Future of Smart Specialisation partnerships

The aim of the session is to bring together East and North Finland’s actors involved in partnerships on the S3 Thematic Platforms to share their experiences and tips how to create added value from the partnerships. In the event we will be accompanied by senior consultant and policy expert Anita Tregner from META Group, who will share her knowledge on S3 Partnerships and the soon to be published I3 instrument. Ms Tregner has vast EU projects´experience in the field of research and innovation and has consulted on the Technical Assistance Facility (TAF). Currently Ms Tregner is managing the assignment of the DG Regio focused at facilitation of the transition of the S3 Platform from the JRC to DG Regio and the provision of support to the S3 partnerships in the process, including the development of the methodology, guidelines and the EU instruments accordingly.