RIS3 Methodologies in the 6 Steps – Conclusions from the Review (WP1): Specifications and Design
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ONLINE S3 - ONLINE Platform for Smart Specialisation Policy Advice Project Acronym: ONLINES3 Grant Agreement number: 710659 Project Title: ONLINE Platform for Smart Specialisation Policy Advice D2.1: RIS3 methodologies in the 6 steps – Conclusions from the review (WP1): specifications and design Editors: Nicos Komninos - AUTH Anastasia Panori– Intelspace SA Contributors: Input on existing tools’ specification and design provided by authors from: RTDI, AUTH, EFIS, Napier, Aalto, RIM, Intelspace and IIL Reviewers: Christina Kakderi– Intelspace SA Eva García Muntión - RTDI ONLINES3 Deliverable 2.1 Page 1 ONLINE S3 - ONLINE Platform for Smart Specialisation Policy Advice Project acronym ONLINES3 Full title ONLINE Platform for Smart Specialisation Policy Advice Grant agreement number 710659 Funding scheme Research and Innovation Action (RIA) Work programme topic H2020-ISSI-2015-1/ISSI-4-2015: On-line mechanisms for knowledge-based policy advice Project start date 2016-05-01 Project duration 24 months Work Package 2 Online S3 mechanism for RIS3 policy advice Deliverable lead organisation AUTH - URENIO Editors Nicos Komninos, Anastasia Panori Reviewers Christina Kakderi, Eva García Muntión Version 1.0 Status Final Dissemination level PU: Public Due date M10 (2017-02-28) Delivery date 15/03/2017 HISTORY OF CHANGES Version Date Changes Version 1.0 06/03/2017 Final version of deliverable D2.1 Version 1.1 15/03/2017 Final version ready for submission after final check-up by RTDI ONLINES3 Deliverable 2.1 Page 2 ONLINE S3 - ONLINE Platform for Smart Specialisation Policy Advice Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 4 2. CONCLUSIONS FROM THE REVIEW IN WP1 ...................................................................... 5 3. CONCLUSIONS OF D2.1: SPECIFICATIONS AND DESIGN FOR THE TOOLS ................................. 6 ANNEX 1 – FULL REPORT FOR THE REVIEW OF THE EXISTING ONLINE TOOLS FOR EACH METHOD........ 14 ANNEX 2 - TEMPLATE FOR TASK 2.2 .................................................................................. 237 List of Tables TABLE 1: ALLOCATION OF WORK AMONG PARTNERS (THESSALONIKI, 26 OCT 2016). .................................................... 4 TABLE 2: SELECTED METHODS FOR THE RIS3 STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. ............................................................... 5 TABLE 3: OUTLINE OF THE GENERIC TEMPLATE FOR DESCRIBING THE SPECIFICATIONS AND DESIGN OF THE TOOL PROPOSED FOR EACH METHOD. ........................................................................................................................................ 7 TABLE 4: FINAL OUTCOMES AND STATUS OF DELIVERABLE 2.1 ................................................................................... 7 List of Figures FIGURE 1: ONLINE-S3 WPS MECHANISM .............................................................................................................. 4 ONLINES3 Deliverable 2.1 Page 3 ONLINE S3 - ONLINE Platform for Smart Specialisation Policy Advice 1. Introduction D2.1 “RIS3 methodologies in the 6 steps - Conclusions from the review: specifications and design” constitutes a link between the theoretical framework of the project and its implementation. More specifically, based on the specifications, this deliverable broadens the theoretical framework defined in WP1, by describing the key functionalities of the online applications to be developed in WP4 for the 6 phases of RIS3. The overall mechanism between WPs in the Online-S3 project is given below (Fig.1), illustrating the ways in which WP1, WP2, WP3 and WP4 are related and are inter- connected. Figure 1: Online-S3 WPs mechanism Existing e-tools, e.g. web applications, online databases, online libraries, online roadmaps have been identified through desk work for each method separately, which are considered to be helpful for enabling the implementation of the selected 29 methodologies described in D1.2. The identification of online applications, that might support the 6 phases of a RIS3 strategic planning process, is followed by a thorough analysis and description of their functional and technical requirements, in each case. A generic template has been produced by AUTH and has been distributed to other partners, in order to be filled for each method. The allocation of work among partners for D2.1 has been decided in the Technical Meeting in Thessaloniki (26th October 2016) and it is given in Table 1 below. Table 1: Allocation of work among partners (Thessaloniki, 26 Oct 2016). ONLINES3 Deliverable 2.1 Page 4 ONLINE S3 - ONLINE Platform for Smart Specialisation Policy Advice This report is structured as follows: Section 2 presents a brief overview regarding the main findings of WP1, based on which WP2 has been developed, whereas Section 3 illustrates the main conclusions of this deliverable. Full templates completed by partners, including the description and technical specifications for the online tools corresponding to each selected method, are given in Annex 1. Finally, the generic template to be filled by each partner is given in Annex 2. 