Meeting on Smart Specialisation in Andalusia

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Meeting on Smart Specialisation in Andalusia

Strategic Guidance for the new EU Cohesion Strategic Guidance for the new EU Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 in the research and Policy 2014-2020 in the research and

innovation fieldinnovation field

Mikel Landabaso, DG Regional Policy

Sevilla, 23rd November 2011


Cohesion Cohesion Policy Policy

funding funding for RTD+ifor RTD+i2007-2013 2007-2013

Cohesion Policy support for Innovation:

4% in 89’-93’

7% in 94’-99’

11% in 00’-06’

25% in 07’-13’


Cohesion policy 2014-2020 and Europe 2020

• Commission adopted its proposals 6 October 2011– Along with rural development and maritime and

fisheries policy, cohesion policy will focus on Europe 2020 objectives

– List of thematic objectives developed around the Europe 2020 headline targets and flagship initiatives

– Thematic concentration: minimum shares for research and innovation through the European Regional Development Fund


1. Research & innovation2. Information and communication technologies (ICT)3. Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) 4. Shift towards a low-carbon economy5. Climate change adaptation & risk prevention and management6. Environmental protection & resource efficiency7. Sustainable transport & removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures8. Employment & supporting labour mobility9. Social inclusion & combating poverty10. Education, skills & lifelong learning11. Institutional capacity building & efficient public administrations

Thematic Concentration


Concentrating resources to maximise impact

Less developed regionsMore developed & transition regions

Concentration of ERDF investments on:• energy efficiency & renewable energy

• research & innovation• competitiveness of SMEs

• flexibility – different regions have different needs

• special arrangements for ex-convergence regions

60%20%

44%

6%


ERDF Investment priorities 2014-20 (Art. 5)

1). Strengthening research, technological development and innovation:– enhancing research and innovation infrastructure (R&I) and capacities to develop

R&I excellence and promoting centres of competence, in particular those of European interest;

– promoting business R&I investment, technology transfer, social innovation, clusters and open innovation in SMEs through smart specialisation;

– supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, and advanced manufacturing capabilities in Key Enabling Technologies and diffusion of common rules purpose technologies;

2). Enhancing accessibility to and use and quality of ICT:– extending broadband deployment and the roll-out of high-speed networks ;– developing ICT products and services, e-commerce and enhancing demand for ICT;– strengthening ICT applications for e-government, e-learning, e-inclusion and e-

health;

3). Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs:– promoting entrepreneurship, in particular by facilitating the economic exploitation of

new ideas and fostering the creation of new firms; – developing new business models for SMEs in particular for internationalisation;


Strengthening research, technological development and innovation

R&TD activities in research centres Advanced support services for firms and groups of firms

R&TD infrastructure and centres of competence in a specific technology

Investment in firms directly linked to research and innovation (...)

Technology transfer and improvement of cooperation networks ...

Developing human potential in the field of research and innovation, in particular through post-graduate studies.

Assistance to R&TD, particularly in SMEs (including access to R&TD services in research centres)

Enhancing competitiveness of small and medium sized enterprises

Other measures to stimulate research and innovation and entrepreneurship in SMEs

Other measures for improving access to and efficient use of ICT by SMEs

Services and applications for SMEs (e-commerce, education and training, networking, etc.)

Support for self-employment and business start-up

Other investment in firms

Supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors

Assistance to SMEs for the promotion of environmentally-friendly products and production processes (...)

Renewable energy: hydroelectric, geothermal and other

Renewable energy: wind Energy efficiency, co-generation, energy management

Renewable energy: solar Electricity

Renewable energy: biomass Housing infrastructure

Categories of Expenditure


More coherent use of available EU funds

• Comprehensive investment strategy: aligned with Europe 2020 objectives

• Coherence with National Reform Programmes

• Coordination: cohesion policy, rural development, maritime + fisheries funds

• Objectives and indicators to measure progress towards Europe 2020 targets

• Effectiveness: ex-ante conditionalities, performance framework

• Efficiency: reduction of administrative burden for beneficiaries, alignment of eligibility rules of different EU instruments

Common Strategic

Framework

Partnership

Contract

Operational Programmes


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Introduction of ex-ante conditionalities to ensure that the necessary conditions for effective support are in place.

For research and innovation:

• The existence of a national or regional research and innovation strategy for smart specialisation in line with the National Reform Programme

– to leverage private research and innovation expenditure

– complies with the features of well-performing national or regional research and innovation systems


1. Promoting research and innovation is considered as a key policy instrument to enhance competitiveness and job creation, address major societal challenges and improve quality of life and is communicated as such to the public.

