Smart Specialization strategy
In the context of European Week of Region and Cities, Vision managed a panel where policy experts discussed how smart specialisation has been implemented in Europe.
Focusing on evaluating and monitoring recent policy outcomes is a the key priority now. The debate held during the European Week of Regions and CIties provided an overview of issues related to implementation of the strategies and their monitoring and evaluation phases.
Introduced about five years ago, smart specialization is a new, innovative policy concept encouraging regions and cities to find and build on their competitive advantages. Mainstreaming smart specialization and focusing on evaluating and monitoring recent policy outcomes are the key priorities now, experts noted.
Conference info and speakers' presentations are available in the follwing links.