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Interregional Cooperation and Smart Specialisation: a Lagging Regions Perspective
Jayne Woolford, Effie Amanatidou Elisa Gerussi, Mark Boden
Projecting Opportunities for INdustrial Transitions (POINT). Concepts, rationales and methodological guidelines for territorial reviews of industrial transition
Pontikakis, Dimitrios; Fernandez, Tatiana; Janssen, Matthijs Guy, Ken; Marques Santos, Anabela; Boden, Mark Moncada-Paternò-Castello, Pietro
RIS3 Monitoring System in Greece – Pilot Study
Michalis METAXAS
Spain
Extremadura
Extremadura lags behind the Spanish national economy in terms of economic development: in 2016, the regional GDP per capita was a third lower than the national average and 63% of the EU-28.
R&D investment in Extremadura is low, representing 0.8% of total Spanish GERD in 2016 and with Extremadura ranking 14th out of Spain’s 17 regions. Research and development activities rely heavily on the public sector for both funding and implementation. Significant academic and research institutions in the R&I ecosystem include the University of Extremadura (UEx), the UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia), alongside public research bodies such as the Regional Research and Technology Centre -Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de Extremadura- CICYTEX, the Health Service of Extremadura (SES) and other private technology centres.
Whilst the regional government is fully responsible for the smart specialisation strategy as well as research and innovation policy, the responsibility for ESIF lies at national level. The Foundation FUNDECYT-Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Extremadura manages the RIS3. Which has five vertical areas of sectoral specialisation (Áreas de Excelencia):
1. Agro-food
2. Clean energies
3. Tourism
4. Health
5. ICT.
There are two main horizontal priorities (Grandes prioridades): Sustainable use of natural resources and Technologies to improve the quality of life, and four horizontal specialisation areas (Ámbitos de actuación):
1. Culture of innovation and entrepreneurship,
2. Specialised talent to mobilize the identified challenges and specialisation areas,
3. Business structure to ensure competitiveness, and
4. Infrastructures to develop the region.
Events
Strengthening University-Industry-Government Cooperation in Romania - TRAINING WORKSHOP SERIES
17 Nov 2020 - 20 Nov 2020S3 Targeted Support to Lagging Regions 2 – Horizontal Activities on International Cooperation
02 Jul 2020Interregional Collaboration Workshop: S3 Targeted Support – Horizontal Activities
25 Feb 2020
Latest News
Regions in Industrial Transition - Pilot Action: Capitalisation Phase
20 Aug 2020New Report Out! The role of Open Data, Open Science and Open Innovation in S3 monitoring
10 Mar 2020
Related Publications
Open Data, Open Science & Open Innovation for Smart Specialisation monitoring: Lessons from the project “S3 Targeted Support in Lagging Regions”
Elisabetta Marinelli, Enric Fuster Martí, Sabine Plaud, Arnau Quinquilla, Francesco Massucci
Layers, levels and coordination challenges: comparing S3 governance in Puglia and Extremadura
Marinelli, E., Bertamino, F., Fernandez,A
An expert view: framing S3 evaluation
Dr Yannis Tolias