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1 The Competitive Evolution of Regions Towards Smart Specialisation Strategies JAIME DEL CASTILLO BELEN BARROETA JONATAN PATON S3 SEMINAR Main Challnges for regional research and innovation and the next operational programmes PISA September 2012

2 Index of contents 1 SMART SMART SPECIALISATION: revealing the concept 2 RIS3 STRATEGIES: smart specialisation and regional policy 3 STEPS TO SMART SPECIALISATION: towards a RIS3

3 SMART SPECIALISATION REVEALING THE CONCEPT Begind the scene

4 THE ORIGINS OF SMART SPECIALISATION 2006 Expert Group K4G Smart Specialisation and RIS3 announced by DG Regio 2011 S 3 Platform (IPTS) Commisioner announces S 3 approach for the new period ERSA 2011 Sept. Barcelona 2012 KEY!!!!! 2013 Period for defining or adapting into a RIS Main conceptual lines on Smart Specialisation Innovation in times of economic crisis Conference. Bilbao 4 Nov Begining of the development process of the S3 Guidelines Regions begun to register in S3 collaborative platform December 2011 RIS3 Guidelines published Registered regions begun to work together in the Platform PROGRAMMING PERIOD

5 SMART SPECIALISATION AS AN EX-ANTE CONDITIONALITY (I) EUROPEAN REGIONAL POLICY (estimated figures) R&D and innovation Access, use and quality of ICT Competitivenessof SMEs Towardsa low a lowcarbone economy RIS3 RIS3 11 PRIORITIES 5 Climate change and risk prevention COHESION POLICY ERDF M 83, M 183, Environment and resource efficiency Sustainable transport and infraestructures M 376,000 Horizontal M 52,600 ESF M 84,000 CF M 68, Employment and labour mobility Social inclusion and poverty reduction Education, skills and lifelong learning Institutional capacity and an efficient public administration 2

6 SMART SPECIALISATION AS AN EX-ANTE CONDITIONALITY (II) The new RIS3 within the Cohesion Policy Framework R&D and innovation and other policies HORIZONT 2020, COSME etc. 649,000 M 63% IMENSION EUROPA 2020 STRATEGY MULTINANUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK (MMF) ,025,000 M COMMON STRATEGIC FRAMEW WORK (CSF) IP CONTRACTS PCs) PARTNERSH (P Focusing resources along a set of priorities (11) Focus on results (evaluation importance) Procedures simplification Policy planification importance Efficiancy and efficacy of policy NATIONAL STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK National Innovation Strategies R&D National Plans Other REGIONAL OPERATIVE PROGRAMMES REGIONAL STRATEGIES UPSTREAM (excellence innovations) Regional Smart Specialisation Strategies RIS3 DOWNSTREAM (absortive capacities) ERDF CF ESF 336,000 M 33% Cohesion Policy M 4% Connecting Europe Facility GLOBAL D DIMENSION REGIONAL EUROPEAN DIMENSION NATIONAL DIMENSION REGIONAL DIMENSION 3

7 SMART SPECIALISATION AS AN EX-ANTE CONDITIONALITY (III) The existence of a national or regional research and innovation strategy t for smart specialisation in line with the National Reform Program, to leverage private research and innovation expenditure, which complies with the features of well-performing national or regional research and innovation systems. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative Innovation Union (COM(2010) 546 final of ). Commitments 24/25 and Annex I "Self assessment tool: Features of well performing national and regional research and innovations systems". Conclusions of the Competitiveness Council: Conclusions on Innovation Union for Europe (doc /10 of ). SMART SPECIALISATION IS IMPORTANT AND IT IS RUNING BUT WHAT IS IT? 4

8 THE CONCEPT OF SMART SPECIALISATION WHAT WHICHelements define smart an specialisation? smart specialisation? SMART SPECIALISATION THE CONCEPT SPECIALISATION Obtaining COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES Identification Identification of of the those those technological technology technology domains domains and/or and/or sectors of of priority as as a part of of a strategy to reach competitive advantages. Towards. RELATEDNESS Exploiting RELATED VARIETY Within. GLOBAL CONTEXT Obtaining COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES Identification Identification and explotation of the regional related ication and exploitation of the regional related diversity in order orderto to to develop develop new new new technological technology domains domains and/or sectors. t and/or sectors Identification ication of of the the differenttial diferentiator differentiator elements elements that constitute which a comparative constitute a comparative advantage in advantage a context and of its its global coherence value as achains as part a part of aof global a global value value chain. chain. 5

