Week of Oct 26th
- - Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy and 1 other event
Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
15 September 2020
Co-organised by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and RSA Europe
The Territorial Development Unit of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and RSA Europe are delighted to present a webinar series based on selected themes of the SMARTER 2020 Conference. In line with the measures to contain the diffusion of COVID-19, the physical event will be replaced by a series of five webinars held between 15 September and 10 December 2020.
Increasingly, innovation policies are framed around grand societal challenges and sustainable transformation. More traditional objectives of productivity enhancement, job creation and international competitiveness are accompanied by the search for solutions to environmental and social needs in line with the European Green Deal priority and the accomplishments of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, to be achieved through the mobilisation of science, technology and innovation. This transformation is also gaining momentum in local and regional policy making, raising a number of issues in relation to the capacity of place-based industrial innovation policies to meet these goals.
What are the implications of this shift for place-based policy and instruments? What does the alignment of solutions to social and environmental problems with more traditional growth objectives imply? How can potential contradictions between different goals and dimensions (social, environmental and economic) can be resolved? Can we expect territorial policies to deliver on broad societal challenges, by providing solutions to those needs that are locally relevant?
A dreadful pandemic is currently sweeping the planet causing dramatic health, social and economic consequences. We need coordinated policy initiatives at international, national and regional level to mitigate the COVID-19 economic crisis and promote a swift recovery. How can place-based policies play a role in tackling the severe socio-economic impacts of COVID-19? How can they help territories discover new opportunities for more sustainable and inclusive economies?
The SMARTER 2020 Webinar series is a forum for debating those issues.
Smart Specialisation provides a unique entry point for such debate. Smart Specialisation is a place-based EU policy promoting economic transformation by designing targeted investment in research and innovation. Building on a growing interest in this policy, the main principles and mechanisms of Smart Specialisation are travelling fast, attracting attention outside the European Union. At the same time, the Smart Specialisation approach is evolving, incorporating evidence on what worked and what did not, embracing a larger policy scope than just research and innovation and enriching its policy toolbox.
The SMARTER 2020 Webinar series will provide a comprehensive picture of the Smart Specialisation policy experience, including an evaluation of its results and an account of its recent developments both conceptually and empirically.
The webinars will also offer an opportunity to discuss and compare different territorial development approaches, exploring how they engage with the European Commission's priorities for 2019-2024 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Details
Registrations will be open until the day before the start of the webinar. Participation is free of charge and open to anyone with an interest in the webinar’s topics.
Each seminar will last between one and two hours and include a section for Q&A.
Location: Seville, Spain
2020 SMARTER Webinars Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy2020 SMARTER Webinars Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
17 September 2020 – 3 December 2020
17 September: Place-based responses to the COVID-19 economic crisis.
6 October: Smart Specialisation Strategies for Sustainability: opportunities for economic recovery and competitiveness.
10 November: Smart Specialisation for Sustainable Development Goals.
19 November: Quality of life in European cities: are cities in Europe inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable?
24 November: Smart Specialisation: evidence, lessons, challenges and opportunities.
3 December: Urban strategies and Smart Specialisation. - - Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy and 4 other events
Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
15 September 2020
Co-organised by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and RSA Europe
The Territorial Development Unit of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and RSA Europe are delighted to present a webinar series based on selected themes of the SMARTER 2020 Conference. In line with the measures to contain the diffusion of COVID-19, the physical event will be replaced by a series of five webinars held between 15 September and 10 December 2020.
Increasingly, innovation policies are framed around grand societal challenges and sustainable transformation. More traditional objectives of productivity enhancement, job creation and international competitiveness are accompanied by the search for solutions to environmental and social needs in line with the European Green Deal priority and the accomplishments of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, to be achieved through the mobilisation of science, technology and innovation. This transformation is also gaining momentum in local and regional policy making, raising a number of issues in relation to the capacity of place-based industrial innovation policies to meet these goals.
What are the implications of this shift for place-based policy and instruments? What does the alignment of solutions to social and environmental problems with more traditional growth objectives imply? How can potential contradictions between different goals and dimensions (social, environmental and economic) can be resolved? Can we expect territorial policies to deliver on broad societal challenges, by providing solutions to those needs that are locally relevant?
