CONSIDERATIONS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF INTELLIGENT SPECIALIZATION FOR ATTRACTION OF EUROPEAN POST 2020 FUNDS IN ROMANIA
Autor (i): Dăianu Dana Codruța
JEL: O40, O52, O51
Cuvinte cheie: economic growth, financial framework European Union post 2020, inteligent specialization,
innovation, competitiveness
Abstract:
In the future post-2020 EU financial framework, European funding for regional development will focus
on the areas identified as the most competitive in each region and country, that is the areas of smart
specialization. Specializarea Inteligentă a adus o īmbunătățire reală īn modul īn care regiunile Europene īși
elaborează strategiile inovative, creānd sau consolidānd cooperarea la toate nivelurile, īn special cu sferele de
afaceri locale. Intelligent specialization has brought a real improvement in the way in which European regions
develop their innovative strategies, creating or strengthening cooperation at all levels, especially with local
business spheres.
At the heart of the new policy for the European Regional Development Fund will be smart specialization,
and regions will have to develop investment plans for the sectors that are most competitive. Theoretically, nuclei
of technological and scientific excellence have already been created, the challenge of post-2020 now being their
transposition into innovation modalities in enterprises, in order to generate jobs and economic growth.
In this context, the purpose of the paper is to present and analyze the basic fields for the intelligent
specialization in Romania. Romania now has two national strategies that mention five basic areas for smart
specialization, but in addition, each of the 8 development regions has its own strategy with its own list of
identified areas. All of this needs to be analyzed and combined to achieve consistent directions.