“#SmartSpecialisation helps regions select priorities. But little is done to assess the value of those priorities or align them with the #EU’s wider goals.”

— Annemie Turtelboom, Member of the @EUauditors

🔗 Read the full review 👇
https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/publications/RV-2025-05

📢 New review by the @EUauditors: 15 years after they were launched, it is still difficult to establish whether #SmartSpecialisation strategies for #research and #innovation in the #EU are achieving their goals.

🔗 Read the full review 👇
https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/publications/RV-2025-05

🚀 What is #SmartSpecialisation?

💡 It is a #regional #innovation policy approach which aims to help the #EU make the most of #cohesion policy funds by boosting the most promising areas of #development.

🔎 Does it live up to its promises?

📅 Stay tuned and find out on 23 September at 17:00 CEST.

RT by @EUinmyRegion: Calling #SmartSpecialisation experts & practitioners! 👋 Have you had the chance to explore the #S3CoP Observatory yet?

This brand-new tool offers a comprehensive overview of S3s across the #EU 🇪🇺 Have a look 👉 https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/assets/s3-observatory/index_en.html

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/S3Cop_EU/status/1743254249868312827#m

[2024-01-05 12:52 UTC]

RT by @EUinmyRegion: 📣 Happening now at the #S3Forum: Panel on #SmartSpecialisation in a changing world with:
🗣Catherine Wendt, @EUinmyRegion
🗣Fernando Merida, @CienciaGob
🗣@aleixcubells, General Director of European Funds, Catalan Government
🗣@ToWob, @EU_CoR

🎥 https://s3-forum.regio-events.eu/en/webstreaming

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/S3Cop_EU/status/1729419263046275404#m

[2023-11-28 08:37 UTC]

RT by @ComissioEuropea: 🇪🇺 La consellera @nataliamasguix participa en l'acte d'inauguració de la jornada #SmartSpecialisation, en el marc del #S3Forum, organitzat conjuntament per la @ComissioEuropea i la @gencat, a la Llotja de Mar.

🔗 Segueix la jornada en directe a: https://s3-forum.regio-events.eu/en/webstreaming

#S3CoP

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/economiacat/status/1729427204398821673#m

[2023-11-28 09:09 UTC]

RT by @ComissioEuropea: Today is the day 🤩 The #S3Forum is about to start! On today’s agenda:
🤝 #SmartSpecialisation in a changing world
🤝 Latest developments in the #S3CoP
🤝 Networking
🤝 Breakout sessions
🎥 Watch live from 09.00 on https://s3-forum.regio-events.eu/en/webstreaming

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/S3Cop_EU/status/1729400215763902667#m

[2023-11-28 07:21 UTC]

RT by @ComissioEuropea: "#Catalonia is spearheading a number of innovative structures" @ManuelSzapiro, Head of Representation of @ComissioEuropea spotlighting the region as a reference in #SmartSpecialisation at the #S3Forum

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/S3Cop_EU/status/1729416282221519204#m

[2023-11-28 08:25 UTC]

RT by @EUinmyRegion: 1⃣ week left until 🇪🇺 #SmartSpecialisation practitioners and actors gather for the annual #S3Forum in Barcelona 🎊

Don't forget to explore the detailed agenda 👉 http://tinyurl.com/yc7wsame

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/S3Cop_EU/status/1726869042911392181#m

[2023-11-21 07:43 UTC]

7th TSD Towards a Sustainable Development Conference at #UNT Mother Theresa University Skopje.

"Education and the University Curriculum in the Post Covid-19 era":
/through #cooperation of all disciplines, Corona could be mastered.
/Evidence-based decisions are the base for progress
/ #SmartSpecialisation, can help small countries to achieve excellence.
/We need to educate our students to curiosity, openness, agility and the desire for excellence.