Fulfilment of enabling condition
Enabling condition
Specific objective
Fulfilment of criteria
Reference to relevant documents European and Regional Innovation Scoreboards; CSO’s BERD and Innovation Surveys, KTI’s Annual Knowledge Transfer Survey.
Fund
Criteria
Justification
At NUTS2 level, the RAs will engage directly with the 9 REPs stakeholder groups to monitor overall progress on S3 implementation, providing further analysis on selected regional priority areas, along with reporting ongoing S3 alignment with ERDF. The mid-term review of ERDF allows for S3 goals to be judged against this major implementation mechanism. Indicators from the EC’s RIS and KTI annual surveys, such as SMEs introducing product innovation, will be applied to assessments. At NUTS1 level, the IG will compile these monitoring results in its biannual report outlining how S3 is progressing in national and regional contexts. The IG will also utilise monitoring tools such as AIRO. The two-stage consultation EDP used for S3 was overseen by a national Steering Group of Government stakeholders. It provided governance of S3 during strategy creation, ensuring all criteria were met and identifying monitoring structures. Stakeholder consultation took place in the 9 REPs areas (NUTS 3 level) which saw engagement with innovation actors at regional level, gaining insights into their priorities and thus bridging any gap between national and regional policies. Re-employing this quadruple helix model, S3 will continue as a theme for the NUTS3 REPs steering committees which comprise local authorities, enterprise agencies, regional HEIs, skills fora and the private
Research Priority Areas 2018-2023
New Regional Enterprise Plans to 2024 Impact 2030: Ireland’s Research and Innovation Strategy Chapters 2 to 8, inclusive, of the National Smart Specialisation Strategy for Research and Innovation 2022-2027 outline stakeholder co-operation and the entrepreneurial discovery process in S3.
4. Functioning of stakeholder co-operation (“entrepreneurial discovery process”).
Yes
New Regional Enterprise Plans to 2024
Regional Enterprise Plans (NUTS 3 level) supported by regional stakeholder
committees and the Regional Enterprise Development Fund
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