‣ Strengthening innovation in Germany #SmartRegions SMART SPECIALISATION Stuttgart Karlsruhe Freiburg Tübingen Oberbayern Braunschweig Hannover Lüneburg Weser- Ems Düsseldorf Köln Münster Detmold Arnsberg Koblenz Trier Rheinhessen- Pfalz Saarland Dresden Chemnitz Leipzig Sachsen- Anhalt Schleswig- Holstein Thüringen Niederbayern Oberpfalz Oberfranken Mittelfranken Unterfranken Schwaben Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Darmstadt Gießen Kassel Mecklenburg- Vorpommern Innovator group Modest - Modest Modest + Moderate - Moderate Moderate + Strong - Strong Strong + Leading - Leading Leading + REGIOgis Germany: Regional innovation performance, 2017 0 160Km Source: European Commission - Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2017 © EuroGeographics Association for the administrative boundaries ▶ Smart specialisation priority areas: 1. Manufacturing & industry 2. Key Enabling Technologies 3. Information & communication technologies 4. Sustainable innovation 5. Human health & social work activities Biopharmaceutical production MoBiDiK (Nordrhein-Westfalen) made a new biopharma- ceutical production process work in a demonstration plant based on modular plug-and-produce chemical production technology. This helps meet the growing demand for spe- cialised therapies, decrease production costs and leverage private funds. Germany is an Innovation Leader Regional and Urban Policy EU (EUR bn) National (EUR bn) ESI Funds total budget for Research and Innovation: Germany - EUR 6,4 Billion 2.4 4.0