Annual Report of the JRC-IPTS activities within the Danube-INCO.NET project
This annual report briefly reports on the activities of the JRC-IPTS project team in the Smart Specialisation Platform (S3P - as a part of the Knowledge for Growth Unit) in charge for the Danube-INCO.NET project. One of the main tasks of the Danube S3P team in charge of this FP7 project in the 2014-15 period was the identification of the most important Danube research and innovation (R&I) activities that could in future enhance the cooperation among the countries in the macro-region. R&I is a domain in which cooperation and knowledge-sharing across borders may crucially contribute to achieving the best possible results. Research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation (RIS3) developed by countries and regions open a new dimension for collaboration. Collaboration in RIS3 means combining complementary strengths, achieving critical mass, building-up necessary capacities to overcome bottlenecks and integrate better into the global value chains. The concerted and coordinated R&I activities of the Danube countries/regions could thus contribute significantly to the competitiveness and economic growth of the macro-region in the coming years.
Due to an important gap in the knowledge on the complementarity of the Danube countries' R&I strengths, the S3P Danube team's 2014-15 activities were aimed primarily at identification of the national and regional smart specialisation (S3) or simply R&I (for the non-EU countries) priorities of the Danube countries/regions and identify the common fields of R&I activities that could benefit from coordination and potential matchmaking at the macro-regional level.
The purpose of this report is to briefly report about the work done on the project during the 2014-15 period and increase the knowledge on the S3 tools introduced to advance collaboration in RIS3 process, increase cooperation opportunities in R&I areas along the Danube in order to enhance transnational and inter-regional initiatives and to explore possible alignment of the Danube countries'/regions' R&I agendas in the future. Based on original data for 13 countries and 2 regions (DE) in the Danube area, the report explores opportunities of transforming complementary assets into common specialisations. Our analysis revealed 4 main fields for future collaboration: advanced materials and manufacturing (KETs), ICT, sustainable innovations, and health. These very broad priorities provide a starting point for R&I collaboration initiatives and matchmaking in the Danube macro-region.
GNAMUS Ales;
STANIONYTE Lina;
2016-01-27
European Commission
JRC94173
978-92-79-54545-0,
OP LF-01-16-005-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC94173,
10.2791/30054 (online),
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