Deployment of a sub regional s3 by means of offering advanced innovation services to local SMEs and

In 2006 the four main actors in the innovation governance system of Lea Artibai (a county in Bizkaia, Basque Country) decided to join forces to foster innovation in the county. Together we developed the territorial strategy and S3 in line with the Regional S3. With the aim of achieving the capillarity of the sub regional S3, in 2012 we designed our Innovation and Transform Methodology aimed to both companies and innovation agents.

The objective of this methodology is to implement an innovation dynamic to continously generate and develop innovation projects in the organisation which consists of 3 phases:
01/ WATCH: Implementation of a system to gather and manage relevant information for the organisation, by means of Intool, a knowledge generating tool (ISO 166.006 certified).
02/ INTELLIGENCE: Dynamics to showcase knowledge to generate a portfolio of ideas and innovation project using the tool-box mentoring sessions of the IT Azaro method
03/ ACCELERATION: Accelerating the development of innovation project for their rapid contrast on the market and defining the viable business model

Using this methodology, we are proactively working on the 4 innovation areas of the sub regional s3, where we identify proactively and on demand business opportunities based on the competences of the organization and once identified, we contrast them with the organization. If the company approves the business opportunity, we help them to design and develop innovation projects.