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EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND CULTURE AS DRIVERS OF
REGIONAL GROWTH
Mr. Mladen Dragasevic, RCC Senior Expert on Smart Growth
CEI Workshop with journalists on SEE 2020 Strategy
18 March 2014, Sarajevo
Key principles of SEE 2020
•
Mandate given to the RCC by the governments and EC
•
Economic Development, Job Creation and EU
Integration Strategy
•
Added value to national efforts
•
Political support at the highest level
•
Decentralized development and implementation
•
Strong reliance on IPA 2
Smart = research, education, culture
• Why
education,
research,
cultural/creative
industries?
• Smart growth pillar targets:
- Increase GDP per person employed by 33%;
- Add 300,000 highly qualified people to the
region's workforce;
• Education – competent human resources
• R&I – way towards economic progress
• CCI – part of a knowledge based economy
Pillar
Pillar targets
Pillar Dimensions
Dimension
co-ordinator
Other regional
platforms involved
External partners
RCC unit responsible
Smart growth
vi. Increase GDP per person employed by 33%;
vii. Add 300,000 highly qualified people to the region's workforce
Education/
Competences
ERI SEE
Novi Sad Initiat.,
SEECEL
ETF, DG EAC, WBPET
BHC
Monitoring system
National administration
participants
Ministry of
education;
Employment
bureaus
R&D and
Innovation
Regional
Research
Platform
WBIF/EDIF
SEEIC
World Bank, DG
R&I
Digital Society
Culture &
Creative Sectors
e-SEE
RCC TFCS
CeGD
CoMoCoSEE
UNDP, ITU, EC
(DG Connect)
CoE, ICOM
BHC (primary),
ESD, BHC
ESD
RCC/OECD
Ministry of
Ministry of
Science;
Information
Ministry of
Society
Economy
BHC
Ministry of
Culture;
Economy;
Pillar
Pillar Target: Increase GDP/per person employed from
27‘485 EUR at PPS to 36‘300 EUR at PPS
Pillar target: Add 300,000 highly
qualified people in workforce
Dimension
Education &
Competences
Objectives
Decrease of early leavers
from education and
training as % of population
aged 18-24
Increase Tertiary
educational attainment as
% of population aged 3034
R&D and Innovation
Digital Society
Objectives
Objectives
Increase of the Gross
domestic expenditure on
R&D in % of GDP
Increase regional
networked readiness
Priority 1: Improve the
research base and
conditions for research
excellence
Priority 1: Quality,
qualifications and mobility
Measures
Priority 2: inclusiveness
and Life-long learning
Priority 3: Entrepreneurial
learning and skills for small
business
Priority 2: Promote science
industry collaboration and
technology transfer
Priority 3: Enable bussines
innvestemts in research
and innovation and startup
creation
Priority 4: Sternghten
governance of national
research and innovation
policies
Priority 1: Support to ICT
driven public sector
innovation for further
modernisation of public
administration
Priority 2: Development of
regional broadband
infrastructure to provide highspeed internet access to all
Priority 3: Advancement of
network security and data
protection across the region
of SEE
Priority 4: ICT training for
both public administration
and citizens
Cultural and Creative
Sectors
Objectives
Increase share of creative
industries in overall GDP
and employment
Priority 1: Common
approaches to rehabilitating
regional heritage –
Ljubljana Process
Priority 2: Development of
Audio-Visual industry
Priority 3: Regional design
network
Priority 4: Improve use of
creativity in other domains
(business, RDI)
Priority 5: Establishment of
Regional Museum Network
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