SMART
SPECIALIZATION STRATEGY
TESTIMONIALS
“Research is the transformation of money into knowledge. Innovation is the transformation of knowledge into money”
Geoffrey Nicholson
Co-creation is an approach to involving citizens, businesses and other key recipients of public services much more directly in the innovation process. It focuses not just on understanding present challenges, but also on creating new futures with people, not for them.“
Christian Bason
VIDEO
SECOND DRAFT OF THE S3 SLOVENIA - 29th August 2014
NEWS
After having prepared the first draft of the Smart Specialisation Strategy (SSS) in 2013 and in light of the critical response of the European Commission and the public, the Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy (GODC) decided to carry out another round of consultations which took place in the period between April and June 2014. The Strategy was amended and supplemented with empirical and technical bases. Through active dialogue with stakeholders, GODC received initiatives for identifying the areas where Slovenia has the potential to position itself on global markets in the long run. GODC was submitted 700 pages of business plans focusing on various technologies and partners of various spheres of society. Thus, a new draft of the SSS was prepared by the end of June 2014. (more...)