A dreadful pandemic is currently sweeping the planet causing dramatic health, social and economic consequences. We need coordinated policy initiatives at international, national and regional level to mitigate the COVID-19 economic crisis and promote a swift recovery. How can place-based policies play a role in tackling the severe socio-economic impacts of COVID-19? How can they help territories discover new opportunities for more sustainable and inclusive economies?
The SMARTER 2020 Webinar series is a forum for debating those issues.
Smart Specialisation provides a unique entry point for such debate. Smart Specialisation is a place-based EU policy promoting economic transformation by designing targeted investment in research and innovation. Building on a growing interest in this policy, the main principles and mechanisms of Smart Specialisation are travelling fast, attracting attention outside the European Union. At the same time, the Smart Specialisation approach is evolving, incorporating evidence on what worked and what did not, embracing a larger policy scope than just research and innovation and enriching its policy toolbox.
The SMARTER 2020 Webinar series will provide a comprehensive picture of the Smart Specialisation policy experience, including an evaluation of its results and an account of its recent developments both conceptually and empirically.
The webinars will also offer an opportunity to discuss and compare different territorial development approaches, exploring how they engage with the European Commission's priorities for 2019-2024 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Details
Registrations will be open until the day before the start of the webinar. Participation is free of charge and open to anyone with an interest in the webinar’s topics.
Each seminar will last between one and two hours and include a section for Q&A.
Location: Seville, Spain
2020 SMARTER Webinars Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy2020 SMARTER Webinars Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
17 September 2020 – 3 December 2020
17 September: Place-based responses to the COVID-19 economic crisis.
6 October: Smart Specialisation Strategies for Sustainability: opportunities for economic recovery and competitiveness.
10 November: Smart Specialisation for Sustainable Development Goals.
19 November: Quality of life in European cities: are cities in Europe inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable?
24 November: Smart Specialisation: evidence, lessons, challenges and opportunities.
3 December: Urban strategies and Smart Specialisation.All day: European Utility WeekAll day: European Utility Week
All day
27 October 2020
The guiding light for the sector to bring clarity to the global energy transformation.
Location: Milan, Italy
Organised by: Clarion Energy
All day: Workshop - Sustainable Places 202014 02 00 100010: Workshop - Space for cities: from innovation to operation14 02 00 100010: Workshop - Space for cities: from innovation to operation
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27 October 2020
Despite the many successful examples of use of satellite-based services at the regional and local levels, and despite the programmes implemented at local and European scales to make available funds and to develop services that are increasingly sophisticated, satellite-based services are still considered as “innovation” rather than “practice”.
This workshop will present and discuss solutions to use satellite data and signals, which can make a real difference for public managers willing to increase cities’ sustainability and resilience to climate change and critical events.
The workshop aims at bringing together representatives of local administrations, SMEs, research centres and space organisations to discuss about the opportunities and challenges to the operational uptake of mature satellite-based service in cities.
The solutions to be presented have been recently developed to improve services that already existed or to respond to emerging city challenges, such as climate change and the COVID-19 sanitarian crisis.
Representatives from city authorities, SMEs, service providers and NGOs with an interest in satellite-based solutions for cities are invited to express their views on the relevance of the services presented with regard to their needs and to identify the barriers to the operational use of such services in cities.
Objectives:
- Presenting and discussing emerging satellite-based services that can help cities to improve their sustainability and resilience to climate change and critical events.
- Generating dialogue among stakeholders on the usefulness of the services presented, their sustainability over time, and their adaptability to cities’ needs and operations.
- Identifying the barriers and showstoppers to the exploitation of satellite-based services in cities.
- Stimulating connections and ideas to build upon the solutions presented and overcome the challenges identified.
Themes
- Solar energy
- Urban infrastructure
- Air pollution
- COVID-19 response
- - Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy and 4 other events
Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
15 September 2020
Co-organised by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and RSA Europe
The Territorial Development Unit of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and RSA Europe are delighted to present a webinar series based on selected themes of the SMARTER 2020 Conference. In line with the measures to contain the diffusion of COVID-19, the physical event will be replaced by a series of five webinars held between 15 September and 10 December 2020.
