Smart Specialisation in EU and Chile, common challenges and opportunities
- 21 Nov 2016 to 21 Nov 2016
- Joint Research Centre, Directorate Growth and Innovation, Seville
The objective of the visit was to learn from the experiences on the Smart Specialisation Concept and its implementation in the EU Member States/Regions and Chile.
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PRESENTATIONS
The Smart Specialisation Platform, Fernando Hervas (European Commission, Joint Research Centre)
Smart Specialisation in Latin-America, Javier Gómez (Scientific Officer, Joint Research Centre)
RIS3 in Andalucía Region, Maria Angeles Ruiz (Agencia de Innovación y Desarrollo de Andalucía IDEA)
Los Programas Estratégicos y su incidencia regional Soledad Valiente (Corfo)
El Programa Regional de Conicyt Wanda García (Conicyt)
Regional examples of Smart Specialisation in Chile:
- Regional Strategy of Innovation in Region O'Higgins, Geraldine Fuentealba (Gobierno Regional -GORE- O’Higgins)
- Regional Strategy of Innovation in Region Biobio, Carla Contreras (Corfo Biobío)
- Regional Strategy of Innovation in Region Biobio, Decentralisation Pilot. Victor Torres (GORE Biobío) y Carla Contreras (Corfo Biobío)
- Regional Strategy of Innovation in Region Aysén, Catalina Faúndez (GORE Aysén)
Practical Information
- When
- 21 Nov 2016 to 21 Nov 2016
- Where
- Joint Research Centre, Directorate Growth and Innovation, Seville
Description
Policy Learning Dialogue
Smart Specialisation in EU and Chile, common challenges and opportunities
The Smart Specialisation Platform organised the Policy learning dialogue: Smart Specialisation in EU and Chile, common challenges and opportunities. The objective of the event was to learn from experiences and challenges associated to the implementation of the smart specialisation concept in the European Union and Chile. The workshop counted on the participation of Smart Specialisation Platform staff and 22 Chilean officials representing Corfo, Conycit, and Regional Authorities of Tarapacá, Atacama, Biobio and O'Higgins.
As main conclusion, participants learnt from smart specialisation experiences in EU and Chile in terms of the concept, process and implementation. Although the existence of differentiated conditions and contextual factors to implement Smart Specialisation in EU and Chile (e.g. regulation, funding, decentralisation vs centralisation); common aspects appearing in both processes are: (1) bottom-up dialogues among actors of innovation eco-systems leading to identify priorities of specialisation, (2) targeted investments and (3) deep concern on the relevance of good governance and cooperation within and outside a region. Cooperation and synergies would be explored by National and regional bodies of both EU Member States and Chile according to pre-identified domains of specialisation and Global Value Chains approach.