Making policy evaluation work

doi:10.1787/c9bb055f-en

“…Regions should consider their strength and weaknesses in link with that of their neighbours, considering system-wide implications, and this, of course, requires significant efforts of policy co-ordination at the national and supranational levels (OECD, 2018 [128]). Interregional links are particularly important when physical infrastructure plays an important role, as a region can benefit from connecting to a neighbour's network.…”

Section: Proximity To Other Regionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cities can create benefits beyond their borders. This is particularly evident for cities that are "well-functioning" (OECD, 2018 [128]), i.e. well integrated with their surrounding commuting zone.…”

Section: City Systems and Agglomeration Economiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Supporting innovation in all types of regions

2020

OECD Regional Development Studies

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To deepen the understanding of how OECD countries can move towards a broad-based form of innovation policy, the OECD worked with the European Commission's Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy in bringing together academic and policy experts in a series of five high-level expert workshops on "Broadening innovation policy-New insights for regions and cities". This publication provides a summary of the discussion, building on background papers prepared by academic and policy experts. This report highlights the need for a broad-based approach to innovation policy to unlock the innovation potential of all types of regions and cities. A broad-based approach requires taking capacity of the regional innovation system into account and adapting efforts across all levels of government to work with and upgrade that capacity. As regions and cities across the OECD have to face today's grand societal challenges, such as demographic transitions, climate change, digitalisation and automation, innovation needs to take centre stage in the thinking of local, regional and national policymakers.

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“…Technologies can be more directed towards specific parts of the value-chain, from conception to production, marketing and distribution. Regional positioning in the value chains matter because upstream activities, such as R&D, have more value-added than middle stream activities, such as manufacturing marketing (OECD, 2018 [128]).…”

Section: Industrial Structure and Embedded Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

Lessons learned

2020

OECD Regional Development Studies

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To deepen the understanding of how OECD countries can move towards a broad-based form of innovation policy, the OECD worked with the European Commission's Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy in bringing together academic and policy experts in a series of five high-level expert workshops on "Broadening innovation policy-New insights for regions and cities". This publication provides a summary of the discussion, building on background papers prepared by academic and policy experts. This report highlights the need for a broad-based approach to innovation policy to unlock the innovation potential of all types of regions and cities. A broad-based approach requires taking capacity of the regional innovation system into account and adapting efforts across all levels of government to work with and upgrade that capacity. As regions and cities across the OECD have to face today's grand societal challenges, such as demographic transitions, climate change, digitalisation and automation, innovation needs to take centre stage in the thinking of local, regional and national policymakers.

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