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Port entrance at night | Smart Blue Regions - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region
1. Innovation
1.2 Smart specialisation
Smart Blue Regions
Smart Blue Regions: Smart Specialisation and Blue Growth in the BSR

The Interreg project Smart Blue Regions helped public authorities of coastal regions at the Baltic Sea review and improve their research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation to trigger sustainable blue growth in the marine and maritime sectors.

cable of five colored wires on red background | EmpInno - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo: Kujawsko Pomorskie Innovation Agency)
1. Innovation
1.2 Smart specialisation
EmpInno
S3-Empowering for Innovation and Growth in Medium-Sized Cities and Regions

The Interreg project EmpInno helped twelve medium sized regions around the Baltic Sea to improve their regional innovation strategies for smart specialisation (RIS3) by providing strategy owners (e.g. public authorities) and strategy implementers (e.g. science parks, universities, business intermediaries) with peer knowledge and by boosting their cooperation with business.

Stacks of wood waste and wood and a forest in the background | BSR Stars S3 - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo: Puuterminaalikuva)
1. Innovation
1.2 Smart specialisation
BSR Stars S3
Stimulating smart specialization ecosystem through engaging SMEs in open innovation processes

Through the project BSR Stars S3, business support organisations, public authorities and policy makers in several regions around the Baltic Sea know more about how to turn their smart specialisation strategies for advancing bio and circular economies into action.

A compass lying in the sand of a beach | LARS - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo: Panthermedia/serggn)
1. Innovation
1.2 Smart specialisation
LARS
Learning Among Regions on Smart Specialisation

The project attempts to help the public sector in leading smart specialisation processes in their regions and to connect innovation networks across regions. It helps find solutions tackling the fragmentation of regional systems of innovation looking for entrepreneurial discoveries within such topics as blue growth, bio and circular economy, advanced production methods and technologies for energy efficiency.

Photos of plants on a glass wall with a person's hand pointing at one of them | RDI2CluB - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo: iStock/Ekkasit919)
1. Innovation
1.2 Smart specialisation
RDI2CluB
Rural RDI milieus in transition towards smart Bioeconomy Clusters and Innovation Ecosystems

The goal of the project is to support smart, sustainable and inclusive growth of the bioeconomy in rural areas of the Baltic Sea region. RDI2CluB aims to help innovation actors apply EU smart specialisation approaches to their specific field and region. The transnational partnership and network of the project plans to, for instance, support new business development in rural areas and create bio-business hubs to improve innovation management.

Co workers at a table, glasses lying on papers in front | GoSmart BSR - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo Panthermedia/Arne Trautmann)
1. Innovation
1.2 Smart specialisation
GoSmart BSR
Strengthening smart specialisation by fostering transnational cooperation

The project aims to boost transnational cooperation among industry, the research & development sector, and authorities in employing smart specialisation strategies in regions in the eastern parts of the Baltic Sea region. It promotes mutual learning, sharing best practices and translating smart specialisation strategies into practical joint actions of small and medium sized enterprises.

Model of partially connected rings (like a meolecule model) | Smart up BSR - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo: Panthermedia/jukai5)
1. Innovation
1.2 Smart specialisation
Smart-up BSR
Improving smart specialisation implementation of the Baltic Sea Region through orchestrating innovation hubs

The project helps regions in nine countries to apply research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation (RIS3) by sharing best practices and knowledge of EU RIS3 experts (Committee of Regions, EU Joint Research Centre) and co-creating concepts for the RIS3 implementation. The project focuses on active healthy ageing, digitalisation in smart city, climate change and circular economy.

1. Innovation
1.2 Smart specialisation
OSIRIS
Supporting the Smart Specialization Approach in the Silver Economy to Increase Regional Innovation Capacity and Sustainable Growth

The silver economy related to products and services aiming at the ageing society creates considerable business opportunities. The OSIRIS project designs an innovative cooperation model to improve smart specialisation approaches and market uptake of innovative products and services dedicated to ageing people, e.g. related to health, tourism or their built living environment. Smart Silver Labs in six regions around the Baltic Sea support innovation actors in generating new silver products and services viable to the market. The project sets up a Digital Silver Hub to ensure exchange of new knowledge and business schemes across the borders.

cable of five colored wires on red background | EmpInno - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo: Kujawsko Pomorskie Innovation Agency)
1. Innovation
1.2 Smart specialisation
EmpInno Monitor S3
EmpInno Monitoring Smart Specialisation Strategies

EmpInno Monitor S3 improves the monitoring systems of the smart specialisation strategies (RIS3) of seven regions around the Baltic Sea. The predecessor project EmpInno (S3 Empowering for Innovation and Growth in Medium-Sized Cities and Regions ) concluded that authorities responsible for smart specialisation strategies should test different approaches to monitor their RIS3. Adjusting the monitoring systems shall lead to a higher efficiency and effectiveness of the regional innovation policies and finally a more innovative Baltic Sea region.

1. Innovation
1.2 Smart specialisation
BSR S3 Ecosystem
Baltic Sea Region Smart Specialisation Ecosystem

Smart specialisation helps regions to use their strengths to boost growth and prosperity. Yet, many regions lack methods or institutional frameworks to implement it successfully. The BSR S3 Ecosystem platform aligns smart specialisation initiatives to better steer investments across the Baltic Sea region. By sharing best practices, it activates research and academic communities, industry and public entities to strengthen the regional innovation ecosystem. The platform builds on the experiences of Interreg Baltic Sea Region’s projects LARS,BSR Stars S3, Smart-up BSR and GoSmart BSR, as well as S34 Growth, BIOREGIO, ClusterFy and TraCS3, co-founded by Interreg Europe.

Photos of plants on a glass wall with a person's hand pointing at one of them | RDI2CluB - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo: iStock/Ekkasit919)
1. Innovation
1.2 Smart specialisation
ConnectedByBiobord
Biobord open innovation platform connecting bioeconomy developers in BSR

Biobord is a digital innovation platform for bioeconomy developers, which was developed in the Interreg project RDI2CluB. In ConnectedByBiobord, the platform is upgraded and extended. At the same time, the partnership implements transnational innovation pilots derived from the Joint Action Plan elaborated in the Interreg project RDI2CluB. The target regions are Central Finland (Finland), Inland (Norway), Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship (Poland), Vidzeme (Latcia), Värmland (Sweden), Skåne (Sweden) and Pärnu (Estonia).

Co workers at a table, glasses lying on papers in front | GoSmart BSR - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo Panthermedia/Arne Trautmann)
1. Innovation
1.2 Smart specialisation
GoSmart&Excel BSR
Strengthening smart specialisation by fostering transnational cooperation and practical application of novel solutions for regions and SMEs

The project GoSmart&Excel BSR helps SMEs to become more innovative and to internationalise their businesses, in the long term. It teaches innovation actors in the Baltic Sea region (and beyond) to practically and jointly apply the Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) approach. The project brings the key outcomes of the GoSmart BSR project into use, in particular the transnational smart specialisation strategy methodology and the transnational innovation brokerage system.

A compass lying in the sand of a beach | LARS - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo: Panthermedia/serggn)
1. Innovation
1.2 Smart specialisation
GRETA
Green Transformation! A Policy tool for Regional Smart Specialisation in the Baltic Sea Area

The GRETA project develops policy tools for sustainable Smart Specialization innovation strategies in the Baltic Sea region to support the transformation of society and economy in line with the European Green Deal. GRETA builds on experiences with methods to support growth developed in the LARS project with environmental targets in two areas: energy (reduction of CO2 emissions, green energy production) and circular economy.