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).
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...
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,...
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.
A new workshop on Conducting Efficient Entrepreneurial Discovery Process in North Macedonia was held on the 18th and the 19th of May 2021, with the participation of 20 representatives from public administration, academia and business sectors of North Macedonia.
The event was a result of the joint effort of several United Nations agencies such as UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNU-MERIT, UNEP, ECLAC and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in the framework of the working group on Capacity Building of the Inter-Agency Task Team on Science, Technology and Innovation...
This survey aims to confirm the potential of the European Union (EU) concept of (Smart) Specialisation policy to guide innovation-driven territorial development at the regional level, in line with the principles of sustainable development.
The session aimed to address the countries and organizations interested in applying Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and it took place on Monday, 3 May at the margins of UN STI Forum 2021.
