SYNERGY - Building synergies in R&I funds for greater effectiveness and impact of Smart Specialisation Strategies

• Location: Spain, Italy, Reunion Island (France), Poland, Serbia, Romania, Netherlands, Lithuania, Belgium
• Goal:
  

  Project is dedicated to enhancing the impact and effectiveness of Smart Specialization Strategies (S3) by building stronger synergies between regional, national, and European funding programmes and financial instruments for research and innovation (R&I). The project is implemented within the framework of the Interreg Europe programme.

  SYNERGY aims to:

  • Foster policy-level alignment through a shared vision for regional innovation.
  • Promote strategic coordination between funding programmes at all levels.
  • Improve operational frameworks to enable more efficient synergy implementation.
  • Develop monitoring tools to assess the effectiveness and impact of synergies in real-world regional contexts.
• Value: 1 866 333.00 €
• REDASP Role: Partner
• Donors:
  European Union
• Partners:
  Evropska asocijacija za inovacije u lokalnom razvoju (Belgija)/European Association for Innovation in Local Development (Belgium), Grad Roterdam (Holandija)/City of Roterdam (Netherlands), Kancelarija Maršala Mazovjecke oblasti u Varšavi (Poljska)/7. Marshal’s Office of the Mazovian Voivodship in Warsaw (Poland), Litvanski centar za inovacije/Lithuanian Innovation Centre, Regionalna agencija za razvoj Severistoka (Rumunija)/North-East Regional Development Agency (Romania), Regionalno veće Reuniona (Francuska)/Reunion Regional Council (France), Vlada Aragona (Španija)/Government of Aragon (Spain)
• Results:
  

  By improving the way funding programmes interact and align, SYNERGY will:

  • Maximise the value of public R&I investments
  • Strengthen innovation governance in regions
  • Accelerate the uptake and real-world impact of research results

  Implementation period: 01 May 2025 - 31 Jul 2029