During the meeting of project “GoSmart BSR” partners, a workshop was held with external experts from Poland, Latvia, Germany and Lithuania involved in the project. Experts gave an added value by expressing their opinions on the policy paper on TransS3 methodology developed by project partners, as well as on the goals and importance of the […]

In order to continue working towards the creation of a cross-border network to support of the internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Baltic Sea region, services of it is now being defined. The main benefits of networking services planned include cross-border expertise, clustering, data access, market research, technology development reviews, financial [...]

Isabel Sünner, Head of International Cooperation at Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI) and the host of the “GoSmart BSR” project partner meeting at the end of October says: “Transnational smart specialisation strategies (S3) should be considered complementary to regional and national S3. They can help to overcome inward-looking aspects of S3 by expanding interregional […]

During implementation of “GoSmart BSR” project, consultations and interactions with stakeholders takes place in every partner region. Business Aabenraa now are planning the stakeholder meeting – a full day workshop on December 3rd with focus on small and medium sized company (SME) opportunities for internationalisation and innovation. The workshop will be organised in a way […]

Currently, seven countries in the Baltic Sea region is jointly establishing cross-border network for promotion of internationalisation of small un medium-sized enterprises. The functionality of network will be tested in practice by September 2020 involving entrepreneurs from all regions in the pilot program. One of the cornerstones of building the network is going to be […]

Several programmes and tools for business support in Latvia, including Vidzeme, are available, but there is a lack of unified, organized and understandable system for receiving this support. One of the important tasks of Vidzeme Planning Region is to upgrade the level of the business support system in region in cooperation with decision-makers and existing […]

There are 5 first significant steps almost done within project to set common smart specialisation areas in seven countries/regions of Baltic sea region. Currently activities are carried out in STEP 5 (see in picture below), where stakeholders during meetings in each of the regions are introduced with results to get their feedback. The aim of […]

An initial step towards designing and developing the Transnational Innovation Brokerage System (TIBS) facilitating internationalisation and transnational innovation transfer among SMEs has been already done during the first project period. The GoSmart BSR project is aiming to establish such system among all partner regions/countries. The summary of conclusions from the review of applicable [...]

Questionnaires and interviews of small and medium entrepreneurs currently is taking place in all partner countries in Baltic Sea Region, with aim to identify needs, barriers and potential for cooperation and interests in the context of internationalisation, innovation and smart specialisation. Based on results of the research, bottom-up solutions will be made for business support […]

GoSmart BSR Project informational event in Estonia was held on 5 July at SPARK Demo Centre in Tartu. The main idea of the event was to discuss the smart specialisation in general – what is the situation and what kind of opportunities for development and cooperation it provides. Triin Roo from Valga Municipality Government introduced […]