Embedding RRI in regional R&I governance structures: the TRANSFORM experience

This document constitutes the analysis of changes in the R&I governance structure of the three regions (Lombardy, Brussels-capital and Catalonia) that can be attributed to their participation in the TRANSFORM project. This exercise responds to a voluntary commitment made by the TRANSFORM partners to analyse at the end of the project the changes that have taken place in the regional R&I governance structures with respect to the first RRI mapping exercise (WP2, T2.2, D2.4: Regional Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) Maps). Therefore, the present document is complementary to “D2.4: Regional Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) Maps”. For a greater reflection on TRANSFORM impacts see “D7.4 Impact Pathways for RRI Initiatives in Regional R&I Ecosystems”. 

The aim of the first document was mainly to draw a snapshot of the (pre-TRANSFORM) state of integration of the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in the R&I governance structure of the three regions, with 2 purposes: 1) to serve as a baselining for subsequently (currently) showing the impact of TRANSFORM activities; 2) to bring to light possibilities for mutual learning between regions, taking into account the different methodological approaches used in each region. The present document therefore complements this previous analysis and shows the current picture of the R&I governance structure of each region in relation to the particular methodology each region has experimented with (and the particular element of the governance structure where each methodology applies). 

The aim of TRANSFORM is not to generate a global change in the entire governance structure or in the entire R&I ecosystem, but to experiment with specific citizen participation methodologies (which have or may have an impact on specific elements of the structure and the ecosystem itself). Therefore, given that the purpose of this document is to show these impacts, although in the first analysis all the different elements of the governance structure of each region (key planning documents, R&I instruments and programmes and other elements) were studied, in the present analysis only those elements of the governance structure in which the impacts of TRANSFORM in each region are expected to be seen will be studied.