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In the scope of implementation of the entrepreneurial discovery process and monitoring of the National Smart Specialisation, in 2017 the Ministry of Economic Development initiated the actions aimed at thematic concentration on the list and descriptions of the national smart specialisations. In connection with this fact, the Ministry of Economic Development held meetings with the representatives of NSS Working Groups, aimed at elaboration of new proposals in the scope of NSS.
As a result of performed works, the following changes were introduced in NSS
On 12 July 2016 the Steering Committee for national smart specialisations approved the 3rd version of the Detailed Description of National Smart Specialisations, taking into account the changes proposed by the national smart specialisation Working Groups.
The detailed description forms a basis for assessment of applications in the Smart Growth Operational Programme (SG OP) 2014-2020 in the scope of meeting the criterion of accessibility called: The Project fits in the National Smart Specialisation.
In connection with the fact that on 10 November 2015 the Steering Committee accepted the 20th national smart specialisation called Innovative maritime technologies pertaining to specialist vessels, maritime and offshore structures and logistics based on maritime and inland waterway transport, a procedure was launched in the Ministry of Economic Development to create a Working Group in the scope of the above mentioned specialisation.
In 2014 the Marshals of Pomorskie and Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeships initiated the process of entrepreneurial discovery in the areas of maritime economy. As a result of analytical works, whose participants were the representatives of 62 enterprises, 21 representatives of higher education institutions and 15 social and economic partners,
When working on the description of its specialisation, the Working Group No. 5 for healthy food (of high quality and ecological production), submitted a proposal concerning a change of name of the national smart specialisation from "healthy food (of high quality and ecological production)" to "high quality food". The change of name results from the need of unification of names, pursuant to the nomenclature of the provisions of food law.
On 31 March 2015 the national smart specialisations Steering Committee accepted the descriptions of 19 national smart specialisations, worked out by the NSS Working Groups, composed of the representatives of business and scientific circles.
Detailed descriptions form a binding instruction in the scope of conformity of projects financed from the funds of the new financial perspective 2014-2020 with the national smart specialisations.
In the scope of implementation of the document of National Smart Specialisation (NSS), whose aim is to identify and support the priority areas in the scope of research, development and innovation, based on the process of entrepreneurial discovery, in July 2014 the Ministry of Economy started works connected with creation of the national smart specialisation Working Groups (WG), by way of organising a series of informational meetings for interested entities.
In the third quarter of 2014, following the initiative of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, works of an informal Working Group were initiated, concerning creative industries and culture; this group was composed of the representatives of business and science and its target was to conduct the process of entrepreneurial discovery and show the competitive and innovative nature of these industries.
In connection with acceptance on 11 December 2014 by the Steering Committee of the 19th national smart specialisation called Smart creative technologies, a procedure was initiated to establish the formal 19th Working Group for Smart Creative Technologies (SCT).
