief provides an overview of the POINT methodology ((Projecting Opportunities for INdustrial Transitions), that proposes a systematic approach to the framing, procedure and conduct of industrial reviews and transition management.
"Towards a transformative Smart Specialisation Strategy: lessons from Catalonia, Bulgaria and Greece" by Elisabetta Marinelli (JRC), Tatiana Fernández (Directorate-General for Economic Promotion, Competition and Regulation of Catalonia), Dimitrios Pontikakis (JRC). JRC Science for Policy Report, EUR 30642 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021, ISBN 978-92-76-32262-7, doi:10.2760/286969, JRC124128.
"POINT review of Industrial Transition of Bulgaria" by Ruslan Stefanov (ARC Fund), Patries Boekholt (Innovation Policy Matters), Dimitrios Pontikakis (JRC). JRC Science for Policy Report,EUR 30643 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021, ISBN 978-92-76-32322-8, doi:10.2760/241737, JRC123901.
"POINT review of Industrial Transition of Greece" by Matthijs Janssen (Utrecht University), Yannis Tolias (Innovatia Systems), Dimitrios Pontikakis (JRC). JRC Science for Policy Report, EUR 30620 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021, ISBN 978-92-76-31140-9, doi:10.2760/321029, JRC124002.
“Projecting Opportunities for INdustrial Transitions (POINT): Concepts, rationales and methodological guidelines for territorial reviews of industrial transition” (2020) by Dimitrios Pontikakis (JRC), Tatiana Fernandez (Generalitat de Catalunya), Matthijs Janssen (Utrecht University), Ken Guy (Wise Guys Ltd), Anabela Marques Santos (JRC), Mark Boden (JRC), Pietro Moncada-Paternò-Castello (JRC). JRC Science for Policy Report, EUR 30375 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2020, ISBN 978-92-76-22152-4, doi:10.2760/590389, JRC121439.
Working Group participants
Regional authorities | National authorities |
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Andalucía (Spain) Western Macedonia (Greece) All regions (Romania) Catalonia [own resources] (Spain) |
Ministry of Development (Greece) Council of Ministers (Bulgaria) Ministry of Economy, Energy and Business Environment and other ministries with iinputs in S3 (Romania) |
Experts conducting reviews |
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Héloïse BERKOWITZ, CNRS |
Patries BOEKHOLT, Innovation Policy Matters |
Matthijs JANSSEN, Utrecht University |
Totti KÖNNÖLÄ, Insight Foresight Institute |
Ruslan STEFANOV, ARC Fund |
Yannis TOLIAS, Innovatia Systems |
Christos EMMANOUILIDIS, Cranfield University |
Gabriela PIRVU, Romanian Clusters Association |
Mircea PETREA, ElfNet |
Advisory board |
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Effie AMANATIDOU, University of Manchester, UK |
Antonio ANDREONI, UCL, UK |
Bjørn ASHEIM, Circle, Lund University, Sweden |
Mario CERVANTES, OECD, STI Directorate, France |
Tatiana FERNÁNDEZ SIRERA, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain |
Ian HUGHES, University College Cork, Ireland |
Gernot HUTSCHENREITER, OECD, STI Directorate, France |
Rene KEMP, University of Maastricht and UNU-MERIT, the Netherlands |
Göran MARKLUND, VINNOVA, Sweden |
Pietro MONCADA-PATERNÒ-CASTELLO, EC DG Joint Research Centre, Spain |
Matias RAMIREZ, SPRU, UK |
Joe RAVETZ, University of Manchester, UK |
Johan SCHOT, Utrecht University, the Netherlands |
Attila VARGA, University of Pecs, Hungary |
Working Group events
Plenary Meetings
Two meetings of the group have taken place to date, in July 2019 and in December 2019. A third meeting, originally scheduled for March 2020, was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic and took place online on the 14 and 15 of July. Our next Working Group meeting is scheduled for the first half of 2021.
- "Understanding and Managing Industrial Transitions: Findings of Reviews of Industrial Transition & Launch of Support Coalitions" - online workshop (14-15 July 2020, online)
- "Understanding and Managing Industrial Transitions: Preliminary review findings and interregional learning” workshop (9 December 2019, Brussels)
- "Understanding and Managing Industrial Transitions: Inception and review methodology validation” workshop (9 July 2019, Seville)
Dissemination and stakeholder engagement events
- Launch of JRC Review of Industrial Transition of Greece (24-25 February 2021, online)
- Evidence for Industrial Transitions, European Week of Regions and Cities (22 October 2020, online)
- Shared Agendas: the Next Stage of the EDP, co-organised by the JRC and the Generalitat de Catalunya, European Week of Regions and Cities (7 October 2020, online)
Other events
- "Green New Deal 3.0 & The Collaboratorium", organised by Joe Ravetz, University of Manchester (26 March 2021, online)
Industrial Transition reviews
Contacts
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Events
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Working Group Understanding and Managing Industrial Transitions: Findings of Reviews of Industrial Transition & Launch of Support Coalitions 14-15 July 2020 – ONLINE MEETING (all times CET)
Publications
Based on the case study of Portugal, the present study aims to analyse the alignment of investments in the Portuguese ‘Recovery and Resilience Plan’ with the Smart Specialisation Strategies priorities (2021-2027) of this territory, and then identify opportunities for potential synergies and...
- Marques Santos, Anabela
This brief provides an overview of the POINT methodology ((Projecting Opportunities for INdustrial Transitions), that proposes a systematic approach to the framing, procedure and conduct of industrial reviews and transition management.
- MARQUES SANTOS Anabela; PONTIKAKIS Dimitrios; BODEN John Mark
The review of industrial transition in Bulgaria analyses the current situation and also sketches future directions for the development of industrial capabilities that, in the spirit of the European Green Deal, jointly tackle economic and societal challenges.
- STEFANOV, Ruslan; BOEKHOLT, Patries; PONTIKAKIS, Dimitris