Presentation by Katerina CIAMPI STANCOVA, Scientific Officer, JRS, European Commission at the 14th Spatial Productivity Lab meeting of the OECD Trento Centre in cooperation with Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum held in virtual format on 8 September 2021.

1. KATERINA CIAMPI STANCOVA
Scientific Officer, JRC, European Commission
8 September 2021 | 15.30-17.00 CEST | Webinar
Innovation diffusion: How can regions benefit?
#spatialproductivity #entreprenörskap
Smart Internationalisation: opportunities, practice and future perspectives

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2021-2027
Smart Specialisation Strategy contains:
 Innovation diffusion and digitalisation
 R&I reforms
 Governance
 Monitoring and evaluation
 International collaboration: measures for enhancing
cooperation with partners outside a given Member State in
priority areas supported by the smart specialisation strategy
New EU instrument:
 Interregional Innovation Investment
Smart Specialisation
2014-2020
Smart Specialisation Strategies that
 Set limited set of R&I priorities
 To build competitive advantage
 By matching R&I own strengths to
business needs
 In order to address emerging
opportunities and market developments
 Pilot: EC supported regions
collaborating in complementary smart
specialisation priorities and GVC
integration

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 Lifecycles of the value chain
 Smart monitoring of the value chain to improve
the overall competitiveness of the Agri-Food
sector
 Incorporating consumer experience & different
operators in food chain decision making
processes
 Open data, interoperability, data governance and
information security, cyber security

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https://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/-/smart-specialisation-and-sdgs?inheritRedirect=true

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 New policy agendas: Agenda 2030 and 17 SDGs, EU Green Deal
 Transitions: climate, digital, demographic, industrial, environmental and
educational
 COVID-19
Smart Specialisation as a place-based agenda for innovation-led
transformation supporting growth that works for people and does not
compromise our environment and planet.
Final considerations

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Radosevic, S. and Ciampi Stancova, K. 2018. “Internationalising Smart Specialisation: Assessment and Issues in the
Case of EU New Member States.” Journal of the Knowledge Economy, March 2018, Vol. 9, Issue 1 pp.263-293.
Miedzinski M., Ciampi Stancova, K. 2021 (upcoming). Towards next generation Smart Specialisation for sustainable
territorial development. Theoretical and conceptual framework. JRC Science for Policy. European Commission.
Nakicenovic N., Ciampi Stancova K. 2021 (upcoming). Smart Specialisation, Sustainable Development Goals and
Environmental Commons. Conceptual and analytical framework in the context of EU policy. JRC Science for Policy.
European Commission.
Ciampi Stancova, K. 2020. Learning opportunities stemming from place-based transformative Smart Specialisation.
Examples from Visegrad Group countries. JRC Science for Policy Report. European Commission
Ciampi Stancova K. a co-author: The World in 2050. 2020. Innovations for Sustainability. Pathways to an efficient and
post-pandemic future. The World in 2050. IIASA
Matusiak M., Ciampi Stancova K. et al. 2020. Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals
Roadmaps. Background Paper: Overview of the existing STI for SDGs roadmapping methodologies. United Nations
Rakhmatullin R., Hegyi F. B., Ciampi Stancova, K., Mieszkowski K., 2020. Methodological Manual for Interregional
Cooperation in Smart Specialisation: Learn and Connect Phases. Methodological manual. European Commission,
Selected literature

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EU Science Hub: ec.europa.eu/jrc
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EU Science Hub – Joint Research Centre
EU Science, Research and Innovation
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Keep in touch

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Thank you
Katerina.Ciampi-Stancova@ec.europa.eu
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