STOA Workshop New Technologies and Regional Policy Marek Przeor Smart & Sustainable Growth DG Regional and Urban Policy European Commission

Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2017 Significant disparities both between and within Member States No "One-size-fits-all" approach possible

Smart specialisation in reformed cohesion policy The smart specialisation approach was integrated into the reformed cohesion policy (2014-2020) to maximise the positive impact on growth and jobs. It also helped regions and MS in: developing a strategic approach to innovation (ex-ante Conditionality) prioritising public R&I investments building on competitive advantages facilitating new market opportunities and the access to new value chains KEY FIGURE over the period 2014-2020: EUR 40 billion from ERDF to finance R&I projects (EUR 65 billion including co-financing) + EUR 1.8 billion from ESF over 120 smart specialisation strategies whose implementation is supported by the S3-Platform more than 15 000 enterprises will be able to introduce new products into the market 140 000 start-ups will be offered financial support 350 000 new jobs will be created

Lessons from smart specialisation for regional policy

Moving beyond regional smart specialisation in innovation

Two pilots 1) Call for Expression of Interest for Regional Authorities to Participate in a Pilot Action on Industrial Transition   DG REGIO seeks expressions of interest from national and regional authorities, at the appropriate geographical level and at least at NUTS level 2, willing to work on the basis of their respective smart specialisation strategies in order to promote broad-based innovation to address the challenges of industrial transition (2) Call for Expression of Interest for Thematic Partnerships to Pilot Interregional Innovation Projects   DG REGIO seeks expressions of interest from transnational partnerships of regional authorities, which include regional stakeholders (universities, research centres, clusters, SMEs, etc.), that are willing to pilot interregional innovation partnerships aimed at facilitating the commercialisation and scale-up of inter-regional innovation projects and to incentivise business investments. http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/newsroom/funding-opportunities/calls-for-expressions-of-interest/

Conclusions

7th Cohesion Report continue to reduce regional disparities stimulate investment in EU priorities address new challenges improve institutions