Unlocking the potential for regional collaboration in the ICT domain in the Western Balkans
Thematic workshop on ICT as the common Smart Specialisation priority area in the Western Balkans, held online on 26-27 September, 2022
Smart Specialisation has gained traction in the Western Balkans. In the last four years, all Western Balkan economies made progress in developing their first Smart Specialisation strategies. This development led to revealing preliminary or final priority areas in most of them, highlighting few potentially common ones for the entire region. This is the case with the ICT area which so far appeared in all finalised Smart Specialisation strategies as well as in the final analyses that provide priority areas that should enter the strategies. Having in mind that the Smart Specialisation-related documentation aim at providing justification for selecting priority areas, as well as thorough analysis of their potential for national economies, there was a need to identify common niches for collaboration in research and innovation efforts and to highlight the challenges that the economies are facing concerning exploiting their full potential in the ICT area. This report highlights main challenges and opportunities that were emphasised during the discussion. The report also gives an expert overview of the context and provides recommendation for facing these challenges and promoting collaboration in the Smart Specialisation priority area of ICT for the benefit of the entire region.
RADOVANOVIC Nikola;
REID Alasdair;
JEVREMOVIC Aleksandar;
GERUSSI Elisa;
2023-08-25
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC133944
978-92-68-05812-1 (online),
OP KJ-07-23-275-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC133944,
10.2760/25755 (online),
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