Pierre-yves MAUGUEN AIP - Praha - 2th december 2003 1 Research and Technological Innovation Networks...

Pierre-yves MAUGUEN AIP - Praha - 2th december 2003

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Promoting public / private partnerships in France :

7 Research and Technological Research and Technological

Innovation NetworksInnovation Networks_______

Ministry of Research Ministry of Industry

Dr.Pierre-Yves Mauguen


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Summary

1- General context

2- The RTIN : presentation, main features and the peer review

3- Quantitative results : main actors, financial support, financial additivity, SME participation

4- Policy lessons and recomandations


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Public research organisations

• Basic research oriented : CNRS, INSERM (health), INRIA (computer, networks and communication), CNES (space), CIRAD (research for development), Universities labs, etc.

• Fondations : Pasteur Institute (vaccines), Curie Institute (cancer), ANRS (aids)

• Applied and technological oriented : CEA(energy, nanotech), BRGM(geology, gas, mining), IFREMER(marine), ADEME, INERIS,etc

• Links to be improved with firms, and between research organisations. More precisely...


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A favorable Context : a major interest in partnerships P/P for policy makers

• A new challenge : Law for innovation and research (1999), focused on start-up and innovative firms created by searchers and mobility of searchers

• a report from a former CNRS Director general and High education director (Ministry of education) and Head of R/D directorate in car and engines (Renault)

• A mismatch between public research infrastructures and changing patterns in firms innovation

• those partnerships had both political and parlementary support (Senate)

• sustain competitive advantages in technological domains

• association between Research ministry and industry ministry

Other instruments are existing...


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Network as a structuring instrument policy for S&T

• promote a more integrated view of science and technology than the large programs of the 90 ’s

• break technological barriers for products and services

• support behavioral changes in firms, for new R/D investments

• insert technological innovation in markets and societal needs in a middle or long term perspective

Foster the responsivness of PRO to industrial needs


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16 networks under operation (I)

More networks ...

Industry Networks Biotechnologies (3) GenHomme (human genome) Génoplante (vegetal genome)

Health technology

Information & Communication technologies (4)

Audio-visual and multimedia research and innovation : RIAM Micro-nano technology national network : RMNT Telecommunications research : RNRT

Software technologies research and innovation networkEnvironment (3)

Water and environmental technologies Accidental maritime pollution and ecological falloutsEarth and space


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16 networks under operation (II)

Industry Networks Energy (1) Fuel Cells : PACO

Transportation (2)Air and space research on supersonic aeroplane

National Program for research and innovation in ground transportation or « PREDIT »

Building & civil engineering (2)

Civil & Urban Works

Materials & processes


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EXAMINATION OF SEVEN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION NETWORKS (RTINs)

RNRT (telecommunications) : future of the Internet, the next generations of multimedia mobile telephony and new communicating objects.

RMNT (Research Network for Micro- and Nano-Technologies) : main areas of research concerning the sizing, operation, mass production and characterisation of very small objects, which can be as small as molecules.

RIAM (Research Network for Audiovisual and Multimedia Research) : aims to provide the audiovisual and multimedia programme industries with innovative tools stemming from public and private research.

GenHomme : genomics and post-genomics (the purpose of genomics is to catalogue all of an organism’s genes, and to understand their regulation, functions and interactions).

Genoplante : vegetal genomics :seeds and seed protection.

PACO : research on fuel cells.

PREDIT (the Interministerial Land Transport Research and Innovation Programme) organises and co-ordinates public initiatives in support of research, development, technology transfer and experimentation in the field of land transport.


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How do a RRIT Work ?

• a steering comity (COS) is in charge of stratégic orientations, programs definitions and operating rules ;

• the chair of COS is from industry ;• executive board : implement the overall policies, with the help of a secretariat• a scientific advisory board : coordinates the selection, the follow-up and

evaluations ;

• strategic orientations are translated into calls for proposals ;• network certification procedure : under the responsability of each network;

two experts in different fields ;• certified projects are forwarded to the ministries and special agencies ;• mostly, « exploratory » projects are financed by Minister of research,

when« pre-competitive » projects are financed by Ministry of Industry. Ministry of Equipment and transports is very active in three networks.

• two ways of financing : MR (financial helps with two rates 50% SME, 30% large firms, MI (financial helps + refoundable advances)


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A 292,24 Million € funded by the Ministry of Research, 1998 - 2002

Environment (7,1 %) 20,65Water and environment technologies (RITEAU) 6,22

Network accidental sea pollution and ecological fallouts (RITMER) 2,28 2000Space and earth 12,37 2001

Life Sciences (26,8 %) 78,25 2000

« GenHomme » 27,26« Génoplante » 22,51 2000Health technologies (RNTS) 23,0 1999Alimentation References Europe (RARE) 5,48 2000

Materials, Transportation, Energy (25,2%) 73,62 2001

Civil and urban works (RGC&U) 8,23

Materials and process 12,54 1999Fuel cells network (PACo) 14,0 2000National programme for research and innovation in ground transportations(PREDIT)

38,75 1999

Air and space research on supersonic .. 1996

Information technologies, computers,telecommunications, multimedia (41%)

119,72 2000

Sotfware technologies research and innovation network (RNTL) 37,11

Telecommunications research (RNRT) 50,35 2000Micro-nano technologies (RMNT) 30,56 1998Audio-visual and multimedia (RIAM) 1,70 1999

TOTAL 292,24 2001


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Associated platforms

Created in 2001, « ...infrastructures or instruments implemented to conceive composants assembling or systems or to experiment, to dévelop processes, to test high technology services, in conditions near from the markets ». They attain the number of 31 in December 2002.

