Danube-INCO.NET — Advancing Research and Innovation in the Danube Region

Background

Countries and regions in the EU, in Southeastern Europe and in the Danube macro-region are at very different stages of development and exhibit high variation in their regional innovations systems. In addition, smart specialisation is only for EU member states a legal requirement. Nonetheless, there are important lessons to be learnt from other regions concerning strategic, evidence-based and participatory innovation policies regardless of legal provisions and varying socio-economic development. One aspect that deserves closer attention is transnational cooperation and how to make this a beneficial and institutionalised practise for both more and less developed regions.

Topics for discussion

The aims of the workshop are:

• - To allow regions from both EU and accession/candidate countries to meet their peers, European Commission staff, academic experts and others to discuss common issues related to smart specialisation. 
• - To allow regions and countries to peer-review and discuss each other's work on RIS3. 
• - To better understand how to incorporate transnational cooperation in RIS3. 

In a panel discussion on transnational R&I cooperation the speakers cover the following topics:

- Driving transnational innovation cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region – Experience from BSR Stars, Emily Wise (VINNOVA)

- Innovation between policy learning & implementation – Lessons from Central Europe, Monika Schönerklee-Grasser (CENTRAL EUROPE Programme)

- The role of transnational research & innovation in the Danube region, Miroslav Veskovic  (EUSDR Coordinator for Knowledge Society)

Peer reviewed regions

Vojvodina (Serbia): Presentation & background document

Northeast Romania (Romania): Presentation & background document

Weser-Ems (Germany): Presentation & background document

The workshop was held at Hotel Putnik, Ilije Ognjanovica 24, in Novi Sad on April 10-11, 2014.
 

Agenda