2. Design and implementation of research and innovation policies is steered at the highest political level and based on a multi-annual strategy. Policies and instruments are targeted at exploiting current or emerging national/regional strengths within an EU context ("smart specialisation")

3. Innovation policy is pursued in a broad sense going beyond technological research and its applications.

4. There is adequate and predictable public investment in research and innovation focused in particular on stimulating private investment.

5. Excellence is a key criterion for research and education policy6. Education and training systems provide the right mix of skills7. Partnerships between higher education institutes, research centres and business, at

regional, national and international level, are actively promoted8. Framework conditions promote business investment in R&D, entrepreneurship and

innovation9. Public support to research and innovation in businesses is simple, easy to access, and

high quality10. The public sector itself is a driver of innovation

ANNEX I of the Innovation Union Flagship Self assessment tool:features of well performing national and regional research and

innovation systems


Thematic ex-ante conditionalities (2)

Thematic objectives Ex ante conditionality Criteria for fulfilment

2. Enhancing accessibility to and use and quality of information and communication technologies (Broadband target)

(referred to in Article 9(2) )

2.1. Digital growth: The existence within the national or regional innovation strategy for smart specialisation of an explicit chapter for digital growth to stimulate demand for affordable, good quality and interoperable ICT-enabled private and public services and increase uptake by citizens, including vulnerable groups, businesses and public administrations including cross border initiatives.

– A chapter for digital growth within the national or regional innovation strategy for smart specialisation is in place that contains:

– budgeting and prioritisation of actions through a SWOT analysis carried out in alignment with the Scoreboard of the Digital Agenda for Europe;

– an analyses of balancing support for demand and supply of information and communication technologies (ICT) should have been conducted;

– measurable targets for outcomes of interventions in the field of digital literacy, skills, e-inclusion, e-accessibility, and e-health which are aligned with existing relevant sectoral national or regional strategies.

– assessment of needs to reinforce ICT capacity-building.

2.2. Next Generation Access (NGA) Infrastructure: The existence of national NGA Plans which take account of regional actions in order to reach the EU high-speed Internet access targets, focusing on areas where the market fails to provide an open infrastructure at an affordable cost and to an adequate quality in line with the EU competition and state aid rules, and provide accessible services to vulnerable groups.

– A national NGA Plan is in place that contains:– a plan of infrastructure investments through

demand aggregation and a mapping of infrastructure and services, regularly updated;

– sustainable investment models that enhance competition and provide access to open, affordable, quality and future proof infrastructure and services;

– measures to stimulate private investment.


Thematic ex-ante conditionalities (3)

Thematic objectives Ex ante conditionality Criteria for fulfilment

3. Enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

(referred to in Article 9(3))

3.1. Specific actions have been carried out for the effective implementation of the Small Business Act (SBA) and its Review of 23 February 2011 including the "Think Small First" principle.

– The specific actions include:– a monitoring mechanism to ensure the

implementation of the SBA including a body in charge of coordinating SME issues across different administrative levels (“SME Envoy”);

– measures to reduce the time to set-up business to 3 working days and the cost to €100;

– measures to reduce the time needed to get licenses and permits to take up and perform the specific activity of an enterprise to 3 months;

– a mechanism for systematic assessment of the impact of legislation on SMEs using an "SME test" while taking into account differences in the size of enterprises, where relevant.

3.2. Transposition into national law of Directive (2011/7/EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on combating late payment in commercial transactions.

– Transposition of that Directive in accordance with Article 12 of the Directive (by 16 March 2013).


Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation – RIS³

An economic transformation agenda based on 4Cs:

• (Tough) Choices: select few priorities on the basis of international specialisation and integration on international value chains – avoid duplication and fragmentation in ERA

• Competitive (Constructed) Advantage: mobilize talent by matching RTD + i and business needs & capacities – entrepreneurial discovery process

• Critical Mass/Clusters: develop world class excellence clusters and provide arenas for related variety/cross-sectorial links which drive specialised technological diversification

• Collaborative Leadership: efficient innovation systems as a collective endeavour based on public-private partnership (quadruple helix) – experimental platform – give voice to un-usual suspects