Increasingly, innovation policies are framed around grand societal challenges and sustainable transformation. More traditional objectives of productivity enhancement, job creation and international competitiveness are accompanied by the search for solutions to environmental and social needs in line with the European Green Deal priority and the accomplishments of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, to be achieved through the mobilisation of science, technology and innovation. This transformation is also gaining momentum in local and regional policy making, raising a number of issues in relation to the capacity of place-based industrial innovation policies to meet these goals.
What are the implications of this shift for place-based policy and instruments? What does the alignment of solutions to social and environmental problems with more traditional growth objectives imply? How can potential contradictions between different goals and dimensions (social, environmental and economic) can be resolved? Can we expect territorial policies to deliver on broad societal challenges, by providing solutions to those needs that are locally relevant?
A dreadful pandemic is currently sweeping the planet causing dramatic health, social and economic consequences. We need coordinated policy initiatives at international, national and regional level to mitigate the COVID-19 economic crisis and promote a swift recovery. How can place-based policies play a role in tackling the severe socio-economic impacts of COVID-19? How can they help territories discover new opportunities for more sustainable and inclusive economies?
The SMARTER 2020 Webinar series is a forum for debating those issues.
Smart Specialisation provides a unique entry point for such debate. Smart Specialisation is a place-based EU policy promoting economic transformation by designing targeted investment in research and innovation. Building on a growing interest in this policy, the main principles and mechanisms of Smart Specialisation are travelling fast, attracting attention outside the European Union. At the same time, the Smart Specialisation approach is evolving, incorporating evidence on what worked and what did not, embracing a larger policy scope than just research and innovation and enriching its policy toolbox.
The SMARTER 2020 Webinar series will provide a comprehensive picture of the Smart Specialisation policy experience, including an evaluation of its results and an account of its recent developments both conceptually and empirically.
The webinars will also offer an opportunity to discuss and compare different territorial development approaches, exploring how they engage with the European Commission's priorities for 2019-2024 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Details
Registrations will be open until the day before the start of the webinar. Participation is free of charge and open to anyone with an interest in the webinar’s topics.
Each seminar will last between one and two hours and include a section for Q&A.
Location: Seville, Spain
2020 SMARTER Webinars Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy2020 SMARTER Webinars Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
17 September 2020 – 3 December 2020
17 September: Place-based responses to the COVID-19 economic crisis.
6 October: Smart Specialisation Strategies for Sustainability: opportunities for economic recovery and competitiveness.
10 November: Smart Specialisation for Sustainable Development Goals.
19 November: Quality of life in European cities: are cities in Europe inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable?
24 November: Smart Specialisation: evidence, lessons, challenges and opportunities.
3 December: Urban strategies and Smart Specialisation.All day: European Utility WeekAll day: European Utility Week
All day
27 October 2020
The guiding light for the sector to bring clarity to the global energy transformation.
Location: Milan, Italy
Organised by: Clarion Energy
All day: Workshop - Sustainable Places 202011 11 00 100010: Energy efficiency first: How the EERAdata project supports deep building renovation!11 11 00 100010: Energy efficiency first: How the EERAdata project supports deep building renovation!
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28 October 2020
The Horizon 2020 EERAdata project invites you to its official webinar on 28 October 2020.
In this webinar we will be introducing the project, explaining our main ideas and the objectives we will be pursuing until 2021.
So what is EERAdata about?
• EERAdata is supporting policy decisions and renovation action to prioritise investments in energy efficiency
• We accompany municipalities from the collection of their building stock data from different sources,(merging data) to analysis
and assessment of this data by ecological, economical and environmental criteria.• We develop a tool which aims to ease the process of guiding sustainable renovation activities for portfolio managers, city
planners and related stakeholders• Together with our partners the City of Copenhagen, the Andalusian Energy Agency and the Municipality of of Velenje, we
assess the environmental, ecological and social impacts of building renovation on the decision making schemes, the budget
and society of municipalities and regions.• This results in long-term renovation strategies, focusing on energy efficiency, socio-economic benefits and ecological quality
of existing buildingsThis introduction webinar is the first event of a series of workshops in which we want to develop our features together with our stakeholders. Only together with you we can create solutions for a sustainable future of European cities and regions.
- - Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy and 5 other events
Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
15 September 2020
Co-organised by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and RSA Europe
The Territorial Development Unit of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and RSA Europe are delighted to present a webinar series based on selected themes of the SMARTER 2020 Conference. In line with the measures to contain the diffusion of COVID-19, the physical event will be replaced by a series of five webinars held between 15 September and 10 December 2020.
Increasingly, innovation policies are framed around grand societal challenges and sustainable transformation. More traditional objectives of productivity enhancement, job creation and international competitiveness are accompanied by the search for solutions to environmental and social needs in line with the European Green Deal priority and the accomplishments of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, to be achieved through the mobilisation of science, technology and innovation. This transformation is also gaining momentum in local and regional policy making, raising a number of issues in relation to the capacity of place-based industrial innovation policies to meet these goals.
What are the implications of this shift for place-based policy and instruments? What does the alignment of solutions to social and environmental problems with more traditional growth objectives imply? How can potential contradictions between different goals and dimensions (social, environmental and economic) can be resolved? Can we expect territorial policies to deliver on broad societal challenges, by providing solutions to those needs that are locally relevant?
A dreadful pandemic is currently sweeping the planet causing dramatic health, social and economic consequences. We need coordinated policy initiatives at international, national and regional level to mitigate the COVID-19 economic crisis and promote a swift recovery. How can place-based policies play a role in tackling the severe socio-economic impacts of COVID-19? How can they help territories discover new opportunities for more sustainable and inclusive economies?
The SMARTER 2020 Webinar series is a forum for debating those issues.
Smart Specialisation provides a unique entry point for such debate. Smart Specialisation is a place-based EU policy promoting economic transformation by designing targeted investment in research and innovation. Building on a growing interest in this policy, the main principles and mechanisms of Smart Specialisation are travelling fast, attracting attention outside the European Union. At the same time, the Smart Specialisation approach is evolving, incorporating evidence on what worked and what did not, embracing a larger policy scope than just research and innovation and enriching its policy toolbox.
The SMARTER 2020 Webinar series will provide a comprehensive picture of the Smart Specialisation policy experience, including an evaluation of its results and an account of its recent developments both conceptually and empirically.
The webinars will also offer an opportunity to discuss and compare different territorial development approaches, exploring how they engage with the European Commission's priorities for 2019-2024 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Details
Registrations will be open until the day before the start of the webinar. Participation is free of charge and open to anyone with an interest in the webinar’s topics.
Each seminar will last between one and two hours and include a section for Q&A.
Location: Seville, Spain
2020 SMARTER Webinars Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy2020 SMARTER Webinars Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
17 September 2020 – 3 December 2020
17 September: Place-based responses to the COVID-19 economic crisis.
6 October: Smart Specialisation Strategies for Sustainability: opportunities for economic recovery and competitiveness.
10 November: Smart Specialisation for Sustainable Development Goals.
19 November: Quality of life in European cities: are cities in Europe inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable?
24 November: Smart Specialisation: evidence, lessons, challenges and opportunities.
3 December: Urban strategies and Smart Specialisation.All day: European Utility WeekAll day: European Utility Week
All day
27 October 2020
The guiding light for the sector to bring clarity to the global energy transformation.
Location: Milan, Italy
Organised by: Clarion Energy
All day: Workshop - Sustainable Places 2020Developing PEDs in EuropeNational Strengths & WeaknessesDeveloping PEDs in EuropeNational Strengths & Weaknesses
29 October 2020
The objective of this Members’ webinar is to identify opportunities and bottlenecks to the implementation of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) / Zero Energy Districts (ZEDs) in existing legislation and policy across Europe. Could PEDs/ZEDs be developed in your country for more affordable and liveable neighbourhoods?
The overarching 2015 Paris Climate Agreement lays the political landscape to achieve net-zero emissions in the second half of this century by all parties involved to keep a global temperature rise this century well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Following this, the European Commission’s U Green Deal strives to make Europe “the first climate-neutral continent” by 2050.
