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14-15 November 2019
The Egg Congress and Meeting Centre
Brussels, Belgium
@EUinmyRegion #SmartRegions
Smart Regions 3.0 Conference
Leena Sarvaranta
EARTO, VTT Technical
Research Centre of Finland
Smart Regions 3.0 Conference
Trajectories oftransition
Policy-driven investments
Opportunities in MFF 2021-2027
Constraints in MFF 2021-2027
Climate, Energy, Resources, Biodiversity,SGDs: citizen (consumer) behaviour?
Production and use of technology: regulation?
Single Market and Digitalisation: cost benefits - change of work
Security: technological autonomy - societal resilience – democracy
Battle of Ecosystems: disruption of global rules
Transparent criteria for public intervention, new PPP models
Tangible investments (Invest EU, CEF, Structural Funds, Defence Programme…)
Intangible investments (HEU, Structural Funds, DEP, Defence and SpaceProgrammes, LIFE, ERASMUS…)
Broad-based approach to innovation: technological, social and political innovation
Governance: Council voting system, legislation and regulation
Mainstreaming and monitoring climate and SDGs in all policies
Large European Initiatives may help in building of - policy coherence- critical mass- synergies- alignment with EU and
national investments- public-private
competence in systemic transitionmanagement
Lack of money (?): money is in wrong places and needs to be re-channelled
Vested institutional interests: e.g. Member States’ lock-in, sectorial lobbies, bottom-up science conflicting with top-down innovation
Complexity: asymmetrical information, labile political landscape
Rules, norms and regulation: Devil in the details, synergies difficult to achieve (?)
URGENCY MORE LEVERAGE DIRECTIONALITY MINDSET?
E.g. Strengthening Strategic Value Chains for a future-ready EU industryReport of the Strategic Forum for Important Projects of Common European Interest (November 2019)
Place-based actions:
• Strengthening of ecosystems
• Ensuring access to state-of-the art technology infrastructures
• Building on regional strengths
• Building on experience gained in European Partnerships
Smart Regions 3.0 Conference
Regionaldrivers ofsuccess
CollaborationForesightImplementationMonitoringLearning
Towards Smarter Europe and Greener Europe through industrial transition
Effective smart specialisation
Functioningregional/national innovation system
Appropriate governance structures
Building links and connections
Building dialogue and sharing experiences
Policy experiments
Pilot actions
- Regions in Industrial Transition
- Creating new value chains through interregional investment in innovation
Interreg Projects
- E.g. BRIDGES
H2020 Twinning, Widening
Broad-based innovation within ecosystems and hubs
Partnerships, competence centres
Synergies, alignment with EU/national/regional programmes
• InvestEU
• European Fund for Strategic Investments EFSI
• Horizon Europe
• Digital Europe
• European Regional Development Fund ERDF
• European Social Fund ESF
• Cohesion Fund
• European Agricultural Fund
• European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
• EU’s Emissions Trading System
Vision of Industry 2030 Roundtable:
EU needs a modern industrial policy around three imperatives
• Sustainable transformation
• Global competitiveness
• Social inclusiveness