Main features• technological hub in the economy of a sector, • infrastructure towards applications oriented use• method of pooling technological and human ressources• mainly of the responsability of actors involved in RRIT• eases a convergence point of goals and interests (for searchers, for users,

for industries)• returns to scales

Exemples : grid computing, virtual reality, bio-informatics, protein chemistry, etc.


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Intellectual property rights

• Principle : mainly of the responsability of stakeholders involved in RRIT ’s projects : IPR issues are covered through an agrement signed by the members of a project before its eligibility.

• some Networks have stted up special companies for IPR : for example Genoplante

• RRIT GenHomme has established its own chart, linked with the national one, incluing a confidentiality article and a IPR agrement shared by the members of a project before its eligibility.

• competencies in IPR are more generally linked with the IPR bureau of PRO participating in the projects


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International openess and perspectives

Firstly country specific tool : partnerships and networking are conceived on a national basis, which means that any domiciliated foreign firm can participate

The model of Networks have nevertheless obvious links with foreign operators or programs and searchers :

• foreign researchers in PRO, like CNRS and universities• bilateral cooperation initiatives national level: Genoplante with Gabi (Germany)

in vegetal genomics, or Predit and « mobilitat » in transport networks• cooperation though nodes of the networks : Grenoble Genhomme node is

paricipating to common activities with ESRF, ILL and EMBL on the structural genomics initiative.

• RNTL (mobiles, telecom) is opening cooperation at the european level; on software, a promising cooperation exists with Finland.

• in RITMER (marine pollutions), informations exchanges are performed with Spain and Portugal.

• foreign and european partners may be associated in projects, or participate to experiments in technological platforms, insuring the financial conterweight.


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Main caracteristics of the selected RRIT

Fields Stepping up science Bottum-up or top Using technolol Competition PME

base/mobilising down approach platforms level/Coop

RNRT internet M B/T *** Comp 35%mobiles, comm

RMNT Micro and nano S/M B ** Comp/cooptechnologies

RIAM audiovisual S/M B/T * Comp/coo 52% and multimediaGenHomme genomics S/M B/T ** Comp/coop 55% post-genomicsGenoplante seeds and S and political T _ Coop

seeds protectionPACO fuel cells M and economics b/T _ Comp

PREDIT land transport S/M B * Coop 26 %


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Trend in the financing of research via RTINs and other competitive grants by the Technological Research Fund (FRT)

of the Ministry of research

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20

40

60

80

100

120

Other competitivegrants

RTINs

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Millions €


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Research and Technological Innovation Networks partners:

Partners are (2000 and 2001) :

• public labs in universities 14 %• in engineering schools 5 %• publics research organisations, 34 %

• large corporations 12 %• SME 29 %• professional associations, regional delegations, technical

centers 5 %


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Synthesis for private and public funding,7 RTIN, 2001 et 2002

En millions € 2001 2002 Total 2001-2002 Public funding 136,23 130,69 266,92 Private funding 174,78 175,46 350,24Total amount for projects 311,01 306,15 617,16Shared by private funding 56% 57% 57%

Nombre de projets 234 550 784

Source : tables from each network,, Direction de la Technologie et DIGITIP


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Financial input additivity

RMNT RNRT RIAM Genoplante GenHomme PREDIT PACO

Number of certifiedprojects 2002 10 36 3 85 12 366 8

% private funding 2001 45 44,5 63,7 65,3 27,5 71 60

% private funding 2002 46,6 66,5 55 49,3 33 58,9 56


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Nature of firms helped though FRT

Large groups SME (< 500 p) Public structures, associations, transfer centers, regions

64,7 M€in 1996

90,65 M€in 1999

157,9 M€in 2001


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First benefits from RTIN

Help to promote large programs (genomics, nanotechnologies)

Support an open and flexible strategy (quite opposed to planned research programs)

Facilitate interdisciplinary approach and use of common ressources (TICs

platforms)

Lift barriers (horizontal rather than vertical) :- among research institutions- between public research and private research

Benefit to SMEs which are compulsorily associated

But the evolution of networks meets obstacles ...


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Policy lessons : 1- Appropriateness

• Covers well, in some case too well : succes may bring to some more opportunistic creation (« accidental marine pollutions network »)

• mobilises more than some pre-existing networks, towards sharper objectives

• gives indeed stronger autonomy attributes, and help towards a « communauty » of actors

• RRIT stay open to new stakeholders (exemple of telecom RNRT)

• foster SME involvment

• RRIT are interesting tools for internationalisation of research


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Policy lessons : 2- Own efficiency of RRIT

Observations• critical mass funding for some networks• lack of own ressources to foster the management• Industry chairing the SOC, but recognition and legitimacy is not still clear• light capacity to manage IPR in some networks• financial arrangements may be optimised (funding procedures and timing)• involvment of VC community• hidden costs must be better identified (private side and public side)

Lessons and suggestions• act as steamline financing procedures• increase own ressources for management and for steering technological

research• create an inter-networks platform for mutual learning about common

management issues• continue to undertake strategic studies


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Policy lessons : 3- About system efficiency

Observations• Certification of projects is not a complete garanty for Ministeries, • financial support has allowed an incresing number of SME in projects• economic sustainability of new science based firms is still unsatisfying• adaptation of strategic change of R/D in firms• How and should regions be more involved ?• position of networks in PRO and universities has to be integrated more• international linkages may be fostered

Lessons and suggestions• promote RRIT beyond the research community and boarders• help to create new interdisciplinary posts to hire young researchers,

especially in small firms • foster participation in international networks • improve consistancy in research orientation with european programs (FP and

Eureka)• reinforce foresight in key aereas


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