9 THE CONCEPT OF SMART SPECIALISATION: CASES (I) SPECIALISATION THE CASE OF BASQUE COUNTRY A Sectors achieving modernisation through technology Machinery tools ICT and electronics Domestic appliances Automotive Aeronautics Bizkaia B C Converging sectors that generate new activitites Emerging sectors likely to foster economic growth in the future Eco-industries Electric vehicle Eco-construction Renewables Health and well-being Tourism and entertainment Creative industries Álava Gipuzkoa 6

10 THE CONCEPT OF SMART SPECIALISATION: CASES (II) RELATEDNESS THE CASE OF BALEARIC ISLANDS ICT (Cluster TURISTEC) Maritime Technologies (Cluster IDIMAR) Tourism (Cluster BALEARST) Life Sciences Creative Industries Biohealth and biotechnology (Cluster BIOBAL) Audiovisual (Cluster CLAB) Music (IBIZA MUSIC CLUSTER) Ibiza Mallorca Menorca 7

11 THE CONCEPT OF SMART SPECIALISATION: CASES (III) GLOBAL CONTEXT BALTIC SEA REGION INTERNATIONAL MARKETS North America China & India GAIA CLUSTER GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN SOUTH WEST REGION UNIVERSITIES GOVERNMENT CENTRAL REGION EAST REGION Brasil il& Latin America Europe (east & Russia) BUSINESS 8

12 THE CONCEPT OF SMART SPECIALISATION STRATEGY PRIORITIZE over a small number (but most promising) of choices contributing to achieve the regional competitive advantage Support all the sectors and regional ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES through KETS and international collaborative networks Consider the GLOBAL CONTEXT to pursue not only a competitive but also a comparative regional advantage Promote CONNECTIVITY to favour the emergence of technological hybridization between the strategic choices made Ensure PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE PROCESSES as the only way to commit to the stakelholders and resources needed Stablish an EVALUATION AND MONITORING PROCESS to ensure the continuous improvement of the strategy and the policymaking process Regional Innovation Smart Specialisation Strategies (RIS3) are not a completely new concept of strategic planning, but an improved adaptation of those launched in the 90s 9

13 RIS3 STRATEGIES SMART SPECIALISATION AND REGIONAL POLICY New ways of doing things

14 RIS VS RIS3: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (I) STARTING POINT REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGIES RIS REGIONAL SMART SPECIALISATION STRATEGIES RIS3 Innovation policy is not very extended, scarce tradition in innovation support Innovation policy as a fashion; imitation, duplication and fragmentation of the efforts Regional innovation systems are not developed or incipient Begining of the expansive economic cycle; enough resources to go into diferent strategic choices Regional innovation systems with a certain degree of development but with many stakeholders operating isolated Economic crisis with a significant decrease in resources as well a fragmentation in their use 10

15 RIS VS RIS3: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (II) CORE ELEMENTS REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGIES RIS REGIONAL SMART SPECIALISATION STRATEGIES RIS3 Importance of R&D and technology development in a linear model of innovation Search for competitive advantages, but not always comparative advantages regarding global trends Broad innovation in an open innovation model Importance of the global focus; a regional innovation system connected and in coherence with international trends Search for both competitive and comparative advantages regarding the global trends 11

16 RIS VS RIS3: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (III) PRIORITIES REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGIES RIS REGIONAL SMART SPECIALISATION STRATEGIES RIS3 Strategic choices that involve multiple technologies and economic sectors Commitment to a small number of technology priorities (KETs) applied to regional strategic sectors Priorities based on the search for economic diversification but not rationalised nor linked to regional assests and strengths Efforts focused on knowledge generation (basic science) and its application Priorization is focused on the search for a specialised diversification arising from regional assets and strengths Commitment to entrepreneurial discovery processes (creative combination/hybridization of knowledge/technology domains) 12

17 RIS VS RIS3: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (IV) STRATEGIC PROCESS REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGIES RIS REGIONAL SMART SPECIALISATION STRATEGIES RIS3 TOP-DOWN approach in strategic definition Government defined priorities through prospective initiatives with external experts Evaluation and monitoring remained internal, with a limited capacity to contribute to improvements in policymaking BOTTOM-UP approach in strategic definition (participatory governance process) External experts support government in the implementation of a participatory governance process where all stakeholders are involved (cuadruple helix) Evaluation and monitoring is a participatory process contributing to policymaking improvements. 13

