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Peer Discussion as a Step towards RIS 3, 5-6 juin 2012, Ponta Delgada - Açores

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La Réunion – France

Towards a RIS3 strategy

Ponta Delgada,

5-6 June 2012


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• June 2011: Presentation of S3 Platform

• Sept 2011: Conference Research and Innovation at La

Réunion

• Initiative from President D. ROBERT to Commisioner Hahn for

the participation of OR to the S3 platform

• Nov 2011: Conference des Présidents des RUP

• Jan 2012: First reunion « peer-review » at Seville

• June 2012: A step towards RIS 3,

Thank you Commisioner HAHN and DG REGIO for support.

Let’s go further!


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Reunion Island : regional profil

• French Department Overseas (as well as Mayotte)

• Unique Outermost Region of Europe in Indian Ocean (up to 2014, Mayotte

remains a PTOM)

• Unique place where european standards stands in the area


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People

GDP/people

Growth rate : 4,5% for

5 years


• High unemployment rate : 29 % (2010)

• Poverty Rate : 49 % (2008)

• Diversity and youthful of the population

(35% above 20 years old)

• Low level of education of the

population

• Population: 839 500 hab

• Area: 2504 km²

• Energy supply: 2700 GWh

(33,5 % from renewable energies)

• Protected Area: 42% of total area

(National Park, Unesco World Heritage)


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• 41 000 compagnies (2010)

• 8 100 new compagnies (2010)

• GDP : 14,9 Md€ en 2010 = 30%

less than national average, bu the

higher GDP in indian ocean zone

o 2% primary sector

o 15 % secondary sector

o 83 % tertiary sector

• Historic strengths : Sugar industry,

Buildings

Asset : an island at the crossroad of Europe, Africa and Asia


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• 1 university with a regional influence in Indian Ocean

• 40 research units

• R&D mainly from public sector (1400 people : 3 time lower national average)

• Many actors in the innovation system (no leadership but a network)

• Hightech research infrastructure financed by EU (to observe, in the health field…)

Regional strategies :

• A Regional Innovation Strategy (RIS) launched at the end of 2010

• A Regional Scheme for Economical Development (RSED) driven by

regional Council, launched en 2011 (cluster policy in 6 key sectors…)

Several objectives :

Become self-sufficient in energy by 2030 thanks to renewable energy

Increase tourism number and linked industries : 1 000 000 tourits in 2020

Main target countries : South Africa, Australia, China, India, Mauritius

Reunion Island : regional profil (suite)


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– A macro-economic analysis based on severals planning documents

– A shared regional diagnosis

– A long way with rich exchanges within several working groups, instead of contracting with a consultant, for a better appropriation by those who will make innovation and create jobs.

Our Regional Innovation Strategy

“L’innovation c’est la valorisation d’une idée, nouvelle dans son usage et/ou

dans son utilité, pour le développement économique, mais aussi social et

culturel“ (SRI La Réunion – 2010)


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– A wide definition of innovation, taking into account societal and organisational aspects

– Innovation: any idea meeting its market

– A long-term shared vision : 8 strategic directions

Implementation

- 17 ideas for action

- Specific governance

- Who does what analysis



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3 pilars: human (education, qualification, societal challenges, …), economic

(innovation, new markets, international business) and territorial (transport, energy,

water, TIC, …) competitiveness

And 8 strategic orientations

A - Raise the level of qualification in correspondence with the realities and economic

potentials especially those of Strategic Business Areas

B - Build innovative tools to fight against illiteracy

C - Optimize local resource for networking both structures and tools

D - Put companies in a position to innovate

E - Create conditions for implementation of projects (from upstream to downstream)

F - Implement the integrated approach to planning

G - Provide greater visibility for innovation

H - Put innovation in the consistency and durability


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Human, Economic and Territorial competitiveness

Human Economic Territorial


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For instance, innovation projects from SME are awarded a bonus in public funding


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For instance, a common service will be available to survey calls and to help

stakeholders in responding to the calls

(FP7, Horizon 2020, national & international calls for funding)


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1 main

debate with

all

participants

and open to

other view

• 15 Months for : discussion, selecting ideas and writing

• 150 peoples concerned

Regional

Innovation

Strategy

Launched

Participated process

dicussions for 10 months

- 5 working groups -

Synthesis

Regional

Innovation

Strategy

Adopted

The way we built our RIS: a success

for credibility and adaptation?


