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The Mega Regional Scope

The Baltic Sea Region in general


Real GDP Development Over TimeBaltic Sea Region Countries, 1993 - 2004

60%

80%

100%

120%

140%

160%

180%

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Latvia

Estonia

Poland

Lithuania

Iceland

Finland

Norway

Sweden

Denmark

Germany

Russia

EU 25

Source: Groningen Growth and Development Centre and The Conference Board (2005), authors’ calculations

Sorted by CAGR,1993 – 2004:

Real GDP, PPP-adjusted, 1993 = 100


ProsperitySelected Regions and Countries

$0

$5,000

$10,000

$15,000

$20,000

$25,000

$30,000

$35,000

$40,000

0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9%

Estonia

Baltic Sea Region

Central Europe

Norway

Denmark

PolandRussia

Lithuania Latvia

Germany

Real GDP per Capita 2004, PPP-adjusted, $-US (2002)

Growth of Real GDP per Capita (PPP-adjusted), CAGR, 2000-2004Source: EIU (2005), authors’ calculations

EU-25

Iceland

Finland

Sweden

USA

IndiaChina

BrazilMexico

S Korea

HungarySlovak Rep.

Czech Rep.

SloveniaTaiwan

Japan

SingaporeAustria

Other EU countriesBaltic Sea Region

Other countries


0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

-0.6% -0.4% -0.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.4% 0.6% 0.8% 1.0%

Source: WTO (2005), Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, author’s analysis.

World Market Share, 2002

Change in World Market Share, 1997 - 2002

Cluster CompositionBaltic Sea Region Export Performance by Cluster

Marine Equipment

Production Technology

Forest Products

Automotive

Metal Manufacturing

Petroleum/Chemicals Furniture

Chemical Products

Telecommunication

Fishing Products

BSR overall: +0.031%

BSR overall: 5.55% Biopharmaceuticals

Prefabricated Enclosures

Heavy MachineryPower Generation Equipment

Analytical InstrumentsAerospace Vehicles & Defense

Tobacco


R&D ExpendituresSelected Regions and Countries

0.0%

0.5%

1.0%

1.5%

2.0%

2.5%

3.0%

3.5%

4.0%

4.5%

-5% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20%

R&D Expenditures in % of GDP, 2003

Growth of R&D Investments, annual average growth rate, 1998-2003Source: Eurostat (2005), DG Research (2005), World Bank KAM, authors’ calculations* data for China, Japan, Iceland and EU-25 from 2002** annual growth rates in China have exceeded 10%; total R&D expenditures, in real terms, have grown by almost one-fifth each year

Other EU countriesBaltic Sea Region

Other countries

Iceland

Finland

Sweden

Baltic Sea RegionDenmark

USA

Japan

Norway

GermanyAustria

Central EuropeEU-25

Czech Rep.Slovenia

EstoniaLithuania

Latvia

China**

PolandHungary

Slovak Rep.


Business Competitiveness IndexRanking of European Regions Over Time

2003 2004 2005

Central Europe

Baltic Sea Region

Source: Global Competitiveness Report (2005), author’s analysis.

Rank10

20

30

BCI – Overall IndexNBE – Business Environment QualityCOS – Company Sophistication


Four 2004 initiatives on Cross-National Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region

With Baltc Development Forum, the launch of the

Baltic Sea Initiative 2010

With Tekes and Innovation Norway, the launch of the Northern Cluster Alliance

Launched the Northern Dimension Working Group on Innovation

Policymakers’ network

And

was launched supported by


Baltic Sea Initiative 2010

A mega regional focus on increased prosperity • Cross-national promotion of a mage regional concept• Benchmarks with peer regions• Identify and develop potentials (innovation)• A global proactive perspective• Stakeholder involvement, bottom-up

BSI Core Group of key stakeholders: Nordic Council of Ministers, chair, Innovation agencies, TEKES and VINNOVA, Scanbalt, Council of the Baltic Sea States’ Advisory Business Council , “Invest in” organisations of the Baltic Sea Region (BIPA), and Baltic Development Forum


Northern Cluster Alliance

• A network of innovation structures with national operative responsibility for innovation in Germany, Poland, Lithuenia, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Denmark

• Focus on Innovation System Performance and Facilitation of Cluster Development

Based on experiences so for, in August 2005 the Network and the Nordic Council of Ministers decided to set up a joint Pro Inno Net application.


