Monitoring Smart Specialisation Strategies

Please reflect on your region or a region you know, what could be done to improve the situation? Please reflect on the following aspects:

1.      Adequate levels of commitment?
2.      Have a sound strategy in place?
3.      Have adequate in-house champions?
4.      Possess sufficient financial resources?
5.      Possess sufficient human resources?
6.      Possess adequate analytical capability?
7.      Possess adequate communication skills?
8.      Have access to relevant sources of influence?

If you have not been directly involved in RIS3 monitoring, feel free to ask questions and provide your views on questions raised by others.