The training package for Higher Education Institutions aimed to contribute to enhancing the self and shared perception about HEIs current positioning and awareness about the latent potential for HEIs to play a pivotal role in regional development strategies. Under the title “Enhancing HEI’s participation in regional smart specialisation strategies using self-assessment” this training package provided HEIs with an overview of the key concepts of the RE-ACT approach, as well as guidance for the use of the HEInnovate and SUNAR self-assessment tool. It also included support materials for the follow-up activities after HEIs have performed their self-assessment with the SUNAR tool.

The training package for RIS3 stakeholders from the triple/quadruple helix, different from HEIs. Under the title “Enhancing multi-stakeholders’ capacity to engage in regional smart specialisation strategies”, the course offered regional actors a journey through the key concepts supporting SUNAR and its potential for supporting collaborative processes between the actors of the triple/ quadruple helix at regional level. This capacitation aimed to make key actors more aware, informed and willing to participate and contribute to regional development.