“The Learning Journey”

Ten regions develop their understanding of Smart

Specialisationin the SmartSpec Project

2013-2016

Richard Tuffsdirector@errin.eu

Introduction

How do we embed smart specialisation competences into regions?– What are the key issues?

– Top down vs bottom up?

How do we create a learning community?– Interreg-Europe?

– S3 Platform?

– ‘Learning Journey’s’

Should specific university courses be developed?– MOOCs

– Credit bearing short courses?

Outline SmartSpec Project and the ‘Learning Journey’

– Process

– Outcomes

Key issues – governance and evaluation

Building a smart specialisation professional base

– Interreg-Europe• Policy Learning Platform

– Learning academies

– MOOCs

– Short university courses

Discussion

• To strengthen the analytical underpinnings of the concept of Smart Specialisation,

• To generate strategic intelligence for policy-makers, and

• To provide methodological guidance for practitioners

SmartSpec Project Aims

• To explore the role of organisations and their interaction in the development and implementation of S3 strategies

• To identify institutional and systemic bottlenecks for smart specialisation, and the possible need for reforms

• To assess the challenges for Member States and regions with less developed research and innovation systems

• To explore the link between smart specialisation and social innovation

• To support the production of better metrics for the design, evaluation and monitoring of smart specialisation strategies

• To develop the process of peer review assessment of strategies

SmartSpec Project Objectives

• Series of integrated Work Packages, exploring

• PRINCIPLES• Entrepreneurial Search Dynamics

• Social Innovation

• Regions with less developed research and innovation systems

• Effective strategy design

• PRACTICES• 16 regional ‘living laboratories’ (10 LJ regions + 6 other

regions)

• PROCESSES• 10 Regional affiliates engaged in a ‘Learning Journey’

SmartSpec Project approach

The Team

Partners

• Cardiff University

• Charles University

• Claire Nauwelaers

• ERRIN

• EURADA

• Fundacion Deusto

• Lund University

• Newcastle University

• University of Groningen

• University of Padua

• Utrecht University

Regional Affiliates

• Basilicata, IT

• Bremen, DE

• Eszak-Alfold, HU

• Lodz, PO

• Murcia, ES

• Navarra, ES

• Northern Ireland, NI

• East Sweden, SE

• South Moravia, CZ

• Slovenia, SL

The SmartSpec Team

The learning journey

Linking theory and practice

Benchmarking conceptual knowledge

Identifying practical challenges

Building a learning community

Developing a practitioner/policy interface

Developing a thematic knowledge base

5.Northern Ireland

9. Eszak-Alfold

3. Lodz

7.South Moravia

10. East Sweden

1. Murcia

6. Navarra

4. Bremen

8. Basilicata

2. Slovenia

SmartSpec Regions

The Learning Journey

• Building a learning community

• Identifying practical challenges

• Benchmarking conceptual knowledge

• Linking theory and practice

Topics

Monitoring

Social innovation and S3

Involving business in the S3

Cluster strategies and S3

Public sector innovation

Governance x 2

Creative clusters and S3

Internationalisation

Wrap up session – (discussing questionnaire)

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Q2: Which Learning Journey topic do you regard as the most important?

Monitoring

Governance

Public sector innovation

Engaging business

Creative industries

Cluster policy

Internationalisation

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Learning Journey Survey

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Analysis Governance Shared vision Priority setting Policy mix Monitoringand evaluation

Q6: Using the S3 wheel categories indicate the area of S3 where you feel the least confident

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DG Regio –communications

Smart Specialisation

Platform –communication

Specificconferences e.g.

Open Days

Peer reviewsessions

organised by theS3 Platform

National sources National events Regional eventsand colleagues

SmartSpecproject

Q8: Where did most of your learning come from in S3?Ranked and Averaged

How many people in your organisation are involved in the region’s S3 strategy?

S3 Regional

Team

Meeting

Average5.2

Average Score:

3.7

Q11: How far do you consider that your organisation has a good understanding of S3?

Q12: How far do you think that knowledge of S3 is embedded in the organisation?

3.2

1-5 scale used with 5 highest score

Overview

Positive feedback – strong attendance over 10 workshops

– Bottom up choice of topics

Building of confidence and shared support

– Practitioner and academic mix

But…

– How do we learn about smart specialisation?

– Should we be building professional competences and how?

