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... regional innovation valleys involving EU regions with lower innovation performances, by building on strategic areas of regional strength and specialisation (defined in their smart specialisation strategies) ...
13 Jun 2023
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The concept of smartspecialisation has had an immense impact in Europe and beyond after the European Council’s decision to adopt smart specialisation as an essential principle of European regional ...
22 Jul 2019
News
The next six months are an important period for policy makers, the university sector and many other stakeholders engaged in Research and Innovation SmartSpecialisation Strategies (RIS3). With the ongoing ...
15 Nov 2018
News
... maximising the effectiveness of smartspecialisation strategies that will be presented at the upcoming Week of Innovative Regions in Europe 2018 on 4-6 July in Innsbruck, Austria. The response ...
29 Jun 2018
News
On 7 March 2018, the EUA Expert Group on Research and Innovation Strategies for SmartSpecialisation (RIS3) met in Brussels to discuss recent developments in this policy area. A joint workshop between ...
22 Mar 2018
News
... for universities”, and the Association’s ongoing work on Open Science and SmartSpecialisation. They were prepared in consultation with EUA’s Research Policy Working Group and the EUA ...
09 Nov 2017
Policy input
The process to renew the European Research Area (ERA) is gathering pace and is set to continue in the coming weeks, months and years. Building on previous policy positions, this policy input further expands ...
03 Dec 2020
Policy input
The European Commission’s Industrial Strategy for Europe and the European Digital Strategy launched in the spring of 2020 offer an opportunity for a broad and holistic approach to fundamental challenges ...
23 Jun 2020
Policy input
Building synergies between education, research and innovation across disciplines is crucial to tackling the major challenges our societies face. As the European Union projects ambitious policy goals, such ...
09 Mar 2020
Position
The next six months will be an important period for policy makers, the university sector and many other stakeholders engaged in Research and Innovation SmartSpecialisation Strategies (RIS3).
With ...
07 Dec 2018
Policy input
The European University Association (EUA) welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for the next Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (Horizon Europe).
The Association is pleased ...
15 Jun 2018
Position
To maximise the effectiveness of Strategies for SmartSpecialisation (RIS3) in developing regional innovation ecosystems, it is important to fully capitalise on tangible and intangible assets that universities ...
20 Feb 2018
Briefing
... and the Association’s ongoing work on Open Science and SmartSpecialisation. They were prepared in consultation with EUA’s Research Policy Working Group and the EUA Council. EUA’s recommendations also ...
08 Nov 2017
Position
... FP9 and consultations of EUA’s Research Policy Working Group and its Expert Group on Regional Strategies for SmartSpecialisation. ...
04 May 2017
Policy input
This document sets out the response of the European University Association (EUA) to the EC public consultation on smartspecialisation. EUA has prepared this response in consultation with its Expert Group ...
24 Mar 2017
Report
This report presents the outcomes of the first meeting of EUA’s Expert Group on Research and Innovation Strategies for SmartSpecialisation (RIS3). It specifically makes recommendations for actions ...
06 Apr 2016
Position
Universities are uniquely placed to support regional development across the linked domains of knowledge generation, innovation and education and European universities endorse the concept of SmartSpecialisation ...
04 Apr 2016
EQAF Paper
Abstract
Graduates must be able to use their degree on the labour market that awaits them when they have completed a higher education study programme. Danish politicians have increasingly focused on ...
19 Nov 2015
Policy input
How universities can be part of smartspecialisation was the question discussed by participants at a major Commission conference on 20 June 2014. The President of the European University Association (EUA) ...
23 Sep 2014
Policy input
... taken up in a substantial manner. On cross-border and regional cooperation EUA has forged a innovative partnership with the Joint Research Centre (Seville)/DG Regions SmartSpecialisation Platform ...
23 Apr 2014