Smart Specialisation in the Eastern Partnership countries

Eloi Bigas (), Nicandro Bovenzi (), Enric Fuster (), Francesco A. Massucci (), Hugo Hollanders, Monika Matusiak () and Ramojus Reimeris
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Eloi Bigas: Siris Academic
Nicandro Bovenzi: Siris Academic
Enric Fuster: Siris Academic
Francesco A. Massucci: Siris Academic
Monika Matusiak: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en

No JRC128524, JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: Armenia, Azerbaijan, , Georgia,the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine have committed to develop place-based Smart Specialisation Strategies for research and innovation with the objective of enhancing their competitiveness and drive structural change of the economies. The purpose of this study is to contribute to evidence-informed research and innovation policy, in particular the development of Smart Specialisation Strategies. The study presents a solid basis for these processes in the Eastern Partnership region by offering an extensive quantitative analysis of national-level potential in the economy, innovation, science and technology. A limited number of economic and innovation (E&I) specialisation domains matched with relevant scientific and technological (S&T) specialisation domains are identified for each Eastern Partnership country. The study proposes a new method to identify concordances between the EI and ST specialisation domains so that they can be used to inform ongoing Smart Specialisation processes in the Eastern Partnership countries with available international data. Interested countries need to compliment this analysis with the relevant national data sources and other useful information resulting from the qualitative expert inputs and stakeholder engagement. The report also indicates the evidence-informed areas for knowledge-based economic cooperation to support bilateral and region-wide initiatives.

Keywords: Smart Specialisation; innovation policy; quantitative analysis; mapping; EU Eastern Partnership (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 346 pages
Date: 2022-11
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