S2E National event LATVIA
- 15 Apr 2015
- Hotel Bergs, Riga (LV)
The LATVIA National Event was co-organised by the S3 Platform - S2E project and the Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia, State Education Development Agency (SEDA).
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Full Agenda of the event.
Session 1: Welcome Address - Moderator: Colin Wolfe (European Commission,DG REGIO)
- Synergies with R&I Funds: Stairway to Excellence - Andrea Conte (European Commission,DG JRC)
- Latvian Priorities in Public R&I Investments - Mārīte Seile (Ministry of Education and Science Republic of Latvia)
- Opportunities for Synergies Under the New ESIF Framework – Tereza Krausova (European Commission,DG REGIO)
Session 2: Reviews on Existing Latvian R&I Cooperation and Barriers and Motivations of Prospect Collaborations - Moderator: Andrea Conte (European Commission,DG JRC)
- Latvia's Profile in terms of FP Participation and ESIFs (*) – Nida Kamil Özbolat (European Commission,DG JRC)
- The Latvian R&I System and the Opportunities Arising from Synergies – Gundars Kuļikovskis (FIDEA SIA)
- The Latvian R&I Ecosystem and the Contribution of Public Policy – Agrita Kiopa (Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia)
- The Latvian R&I Context and the Contribution of RTOs – Vitālijs Skrīvelis (Association of Latvian Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry)
(*) The S2E National "facts and figures" document was the basis for this presentation. It contains key messages, based on the presented quantitative indicators, and provides as full a picture as possible of how and where European funding dedicated to R&I is spent.
Session 3: Synergies in Practice - Moderator: Susana Elena (DG JRC)
- The Electrum Innovation System, from Research to Production – Nils Nordell (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE)
- Supporting Research Capacity through Bilateral Measures – Aleksandra Witczak Haugstad (Research Council of Norway, NO)
- Structural Funds: Bricks in the Wall – Indrek Reimand (Ministry of Education and Research of Republic of Estonia, EE)
- R&I synergies in Flanders, a University Perspective: Leveraging a Climate of Competition – Stijn Delauré – (KU Leuven University, BE)
- The Foundation Kennispark Twente: an Accelerator for Innovation, Business Start-ups and Regional University-Industry-Public Authorities Collaboration – Hans Vossensteyn (Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, University Twente, NL)
Session 4: Conclusions and ways forward - Moderator: Tereza Krausova (European Commission,DG REGIO)
- Follow-up mechanisms and ways forward – Dita Traidās (State Education Development Agency, Latvia)
Practical Information
- When
- 15 Apr 2015
- Where
- Hotel Bergs, Riga (LV)
- Registration Information
- Participation was by invitation only.
Description
The "Stairway to Excellence" (S2E) European Pilot Project is centred on:
- Providing assistance to EU13 regions and countries with the aim of closing the innovation gap, promoting excellence in all regions and EU countries;
- Stimulating the early and effective implementation of national and regional Smart Specialisation Strategies.
The LATVIA National Event was organised jointly by the European Commission, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (DG-JRC, S3 Platform, S2E project) and the Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia, State Education Development Agency (SEDA).
A JOINT STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL EVENT OF LATVIA: "The Synergies with Research and Innovation Funds" was issued as an outcome of it and covers the Main Issues under the different topics brought at the event.
Objectives of the event:
- A better understanding of Latvian national (and regional) innovation ecosystem(s) with a special emphasis on the identification of obstacles, barriers and potentials to innovation
- Raising awareness of the actions needed to enable synergies between different EU funding programmes for research and innovation
- Sharing experiences in combining Structural Funds and Framework Programme to improve excellence in R&I systems
- Drawing lessons for the future and identifying follow-up actions to enhance the potential synergies between different EU funds in the Member State
Who attended? (Participants: around 70 people)
- Latvian National and Regional Managing Authorities
- Latvian National Contact Points from the past Framework Programmes and Horizon 2020 and other EU-funded programmes
- Latvian National and Regional authorities in charge of smart specialisation strategies
- Members of the Horizon 2020 programme committee
- Selected national and international experts on EU funding programmes and regional policy
- Selected representatives from businesses
- Selected representatives from universities, research centres and any other organization with experience and/or interest in EU-funded programmes
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