18 RIS VS RIS3: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (V) STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGIES RIS REGIONAL SMART SPECIALISATION STRATEGIES RIS3 Triple helix as a critical pilar in the development of the regional system Cuadruple helix as a critical pilar in the development of the regional system Departamental strategies; operating isolated and unconnected to other policies ouside innovation field Interdepartamental policy (horizontal cooperation) and multilevel (vertical cooperation) Global governance strategies including (taking into account) the rest of the policies in the region (economic, social and environmental) 14

19 RIS VS RIS3: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (VI) ACTIONS AND INSTRUMENTS REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGIES RIS REGIONAL SMART SPECIALISATION STRATEGIES RIS3 Supply-side policies focused in strengtheing the regional system Knowledge/technology transfer between knowledge generators and businesses Intermediate infraestructres (ST Parks, RRTO,BICs, etc.) Innovation supply and demand considered on regional closed basis Demand-side policies fucus on generating an innovation intensive market Networks for collaboration (clusters, living labs, etc.) Re-thiking of the intermediate infraestructures roles towards an open innovation model Public procurement (focused on innovation). Construction ti of regional, interregional i and international networks to supply technological support to the different economic regional sectors. 15

20 RIS VS RIS3: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (VII) REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGIES RIS REGIONAL SMART SPECIALISATION STRATEGIES RIS3 What would like to be? What can we be? BE IDEALISTIC BE REALISTIC 16

21 STEPS TO SMART SPECIALISATION TOWARDS A RIS3 What to do & how to do it

22 STAGES TO BUILD UP A RIS 3 (I) PRO ODUCT MIX STAG GE STAGE 1 REGIONAL COMPETITIVE POSITION AND STARTING POINT ASSESSMENT REGIONAL REGIONAL STACKEHOLDERS STAKEHOLDERS GOVERNMENT EXTERNAL EXPERTISE QUADRUPLE HELIX TIMETABLE Month 1 POLIC CY MIX STAGE STAGE 2 Month 3 PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE PROCESS STAGE 3 Month 7 RIS3 DRAFT ELABORATION STAGE 4 Month 9 FINANCIAL RESOURCES COMMITMENT STAGE 5 Month 10 EVALUATION AND MONITORING SYSTEM Month11 18

23 STAGES TO BUILD UP A RIS 3 (II) STAGE 1 REGIONAL COMPETITIVE POSITION AND STARTING POINT ASSESSMENT 1. Analysis of the economic and innovation regional situation in a global perspective 2. Specialisation pattern identification 3. Regional Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) identification 4. Related variety possibilities frontier identification 5. Regional SWOT STAGE 2 PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE PROCESS 6. Quadruple helix stakeholders identification 7. RIS3 Forum organisation: Global challenges rountable 8. RIS3 Forum organisation: thematic roundtables 9. Regional stakeholders identification to gather commitments around the strategy 19

24 STAGES TO BUILD UP A RIS 3 (III) STAGE 3 RIS3 DRAFT ELABORATION 7. RIS3 draft: diagnosis, needs, vision, mission, strategic objectives, strategic lines, initiativesiti 8. Consensus within the government (multidepartamental and multilevel) 9. Consensus within the regional stakeholders STAGE 4 FINANCIAL RESOURCES COMMITMENT 10. Identification of the regional resources available 11. Complementary resources (national and European) identification STAGE 5 EVALUATION AND MONITORING SYSTEM 12. Indicators and information gathering methodology 13. Evaluation and monitoring committe 20

25 STAGES TO BUILD UP A RIS 3 (IV) RIS3 ELEMENTS CHALLEGES INSTRUMENTS WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO? TO ADDRESS TO USE GLOBAL CONTEXT PERSPECTIVE BENCHMARKING INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS COMPRABLE INDICATORS SPECIALISATION KEY ENABLING TECHs MAPPING SYSTEMIC R&D+I POLICIES Smart Specialisation dession matrix FORESIGHT RELATEDNESS & CONECTIVITY RELATED VARITY POSSIBILITY FRONTIER INTERCLUSTER COLLABORATION INTERCONNECTED METRICS 21

26 5 STAGES TO BUILD UP A RIS 3 (V) A very quick complement to RIS3 Guide summarizing what you need to know about exante conditionalities and to start developing your own smart specialisation strategy By Jaime del Castillo, Belen Barroeta and Jonatan Paton. 22

27 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION JAIME DEL CASTILLO BELEN BARROETA JONATAN PATON

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