ERA Chairs & Smart Specialisation Strategies The regional dimension of the FP7 ERA Chairs Pilot Call

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1 ERA Chairs & Smart Specialisation Strategies The regional dimension of the FP7 ERA Chairs Pilot Call Info Day - FP7 ERA Chairs Pilot Call Le Regioni della Convergenza nel futuro quadro strategico Ricerca & Innovazione April Catania, Italy Gianluigi Di Bello FP7 National Contact Point R&I Regional dimension Coordinator APRE Bruxelles dibello@apre.it APRE - Agency for the Promotion of European Research

2 AGENDA Smart Specialisation Strategy & Common Strategic Framework for R&I ERA Chairs FP7 Pilot Call & Smart Specialisation Strategy

3 Smart Specialisation Strategy & ERA Chairs Why?

4 H2020 will work in strong coordination with Cohesion Policy Common Strategic Framework Partnership Contract Operational Programmes Stati Membri Regioni Regioni CSF R&I investment strategy aligned with Europe 2020 SSS3 Ex-ante conditionalities Smart Specialisation Strategies OPs Programmes Funding SSS3 mandatory for all regions! Year Year

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7 Smart Specialisation Strategy is a mandatory for Regions Regulatory aspects: SSS3 is an Ex ante conditionality for Regions SSS3 should be in place before allocating OPs R&I funding (SF-ESF) exceptions.. but No later than 2016 or suspension of payments Financial aspects: 80% RDF resources allocated in R&I, ICT, SMEs, energy efficiency (Competitiveness Regions) 50 % RDF resource allocated in R&I, ICT, SMEs, energy efficiency objective (Convergence-Transition Regions)

8 Smart Specialisation Strategy (SSS3): An entrepreneurial discovery process based on 4Cs Choices select few priorities on the basis of international specialisation and integration on international value chains avoid duplication and fragmentation in ERA Competitive (Constructed) Advantage: mobilize talent by matching RTD + i and business needs & capacities entrepreneurial discovery process Critical Mass/Clusters develop world class excellence Human capital & competitive clusters across regions and provide arenas for related variety/cross-sectorial links which drive specialised technological diversification Collaborative Leadership efficient innovation systems as a collective endeavour based on public-private partnership experimental platform give voice to un-usual suspects

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10 Regional dimension & ERA Chairs

11 Outcome 1. Increased participation of the Institution in Horizon 2020 and other competitive European funding programmes

12 Outcome 2. Stronger level of interaction with national or regional authorities in designing and implementing research and innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation!!!!...This includes interaction with additional stakeholders, e.g. through clusters and networks to innovative business partners, civil society organisations, etc., able to contribute to the definition and implementation of regional innovation strategies

13 SSS3 : 360 Interaction.. via a dynamic strategy Universities Associations Strategy Feedback Engagement SMEs, Industry Evaluation & Review Policy Regions, Cities, Regional innovation agencies, economic development agencies SSS3 Is a Dynamic Strategy rather then one-off Joint Action Plan Finance Banks, Intermediates Operationalise Civil society, Human capital, Talents,.. Behavioral change RTOs, scientific parks, districts..

14 Outcome 3. Operational measures to develop synergies between Cohesion and research funding in line with SSS3

15 Synergies H2020-CP Horizon 2020 will follow closely the emerging Smart Specialisation flagship priorities and will support them through the Horizon 2020 Work Programmes TO BE CONTINUED...

16 Synergies H2020-SF..Why? Initially H2020-CP Few months later. H2020 CP From Synergies To.. Complementarities Commission s expectation on synergies via ERA Chairs call Some months later Recently..CP to galvanize SSS3 H2020 CP H2020 SSS3 CP SSS3 Now! Then.. Alignment What?... Galvanize

17 APRE PROPOSAL ON SYNERGIES H CP ERA-REGIO-NET Are we doing the right thing?. Are we doing things right?.. Let s try to break down the Rubik s Cube

18 Outcome 4. Development of research capacity and research excellence combining different funding streams

19 Reaching out ERA Europe 2020 Strategy «From linear FP7 to a systemic approach H2020 « » EIPs ETPs JPIs Top Down EU Challenge based Systemic Approach JTIs PPPs Clustering Linear/Thematic Approach Energy, ICT, Transport, infrastructure, FET Combined application of strategies, funds, activities.. KETs Smart Cities EIT Structural Funds SSS3 Bottom up Year Random R&I EU Framework Programmes Horizon 2020 Strategic Architecture

20 Get ready for ERA Chairs....calls in H2020!!

21 It s up to the ERA Chair holder to choose the right ingredients in coordination with the innovation strategies in the Region

22 THANK YOU! Questions? Remarks?.Comments? Gianluigi Di Bello FP7 National Contact Point R&I Regional dimension Coordinator APRE Bruxelles APRE - Agenzia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea