Targeted Support to Smart Specialisation through Inter-regional Cooperation - Hungary

  • 13 Jun 2018 to 13 Jun 2018
  • Venue: Centrum Hotel. Kálvin tér 4., Debrecen, 4026 Hungary

The event introduced the JRC project “Targeted Support to RIS3 in Lagging Regions” to the research, innovation and business communities and regional government authorities in Debrecen and discussed the role of the S3P Thematic Platforms on Industrial Modernisation, Energy and Agri-food in developing inter-regional partnerships.

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Agenda and Presentations

09:00 -09:30

Registration – Welcome coffee

09:30 – 11:00
  • Welcome addresses

Gabor Vamosi, CEO INNOVA Regional Innovation Agency

László Bulcsu, Vice-president of Hajdú-Bihar County Council

 

  • JRC project "RIS3 Support to Lagging regions"

Dr. Marina Ranga, project coordinator, JRC

 

  • Smart Specialisation Cooperation in Central Europe and perspectives on the future of smart specialisation

Alexandra Olajos-Szabo, DG REGIO Hungary Desk  

 

  • Implementing RIS3 in Hungary

Dr. Lajos Nyiri, JRC external country expert for Hungary

 

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00

 Implementing RIS3 through inter-regional Cooperation: The S3P Thematic Platforms 

The S3P Thematic Platforms (Agri-food, Energy, and Industrial Modernisation) support regions by fostering interregional cooperation based on matching their RIS3 priorities and developing/sharing infrastructure, such as testing facilities, pilot plants, data centres and Fab-Labs. The Platforms seek to create an investment pipeline of mature projects in new growth areas across the EU that can be supported by combining different EU investment instruments. This session provides an in-depth presentation of the Platforms, including their rationale, current partnerships, how to get involved and benefits of participation, DG JRC assistance, main challenges, etc. This is followed by presentations of current platform partners, who will highlight key features of these partnerships and share their experience with the audience.

 

  • Overview of the S3P Thematic Platforms 

Fernando Merida, coordinator of the Energy Platform, JRC

 

  • Insights from current platform partners

Dr. Tomasz Nasiłowski, CEO, InPhoTech, Warsaw, Poland

Industrial Modernisation Platform, Photonics partnership

 

Dr. Vlasta KRMELJ, Director, ENERGAP Energy Agency of Podravje, Maribor, Slovenia

Energy Platform, Bioenergy partnership

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14.00 – 14:20

 

 

14:20 - 15:45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  • European Investment Bank financing schemes for innovative projects

Alain Nadeau, Head of Office, European Investment Bank, Budapest office

 

  • Panel debate on inter-regional cooperation   

Ninetta Chaniotou, Project leader, BRIDGES Interreg Europe project

Dr. Tomasz Nasiłowski, CEO, InPhoTech, Warsaw, Poland - Industrial Modernisation Platform, Photonics partnership

Dr. Vlasta KRMELJ, Director, ENERGAP Energy Agency of Podravje, Maribor, Slovenia

Energy Platform, Bioenergy partnership

Márta Nadabán, Unit Process manager at T-Systems International, Debrecen, Hungary

 

Panel topics

  1. Developing inter-regional collaborations: challenges, benefits for the partners and for the regions, assessing success in the shorter- and longer-term, how can the Platforms contribute to regional development;
  2. The Entrepreneurial Discovery Process: what is it, how can it support the definition of regional priorities and potential partnerships, how to involve the stakeholders and make best use of existing skills and capabilities for inter-regional cooperation
  3. Financing: use and impact of the EU Structural Funds on the development of the region, synergies with national funding, state aid, regulatory and legal framework
  4. Building regional competences to support innovation roadmaps

Moderators: Dr. Marina Ranga and Fernando Merida, JRC

15:45 – 16:00

Closing session - Conclusions and next steps

Moderator: Dr. Marina Ranga, JRC
 

 

 

 

 

Practical Information

When
13 Jun 2018 to 13 Jun 2018
Where
Venue: Centrum Hotel. Kálvin tér 4., Debrecen, 4026 Hungary

Description

The event introduced the JRC project “Targeted Support to RIS3 in Lagging Regions” to the research, innovation and business communities and regional government authorities in Debrecen and discussed the role of the S3P Thematic Platforms on Industrial Modernisation, Energy and Agri-food in developing inter-regional partnerships.

An underlying objective of the workshop was to increase awareness and engagement with RIS3 and the S3 Thematic Platforms, building on the significant research and innovation potential of the Észak-Alföld region, demonstrated by funding statistics of H2020 that indicate both interest and existing regional resources in all the Thematic Platform areas.

The presentations by JRC and DG REGIO experts, JRC country expert for Hungary, the Head of the Budapest Office of the European Investment Bank, and lead representatives of the Industrial Modernisation Platform (Photonics partnership), the Energy Platform (Bioenergy partnership) and the Interreg project BRIDGES were followed by a panel discussion that involved also a representative of the local community The event was attended by 32 participants, with a higher representation of local business and two clusters, and county administration. Most notably, the vice-president of the Hajdu-Bihar County Council acknowledged in his welcome address the support to concrete inter-regional collaborations with the neighbouring regions in Romania and to project-oriented cooperation activities resulted from the event.