3rd Interregional Policy Brokerage - Green and Digital Transition

The Interreg Europe project SMARTY aims at establishing a common basis for policy learning among its members in order to deal with the main challenges hampering the diffusion of Industry 4.0 solutions and their enabling potential into the European SME ecosystem.SMARTY will implement interregional learning activities to identify, analyse and share solutions which have already been tested in one of the participating regions and that can help in the innovation processes of other partners’ regional industrial systems. These exchanges of experience will take place at the Interregional Thematic Seminars and Interregional Policy Brokerage workshops organized by the project on a semester basis. The learning potential embedded in these interregional exchanges will result in the uptake of new good practices and projects by the partners, thus enabling the delivery of innovation within regional supply chains.SMARTY is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the umbrella of the European Union programme Interreg Europe with around 1.99 M EUR ERDF (2.42 M EUR Total Budget). It runs over a period of four years and started on 1st of August, 2019.

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SMARTY is holding its third Interregional Policy Brokerage on "Regional Strategies and Incentives for the Green and Digital Transition

<h2>Regional Strategies and Incentives for the Green and Digital Transition</h2><p>On June 22nd, the SMARTY project is bringing together a panel of experts from the participating regions—Tuscany (Italy), Flanders (Belgium), Lapland (Finland), Mazovia (Poland), Slovenia, Castilla y León (Spain), Catalonia (Spain), Leeds City Region (UK)—and other European territories, to discuss the regional strategies and incentives for supporting the green and digital transition of SMEs. The virtual event will be structured around two round-table sessions, providing attendees with the opportunity to learn about the good practices identified by the SMARTY partners this semester.</p><p>Here&#x27;s what you will learn: </p><ul><li>How Regional Governments are translating the Green and Digital EU Programs into their regional policies and strategies</li><li>Which incentives are being applied by the regions, and how they create synergies between the different funding mechanisms</li></ul><p>Please note this event will be held on Microsoft Teams and booking is essential. You will be sent the link to join this Teams meeting ahead of the session on 22nd June.</p><p></p><h2>Agenda</h2>
9.30 - 9.45 h  <h3>Official Welcome</h3><p>Ales Hancic — Director, TECOS</p><p>Besnik Mehmeti — SMARTY Lead Partner, Municipality of Prato</p><p></p>
9.45 - 11.00 h <h3>Session I: Regional strategies for the green and digital transition</h3><p>Facilitator: Simona Vernon — TECOS</p><p><strong>West Yorkshire Tackling the Climate Emergency Action Plan </strong></p><p>Daniel Barrett — Head of Energy &amp; Environment, West Yorkshire Combined Authority</p><p><strong>Laplands Green Deal</strong></p><p>Satu Luiro — Strategy manager, Regional Council of Lapland</p><p><strong>EU and Slovenian perspectives on Digital and green transitions</strong></p><p>Marko Hren — Slovenian Government office for development and cohesion policy (GODCP)</p><p><strong>Strategy for the Development of the Information Society of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship 2020–2030</strong></p><p>Andrzej Perkowski — Head of Information Society Development Office, Department of Digitization, Geodesy and Cartography, The Office of the Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship in Warsaw</p><p><strong>Next Generation Prato: Green and Digital Transition</strong></p><p>Leonardo Borsacchi — Researcher and coordinator of Circular Innovation &amp; Sustainable Commodities Unit at ARCO</p>

11.00 -11:10 h <p><em>Short break</em></p><p></p>
11.10 -11.55 h <h3>Round Table: “How are Regional Governments translating the Green and Digital EU Programs into their regional policies and strategies?” </h3><p>Moderator: Sergio Martinez — Regional Government of Cataluña</p><p>Participants from regional strategies presented in prior sessions.</p><p></p>
11.55 -12:05 h <p><em>Short break</em></p><p></p>
12.05 -13.10 h <h3>Session II: Regional case studies in supporting the green transition of industries and business ecosystems</h3><p>Facilitator: Kristiina Jokelainen — SmartNorth</p><p><strong>Experiences and results from the OIS-AIR and Blue-AIR projects of Slovenia</strong></p><p>Peter Medica — Senior Policy Officer, Technology Park Ljubljana</p><p><strong>The 3D Printing ecosystem in Catalonia: Promoting the adoption and digital transformation of the industry</strong></p><p>Alba Garcia Miranda — 3D Printing Project Manager, Leitat Foundation</p><p><strong>Leading Sustainable Business Transformation Programme</strong></p><p>Natalia Olynec — Head of Sustainability, International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne</p><p><strong>The Circular Economy for the competitiveness of Made in Italy sectors (GIOTTO)</strong></p><p>Daniele Spinelli — Project Manager at Next Technology Tecnotessile</p><p></p>
13.10 - 13.25  h <h3>Audience Q/A for case studies</h3><h3></h3>
13.25 - 13.40  h <h3>Conclusions and closing</h3><p> Päivi Ekdahl — Development director, Regional Council of Lapland</p><p></p>

<h3></h3><h3></h3><h2>SMARTY Partners:</h2>

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