Upstate
economic development is a crucial state priority, but what's needed is a
smart overall
strategy for
development, not an approach that pits one region against another.
The open innovation initiative in Lombardy is founded in the European Commission's Research and Innovation
Strategies for
Smart Specialisation (RIS3), which include reports on the region's strengths, weaknesses, and areas of opportunity from the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD).