Enhancing the Competitiveness of Croatian Economy through Smart Specialisation

“2nd Training Workshop on Smart Specialisation for South East European countries”Skopje, November 20 - 21

EU 2020

• Europe 2020 is the EU's growth strategy for the coming decade

• EU wants to become a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy. These three mutually reinforcing priorities should help the EU and the Member States deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion

• EU has set five ambitious objectives - on employment, innovation, education, social inclusion and climate/energy - to be reached by 2020. Each Member State has adopted its own national targets in each of these areas

• Concrete actions at EU and national levels underpin the strategy

Croatia/Europe 2020 headline targets

S3 - Context

• Key objective for EU-economy is increasing competitiveness through “smart, inclusive and sustainable growth” (Europe 2020 strategy, 2010)

• Key objective is broken down in 11 thematic objectives, to be achieved through sectoral and regional policy interventions

• EU-Cohesion Policy, Horizon 2020, and funding for programming period 2014-2020 will be closely related to Europe 2020 strategy

• Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) is ex-ante conditionality for investments from ERDF in research and innovation (R&I) and access/quality of ICT-infrastructure in each EU-Member State

Smart Specialisation in Croatia

• Will focus on those niches and S&T-areas where Croatia has prospects for smart, inclusive and sustainable growth, building on the country’s strengths, comparative advantages and potential for excellence

• Will concentrate policy support and investments on key national priorities, challenges and needs for knowledge-based development, including ICT-related measures

• Is based on a broader concept of innovation, not only investment in research or the manufacturing sector, but also building competitiveness through design and creative industries, social and service innovation, new business models and practice-based innovation

• Should make bridge between sectoral analyses/strategies and development of OP-priorities 2014-2020, with a longer term perspective

COMPETITIVE CROATIASTRATEGY FOR BOOSTING COMPETITIVENESS

How can we effect competitiveness?

4C

Priorities carefully selected based on territorial capital and smart

specialization

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

Match R&D and innovation capacities with priority sector needs

CHOICES AND CRITICAL MASS

COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP

Effective innovation system based on public and private partnerships

CLUSTERS AND CONNECTIVITY

Cluster development and connecting business, science and

government

Identified sectors of importance to Croatia

Sectors with high added value (pharmaceuticals and medical equipment production, chemical industry, automobile industry, defense industry, electrical and mechanical machines and equipment production, ICT, creative industry, construction industry) Traditional sectors with territorial capital (food-processing industry, wood processing industry, the maritime industry, textile industry)

Horizontal sectors: biotechnology, nanotechnology, micro-and nano-electronics and photonics, advanced materials and technologies

Competitiveness Clusters

Cluster Policy in Croatia

BUSINESS CLUSTERS

Improving competitiveness of

Enterprises

Ministry of Entrepreneurship

and Crafts

COMPETITIVE CLUSTERS

Improving competitiveness of Croatian Economy

Ministry of Economy

Croatian cluster

Croatian Competitiveness Cluster

Sector specific non-profit organization which brings together the business, scientific and policy making communities in a formal structure.

Stakeholders in combination, represent the ‘Triple Helix’ concept.

The intention is to gather the best players in their field – small, medium and large companies, business clusters, public and science and research institutions in order to develop synergies and cooperative efforts. The final outcome of this synergy will be increased national Sector competitiveness.

Public Sector

Business Sector

R&D and Science

Institutions

Competitiveness Cluster – Horizontal technology platforms

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY SECTOR

WOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY

CREATIVE INDUSTRY

FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

DEFENCE INDUSTRY

ELECTRO AND PRODUCTION MACHINERY , TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT

HEALTH INDUSTRY

ICT I

MARITIME INDUSTRY

TEXTILE INDUSTRY

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

(AGRO-FOOD PLATFORM)

(WOOD PLATFORM)

(AUTO PLATFORM)

(MARITIME PLATFORM)

(ENERGY&ENVIRONMENT PLATFORM)

(MEHATRONIC AND ROBOTIC PLATFORM)

(BUILDING&CONSTRUCTION PLATFORM)

(ICT&CREATIVE PLATFORM)

(NANO PLATFORM)

(BIO&LIFE-SCIENCE PLATFORM)

(ADVANCE MATERIALS AND PHOTONIC)

(MICRO&NANO ELECTRONICS PLATFORM)

The EU membership and the Republic of Croatia

• In the period from 1 July to 31 December 2013, 687.5 million euros is allocated from the EU budget, mostly from the structural instruments of the Cohesion policy (449.4 million euros)

• For the same period the Republic of Croatia has to pay 267.7 million euros, which makes Croatia net recipient country (potential)

• In the period from 2014. - 2020. cca 7.5 billion euros will be available to the Republic of Croatia