At the same time, several EU policies provide a legislative framework to help Member States reach these targets, namely: the Renewable Energy Directive (RES), the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR) and the Electricity Directive (2009/72/EC). Each Directive has specific importance for supporting the development of PEDs/ZEDs and decarbonising the building stock.
Most notably, the EPBD paves the way for the reduction of energy demand from buildings across Europe. It requires each Member State to develop regulations and packages to improve the energy performance of their buildings and defines the concept of ‘zero energy’. It requires Member States to establish NZEBs as the new building standard in building codes or regulations from 2021.
According to the Joint Research Centre (JRC), PEDs or ZEDs are understood as a group of buildings such as a city district, community, village, cluster of buildings or campus, with a stated goal of achieving positive or zero energy, respectively, producing at least the same amount of energy as they demand, whose reduced energy demand is produced by on-site or nearby renewable energy.
Amongst the many advantages that PEDs/ZEDs can provide, some of them include: economies of scale and cost-effectiveness for building owners, district regeneration, unlocking investment opportunities and many services and techniques that may not be available on an individual building scale, such as wastewater recycling, rainwater harvesting or district heating and cooling. But most importantly, PEDs/ZEDs have the potential to turn deprived neighbourhoods into liveable and valued ones through better stakeholder collaboration, community involvement, job creation, boosting of the local economy, reduced energy poverty rates, better local shared spaces and better air quality.
As part of Housing Europe’s work for the EU-funded H2020 syn.ikia project on Sustainable Plus Energy Neighbourhoods, we are gathering a complete overview of the current state of the existing legislation on PEDs/ZEDs in four different countries in Europe (Norway, Spain, Austria and the Netherlands) to validate their functionality.
Focus of the discussion
What is the existing policy framework in your country in the areas of district approach, energy efficiency, renewable energy, digital technology and affordable living, health and wellbeing? Does it facilitate or prevent the development of PEDs/ZEDs?
Webinar on open data for smarter citiesWebinar on open data for smarter cities
29 October 2020
Here is what you can expect:
- To introduce the concept of smart open data centres and related good practices from across Europe
- To raise awareness about the importance and opportunities related to making data on public infrastructures like energy and transport public
- To enable Interreg Europe project participants as well as other local policymakers to exchange knowledge and good pratices on the topic
Topics and speakers
- Alessandra Barbieri, from the Municipality of Florence and Sergio Gatteschi, from the regional resource recovery agency of Tuscany (EMPOWER and REBUS project), will present the Florence Smart City Control Room.
- Jiri Stich, advisor to the Usti Region in charge of Smart Region concept, will present Usti Region Open Data Hub PORTABO.
- Hugo Niesing, advisor to the City of Arnhem, Resourcefully (CleanMobilEnergy project) will present the Integrated Energy Management System for smarter cities. An example of a low-carbon innovation made possible through opening public data on energy and mobility.
- - Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy and 2 other events
Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
15 September 2020
Co-organised by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and RSA Europe
The Territorial Development Unit of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and RSA Europe are delighted to present a webinar series based on selected themes of the SMARTER 2020 Conference. In line with the measures to contain the diffusion of COVID-19, the physical event will be replaced by a series of five webinars held between 15 September and 10 December 2020.
Increasingly, innovation policies are framed around grand societal challenges and sustainable transformation. More traditional objectives of productivity enhancement, job creation and international competitiveness are accompanied by the search for solutions to environmental and social needs in line with the European Green Deal priority and the accomplishments of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, to be achieved through the mobilisation of science, technology and innovation. This transformation is also gaining momentum in local and regional policy making, raising a number of issues in relation to the capacity of place-based industrial innovation policies to meet these goals.
What are the implications of this shift for place-based policy and instruments? What does the alignment of solutions to social and environmental problems with more traditional growth objectives imply? How can potential contradictions between different goals and dimensions (social, environmental and economic) can be resolved? Can we expect territorial policies to deliver on broad societal challenges, by providing solutions to those needs that are locally relevant?
A dreadful pandemic is currently sweeping the planet causing dramatic health, social and economic consequences. We need coordinated policy initiatives at international, national and regional level to mitigate the COVID-19 economic crisis and promote a swift recovery. How can place-based policies play a role in tackling the severe socio-economic impacts of COVID-19? How can they help territories discover new opportunities for more sustainable and inclusive economies?