2. Conclusions from the review of methods in WP1 Starting from the conclusions of WP1, the list of the selected methods for each RIS3 phase for the Online-S3 platform is given below (Table 2). As it is shown, there is a number of selected methods that can be used for each phase of the RIS3 strategic planning process, varying from 3 to 7 in number, resulting to an overall number of 29 selected methods. Table 2: Selected methods for the RIS3 strategic planning process. Phase 1: Governance 1.1 RIS3 vision sharing 1.2 Stakeholder engagement 1.3 RIS3 debate at a glance 1.4 RIS3 legal and framework Phase 2: Analysis of the context 2.1 Regional assets mapping 2.2 Research infrastructure mapping 2.3 Clusters, incubators and innovation ecosystem mapping 2.4 Benchmarking ONLINES3 Deliverable 2.1 Page 5 ONLINE S3 - ONLINE Platform for Smart Specialisation Policy Advice 2.5 Science and technology profile and performance 2.6 Specialisation indexes 2.7 SWOT analysis Phase 3: Shared vision - Strategy formulation 3.1 Collaborative vision building 3.2 Scenario building 3.3 Delphi – Foresight Phase 4: Priority setting 4.1 EDP focus groups 4.2 Extroversion analysis 4.3 Related variety analysis Phase 5: Policy mix - Action plan implementation 5.1 RIS3 intervention logic 5.2 RIS3 action plan co-design 5.3 RIS3 budgeting 5.4 RIS3 administrative framework conditions 5.5 RIS3 calls consultation 5.6 RIS3 innovation maps 5.7 RIS3 open data tool Phase 6: Monitoring and evaluation 6.1 RIS3 monitoring 6.2 Definition of RIS3 output and result indicators 6.3 Balanced scorecard 6.4 RIS3 beneficiaries and end users’ satisfaction online survey 6.5 RIS3 social media analysis The illustrated methods include a wide variety of methodological concepts, starting from theoretical aspects’ formation (e.g. RIS3 calls consultation, RIS3 intervention logic), and moving on to pure computational issues (e.g. benchmarking, related variety). In many cases, there are already existing online tools for the implementation of the selected methods, which could be used in the case of the Online-S3 platform. However, in order for the platform to be coherent and easily accessible, it is important to maintain a common reference line regarding the design principles of the tools and applications that are going to be used. Thus, even already existing online tools should be transformed, for fitting the requirements of the Online-S3 platform. Based on the above, this report has a threefold aim: 1) to map existing online tools related to the 29 selected methods; 2) to define their specifications and functional characteristics; and 3) to propose a choice for the implementation of the corresponding Online-S3 application in WP4, based on three different types of implementation: development of a new app for the platform, modification of an already existing app, based on open source, or provision of a link for an existing online tool. 3. Conclusions of D2.1: Specifications and design for the tools This section presents the outcomes of the existing online tools’ review for each method separately, which have been used as baseline for defining the main functional and operational characteristics of the proposed applications for the Online-S3 platform. The main outline of the generic template that was completed by the partners during D2.1, is given in Table 3. As it is shown, each report includes five discrete sections: i) ONLINES3 Deliverable 2.1 Page 6 ONLINE S3 - ONLINE Platform for Smart Specialisation Policy Advice identification of similar or quasi-similar applications; ii) analysis of applications identified – ideas about information processes; iii) specifications for an application relevant to the corresponding method; iv) conclusion and v) final proposal. Table 3: Outline of the generic template for describing the specifications and design of the tool proposed for each method. As it has been mentioned before, the final proposal includes a choice between three different states of application, based on the previously described mapping exercise. This choice constitutes a proposal for the developers participating in WP4, which will be based upon this report, in order to develop the applications for each one of the 29 methods for the Online-S3 platform. An overview of the proposed types of applications, summarizing the main findings of D2.1, is illustrated below (Table 4). In this table, the status of each