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Latvian Presidency Conference Smart Specialization Strategy. Member of European Parliament Lambert van Nistelrooij 13 February 2015. Regional I nnovation Paradox.
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Latvian PresidencyConferenceSmart Specialization Strategy Member of European Parliament Lambert van Nistelrooij 13 February 2015
Regional Innovation Paradox • Most of the availableinnovation budgets are spent in more developedregions, whereasregionsthat are laggingbehind in economicdevelopmentneedit the most! • SynergiesCohesion policy 2014-2020 and Horizon 2020 • More ‘made in Europe’ via cross border andtrans Europeancooperation
View of the European Parliament • The importance for the European Parliament of the uptake of Smart Specialisation in 2014-2020. • Hearing 6th cohesion report • EP initiative: Pilot project — Cohesion Policy and the synergies with the research and development funds: the "stairway to excellence"
Synergies EFSI / Juncker plan • Budgetary cuts Horizon 2020 and Connecting Europe Facility (2.7 billion euro) • Alternative solution: InnovFin, the former Risk Sharing Finance Facility (2.842 billion euro)
Challenges RIS 3 (1) • Take stock of the state of play in the development of Smart Specialisation Strategies. Are all the regions on the same track? • Identify issues to ensure effective and efficient implementation, monitoring and evolution of the strategies (around 100 Ops out of 205 have been agreed) • From Lip-service to 25 flourishing Smart Specialisation projects in the Midterm review 2017
Challenges RIS 3 (2) • The assessment of the RIS3 as ex-anteconditionalitywill be key for the future: • More focus! (thematic concentration) • More ambition! (stimulate private investments) • More integration! (RIS 3 in regional budget plans)
What’s next? • Chart out fields requiring cooperation at European level and policy support • Lesson for the region: Regions really have to partner with all research & innovation actors such RTOs and universities in discussion with their local industry in order for RIS 3 to be successful • By the end of the Latvian presidency
Thank you for your attention • Questions?