The SMARTER 2020 Webinar series is a forum for debating those issues.
Smart Specialisation provides a unique entry point for such debate. Smart Specialisation is a place-based EU policy promoting economic transformation by designing targeted investment in research and innovation. Building on a growing interest in this policy, the main principles and mechanisms of Smart Specialisation are travelling fast, attracting attention outside the European Union. At the same time, the Smart Specialisation approach is evolving, incorporating evidence on what worked and what did not, embracing a larger policy scope than just research and innovation and enriching its policy toolbox.
The SMARTER 2020 Webinar series will provide a comprehensive picture of the Smart Specialisation policy experience, including an evaluation of its results and an account of its recent developments both conceptually and empirically.
The webinars will also offer an opportunity to discuss and compare different territorial development approaches, exploring how they engage with the European Commission's priorities for 2019-2024 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Details
Registrations will be open until the day before the start of the webinar. Participation is free of charge and open to anyone with an interest in the webinar’s topics.
Each seminar will last between one and two hours and include a section for Q&A.
Location: Seville, Spain
2020 SMARTER Webinars Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy2020 SMARTER Webinars Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
17 September 2020 – 3 December 2020
17 September: Place-based responses to the COVID-19 economic crisis.
6 October: Smart Specialisation Strategies for Sustainability: opportunities for economic recovery and competitiveness.
10 November: Smart Specialisation for Sustainable Development Goals.
19 November: Quality of life in European cities: are cities in Europe inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable?
24 November: Smart Specialisation: evidence, lessons, challenges and opportunities.
3 December: Urban strategies and Smart Specialisation.All day: Workshop - Sustainable Places 2020 - - Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy and 1 other event
Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
15 September 2020
Co-organised by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and RSA Europe
The Territorial Development Unit of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and RSA Europe are delighted to present a webinar series based on selected themes of the SMARTER 2020 Conference. In line with the measures to contain the diffusion of COVID-19, the physical event will be replaced by a series of five webinars held between 15 September and 10 December 2020.
Increasingly, innovation policies are framed around grand societal challenges and sustainable transformation. More traditional objectives of productivity enhancement, job creation and international competitiveness are accompanied by the search for solutions to environmental and social needs in line with the European Green Deal priority and the accomplishments of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, to be achieved through the mobilisation of science, technology and innovation. This transformation is also gaining momentum in local and regional policy making, raising a number of issues in relation to the capacity of place-based industrial innovation policies to meet these goals.
What are the implications of this shift for place-based policy and instruments? What does the alignment of solutions to social and environmental problems with more traditional growth objectives imply? How can potential contradictions between different goals and dimensions (social, environmental and economic) can be resolved? Can we expect territorial policies to deliver on broad societal challenges, by providing solutions to those needs that are locally relevant?
A dreadful pandemic is currently sweeping the planet causing dramatic health, social and economic consequences. We need coordinated policy initiatives at international, national and regional level to mitigate the COVID-19 economic crisis and promote a swift recovery. How can place-based policies play a role in tackling the severe socio-economic impacts of COVID-19? How can they help territories discover new opportunities for more sustainable and inclusive economies?
The SMARTER 2020 Webinar series is a forum for debating those issues.
Smart Specialisation provides a unique entry point for such debate. Smart Specialisation is a place-based EU policy promoting economic transformation by designing targeted investment in research and innovation. Building on a growing interest in this policy, the main principles and mechanisms of Smart Specialisation are travelling fast, attracting attention outside the European Union. At the same time, the Smart Specialisation approach is evolving, incorporating evidence on what worked and what did not, embracing a larger policy scope than just research and innovation and enriching its policy toolbox.
The SMARTER 2020 Webinar series will provide a comprehensive picture of the Smart Specialisation policy experience, including an evaluation of its results and an account of its recent developments both conceptually and empirically.
The webinars will also offer an opportunity to discuss and compare different territorial development approaches, exploring how they engage with the European Commission's priorities for 2019-2024 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Details
Registrations will be open until the day before the start of the webinar. Participation is free of charge and open to anyone with an interest in the webinar’s topics.
