Presentation made by Miren Larrea for the 'Higher Education Institutions and Smart Specialisation: Partnerships for Regional Transformation' conference (5th June 2018, Brussels). Includes topics like multi-level governance in Basque RIS3 and also an explanation about what is Orkestra.

1. Multi-level governance of S3 and HE
Miren Larrea
Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND SMART SPECIALISATION
PARTNERSHIPS FOR REGIONAL TRANSFORMATION
Brussels, 5th June 2018

2. Multi-level governance in Basque RIS3
Distribution of powers and functions
Basque government: core
competences in industrial policy
and science, technology and
innovation
Provincial Councils: complementary
competences focused on
innovation (mainly SMEs) and
economic development
Counties: no administrative or
political competences; agencies
use competences of
municipalities for economic
development
Municipalities/cities: though
formally recognized
competences for territorial
development, very limited
budget for innovation in most
municipalities
COUNTY
DEVELOPMENT
AGENCIES
MUNICIPALITIES
BILBAO
DONOSTIA/SAN SEBASTIÁN
PROVINCIAL
COUNCIL
BIZKAIA
BASQUE
GOVERNMENT
PROVINCIAL
COUNCIL
ARABA
PROVINCIAL
COUNCIL
GIPUZKOA
VITORIA/GASTEIZ
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3. Multi-level governance of RIS3: an emergent process
The ‘umbrella’ RIS3 and examples of subregional strategies
No formal and ex-ante design but emergent governance following experimental process
BILBAO
DONOSTIA/SAN SEBASTIÁNPROVINCIAL
COUNCIL
BIZKAIA BASQUE
GOVERNMENT
VITORIA/GASTEIZ
Bizkaia
Orekan
Etorkizuna
Eraikiz
PROVINCIAL
COUNCIL
GIPUZKOA
PROVINCIAL
COUNCIL
ARABA
RIS3
Basque Country
(umbrella
strategy)
iBilbao 2020 (RIS3 in
Creative and cultural
industries, KIBS and
Digital Economy)
RIS3 in Cultural
and Creative
Industries
RIS3 in KIBS• Support for the
competitiveness of SMEs
• Analysis of sectorial
specialisation by zones
Industry 4.0 in all
SMEs with
between 20 and 100
employees
Support for smart specialisation
infrastructures
RIS3
Infrastructures

4. Reserach Institute supported by the
University of Deusto with a triple
objetive:
Contribute to improving
the competitiveness of
the Basque Country
through transformative
projects
Generate knowledge in
regional competitiveness
Promote improvements
in the well-being of
citizens
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ORKESTRA
Basque Institute of Competitiveness

5. AGORA
Shared
problem
Policy makers
(territorial actors)
Researchers
(territorial actors)
Policy
interpretation:
usefulness
Research
interpretation:
academic output
REFLECTION
Collective
knowledge
ACTION
Field, process
and experience
based
knowledge
TERRITORIAL COMPLEXITY
Cogenerative
Model
Action Research

6. ORKESTRA
Basque Institute of Competitiveness