S3 Platform Basic Guide

S3 Platform Specialised Guides

Interreg Europe

To reinforce the effectiveness of cohesion policy, the INTERREG EUROPE programme promotes exchange of experience on thematic objectives among partners throughout the Union on the identification and dissemination of good practice with a view to its transfer principally to operational programmes under the Investment for Growth and Jobs goal but also, where relevant, to programmes under European Territorial Cooperation (ETC)

This will be done via the support and facilitation of policy learning, sharing of knowledge and transfer of good practices between regional and local authorities and other actors of regional relevance. The programme covers the whole territory of the European Union (EU) and Norway and Switzerland. The programme is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) with a budget of €359 million for the 2014-2020 period.

3 projects directly focusing on RIS3

Results from INTERREG IVC

Projects implemented while RIS3 were designed!

• More than 100 staff members with increased capacity

• Out of 29 RIS3 addressed by the projects, 18

directly influenced by the cooperation

ACRONYM Topic Priority axis specific objective

Beyond EDP RIS3 - governance (EDP) 1 1.2

BRIDGES RIS3 - governance 1 1.1

Clust&RIS3 RIS3 - clusters 1 1.2

Clusterix 2.0 RIS3 - clusters 1 1.2

ERUDITE Open innovation (for new ICT services) 1 1.2

HELIUM Innovation in specific sector (health) 1 1.2

HIGHER RIS3 - governance 1 1.2

HoCare Innovation in specific sector (health) 1 1.2

INKREASE RIS3 - governance 1 1.2

InnoBridge Bringing innovation to market 1 1.2

NICHE Innovation in specific sector (food) 1 1.2

NMP-REG Innovation specific sector (nanotechnologies & new materials) 1 1.2

OSIRIS Open innovation 1 1.2

P2L2 RIS3 - advanced materials 1 1.2

RATIO Innovation capacity of rural SMEs 1 1.2

RESET Innovation in specific sector (textile) 1 1.1

S34GROWTH RIS3 - industry led interregional cooperation 1 1.2

S3Chem RIS3 - chemicals 1 1.2

SmartPilots Innovation in specific sector (bioeconomy through shared pilot facilities) 1 1.1

SUPER Eco-innovation (& internationalisation) 1 1.2

TITTAN Innovation in specific sector (health) 1 1.2

Interreg Europe first call outcomes

RIS3 Industry led1

RIS3 Chemicals

1

RIS3 advance materials

1

RIS3 Governance4

RIS3 Clusters2

9 projects focusing directly on RIS3

Interreg Europe first call outcomes in research

and innovation category

Better exploit the projects’ results

Open up the programme results to anyone interested

INTERREG IVC capitalisation

exercise

S3 platformSeville

ObjectiveFacilitate continuous policy learning across EU by creating an Interreg Europe community of peers

Policy Learning Platforms

The Policy Learning Platform (PLP) will focus on key areas like:

• S3 implementation (with a focus on monitor and review/updating processes)

• Research-to-business knowledge/technology transfer

• Promotion and sustainability of excellence centres and R&D infrastructures

• Cluster approaches and open innovation

• Non technological innovation

• Down-stream and demand based Policy measures

• Synergies with central managed programmes (like H2020 and COSME).

Värmland Learning academies The Värmland Smart Specialisation Academy is a

tool for transformation and renewal of private and public sectors in Värmland and for research at Karlstad University.

The purpose of the Academy is to contribute to innovation by improving cooperation and clarifying priorities, increasing the involvement of the business sector and the public sector, increasing the capacity to participate in international research and innovation projects and raising awareness nationally and in EU cooperation.

A brand should be built around The Smart Specialisation Academy to create awareness and facilitate communication about the initiative and cooperation opportunities. The hope is that the brand will be known internationally and help to strengthen the region, the University and Region Värmland by facilitating recruitment, investment, research funding and partnerships.

MOOCS

Committee of the Regions Lausanne

Dominique Foray MOOC EPFL (Lausanne) promised for November 2016

Short courses

European Association of Distance Teaching Universities

Open and distance learning

Can they deliver a recognised diploma?

Do we need a recognised diploma?

EADTU Short courses MoU April 2016

Conclusion

Important to build a community of learning

Practical exchange and discussion

– Learning Journey’s

– Peer to peer workshops

– Conferences

But also need to build recognition of skills

– MOOCs

– Short courses

Potential collaboration opportunities between key stakeholders adding EU value

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