Each seminar will last between one and two hours and include a section for Q&A.
Location: Seville, Spain
2020 SMARTER Webinars Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy2020 SMARTER Webinars Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
17 September 2020 – 3 December 2020
17 September: Place-based responses to the COVID-19 economic crisis.
6 October: Smart Specialisation Strategies for Sustainability: opportunities for economic recovery and competitiveness.
10 November: Smart Specialisation for Sustainable Development Goals.
19 November: Quality of life in European cities: are cities in Europe inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable?
24 November: Smart Specialisation: evidence, lessons, challenges and opportunities.
3 December: Urban strategies and Smart Specialisation. - - Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy and 2 other events
Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
15 September 2020
Co-organised by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and RSA Europe
The Territorial Development Unit of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and RSA Europe are delighted to present a webinar series based on selected themes of the SMARTER 2020 Conference. In line with the measures to contain the diffusion of COVID-19, the physical event will be replaced by a series of five webinars held between 15 September and 10 December 2020.
Increasingly, innovation policies are framed around grand societal challenges and sustainable transformation. More traditional objectives of productivity enhancement, job creation and international competitiveness are accompanied by the search for solutions to environmental and social needs in line with the European Green Deal priority and the accomplishments of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, to be achieved through the mobilisation of science, technology and innovation. This transformation is also gaining momentum in local and regional policy making, raising a number of issues in relation to the capacity of place-based industrial innovation policies to meet these goals.
What are the implications of this shift for place-based policy and instruments? What does the alignment of solutions to social and environmental problems with more traditional growth objectives imply? How can potential contradictions between different goals and dimensions (social, environmental and economic) can be resolved? Can we expect territorial policies to deliver on broad societal challenges, by providing solutions to those needs that are locally relevant?
A dreadful pandemic is currently sweeping the planet causing dramatic health, social and economic consequences. We need coordinated policy initiatives at international, national and regional level to mitigate the COVID-19 economic crisis and promote a swift recovery. How can place-based policies play a role in tackling the severe socio-economic impacts of COVID-19? How can they help territories discover new opportunities for more sustainable and inclusive economies?
The SMARTER 2020 Webinar series is a forum for debating those issues.
Smart Specialisation provides a unique entry point for such debate. Smart Specialisation is a place-based EU policy promoting economic transformation by designing targeted investment in research and innovation. Building on a growing interest in this policy, the main principles and mechanisms of Smart Specialisation are travelling fast, attracting attention outside the European Union. At the same time, the Smart Specialisation approach is evolving, incorporating evidence on what worked and what did not, embracing a larger policy scope than just research and innovation and enriching its policy toolbox.
The SMARTER 2020 Webinar series will provide a comprehensive picture of the Smart Specialisation policy experience, including an evaluation of its results and an account of its recent developments both conceptually and empirically.
The webinars will also offer an opportunity to discuss and compare different territorial development approaches, exploring how they engage with the European Commission's priorities for 2019-2024 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Details
Registrations will be open until the day before the start of the webinar. Participation is free of charge and open to anyone with an interest in the webinar’s topics.
Each seminar will last between one and two hours and include a section for Q&A.
Location: Seville, Spain
2020 SMARTER Webinars Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy2020 SMARTER Webinars Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy
17 September 2020 – 3 December 2020
17 September: Place-based responses to the COVID-19 economic crisis.
6 October: Smart Specialisation Strategies for Sustainability: opportunities for economic recovery and competitiveness.
10 November: Smart Specialisation for Sustainable Development Goals.
19 November: Quality of life in European cities: are cities in Europe inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable?
24 November: Smart Specialisation: evidence, lessons, challenges and opportunities.
3 December: Urban strategies and Smart Specialisation.COP26 GlasgowCOP26 Glasgow
1 November 2020 – 11 November 2020
For the first time, the UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow on 1 – 12 November 2021.
The climate talks will be the biggest international summit the UK has ever hosted; bringing together over 30,000 delegates including heads of state, climate experts and campaigners to agree coordinated action to tackle climate change.
The challenge is not insignificant, but we must step up to it to save the environment we all live in. The UN Climate Change process is central to that collective action.
