Name:
Vanguard Use of national smart specialisation strategy
Developed by:
38 international members
Country(ies) involved:
France, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Austria, Sweden, etc.
Funding sources:
International/EU
General idea:
Contribution to development of blue economy: The Vanguard Initiative new growth through smart specialisation is driven by a political commitment made by regions to use their smart specialisation strategy to boost new growth through bottom-up entrepreneurial innovation and industrial renewal in European priority areas.
Description:
This Vanguard Initiative has its foundations at the regional level. EU regions are the closest policy link to the bottom-up growth dynamics necessary for the renewal of our industrial fabric through their proximity to innovative partnerships and clusters. Such partnerships and clusters form eco-systems that are the catalyst for fast-growing innovative SMEs. Regional innovation ecosystems can and do develop solutions for significant societal challenges while delivering on the EU’s ambitions for improved international competitiveness.
Aim: to lead by example in developing interregional cooperation and multi-level governance for supporting clusters and regional eco-systems to focus on smart specialisations in priority areas for transforming and emerging industries. Vanguard regions want to build the synergies and complementarities in smart specialisation strategies to boost world-class clusters and cluster networks, in particular through pilots and large-scale demonstrators.
Challenges/needs addressed: lack of attention to smart specializations, innovative partnerships and clusters and not used potential of it.
Impact and usefulness: boosting new growth through bottom-up entrepreneurial innovation and industrial renewal in European priority areas, bolstering the competitive capacity of Europe to lead in new industries for the future and develop lead-markets that offer solutions for our common challenges.
Stakeholders:
scientific community, academia, policy makers, industry.
Sources:
https://www.s3vanguardinitiative.eu/