Baltic Sea Region Smart Specialisation Ecosystem

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

Date of latest update: 2024-02-24

Description

Description (EN):

According to European Commission’s draft proposals for post-2020 Cohesion Policy, it is expected that the EU will commit to a stronger Smart Specialisation (S3) Policy agenda, through innovation-focused interregional collaborations and investments. However, the regions still have very different understanding of how to utilise S3 successfully. Much of the Smart Specialisation work has been focused within the region. A more strategic joint approach of the BSR regions towards S3 is needed to enable the implementation of post-2020 aims and to boost innovation and growth in the BSR macro-region in a way that strengthens S3 in the most prominent fields of the BSR. The Platform will be led by 3 pillars focusing on the following 3 areas: 1. Analysis, alignment and incubation of the key S3 projects across the BSR which demonstrate potential for interregional scale-up and/or advancing the value chain orientation of the BSR where each country/region should be able to identify relevant links and flows of goods, services and knowledge revealing possible patterns of integration with other regions. The Platform will add value by investing in selected S3 projects and identifying successful S3 approaches and practices for wide dissemination and impact. 2. Interregional learning regarding S3 implementation and capacity building function - the support required by the projects identified above will be channelled through this Pillar in order to facilitate joint understanding and capacities of the BSR regions and to generate a clear “action plan” to prepare for post-2020. This includes training, communication and outreach on efficient S3 implementation both at regional as well as interregional levels. Johan Miörners rapport. 3. Stakeholder involvement pillar - the 2014-2020 S3 policy agenda has placed increasing importance on the “Entrepreneurial Discovery Process” (EDP) and how the innovation ecosystem and its internal dynamic are critical enablers of improved innovation performance. The BSR has a significant opportunity to deliver this through greater investment of key innovation actors including those from science, research and academic communities, the BSR's SME base and targeted actors from the social sector. The S3 Platform will organise events that utilise e.g. the identified best practice challenge-based methods to involve stakeholders from the whole BSR in focused interregional cooperation. BSR S3 Ecosystem provides a much needed platform for creating a better understanding on the best practices and opportunities for smart specialization in the BSR. The Platform strives to target its activities to a wide range of BSR regions. The Platform will produce a collection of best practices and a manual for S3 regional and inter-regional implementation, a mapping of value chains within bioeconomy and digital economy, a joint S3 training programme including S3 challenge acceleration methods and a long-term dissemination strategy.

Achievements (EN):

Synthesising knowledge on smart specialisation strategies: The BSR S3 Ecosystem project platform synthesised the knowledge from ten Interreg Baltic Sea Region and Interreg Europe projects that helped implement smart specialisation strategies (S3). The partners brought together different approaches to S3 implementation, and shared what benefits and challenges they had. Over 200 S3 stakeholders from regional ministries and development agencies from ten Baltic Sea region countries learned how to strengthen innovation ecosystems for successful implementation of S3 on the regional and inter-regional levels. They discussed how to promote stronger diversity and inclusion in S3, connect different actors to increase the collaborative dynamic, develop green transition pathways for different sectors across the BSR, with circular economy at the core. In addition, they learned about the political leadership as a key enabler of change. Political motivation and commitment are the first steps to boost efforts towards interregional innovation investments. More cooperation on smart specialisation across regions: The platform also supported regions in developing thematic value chains linked to smart specialisation priorities. The partners developed a methodology for the analysis of value chains and piloted it in the area of the circular bioeconomy. They selected this area as it was highly relevant for S 3. All in all, 16 regions from seven countries shared their insights on strategic priorities, key players and regional expertise, know-how in key technologies and potential areas of synergies in the circular bioeconomy. The partners concluded that there was good potential for exploring opportunities for innovative data linking and new approaches in data mining through this methodology. The BSR S3 Directors' Network, composed of senior regional directors responsible for S3, highly appreciated the platform results, and the value chain approach to inter-regional S3 collaboration across the region. The ambition of the platform to create a new value by deepening innovation collaboration, through the BSR S3 ecosystem in fact reflected the vision of the BSR S3 Directors’ Network. For the Baltic Sea region, where a very strong legacy of cooperation already existed, there was very strong potential to build on this methodology to generate long-term value for the innovation performance of the macro-region. Contributions to the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region: The coordinator of the EUSBSR policy area Innovation actively participated in the platform and supported sharing the gathered results. The new PA Innovation action plan underlined a challenge-driven approach to innovation and further development of interregional value chains in key BSR S3 fields. Together with BSR S3 Directors’ Network, the coordinator of PA Innovation planned to advance the S3 advisory hub in the Baltic Sea region, which was developed by the platform partners. https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/bsr-s3-ecosystem/

