The second working meeting of the EU-CELAC INNOV-AL Platform II project took place in the state of Ceará, Brazil between September 23 and 27, 2019. The project team was in the cities of Fortaleza, Juazeiro do Norte and Sobral, in the state of Ceará, to present the regional development strategies of Europe, as well as the concept of smart specialization. Local actors in the area of information and communication technologies (ICT), political actors, academia and funding agencies were present. The event served to elucidate and develop smart specialization strategies in the state of Ceará.