The S3 Community of Practice (S3 CoP) together with DG REGIO are organising a series of webinars directed to S3 stakeholders from regions across the EU Member States, bringing together experts, policymakers, and key industry representatives to discuss common challenges, good practices, and lessons learned from EU regions in selected S3-related areas.

The second webinar in the series will focus on "Paving the way for industrial transition through systemic change and inclusive strategies" and will be held by the S3 CoP Working Group on Industrial Transition on 22 May from 14:30-16:30 CEST.

This webinar is designed to engage S3 practitioners, policymakers, and key stakeholders in a dialogue about the challenges and opportunities in industrial transition. Addressing the challenges linked to long-term transformations demands a comprehensive approach, encompassing understanding and navigating systemic change, alongside ensuring an inclusive industrial transition to prevent any region from being left behind. The event will focus on key implementation challenges identified by S3 practitioners in meeting the S3 enabling condition for industrial transition and gather stakeholder perspectives on needed S3 strategies and support actions to enhance systemic industrial transition efforts across European regions.

The webinar is designed to allow participants to keep up to date on the most recent activities of the Working Group, get insights from EU regions and industry representatives and participate in the discussions.

As part of the event, ERRIN S3 WG leader Lucie Durocher from Région Sud will take part in the panel discussion on regional challenges for industrial transition.

Learn more, find the full agenda and register here.

The S3 CoP WG on Industrial Transition aims to foster a learning process for relevant policy stakeholders on the fulfilment of the S3 enabling condition for industrial transition.

Other webinars currently announced in the series include "Empowering interregional collaboration – from capacity to funding" on 16 May 2024 from 10:00-12:00 CEST and "Understanding the bottlenecks to innovation diffusion: insights from EU regions" on 23 May from 10:00-12:00 CEST.