The Importance of Community Involvement in Research and Innovation between 2014–2020

Research promotes the maintenance of groups of researchers in the latest scientific knowledge while stimulating the development of scientific reasoning of those involved, teachers and students. The research results have a direct impact on domestic and international prestige for both individual researchers and the group to which it belongs. The paper aims to explore the possibility of involving communities in the process of academic research and innovation by analyzing the selection of projects, namely by promoting the concept of ‘smart specialization’.Between 2014 - 2020 will be given special attention in the selection of projects to ensure their inclusion in financial indicators and achievement, seek and achieve appropriate links between research and the real economy.