Download - RIS3 at city level (Sabadell, Spain)
How the city of Sabadell
is working to benefit from the
RIS3 European Policy
Workshop: Medium sized cities: An opportunity for sustainable inward investment and enterprise growth in a global economy
European Week of Regions and CitiesBrussels, 12 October 2016
A Sabadell outlook
How Sabadell is workingSabadell is a 208.000 people city only 20 Km from Barcelona at the heart of the most industrial area of Catalonia
• An old textile and metallurgy industrial tradition
• Huge increase in services from the 70's
• Several important educational and R+D+i institutions
• Associated with some smaller surrounding municipalities with big industrial states
• A wide number of civil society organisations
Curs en Gestió Aplicada de l’Estratègia de Recerca i Innovació per a
l’Especialització Intel·ligent (RIS3)
The previous Sabadell opportunities map
+ Barberà + St. Quirze + Castellar del Vallès
Sabadell
Health
Sustainable Mobility
Cultural and Sports Industries
Design
Packaging and auxiliary services
Applications of Unmaned Aerial
Vehicles
Industrial Systems
Dresses Technical Design
Food industry
Energy and Ressources
Energy efficiency applied to the
industrial sector
?
Smart City
Cultural Societies (Òpera,...)
- Metallurgy- Automotive
RIS3CAT
RIS3: EC policy for European Regions
Catalonia decided to replicate the model locally
They defined the catalan RIS3 strategy through 2 tools:● RIS3 Communities, for companies and innovation centers
(healthy food, low emissions, mobility,.....)● PECTs (Territorial Specialization and Competitivity Projects)
aimed at cities and counties
Innovation and Design for European Industry(Sabadell Smart Specialization Strategy)
Design ES i
and innovation In industrial
systems
Design
Sustainability and User’s experience
(packaging)
Sustainability and and security in industrial
Environment
Industrial Systems
Sustainability and User’s
experience
In fashion textile design -
Industrial design for the
Active and Healthy aging
ICT applied to industry
Expected results
• To get a true shared territorial strategy
• To become a reference area in industrial design in southern Europe
• To attract foreign private industrial investments to the area
• To attract public investments often oriented to Barcelona city
Curs en Gestió Aplicada de l’Estratègia de Recerca i Innovació per a
l’Especialització Intel·ligent (RIS3)
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