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