Navarra has strengthened the focus of its Smart Specialisation Strategy (S4) by adding four high-growth areas as future priorities: synthetic biology, the aerospace sector, industrialised construction and electronics. The update was discussed at the S4 Committee’s annual meeting, held at the Navarra Digital Innovation Hub, where the 2025 milestones were reviewed and the main lines of work for 2026 were set.
During the meeting, Regional Minister Mikel Irujo highlighted the role of the S4 as a “living roadmap” designed to anticipate change and reinforce the region’s industrial and technological capabilities, noting that these emerging sectors will be key to transforming Navarra’s productive fabric through innovation, talent and public-private collaboration.
The S4 continues to focus on well-established strategic sectors—such as health and biomedicine, renewable energy, automotive and sustainable mobility, the agri-food value chain, audiovisual and tourism—while strengthening key enabling areas that act as cross-cutting drivers (digital and advanced industry, enabling technologies, etc.). Among the main challenges for 2026, the Government of Navarra highlighted the need to accelerate knowledge transfer to the market and turn innovation into tangible impact in terms of competitiveness, employment and wellbeing.
What does this mean for companies and investors?
This evolution of the S4 further positions Navarra as a favourable environment for industrial and technology projects in frontier sectors, supported by an active ecosystem of clusters, universities, technology centres and public stakeholders aligned with these priorities.
Source: navarra.es