Main challenges

Under-developed knowledge based growth factors and insufficient infrastructure

Protecting the environment and natural resources and adapting to

climate change

Low labour market participation, inefficient education system and a difficult social situation

Inefficient public governance at central/local level and weak

involvement of partners

Thematic objectives1. strengthening research, technological development and innovation

2. enhancing access to, and use and quality of, information and communication technologies (ICT)

3. enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs, the agricultural sector and the fisheries and aquaculture sector

4. supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors

5. promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management

6. protecting the environment and promoting cultural and natural assets

7. promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures

8. promoting employment and supporting labour mobility

9. promoting social inclusion and combating poverty

10. investing in education, skills and lifelong learning

11. enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public administration

Funding priority:Strenghtening the competitiveness of the economy

Strenghtening Croatia´s

innovation profile through smart specialisation

Supporting the modernisation and competitiveness of

enterprises

The extension and upgrading of the transport and ICT

infrastructure

Positioning of S3 in Croatian contextNATIONAL SECTORAL STRATEGIES 2014-2020 OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES 2014-2020

…

•Priorities•Measures

Industrial

•Priorities•Measures

Innovation

•Priorities•Measures

Science&Education

•Priorities•Measures

SME

•Priorities•Measures

Tourism

•Priorities•Measures

Energy

•Priorities•MeasuresTransport

•Priorities•Measures

Human resources

Smart Specialization Strategy (S3)

Focusing Priorities linked to

R&D, Innovation

and ICT

Competitiveness & Cohesion

Human Resources Development

Technical Assistance

Approach in S3-design

S3

Priorities

Policy Mix

M&E

Top-down (ideas from central level, national data)

Bottom-up Entrepreneurial discovery process

(info from sector niches, companies and S&T-fields, stakeholder consultation)

S3-principles (“4 C’s”): Choices and Critical mass Competitive Advantage Connectivity and Clusters Collaborative leadership

Bodies involved in S3-design and their composition

MANAGEMENT AND DRAFTING TEAMMinistry of Economy

S3 Expert team

INTER-MINISTERIAL WORKING GROUPMoE, MRDFEU, MSES, MEC, MLPS, MINT, MoA,

MC, MFAEU, MMATI, HAMAG INVEST, AIC, ARD, BICRO, Central Bureau of Statistics, HUP,

National Science Foundation

PARTNERSHIP CONSULTATION GROUPCoE, CoC, HBOR, Universities, local self

governments, counties&county development agencies, IMO, EIZ, IRB, Competitiveness

Clusters, FINA

INTER-MINISTERIAL STEERING GROUP

line ministriesOffice of Prime Minister

Steps in S3-design (*)

1. Analysis of national/regional context and potential for innovation and competitiveness

2. Governance: ensuring participation and ownership

3. Elaboration of overall vision for the future

4. Identification of priorities

5. Definition of coherent policy mix, roadmaps and action plan

6. Integration of monitoring and evaluation mechanisms

(*) EC, Guide to Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisations (RIS3), 2012

S3 - prioritisation process

Criteria competitiveness and innovation scanTop down approach

Croatia’s performance in global perspective Contribution to GVA and employment per economic sector, 2012 and recent

development Productivity in industry per economic sector Profitability in industry per economic sector Export performance in industry per economic sector Educational profile in industry per economic sector Foreign Direct Investment in industry per economic sector Growth perspectives per economic sector (EU, globally)

Bottom up approach (Entrepreneurial signalling mechanisms) Penetration of Key Enabling Technologies per economic sector/clusters Level and type of innovation (process, product, service, organisational, marketing)

per economic sector/cluster Position and upgrading possibilities in value chain Named company use of R&D tax credits Granted patents to EU/ USA and Japan attributed to HR inventors and HR

enterprises EU and national funding secured by individual companies Technology needs per economic sector/cluster

Criteria science&technology scanTop down approach

EU Member States comparative strengths R&D investment by economic sector Patent applications/grants and citations by technology field Publications and citations by scientific field Funding secured by priority area (FP7)

Bottom up approach (Entrepreneurial signalling mechanisms) Named company use of R&D tax credits Publication quality and impact attributed to individual research groups Granted patents to EU/ USA and Japan attributed to HR inventors and HR

enterprises EU and national funding secured by individual research groups (FP7 RegPot, Proof

of Concepts) Technology mapping of individual research groups (expert opinion)

Follow-up Steps

• Inter-ministerial WG Meeting• PSC Meeting• First results from analyses (competitiveness, R&D/S&T)• Identification of priorities for S3• Challenges, vision and strategic objectives• First ideas on policy mix and governance

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Thank you

marijana.bolaricskare@mingo.hr

Directorate for Industry, Investments and EU Programmes and Projects

Ministry of EconomyRepublic of Croatia