Seminar - Methodological support to the implementation of Smart Specialisation in Latin America
- 28 Oct 2021 to 26 Nov 2021
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) organised a series of five seminars aimed at fostering the debate on the most relevant Smart Specialisation pillars in order to strengthen skills and capacity that may be useful in the implementation phase. The seminars were organized within the framework of the project “Smart Specialisation in Latin America”.
Participants had the opportunity to hear from policy makers and practitioners in charge of innovation policies/strategies at the local and national level from the Latin American countries, with a particular focus on Mexico, Chile and Peru.
All sessions took place online and were developed around an interactive approach that presented study cases and practices. Senior experts from public institutions, academia, NGOs, private consultancies from both the EU and Latin America participated and provided different perspective and fostered a fruitful debate.
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Programme
28th October 2021
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5.00 – 7.30 pm CETDay 1: Introduction: what is S3? How is it adaptable to Latin America?
Topics
- Genesis of S3 within the EU, its key characteristics (localisation, participation and prioritisation) and its evolution in the past decade.
- Introduction to key concepts such as place-based policies, the Entrepreneurial-Discovery Process (EDP), S3 Governance, S3 Monitoring.
Interactive exercise will aim at:
- Identifying what aspects of S3 represent a novelty in LATAM countries, what aspects can be easily absorbed and/or adapted by the LATAM policy context (notwithstanding the differences across countries) and what aspects are more difficult to be implemented.
- Identifying potential topics of interest to be discussed in subsequent seminars.
Presentaciones:
- Estrategias de especialización inteligente (S3) en América Latina - Monika Matusiak - Jefa de Sector, Especialisación Inteligente, Alcance Global - JRC EC
- Innovación para el desarrollo local: introducción a la Especialización
Inteligente - Elisabetta Marinelli, PhD – Policy Research Interface - Inserción de la perspectiva territorial en la política de innovación en Latin
America - Paolo Rosso - Centro OCDE de Trento para el Desarrollo Local - Situación y perspectivas de las especializaciones inteligentes en Latin
America - Jaime Del Castillo - Infide
4th November 2021
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5.00 – 7.30 pm CETDay 2: Entrepreneurial Discovery Process: Participation and knowledge-based interaction for policy making
Topics:
- Evolution of the Entrepreneurial Discovery Process (EDP).
- Instruments that have been put in place to implement it.
- Key challenges emerged from the EU experience.
Interactive exercise will aim at:
- Discussing the participatory practices in place in the countries of participants.
- Comparing incentives and obstacles.
- Comparing instruments and tools for continuous engagement and co-creation of stakeholders in the policy process.
Presentaciones:
- Introducción del seminario - Apoyo a la implementación de la S3 en América Latina - resumen del primer episodio - Elisa Gerussi - Analista económica y política - JRC EC
- Actores locales en el diseño de políticas públicas - Elisabetta Marinelli, PhD – Policy Research Interface
- Proyecto de dinamización del ecosistema regional de investigación, innovación y emprendimiento de Piura - Manuel López Ortiz - Director de Maestría en Dirección de Agronegocios, Universidad de Piura (Peru)
- El descubrimiento emprendedor como herramienta de gobernanza de la
RIS3: el caso de Extremadura - Lucila Castro Rovillard - Jefa de Proyectos en FUNDECYT-PCTEX (Extremadura, Spain)
9th November 2021
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5.00 – 7.30 pm CETDay 3: Skills and capacities for S3: instruments, institution and implementation, monitoring
Topics:
- Aspects related to skills and capacities for Smart Specialisation.
- Report the evidence collected over the years on the difficulties that public administrations face in implementing the strategy.
Interactive exercise will aim at:
- Discussing the current level of skills and capacities for place-based policies for knowledge-based regional development in Latin America.
- Pointing out on the horizontal coordination across different policy domains.
- Considering the relevance of stakeholders’ input.
- If applicable, focusing on the multi-level dimension (i.e. regional, national).
Presentaciones:
- Seminario de apoyo a la implementación de la S3 en América Latina - resumen del segundo episodio -PDE - Elisa Gerussi - Analista económica y política - JRC EC
- Capacidades y habilidades para la especialización inteligente: desde las AAPP a las empresas - Elisabetta Marinelli, PhD – Policy Research Interface
- Capacidades institucionales en políticas de innovación - Dr. Arnault Morisson - Universidad de Berna e Interreg Policy Platform
- Cómo impulsar la transformación digital de las PYMEs en ALC - Claudia Suaznabar - Especialista Líder, División de Competitividad, Tecnología e Innovación, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
16th November 2021
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5.00 – 7.30 pm CETDay 4: The governance of Smart Specialisation
Topics:
- Introduction of the concept and the key issues surrounding governance of Smart Specialisation.
- Focus on the complex coordination for place-based innovation policies which require the involvement of different governmental departments and stakeholders.
- Focus on the need for multi-level coordination, between the municipal, regional, national and transnational level.
Interactive exercise will aim at:
- Focusing on the horizontal coordination across different policy domains.
- Taking into account the integration of stakeholders’ input.
- If applicable, looking at the multi-level dimension (i.e. regional, national).
Presentaciones:
- Gobernanza S3: direcciones y reflecciones - Elisabetta Marinelli, PhD – Policy Research Interface
- Reflexiones sobre la gobernanza de la S3 en América Latina - Ramón Padilla Pérez - Jefe de Unidad de Desarrollo Económico de CEPAL - Comisión Económica Para América Latina y el Caribe
- Experiencias de regiones Europeas en la gobernanza de las estrategias de especialización inteligente - Esteban Pelayo, Director de EURADA – Asociasion Europea de las Agencias de Desarrollo
23rd November 2021
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5.00 – 7.30 pm CETDay 5: SDGs and Smart Specialisation
Topics:
- Aspects related to the integration of the Sustainable Development Goals in Smart Specialisation.
- “Transformative Innovation Policies”.
Interactive exercise will aim at:
- Discussing how SDGs are currently present in the STI policy debate and practice.
- Discussing to what extent they can be further integrated in place-based STI policy.
Presentaciones:
- Abordar los desafíos de sostenibilidad y los Objetivos de Desarrollo
Sostenible a través de la especialización inteligente - Monika Matusiak - Jefa de Sector, Especialisación Inteligente, Alcance Global - JRC EC - El rol de las S3s en la transición hacia la sostenibilidad economíca social y
ambiental - Elisabetta Marinelli, PhD – Policy Research Interface - Políticas de innovación transformadora y el desarrollo sostenible: algunos
casos - Elisa Arond, PhD, Investigadora - Instituto Ambiental de Estocolmo (SEI) - Las Agendas Compartidas de la RIS3CAT de Catalunya para orientar las
políticas de innovación hacia los ODS: el ejemplo de la Agenda de Biolab Ponent - Elvira González Gago, Investigadora y consultora - Research4Consulting
Practical Information
- When
- 28 Oct 2021 to 26 Nov 2021
- Registration Information
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Registered participants will receive the link to the event the day before
Description
What is Smart Specialisation?
It is a place-based approach characterised by the identification of strategic areas for intervention based both on the analysis of the strengths and potential of the economy and on an Entrepreneurial Discovery Process (EDP) with wide stakeholder involvement. Recent experiences of Smart Specialisation have confirmed that this approach is not only valuable at European level, but also at a global scale.