Luca Braia - The smart specialisation Strategy and the Bioeconomy Cluster in the Basilicata Region

The Smart Specialisation Strategy and the Bioeconomy Cluster in the

Basilicata RegionLuca Braia, Agriculture and Forestry Councillor

Basilicata RegionSmart Specialization Strategy: from planning to funding - BRUSSELS 12 October 2016

THE SOCIO ECONOMIC CONTEXT: BASILICATA IS A RURAL REGION

Altimetry classification999.461 haMountain

468.215 ha46,8%

Plain80.312 ha8,1%

Hill450.934 ha45,1%

ITALY

Surface: 9.995 Km2Population: 576.610Pop. Density: 57,24/Km2

POTENZAMATERA ECoC 2019

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Luca Braia, Agriculture and Forestry Councillor Basilicata Region

THE SOCIO ECONOMIC CONTEXT: BASILICATA IS A RURAL REGION

2013 (M€)

GDP 10.598

GDP per capita 18.410

Added Value 9.714

Agrofood, Forestry 579

Industry 2.767

Food industry

214

Services 6.368

Employed people 199.300

Unemployment rate (%)

13,0


5 PROMINENT PRODUCTIVE CLUSTERS: 1.AGROFOOD

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1. Metaponto2. Vulture-Melfese3. Val d’Agri4. Matera Hill5. Internal areas

793 Meuro26.600 workers

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5 PROMINENT PRODUCTIVE CLUSTERS: 2. AUTOMOTIVE

1. FCA SATA


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5 PROMINENT PRODUCTIVE CLUSTERS: 3. CREATIVE & DESIGN

1. MATERA SOFAS


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5 PROMINENT PRODUCTIVE CLUSTERS: 4. ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

1. OIL EXTRACTION

4.000.000 t/year8% of italian demand154 Meuro/year royalties

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5 PROMINENT PRODUCTIVE CLUSTERS: 5. TOURISM

1. MATERA ECOC2019+ 20% presence year rate200.000 in 2014

2. MARATEA211.000 presences in 2014

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BASILICATA BIOECONOMY RESOURCES AND POTENTIAL

o TAL 719.000 ha1. UAL 542.000 ha2. FOREST 355.000 haRegional reform of the sector3. Protected area 237.000 ha4. 54.000 farms

• 5 rivers• 12 reservoir dams• 8% OF UAL is irrigated

• 500.000 t/y biomass • Forest biomass underused• 100.000 ha available• 15.000 ha irrigated land

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BASILICATA BIOECONOMY: INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM1. University of Basilicata2. National Agency for Energy3. National Research Council4. Agriculture Research Council5. ALSIA6. Metapontum Agrobios7. FCA Campus8. Italian Space Agency1. Sviluppo Basilicata2. Basilicata Innovazione3. CREATEC scarl4. CERTA scarl

Creative & Design

Auto

Renewable Energy

ICT & Earth Observation

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BASILICATA TECHNOLOGICAL DISTRICT: TERN CONSORTIUM1. University of Basilicata2. National Research Council3. ARPAB - Regional Agency

for Environmental Protection

4. Italian Space Agency5. RELUIS Earthquake

engineering6. CREATEC7. E-GEOS Italian Space

Agency + (20%) Telespazio (80%)

1. 51% Public - 49% Private2. Earth observation3. Natural hazards protection4. Interoperability of geospatial data



BASILICATA BIOECONOMY FIRST CLASS R&D PLATFORMS

1. Plant Phenomics Platform2. Food Biotechnology Pilots3. Biorefineries, Biomass Pilots4. Agrobiotech labs


BASILICATA BIOECONOMY STRATEGY: GOALS & CHALLENGES

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Renewable Energy

SUPPORT AGROFOOD CHAINS:• Exploit KETs (Biotech,

ICT) for product and process innovation

• Improve environmental sustainability

• Increase company competitiveness and profitability

• Attract young people in bioeconomy

• Increase exportINTRODUCE NEW VALUE CHAINS:• Biorefineries for

agricultural wastes and residual biomasses

• Specialized crops for green chemistry, pharmaceuticals

• Use of marginal landsLuca Braia, Agriculture and Forestry Councillor Basilicata Region

BASILICATA BIOECONOMY STRATEGY: NEEDS


Renewable Energy

• Invest in logistic infrastructures

• Support cooperation (Land pulverization, scarce attitude, large presence of very SMEs)

• Strengthen technology transfer systems

• Close the gap between R&D and enterprises

• Attract external investments (Weak industrial bioeconomy sector, reduced regional private financial power)

• Boost the R&D technology platforms and clusters

• Invest in international and interregional cooperation

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BASILICATA BIOECONOMY STRATEGY - STATE OF ART • The Basilicata Region S3

Document outlined horizons of business development and research for the coming years

• Bioeconomy is one of the 5 strategic axes

• Basilicata Region sustains Bioeconomy strategy through European Structural and Investment Funds 2014-2020 (FESR - FSE - FEASR) and through environmental compensation funds (royalties)

• Agricultural and Forestry Department stimulated the start of the new research in S3 with the Measure 16 of PSR

• Basilicata Cluster of Bioeconomy was constituted in July 2016 with more than 60 members and will be officially presented on the 18th of October 2016


ISSUES:- water management, - genomics for sustainable

agriculture, - precision and integrated

agriculture, - nutrition and health, - green chemistry, - non-technological innovation in

the food industry

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTIONFor more info:

Luca [email protected]


BASILICATA BIOECONOMY STRATEGY

Luca Braia - The smart specialisation Strategy and the Bioeconomy Cluster in the Basilicata Region

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