Social innovation & Smart Specialisation

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1 Promoting Smart Sustainable and Inclusive Growth for the Atlantic Area 4th Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Conference 8 November, Glasgow, UK Social innovation & Smart Specialisation Tendencies of Innovation in Atlantic Regions Carla Nogueira Research Assistant, CES - University of Coimbra carlafsvnogueira@gmail.com 1

2 1. Social and Inclusive Innovation 2. Smart Specialisation 3. Methodology 4. Atlantic Innovation Tendencies 5. Conclusions 2

3 Social Innovation:... the development and implementation of new ideas to meet explicit or latent social needs using shared and co-produced knowledge... Inclusive innovation:...innovation that leads to affordable access of quality goods and services creating livelihood opportunities for the excluded population, and on a long term sustainable basis with a significant outreach... Tradicional Domains Tacit Knowledge as a driver for regional advantage competitive 3

4 Regional Development Innovation is a driver for regional development Public Policies A greater attention is been given to innovation strategies in public policies S3 Smart Specialisation strategies are an example of this process Smart Specialisation emerged has a stepping-stone in the period and suggests that regions should understand their capacities and select domains, technological or not, where they can excel compared to others. 4

5 Case Studies Portugal Spain Ireland UK France Data Collection (an online database of RIS3 priorities organized by S3 Platform) Dimensions of Analysis Social and Inclusive Innovation Smart Specialisation Strategies Methods Content analysis 5

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7 Inclusion of social innovation in S3 Inclusion of service innovation in S3 Inclusion of sustainable innovation in S3 strategies strategies strategies Source: Own Elaboration Source: Own Elaboration Source: Own Elaboration 7

8 EU PRIORITY Social Innovation EU SUB-PRIORITIES New products or services that meet social needs New organisational models & social relations that meet social need Social innovation with regard to health, wellbeing and elder care Social innovation with regard to child care Social innovation with regard to education, skills and training Social innovation with regard to environmental issues Social innovation with regard to social inclusion 8

9 Inclusion of social innovation in S3 strategies Child Care Source: Own Elaboration Inclusion of social innovation in S3 strategies Health, well-being and elder care Source: Own Elaboration Inclusion of social innovation in S3 strategies Education, skills and training Source: Own Elaboration Inclusion of social innovation in S3 strategies environmental issues Source: Own Elaboration 9

10 Inclusion of social innovation in S3 strategies New organisational models & social relations that meet social need Source: Own Elaboration Inclusion of social innovation in S3 strategies New products or services that meet social needs Source: Own Elaboration Inclusion of social innovation in S3 strategies Social inclusion Source: Own Elaboration 10

11 Categories created through Content Analysis Category Policy related innovation High Tech related innovation Sustainable related innovation Public services related innovation Traditional sectors related innovation Cultural related innovation Description Priorities related to the improvement of specific local policies and/or governance models Priorities related to the development of advanced technologies, in several strategic domains (biotechnology, blue growth, transports, aeronautics, etc.) Priorities related to the sustainable development of assets and to water and energy efficiency. It includes the eco-innovation priorities Priorities specifically related with the improvement of security, public health and well-being Priorities that acknowledge the potentialities of the traditional sectors of the region and aimed its development and connection with other priorities Priorities related to the digital agenda, cultural and creative industries and with the regional history and heritage Source: Own elaboration 11

12 Smart Specialisation Strategies according Categories Innovation Related Centre (Portugal) North (Portugal) Scotland (UK) Northern Ireland (UK) Aquitaine (France) Brittany (France) Galicia (Spain) Asturias (Spain) Ireland Policy related innovation High Tech related innovation Sustainable related innovation Public services related innovation Traditional sectors related innovation x x - x x xx x xx xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx xxx xxxx xxxx xxx xx xxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx xxx xx xxx xx xxx xxxx xxx xx xxx xxx xxx x - x x x xx x - Cultural related innovation xx xx xxx xx x x - - xxx Source: Own elaboration using Nvivo 12

13 Portugal Centre North 13

14 UK Scotland Northern Ireland 14

15 Ireland 15

16 Spain Asturias Galicia 16

17 France Aquitaine Brittany 17

18 Limited attention is being given to alternative paradigms of innovation to activate regional development. Conceptually, social innovation is a buzz-word and its definition and heuristic value is not yet consolidated. There is an effort on the part of the Atlantic regions to incorporate social innovation into their development strategies. Innovation continues to be mostly associated with the development of high technology. Regional development strategies commonly emphasize the need of peripheral territories to emulate successful best-practice models. Difficulty to adapt strategies to traditional sectors, tacit knowledge production, stagnated economies, and growing unemployment. Sustainable innovation and service innovation are priorities more addressed in S3 strategies than social innovation; Health, well-being and elder care and New products or services that meet social needs are the sub priorities more encoded. 18

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