Promoting Smart Sustainable and Inclusive Growth for the Atlantic Area 4th Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Conference

8 November, Glasgow, UK

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Social innovation & Smart Specialisation Tendencies of Innovation in Atlantic Regions

Carla Nogueira Research Assistant, CES - University of Coimbra carlafsvnogueira@gmail.com

1. Social and Inclusive Innovation

2. Smart Specialisation

3. Methodology

4. Atlantic Innovation Tendencies

5. Conclusions

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Social Innovation: ... the development and implementation of new ideas to meet explicit or latent social needs using shared and co-produced knowledge...

Inclusive innovation: ...innovation that leads to affordable access of quality goods and services creating livelihood opportunities for the excluded population, and on a long term sustainable basis with a significant outreach...

Tacit Knowledge as a driver for regional

advantage competitive

Tradicional Domains

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Regional Development

• Innovation is a driver for regional development

Public Policies

• A greater attention is been given to innovation strategies in public policies

S3 • Smart Specialisation strategies are an example of this process

Smart Specialisation emerged has a stepping-stone in the 2014-2020 period and suggests that regions should understand their capacities and select domains, technological or not, where they can excel compared to others.

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Case Studies

Portugal Spain

Ireland UK

France

Dimensions of Analysis

Social and Inclusive Innovation

Smart Specialisation Strategies

Data Collection

EYE@RIS3 (an online database of RIS3 priorities organized by S3 Platform)

Methods

Content analysis

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Inclusion of social innovation in S3 strategies Source: Own Elaboration 7

Inclusion of service innovation in S3 strategies Source: Own Elaboration

Inclusion of sustainable innovation in S3 strategies Source: Own Elaboration

Social Innovation

New products or services that meet

social needs

New organisational

models & social relations

that meet social need

Social innovation

with regard to health, well-

being and elder care

Social innovation

with regard to child care

Social innovation

with regard to education, skills and training

Social innovation

with regard to environmental

issues

Social innovation

with regard to social

inclusion

EU PRIORITY

EU SUB-PRIORITIES

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Inclusion of social innovation in S3 strategies – Child Care Source: Own Elaboration

Inclusion of social innovation in S3 strategies – Health, well-being and elder care Source: Own Elaboration

Inclusion of social innovation in S3 strategies – Education, skills and training Source: Own Elaboration

Inclusion of social innovation in S3 strategies – environmental issues Source: Own Elaboration

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Inclusion of social innovation in S3 strategies – New organisational models & social relations that meet social need Source: Own Elaboration

Inclusion of social innovation in S3 strategies – New products or services that meet social needs Source: Own Elaboration

Inclusion of social innovation in S3 strategies – Social inclusion Source: Own Elaboration

Category Description

Policy related innovation Priorities related to the improvement of specific local policies and/or governance models

High Tech related innovation Priorities related to the development of advanced technologies, in several strategic domains (biotechnology, blue growth, transports, aeronautics, etc.)

Sustainable related innovation Priorities related to the sustainable development of assets and to water and energy efficiency. It includes the eco-innovation priorities

Public services related innovation Priorities specifically related with the improvement of security, public health and well-being

Traditional sectors related innovation Priorities that acknowledge the potentialities of the traditional sectors of the region and aimed its development and connection with other priorities

Cultural related innovation Priorities related to the digital agenda, cultural and creative industries and with the regional history and heritage

Categories created through Content Analysis

Source: Own elaboration 11

Innovation Related

Centre (Portugal)

North (Portugal)

Scotland (UK)

Northern Ireland (UK)

Aquitaine (France)

Brittany (France)

Galicia (Spain)

Asturias (Spain)

Ireland

Policy related innovation

x x - x x xx x xx xxx

High Tech related innovation

xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx xxx xxxx xxxx

Sustainable related innovation

xxx xx xxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx xxx

Public services related innovation

xx xxx xx xxx xxxx xxx xx xxx xxx

Traditional sectors related innovation

xxx x - x x x xx x -

Cultural related innovation

xx xx xxx xx x x - - xxx

Smart Specialisation Strategies according Categories

Source: Own elaboration using Nvivo 12

Portugal

13 Centre North

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UK

Scotland Northern Ireland

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Ireland

Spain

16 Asturias Galicia

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France

Aquitaine Brittany

Limited attention is being given to alternative paradigms of innovation to activate regional development. Conceptually, social innovation is a buzz-word and its definition and heuristic value is not yet consolidated. There is an effort on the part of the Atlantic regions to incorporate social innovation into their development strategies. Innovation continues to be mostly associated with the development of high technology. Regional development strategies commonly emphasize the need of peripheral territories to emulate successful “best-practice” models. Difficulty to adapt strategies to traditional sectors, tacit knowledge production, stagnated economies, and growing unemployment. Sustainable innovation and service innovation are priorities more addressed in S3 strategies than social innovation; Health, well-being and elder care and New products or services that meet social needs are the sub priorities more encoded.

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