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Green Growth Digital agenda

Skills

Clusters

SMEs Support

Social Innovation

Financial engineering

Connecting Universities

Key Enabling Technologies

Research infrastructures

Cultural and creative industries

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Policy Delivery Instruments

Economic Rationale

CP Regulations 2013-20(COM) “The contribution of Regional Policy to smart Growth”(COM) “The contribution of Regional Policy to sustainable Growth”Innovation Union Flagship

Methodological supportPolicy Rationale

Smart Specialisation GUIDE

“Knowledge for Growth” FWP Evaluation Endogenous Growth

Innovation Systems“Innovative milieux” Evolutionary Economics

Economic Geography

Policy ExperimentationRIS-RITTs 1994-2004

Innovation Union self-assessment toolRegional Innovation MonitorOECD 2011 “Regions and Innovation Policy”IRE-RIS GuideDirectory “No-Nonsense” to build S3

Diagnostic Systèmes d’Innovation (Praguer)

Entrepreneurship and incubation

Internationalisation

Competitive Advantage – M-Porter Industrial districts

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– ““Inward looking” (parochial) without taking into account the global Inward looking” (parochial) without taking into account the global

economy and the ERA;economy and the ERA;– Driven by external consultants: appropriation problem for regional Driven by external consultants: appropriation problem for regional

players;players;– Excessive focus on "technological" supply and R&D emphasis;Excessive focus on "technological" supply and R&D emphasis;– A lack of understanding of the regional innovation system as an A lack of understanding of the regional innovation system as an

interaction of interdependent players, policies and institutions;interaction of interdependent players, policies and institutions;– "Study-oriented" approach vs. "applied-oriented" approach: credibility for "Study-oriented" approach vs. "applied-oriented" approach: credibility for

businessmen.businessmen.– National/Regional governments might feel threatened by:National/Regional governments might feel threatened by:

* a transparent and inclusive bottom-up process * a transparent and inclusive bottom-up process * analysis showing regional R&TD+i supply does not correspond to * analysis showing regional R&TD+i supply does not correspond to

business demand;business demand;* new ideas, which cut across traditional power boundaries between * new ideas, which cut across traditional power boundaries between

Ministries;Ministries;* project ideas which are not already in the "drawer" of a given Ministry* project ideas which are not already in the "drawer" of a given Ministry

Lessons from regional innovation strategies 1993-2000Lessons from regional innovation strategies 1993-2000


Governance of RISGovernance of RIS3 3

as a collective social endeavouras a collective social endeavour

•Set up a dedicated Steering Group/Knowledge Leadership Group, a Management Team and Working groups…and flagship projects

•Process needs to be interactive, regionally driven and consensus-based

•Collaborative leadership: know what, know who and know how.

•New demand-side perspectives given prominence: not just usual public suspects but businesses in the driving seat

•Embrace social as well as ecological innovation

•Involve boundary spanners brokering new connections across sectors, disciplines and institutions in order to explore « related-variety »

•Link national, regional and EU funds: involve stakeholders operating both outside and in the region


Horizontal issues and policy instruments

Green Growth: only sustainable is smart – Eco-innovation & Energy efficiency Digital agenda: enabling knowledge flows throughout the territory –connected

regions Clusters for regional growth: business ecologies that drive innovation Innovation-friendly business environments for SMEs: good jobs in

internationally competitive firms Social Innovation: new organisational forms to tackle societal challenges Stronger focus on financial engineering: not only grants Lifelong Learning in research and innovation: support knowledge triangle

(KICs) and university-enterprise cooperation Key Enabling Technologies: systemic potential to induce structural change Research infrastructure/centres of competence: support to ESFRI and EU

wide diffusion of leading edge R&D results Creativity and cultural industries: innovation beyond technology and outside

manufacturing Public Procurement for market pull: pre-competitive PP to open new

innovation friendly market niches


R&D excellence & Cohesion Policy: two policies with complementary objectives

EU R&D Policy – future Horizon 2020 EU Cohesion Policy

To maximize the competitiveness impact of research and innovation and raising and spreading levels of excellence in the research base

Focus on creating endogenous growth on the basis of local assets, capabilities and economic potentialities.

Based on individual R&D Projects often of a pre-competitive nature aiming at improving leading edge basic research

Based on multiannual Programmes aiming at increased economic competitiveness through close to the market competitive R&D and innovation efforts

Awarded directly to final beneficiaries (firms, public and private R&D centres and Universities)

Awarded through shared management to national and regional public intermediaries

Competitive calls addressed to international groupings through peer review based on excellence criteria

Non competitive attribution addressed to regional players based on strategic planning negotiation

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