"Smart specialization: European experience of regional development strategy"

101085642 — SSEPRDS — ERASMUS-JMO-2022-HEI-TCH-RSCH

 

Full name of the development partner:

Name: European Union

Representation of the development partner institution in Ukraine:

Name: Representation of the European Union in Ukraine

 

Information about the executor and recipient:

Project executor:

Name: West Ukrainian National University

Location: 11 Lvivska str., Ternopil, 46009

code according to Unified State Register of Enterprises and Organizations of Ukraine: 33680120

Recipient of the project:

Name: West Ukrainian National University

Location: 11 Lvivska, str., Ternopil, 46009

code according to Unified State Register of Enterprises and Organizations of Ukraine: 33680120

 

Project implementation period: October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2025.

 

The purpose and tasks of the project:

The goal of the project: research, curriculum development and training in the basics of the European innovation strategy for the smart specialization of the region.

Tasks of the project:

– to generalize the European experience of research and innovation for smart specialization;

– to prepare representatives of the expert environment for the development of smart specialization projects;

– to increase the number of academic disciplines from European studies at the university;

– to develop educational and methodological materials for conducting intensive courses on the study of European research and innovation experience for smart specialization for representatives of state administration, business and the public;

- involvement of young scientists in new areas of research into the possibilities of implementing the European Innovation Strategy in Ukraine;

– encouraging interested parties to actively participate in regional development based on reasonable specialization;

- supporting the development of technological and practical innovations by stimulating investments in the business environment.

Results of the project implementation

- a presentation on the start of the project, its purpose, activities, and expected results was held on December 20, 2022,

Presentation of the Jean Monnet project "Smart specialization: European experience of regional development strategy"

- an incoming sociological survey of stakeholders on the European concept of smart specialization based on the principles of smart, sustainable, and inclusive development, expanding and deepening knowledge of the European Strategy 2020 program, December 2022

- seminar "Implementation of smart specialization at the local community level: digital case of the program", March 14, 2023, Seminar "Implementation of smart specialization at the local community level: digital case of the program" under the Erasmus+ programme

- Lectures for students were held (May-June 2023).

- information and educational brochures were prepared: "Expanding and deepening knowledge about the European Strategy 2020 program", "Practical tools for university innovation", "Methodological features of the European model of research and innovation for smart specialization", June 2023;

- lecture classes were held on the following topics:

-"Regional smart specialization as an important direction of increasing competitiveness and innovation activity in the region": https://nniipi.wunu.edu.ua/rehionalna-smart-spetsializatsiia-yak-vazhlyvyi-napriam-pidvyshchennia-konkurentospromozhnosti-ta-innovatsiinoi-aktyvnosti-rehionu/

-"Smart specialization as an innovative approach to strategic planning of regional development"; "Smart-specialization as a tool to intensify the development of the regions of Ukraine": https://nniipi.wunu.edu.ua/rehionalna-smart-spetsializatsiia-yak-vazhlyvyi-napriam-pidvyshchennia-konkurentospromozhnosti/

-"Introduction of smart specialization in the system of strategic planning of regional development", https://nniipi.wunu.edu.ua/lektsiine-zaniattia-dlia-mahistriv-na-temu-smart-spetsializatsiia-yak-instrument-aktyvizatsii-rozvytku-rehioniv-ukrainy-v-ramkakh-proiektu-modul-zhan-mone-erazmus/.

- a training on Digital Business Transformation was held:  https://nniipi.wunu.edu.ua/treninh-syfrova-transformatsiia-biznesu/

-a summer youth camp "Smart Camp" was organized for students of WUNU: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093949405092&locale=uk_UA

- the summer youth camp «Smart Camp» was organized, July, 2024, https://nniipi.wunu.edu.ua/litnii-molodizhnyi-tabir-smart-camp-v-ramkakh-realizatsii-proektu-modul-zhan-mone-erazmus/

- seminars «Implementation of GIS technologies in community management: practical aspects» were held;

- a training «Formation of digital literacy of local authorities», https://surl.lu/hkrvod

- marketing research on the introduction of smart specialization in the region was conducted, October, 2024.

-  lectures for Bachelor were held on the following topics:

  • «Methodology of European Innovation Research»

https://nniipi.wunu.edu.ua/metodolohiia-orhanizatsii-yevropeiskoi-modeli-doslidzhen-ta-innovatsii-dlia-smart-spetsializatsii/

- a lecture on the topic for Masters: «Smart specialization: a dialogue for the transformation of the region;

- an inclusive educational campaign to create student startups to implement a regional innovation smart specialization was held,  https://surli.cc/zogoch

- lectures «The theoretical foundations of a smart specialization strategy», «The political context of smart specialization»,  «European practice of organization of innovative management», https://surl.li/sguxgq

- the regional program of innovative development of the Ternopil region for 2022-2027 was developed;

- a roadmap for local authorities as an algorithm to implement the concept of regional innovation and smart specialization was developed;

- a round table «Smart specialization of regional development as an important direction of increasing competitiveness and innovative activity» was held, https://surl.li/mwcsll

- an initial survey with government officials on promoting the European model of research and innovation for smart specialisation was conducted, August, 2025

- a final conference-presentation of project's implementation specifics, results achieved, their impact, and project's sustainability, September, 2025.

https://surl.lt/ozmahj