BSR InnoNet (The Baltic Sea Region Pro Inno Net Project)

Objectives: • To establish a joint conceptual framework for innovation policy

formation, evaluation and operational activities across national borders in the Baltic Sea Region.

• To establish one or more joint innovation programmes among partner countries in the Baltic Sea Region.

• To be one of the core European learning cases on trans-national development of innovation serving the renewed Lisbon Agenda.

Partners: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden, The Nordic Council of Ministers and Nordic Innovation Centre

Russia will participate in all work packages


BSR InnoNetThe Triple-Helix concept

PractitionersPolicymakers

Researchers


• Key is competition• Build on national strongholds• Identify excellence, best knowledge/models in innovation• Employ cross-regional potentials in chains of valuecreation• Key elements in cooperation: Framework setting,

Measurement and Evaluation• Multi-dimensional relations, anchored in commercial

opportunities and knowledge (science)

BSR InnoNet, Principles of design and cooperation The overall focus is competitiveness


Policymakers’ network

• Benchmarks of countries of the Baltic Sea Region in the field of innovation policy (Cluster Development).

• Representatives from 11 national ministries from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden.

• Forum for policy learning.


ScanBalt was launched supported by Nordic Innovation Centre

Life Science in 11 Countries of the Baltic Sea Region

ScanBalt, a Network of Networks: – a not for profit association established initiated co-funded by the Nordic Innovation Center.

11 Regional Tripe Helix Networks Members of ScanBalt: BioTop Berlin-Brandenburg, Biomedico Forum, Biomobile, Bioforum Oulu, BioTeam South, BioTurku, BioCon Valley, Estonian Biotechnology Association, MedCoast Scandinavia, Medicon Valley, Norgenta + individual companies, universities, hospitals, tech transfer organisations and public authorities


ScanBalt Objectives:

• Create corporate identity for ScanBalt BioRegion

• Develop visibility for ScanBalt BioRegion and the members of ScanBalt

• Attract financial, human and industrial resources

• Coordinate joint efforts in research, education, technology transfer, innovation and economic development

• Provide a platform to facilitate dialogue and collaboration between networks, academia, hospitals, public authorities, private companies and individuals

• Create a platform to facilitate dialogue with supra-national institutions


ScanBalt Projects

Mega regionaI identity and infrastructure Thematic projects

• ScanBalt Campus (Interreg 111B)• ScanBalt Network of Networks

(NIC)• ScanBalt Competence Region (EU

FP6)• Boosting Baltic FP6 (EU FP6)• Educational mobility (NIC)• Economic Barriers for borderless

Cooperation (NIC)• Biotech, one click away (NIC)• Communication in ScanBalt

BioRegion

ScanBalt IP Knowledge Network (EU FP6)

ScanBalt Marine Biotech (NorFA)• ScanBalt Clinical Research

Network (NIC) ScanBalt AgroBiotech (NorFA) ScanBalt Stem Cell Network

(NorFA)


Established Knowledge Networks in ScanBalt Campus(hub coordinator in brackets)

• Molecular Diagnostics(University of Gdansk/Medical University of Gdansk)

• Regenerative Medicine(University of Rostock and BioCon Valley, Germany)

• Environmental Biotechnology(Göteborg University, Sweden)

• Informational Biology. (Åbo Akademi University, Finland)

• Process Analytical Technology (PAT)(Linköping University, Sweden)

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

▪ Intellectual Property and Bio-entrepreneurship(Chalmers University, Göteborg, Sweden)

▪ Baltic Entrepreneurship Training(Baltic Entrepreneurship Centre, Rostock, Germany)

▪ Education and training of leaders for the life science industry of the future (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)


Big Fish – Small Fish Model

ScanBalt

Boston

Singapore


An European PersepctiveReflections from the Baltic Sea Region

• No single action or linear thinking will meet complexity of knowledge creation, diversity of regions or of commercialisation

The key focus should not be on institution building but on facilitation of performance of excellence and relation building(processes)

• How do we maintain an innovative approach?• How do we challenge dynamic interactions between commercial

opportunities, academics and financial means?• How do we maintain focus on excellent innovate performance – not only

technologically but in all dimensions/sectors of society?• How do we avoid one dimensional/linear/top-down concepts as they do

not support facilitation and relation building (processes)?• How do we improve pluralism and multi-dimensional thinking – and still

stay focused on excellent performance?• How do we employ cross-regional potentials in chains of valuecreation?

A competitve performance model based on excellent knowledge and high quality process facilitation seems to offer interesting possibilities

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