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Regional Committee for Innovation (CRI)

Strategic Committee

28 organizations

with links to innovative

Projects or businness man

Sra

tegic

decis

ions

STATE representative

REGIONAL COUNCIL representative

DEPARTEMENT CONCIL representative

+ president of the Régional Committee for innovation

President 11 entities (public or private organisation

about companies, university, banks/funders,

young entrepreneur, representing research

organizations)

+ 4 VIP + members of the strategic

committee

Technical team

Imple

menta

tion

Operators Committee (COP)

A specific Gouvernance


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• Open ourselves to the world

• Engage in excellence

• Capitalize our territory

Our valors

Co-development

Network

Accessibility,

Visibility, readability

6 priority areas :

• Biotech / life science • Sea/fishing/aquaculture/water • Energy • ICT • Tourism • Environment

A global cluster initiative

• Clusters are business-oriented

• Need to improve the phase « proof of concept »


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The development of Clusters in sectors that offer promises for the future

in terms of growth, productivity and job creation is a priority.

A global cluster initiative

The six key Clusters for technologic and economic development are :

• Biotechnologies / Life Sciences (e.g. Biofuel)

• Energy (e.g Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion)

• Sea-Fishing-Aquaculture-Water (e.g. Marine Innovative platform )

• Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

(e.g. SEAS-OI, Environmental Monitoring Satellite Aided station)

• Tourism (Pole of excellence)

• Environment


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Z.O.I.

Inter-tropical countries

One asset: the tropical context

The place to be to adapt european technologies and products, and propose

solutions on topics that are of main interest for the intertropical market


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An example for marine Biotechnology: Biofuel from alguae


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Generate Detect Qualify Faisability Development 1 2 4 5 3

We place ourselves in a logic entrepreneurial to improve the whole innovation chain: Our objective : to serve the project management and go to success, considering all stakeholders

• Identify local expertise on each of the sequences

• Strengthen if necessary

• Ensure good transmission of information between structures and post-project monitoring

Follow up 6

NOW

TO

REACH


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La Réunion expectations from

Peer-Review workshop • How to develop a RIS 3 in the particular Outermost Regions’

neighborhood?

• What are the key elements for appreciation of this ex-ante condition?

• How to make synergies between several funds and avoid the cut off between “leaders” regions that will access to all funds and less developped regions that will access to their structural funds?

• How to facilitate european transborder cooperation when we cannot, in fact or with difficulty, access to the European tool INTERREG IV C ?

• Learn from the past and from the way that we chose thanks to peer review, in line with the new exercise that must be done


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La Reunion:

• has adopted and develop a Regional Innovation Strategy in a bottom-up process

• provided an adequate gouvernance scheme that allow both bottom-up and top-down

initiatives

• Gave a strong boost and positive signal to create business-oriented clusters

• Make cooperation within neighborhood

(Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa, India, China, Australia)

• Is strenghtening thanks to its RIS the whole path of innovation (from R&D+I to proof of

concept and market) to produce and catch knowledge and transform it into new products

• Enhance participation in FP7 Cooperation

• Can be an european leading territory to develop and access specific technologies, in

competition with USA and Japan (first prototype in OTEC for instance)

• Can adress important societal challenges like living together in presence of 4 religions

• Manage both Structural Funds, FEADER and RIS in a partenarial way: Etat-Region-

Departement, allowing synergies

La Réunion – Key elements and

some concluding remarks


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Some open questions that are of interest for us:

• Synergy means optimal combination of several tools (Structural Funds, FEADER,

Horizon 2020, national, regional and local public and private funds) -> What are the rules

to access to these funds

• Excellence is mandatory … to access to FP7 / Horizon 2020 R&D+I funds. What is

the definition of excellence for such particular territory like an Outermost Region, La

Reunion for instance?

• Critical mass is also a keyword. What is the part of european researchers that work

on our problems (in others words, is the point of view from a southern region an added

value ?): how to reach critical mass on the OTEC technology if Europe does not allow

funding to develop R&D projects on this thematic or support such projects?

How to develop a RIS 3, ex-ante compliant for the period 2014-2020, that will help La

Reunion and Europe to get smart, sustainable and inclusive growth ?

… Let’s be innovative !

La Réunion – Key elements and

some concluding remarks


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I thank you for your attention

Prof. Frederic CADET

Vice-President of Regional Council of La Reunion

[email protected]

Obrigado pela vossa atençã

Merci de votre attention

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