INTERREG Baltic Sea Region programme
Project “Learning among regions on smart specialization” (LARS)
Work packages
The project realises through five key work packages:
Work Package 1: Project management and communication
Work Package 2: Mapping of areas of interventions and stakeholders
WP2-LEADER: LITHUANIAN INNOVATION CENTER
Task 1: Selection of innovation areas
Output 1: Guidance material template on how they have been selected
Task 2: Analysis of regional areas of intervention and governance
Output 2: Template with methodology/instructions how to select and map areas of intervention and institutional capabilities
Task 3: Identification of main stakeholder groups and their interests
Output 3: Template on how these have been identified and guidance of how to proceed
Work Package 3: Innovation System Gap-analysis
WP3-LEADER: UNIVERSITY OF VAASA
Task 1: Selection of stakeholders to be interviewed
Output 1: Database with the relevant stakeholders and justification
Task 2: Interviews with the stakeholders in every partner region with WP-leader guidance
Output 2: Template with process guidance
Task 3: Focus group meetings in every region
Output 3: Report on the process and the findings
Task 4: Comparative analysis
Output 4: Report on findings of the triple-helix gap analysis and focus group meetings
Work Package 4: Transnational Learning
WP4 LEADER: HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCE
Task 1: Testing of findings through learning seminars
Output 1: Proceedings of the seminars
Task 2: Identifying of good practices
Output 2: Report on good practice analysis
Task 3: Transnational factors contributing to failure and success
Output 3: Report on the case studies
Work Package 5: Policy Transfer
WP5-LEADER: MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Task 1: Interaction on policies between senders and receivers
Output 1: Report on interaction explaining the work context and the conclusions, matching of partners
Task 2: Strategies of change
Output 2: Report on essentially a roadmap for change
Task 3: Mapping barriers of change
Output 3: Report on what can go wrong and how to deal with foreseen issues in implementation of pilots
Work Package 6: Pilot Implementation
WP6-LEADER: REGION VÄSTERBOTTEN
Task 1: Pilot definition
Output 1: Working paper on what is a pilot and why
Task 2: Pilot implementation and stakeholders involvement
Output 2: Working paper of pilot implantation (ex-post compared to 5.2 and 5.3 that is ex-ante)
Task 3: Communication plan and instruments for the findings
Output 3: Report on material and ways to communicate findings