Website: http://www.interreg-baltic.eu/home.html

Delivered Outputs (EN): Mapping methodology of thematic S3 value chains Report on good practices on regional and interregional S3 implementation Manual on S3 regional and inter-regional implementation Policy recommendations on S3 transnational methods Advice and resource hub

Thematic information

Clustering and economic cooperation

Specific Objective: ‘Smart specialisation’: To enhance growth opportunities based on increased capacity of innovation actors to apply smart specialisation approach

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (8)

Lead Partner: Region Västerbotten

Department: Enterprise, Innovation and Social Development

Address: Box 443, 90109 Umeå, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.regionvasterbotten.se

Total budget: EUR 378 717.15

ERDF budget: EUR 284 037.86

Suomen Itämeri-instituutti

Name: Suomen Itämeri-instituutti

Address: Kelloportinkatu 1C, FI-33100 Tampere, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.baltic.org

Total budget: EUR 224 604.27

ERDF budget: EUR 168 453.20

AALTO yliopisto

Name: AALTO yliopisto

Department: Department of Management Studies

Address: Otakaari 1B, 02150 Espoo, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.aalto.fi

Total budget: EUR 149 054.11

ERDF budget: EUR 111 790.58

LAB Ammattikorkeakoulu

Name: LAB Ammattikorkeakoulu

Department: Faculty of Technology

Address: Mukkulankatu 19, 15210 LAHTI, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.lab.fi

Total budget: EUR 76 144.30

ERDF budget: EUR 57 108.22

Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut gemeinnützige GmbH (HWWI)

Name: Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut gemeinnützige GmbH (HWWI)

Department: International cooperation

Address: Oberhafenstr. 1, 20097 Hamburg, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.hwwi.org

Total budget: EUR 106 102.50

ERDF budget: EUR 79 576.87

Mokslo, inovacijų ir technologijų agentūra MITA

Name: Mokslo, inovacijų ir technologijų agentūra MITA

Department: Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology

Address: A.Goštauto str. 12-219, 01108 Vilnius, Lithuania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.mita.lt

Total budget: EUR 65 377.67

ERDF budget: EUR 55 571.01

Tröndelag Fylkeskommune

Name: Tröndelag Fylkeskommune

Department: Tröndelag County Council

Address: Erling Skakkes gate 14, NO-7004 Trondheim, Norway

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.stfk.no

Total budget: EUR 60 000.00

St. Petersburg State Budgetary Healthcare Institution "Medical Information and Analytical Centre"

Name: St. Petersburg State Budgetary Healthcare Institution "Medical Information and Analytical Centre"

Department: Medical Information and Analytical Centre

Address: Ulitsa Shkapina, 30, 198095 St. Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: http://spbmiac.ru/

Total budget: EUR 212 063.50

ENI budget: EUR 180 253.97

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Summary

Project name (EN): Baltic Sea Region Smart Specialisation Ecosystem

Project acronym: BSR S3 Ecosystem

Project start date: 2019-08-01

Project end date: 2022-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 272 063.50

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 936 791.71

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 73.60%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 756 537.74.
ENPI/ENI/NDICI: Amount, EUR 180 253.97.

Third-country contribution: 30 000.00

Documents

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Smart Specialisation in the Baltic Sea Region – Learning towards Macro-regional Specialisation

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/en-US/web/guest/w/baltic-sea-region-interregional-cooperation-on-circular-bio-economy

Publication date: 2022-11-11

Document date: 2020-10-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

High level value chain mapping in the Baltic Sea Region: Guidance Manual

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/en-US/web/guest/w/baltic-sea-region-interregional-cooperation-on-circular-bio-economy

Publication date: 2022-11-11

Document date: 2020-07-31

Languages: en

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High level value chain mapping in the Baltic Sea Region: Pilot exercise on circular bioeconomy

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/en-US/web/guest/w/baltic-sea-region-interregional-cooperation-on-circular-bio-economy

Publication date: 2022-11-11

Document date: 2020-06-30

Languages: en

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

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2023-06-16

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200 / 200 (100%)

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2 025 / 2 025 (100%)

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Baltic Sea Region Smart Specialisation Ecosystem

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