This general goal is captured through four specific objectives:
Reactivate and expand the biregional network of players that was set up in phase 1 (2014-2015).
Support the production and dissemination of knowledge about policies on competitiveness and innovation, connected to clusters and districts and regional strategies for competitiveness and innovation.
Provide training on the topic of governance
Make progress in strengthening collaboration between the EU and LAC
In order to translate these worthwhile objectives into reality, four different virtual meetings have been plannedfocused on smart specialisation and cluster policy.
Until now, two virtual meetings have been organised, involving 13 countries and 27 participants from LAC region, as well as the participation of the LAC chapter of TCI Network and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) from EU. These sessions resulted in thematic documents about how smart specialisation and cluster policy can integrate a more coordinated competitiveness approach to territorial development.
There is planned a third one virtual meeting between EU and LAC participants for the end of July 2018, 27th. The theme of this session is how clusters initiatives can achieve sustainability in the medium and long term in the framework of current cluster policies and smart specialisation strategies.
The Project is expected to be run until October 2018.
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