Skills and smart specialisation: the role of vocational education and training in smart specialisation strategies
'Smart specialisation' is a policy concept that promotes knowledge-based development, especially at regional level, through the identification of a limited number of funding priorities. The smart specialisation approach has been part of EU regional innovation policy since 2010 and yet the role of skills and vocational education and training in implementing smart specialisation strategies has only recently attracted attention. Despite being raised in earlier policy documents, it was the 2017 Communication on Strengthening Innovation in Europe's Regions, drawing on experience of implementing sma... Show more
Authors: Hazelkorn, Ellen; Edwards, John
Published: Luxembourg, Publications Office of the European Union, 2019
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Physical description: 38 p.
Access item: https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/0282a9c3-170e-11ea-8c1f-01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format-PDF/source-112172416
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