The 4th Stakeholders meeting in Norte Region took place at the end of March 2018 (the 21th and the 29th). The event was focused on the following objectives:

  • Inform the stakeholders on the project activities. This point mostly focused on presenting (a) the initiatives currently underway in other European regions and at European level regarding the Smart Specialisation Strategies review and (b) other cases presented/matters discussed at the 5th international learning event and its main results;
  • Present the project outputs obtained so far and verify the feasibility of the selected actions for the Norte Region draft Action Plan.
  • Identify different needs and related actions for the Norte Region Action Plan. This point mostly focused on gathering new ideas and validating the need for additional actions for the Norte Region Action Plan.
  • Gather stakeholder input regarding the publication of the good practices from Norte.