The strategy materializes the Integrated Strategy for Territorial Development for the region and coincides with the implementation of the programming periods of the European Structural and Investment Funds in Portugal. It is a policy instrument that helps to integrate regional strategy and EU objectives to sub regional level and at the same time to mobilize the FEEI resources of local intermunicipal community to implement the strategy adopted.
The priorities strengthening the business environment, territorial pact for employability and entrepreneurship, network for inclusion and promotion of social development and infrastructure and environmental services network directly contributes to the implementation initiatives for more sustainable and innovative systems. It foresees interventions related to infrastructures and their integration in the specific context development of innovative solutions and pilot actions in the field of sustainable urban development and resource efficiency.

The policy instrument aims to develop the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) sector and enhance its competitiveness through incentive-based subsidies and non-financial measures. The goal is to create conditions that allow CCIs to generate greater socio-economic value, tackle social challenges, and establish sustainable and flexible working environments. This will also improve access to cultural content and services for various social groups.
Investment activities include:
- Infrastructure Improvement: Enhancing conditions for developing marketable CCI products and services, promoting socio-technological innovation, youth employment, and sustainable operations. To increase crisis resilience, CCIs will be encouraged to create innovative, competitive products and services, especially in the digital and circular economy sectors, adapting to consumer and economic changes through innovative technologies and diverse business activities.
- CCI Acceleration Activities: These non-financial initiatives provide targeted advice on business development, operational solutions, digital and circular transformation, supply chains, and internationalization. Specific initiatives include:
- Developing digital and electronic platforms for disseminating cultural and creative products
- Producing advanced forms of audiovisual, virtual, or alternative reality cultural products
- Transforming CCI products or services into digital or circular economy formats

The instrument is the National SME Strategy 2019-2030 and it focuses on enhancing SME resilience, competitiveness, and reducing territorial disparities in line with the national S3 Strategy.
In line with the framework of the National SME Strategy 2019-2030.
National SME Strategy task is to identify value chains along emerging technologies that represent higher added value, are crisis-resistant and capable of replacing imports. The external environment is unpredictable, with significant changes in the external environment bringing different sectors into focus.
Our aim is to identify the common intersections identified by breakthrough technologies and sectors, the development of which can contribute to increasing the competitiveness of the local economy. Advances in the value chain can be achieved by strengthening of the existing supply system and its greater integration into the value chains of large companies with advanced standards means indirect integration into global competition. The bargaining power of suppliers can be strengthened by clustering, joint bargaining power and partnerships. Bringing innovation results to market is essential to ensure the long-term competitiveness of local SMEs.
Increasing the digital literacy and use of SMEs through dedicated programmes, complemented by complex services tailored to the needs of SMEs, ranging from basic ICT skills development to the practical application of artificial intelligence.

The current action plan of RDF-RWG foresees specific measures for the further exploitation of the regional CCI innovation ecosystem. In the heart of this measure the creation of an Open Innovation Center in the fields of CCI and AI (CCI-AI Lab) is foreseen. The CCI-AI Lab will provide advanced tools and technologies for CCI stakeholders to assist them in testing and developing new ideas and innovative concepts. Towards this direction, RDF is currently conducting studies for the specification of the equipment and the operational approach of the center in order for it to be viable and provide an added value to the regional innovation ecosystem and the region in general.

The Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES) 2020-2032 for the Northern and Western Region of Ireland is a strategic framework designed to achieve balanced regional development. It aims to enhance innovation, economic resilience, and connectivity in a transitioning region with lower innovation indices. The RSES integrates Smart Region objectives, emphasizing digital and creative industries as enablers of growth. Specific objectives such as RPO (Regional Policy Objective) 6.46 highlight the importance of nurturing SMEs, creatives, and innovators to foster economic growth aligned with Enterprise 2025 and national investment plans. The strategy identifies digitalization, AI, and creative technologies as transformative drivers, aligning with EU Cohesion Policy goals under PO1: Smarter Europe. It prioritizes innovation ecosystems and recognizes the creative sector’s potential to contribute to diversification, productivity, and competitiveness.

The Regional Innovation Strategy of the Silesian Voivodeship 2030 is a strategy of INTELLIGENT TRANSFORMATION. It refers to all smart and regional specializations of the Silesian Voivodeship. The strategy meets the challenges related to global processes, the negative effects of stagnation, and issues related to the aging of the population or climate change.

By Resolution No. 1554/246/VI/2021, the Voivodeship Management Board adopted the Strategy, which main goal is innovative and intelligent economic transformation. The strategy focuses on mobilizing communities through innovations, strengthen position of Silesia in the international arena and provide new jobs, as an integral part of the Jobs and Growth Programme. The document is centrally locating: Ensuring inclusive digital transformation in the region's economy and society or Supporting the competitiveness and effective transformation of entities in the regional innovation ecosystem towards national and international champions.

Smart specializations of the Silesian Voivodeship are the result of the Entrepreneurial Discovery Process carried out in the region and the cooperation of the regional innovation ecosystem on the development of the Technology Development Program for the Silesian Voivodeship. The smart specialisation of the Silesian Voivodeship are: energy, medicine, information and communication technologies, emerging industries (with creative indostries) and green economy.