2018 Tallinn
Seminar list
Date, Time
Monday, 4 June, 17.30-19.00 @ Cauldron Hall
Moderator
Ms Lisa Fröbel
Speakers
Introduction
Dr Erik Bergkvist, President of the Västerbotten Region
Mr Jonas Lundström, Head of Enterprise, Innovation and Social Development in Region Västerbotten
Ms. Alison Hunter, EPPC, Entrepreneurial Discovery Process
Ongoing initiatives in the Baltic Sea Region that exists in order to make cooperation on S3 more effective in the Baltic Sea Region
Ms Esa Kokkonen, Director, Baltic Institute of Finland - BSR Stars S3
Ms Joanna Przedrzmirska, Head of the Project Management Centre, the Maritime Institute in Gdansk – Smart Blue Regions
Ms Lina Stanionyte, S3 Platform, Joint Research Centre - Efforts in aligning of S3 projects and instruments in the Baltic Sea Region
Ms Åsa Bjering, Executive Secretary CPMR Baltic Sea Commission - The need for S3 capacity building
Closing session/next step
Ms Joanna Wojtkowska, National Coordinator for Poland EUSBSR reflection connecting back to the start of the ERDF Network (tbc)
Mr Jonas Lundström, Head of Enterprise, Innovation and Social Development in Region Västerbotten
Description
The buzz words in innovation policy today, such as building on proximity and agile thinking, need to be embraced when designing innovation ecosystem components. Regions need to take on the challenge, be prepared to take responsibility and understand their role as architects and orchestrators when designing the future (regionally rooted) Innovation Ecosystem for S3. Additionally, regions need to be empowered with (interregional) funding, appropriately designed for regional use.
Example questions:
What new/other kind of funding mechanisms already exist or should be developed in the coming programme period post-2020? Could the existing Managing Authority networks of the ESI funds be used? What other components are essential for regions to design things jointly?
The current plan for the session is as follows:
Presentation and discussion of what is needed at present to make cooperation on S3 more effective in the Baltic Sea Region (15 min presentation; 15 min discussion to which the audience will also be invited to contribute)
Exemplifying how to make use of the ERDF MA Network (case: Blue Growth or Digitalisation) (10 min presentation)
Discussing how ESF funds could be used to increase the capacity of regions and regional stakeholders to work inter-regionally (5 min presentation)
Invitation to join the Smart Specialisation Platform (10 min presentation)
Comments and conclusion
Contact
Ms Asa Bjering, Executive Secretary, Baltic Sea Commission
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Updated 14.05.2018