The Strategic Planning Office of the Government of Kosovo, formal body in charge of the Smart Specialisation Strategy under the Prime Minister Office, held the event “Smart Specialisation in Kosovo” on the 7th of July 2021.
The Easter European country has seen how a significant number of its regions have started to develop Smart Specialisation strategies and how registration in the Smart Specialisation platform has increased dramatically in 2021. With the recent addition of the Kyiv, the number of regions...
The Science meets Regions programme is an initiative aiming to “advance evidence for policy at local and regional level”, which was adopted by the European Parliament in December 2020, and is implemented by the Commission’s Joint Research Centre in close consultation with the Committee of the...
A brainstorming workshop for the pilot countries and regions interested to develop Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Roadmaps based on S3 methodology was held on 21 July 2021. Representatives from the pilot countries, namely Czech Republic, Serbia and...
Under the motto of future of Smart Specialisation paradigm: lessons learned & way forward, the Government of Poland has organised an event scheduled for the 30th of June, 2021 at 10:00 (CEST).
Today the EU’s pilot initiative “Smart Specialisation Strategies for Sustainability (S4)” was launched in Seville by the President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR), Apostolos Tzitzikostas and the Director for Growth and Innovation of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission,...
The conference EU-Sub-Saharan Africa challenges and opportunities: Engine for Growth and Job Creation aims to address critical development issues about the link between the economy, the demography and the pathways for sustainability in Africa. The virtual meeting will take place on the 25th of...
On June 16th, 2021, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) organized the virtual meeting: “The localisation of the SDGs in Europe: local and regional indicators and multilevel governance” which gathered over 100 participants across Europe, as well as from Asia and Latin America.
The Research Collection, co-guest edited by JRC's Dr. Marina Ranga and KAIST's Associate Professor So Young Kim, proposes an in-depth look at how innovation policies of the 21st century respond to complex contemporary challenges by adopting new features that go beyond improving research and...
The Spanish region expressed its interest to focus on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) when implementing Smart Specialisation Strategy.
