In Focus

Smart specialisation at city level

Edited on 10/07/2025

01/09/2015 08/06/2018

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  • Action Planning Network
  • Local economy
  • City Branding
  • Entrepreneurship and SMEs

By mobilising a significant number of stakeholders, this Action Planning network had the mission to rethink the stakeholders’ agendas on business-led economic development and test how the smart specialisation concept might work as a driver. The network pioneered on how the policy concept of smart specialisation applies to the urban environment, more precisely the Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3).

Summary

Timeline

Kick-off meeting in September (Ostrava). Transnational meeting in November (Frankfurt).
Transnational meetings in September (Torino) and October (Bordeaux).
Transnational meeting in January (Grenoble). Final event in April (Bilbao).

Partners

Lead Partner : Bilbao - Spain
  • Porto - Portugal
  • Plasencia - Spain
  • Ostrava - Czech Republic
  • Bucharest - Romania
  • Bielsko-Biala - Poland
  • Frankfurt - Germany
  • Bordeaux - France
  • Grenoble-Alpes - France
  • Turin - Italy

Get in touch !


City of Bilbao
Plaza Ernesto Erkoreka nº1. 48007 Bilbao. 
Phone +32 944 204 200