Pioneering Europe 2020 Smart RegionsUtrecht (Northwing)
turning societal challenges into entrepreneurial opportunities
Jan Wester
Economic Board Utrecht
Northwing
• Utrecht is part of the Northwing region that also includes Amsterdam and Almere.
• 4mln inhabitants• Top 5 economic regions
in Europe
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWj3LnKm5B0
Utrecht(Northwing)
Human Capital
ICT info and infrastructuresServiceinnovation
ICT’s and Media
Services Industry
life sciences Sustainability & greening economy
Economic Board Utrecht
Theme’s
Economic Development Board Almere
Health Life sciences
Creative Industry
Amsterdam Economic Board
crossover
crossover
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Policy mix• Developing Regional Eco-Systems
• Address Societal Challenges to create local value and foster SME participation
• And organise (New) Ownership for sustainability
Citizens/civil society
Government
Business
Knowledge
Business
GovernmentKnowledge
Q-Helix dynamics
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Coherent (regional) socio- economic
policies
Smart Specialisation Strategy
Know WhatBusiness,
Civil society etc.
Know WhyGovernment and
public
autorities
Know HowKnowledge institutes
results
knowledge
methods
concepts
evidence
base policy
directions
needsexamples
Implementation of real projects
Organisation of “living labs”
Action Research
Development of methods & tools
Shared “learning curb”
Benchlearning
Structuring and facilitating activities
Big Data in the Amsterdam
Metropolitan Area needs a place!
Jan Wester
The Almere Big Data example of ICT as Smart Specialisation Strategy
Initiatives Policy commitment: 4 year project
Almere DataCapital. Opening an Almere campus for Big
Data with several elements: Almere DataCapital (Policy
Program) Dutch HealthHub (Business and
societal values) Big Data Value Center (to connect
SME’s and Education) Development of the Big Data home
market through Smart Society program (local value)
Campus Almere: connect SME’s and Education
• Data Hubs• Value Center• Big Data Projects• Demonstrotor• Collaboratorium• Incubator• Testfacilities• Training and
knowledge gateway
Big Data Value Center Almere
Main functions:
1. Big Data business (co-creation platform, incubator etc.)
2. Big Data connection (networking/marketing)
3. Big Data learning (education and R&D)
Big data learning
Big data connection
Big data business
Connecting to regional complimentary eco-systems
ADCBig Data
Eco-systeem
H’sumMedia
UtrechtLife
science
A’foort Geo-
cluster
Food valley
A’dam ICT and New
Media
Spinn-off: Dutch Health Hub
Connecting to local developmentsand societal challenges
Collaboration: benchlearningTransformation = learningIn order to cooperate we need to combine tools in a Benchlearning strategy: 1. Local digital/innovation agendas (policy tools) 2. Regional living labs (scientific tools)3. Clear ownership pyramid and co-creating partnerships
(governance tools)4. Benchlearning: Applying a reflective “monitoring and
evaluation” methodology to monitor, validate and learn (feedback tools)
What todo interregionally?• Developing instrumentation on trans-sectoral
“entrepreneurial discovery processes”• Indicators on “resilience” and transactional capacities• Methods for inter-regional validation
local agenda’s
regional living labg
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Reflective monitoring
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