#CohesionPolicy

#EUinmyRegion

Research & Innovation

for Economic

Transformation

Katja Reppel

Deputy Head of Unit for Smart and

Sustainable Growth

DG Regional and Urban Policy

Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2019

Densely populated areas more likely to be more innovative:• knowledge diffuses

more easily with people and enterprises being closer

• concentration of government and educational services in urbanized areas (better training & employment of highly educated people)

Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2019

OECD Regional Outlook 2019:geography of inequality requires place-based policies

Unbalanced & slow recovery from crisis

Capital / larger cities created more than 50% of new net jobs since 2006

Public discontent …

Recommendations:

Take-up new technologies

Digital connectivity & delivery of services

Build on local assets and knowledge

Functional areas

Asymmetric decentralisation

…

Development of a comprehensive strategy for economic transformation• Broad innovation and inclusive growth building on smart specialisation strategy

• Multi-sectoral focusing on jobs, industrial sectors, business models, economy and society as a whole

• Addressing globalisation, automation, decarbonisation, emerging and digital technologies, skills and investment

Towards post-2020 Cohesion PolicyMiddle-income regions: • lack of appropriate skill-base• high unit labour costs• de-industrialisation• unable to attract extra-regional investment• weakness in the capacity of exploiting

funding opportunities

See brochure: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-19-2419_en.htm

Future Cohesion Policy Objectives

Total proposed ERDF/CF budget: EUR 262 billion

A smarter Europe (innovative & smart economic

transformation)

A greener, low-carbon Europe (including energy

transition, the circular economy, climate adaptation and

risk management)

A more connected Europe (mobility and ICT

connectivity)

A more social Europe (the European Pillar of Social

Rights)

A Europe closer to citizens (sustainable development

of urban, rural and coastal areas and local initiatives)

Horizontal issues:

• administrative capacity building

• cooperation outside the programme area

• Developsolutions

• Tech transfer

• Industrial capacities

Deploysolutionsin public &

private sector

Smart

Specialisation

Strategies

Enhancing R&I capacities + uptake of advanced

technologies

Digitisationfor citizens,

companies and governments

Growth and compet. of SMEs

Start-up/scale-up

Eco-systems

Developing skills for S3, industrial

transition and entrepreneurship

Interregional innovation

investments

Shared S3 priorities along value chains

Cohesion Policy Objective 1: A smarter Europe by promoting

innovative and smart economic transformation

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Single Market

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Erasmus+

Digital EuropeStructural Reform Support

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Horizon Europe

Space Programme

ETS Innovation Fund

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Complementarities ERDF – other EU programmes:Mutual involvement in governance for strategic alignment

Enhancing R&I capacities

+ uptake of advanced technologies

Digitisationfor citizens,

companies and governments

Growth and compet. of SMEs

Start-up/scale-up

Eco-systems

Developing skills for S3, industrial

transition and entrepreneurship

Interregional innovation

investments

S3 priorities

HE partnerships, missions, clusters

EIT-KICs

Digital Innovation

Hubs

HPC JU

Strategic value chains Enterprise Europe Network

Conclusions

• Up-take of new technologies (innovation diffusion) is key for a fair

& green economic transformation: cross-sectoral cooperation as

part of adaptation to technological change

• Comprehensive, place-based policy packages needed:

Strengthen Smart Specialisation Strategies beyond R&I

(digitalisation, skills, cooperation along value chains)

• Strategic public investment, not only in physical assets, but in

intangibles, software, IP, firm-level skills, advanced services …

• Reinforce governance of smart specialisation:

Accountable body, role of Entrepreneurial Discovery Process as an

ongoing process

• Mutual involvement in governance of other EU:

Teaming up around S3 priorities along value chains – matching with

HE, DEP, SMP priorities

• Get involved in public consultations on HE / DEP strategic orientations, GBER revision, and in EDP

Thank you!