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SMART SPECIALISATION STRATEGY
LESSONS (learned by) THE AQUITAINE
REGION
Hervé LE GUYADER
eHealth Forum, Athens, 12th May, 2014
Lessons learned by AquitaineStructure of the presentation
• Regional background
• Basic facts, basic questions
• Methodology
• Selection of a first set of specialisation areas, including « AHA friendly » ones
• Challenges ahead
• Conclusion
• Regional background
41 308 km²
3.2 M people
5 départements
2295 communes
A DIVERSIFIED ECONOMY
85,7 B € GDP => 40th European Region
9,3% unemployment < France average
4th French Region for the increase of its population
29% < 25 years old and 20% > 65 years old
3rd French Region in terms of exportations
5rth French Region in terms of enterprise creations
Industry 157 000 jobs
Agriculture 74 000 jobs
Tourism 50 000 jobs
73 000 Summer jobs
Agri-food 30 000 jobs
Agri-food - Wines #1 World Region for wine growing
#1 French Region for agricultural and food production
Forest-Wood-Paper #1 cultivated forest in Europe
#1 French Region for wood/paper/furniture
Agricultural sector #1 European production Region for corn
#2 agricultural French Region
Chemical and advanced materials #1 French Region for risk classified factories
Gliding #1 European Region
Health #1 French Region française for health ICT
Thermal cures #1 French thermal cures Region
Optical-Photonics #1 French Region for science infrastructures
Renewable energies #2 French ressource for biomass electricity
Sciences of earth and oil industries #2 French ressource for earth energy
Aeronautics-Space and Defense #3 French aeronautical Region
Construction building #4 French Region
Sea industries #4 French Region
ICT #4 French Region for ICT services
Tourism #5 French Region
Gastronomy, traditions et well living World immaterial heritage label
Some performing regional areas
Innovation Regional performance
• Fact #1: ESIF is something important for Regions…
• Fact #2: ERDF, within ESIF, is something quite important…
• Fact #3: 2014-2020 programming period rules are different
from previous ones
• Fact #4: Concentration shall apply:
1. Within the set of T.O.’s
2. And, for T.O. 1 and T.O. 2, with an ex ante condition: S3
• Fact #5: S3 comes with its set of binding rules
• Basic facts (S3 related)
• Basic questions
• #1: How to best understand this S3 « new thing »?
• #2: How to cope with the « We’ve been doing this all
along, so why should we change anything » syndrome?
• #3: Should we delegate this?
• #4: How can we go through the S3 process and produce
the expected deliverable?
• #5: How to ensure this will be sustainable (2014-2020)?
• #6: Is there anything missing in the S3 doctrine, that we
could, and should, improve on?
Question#1: How to « best » understand what’s requested?
• Methodology
IPTS S3 Platform in Sevilla
Question#1: How to « best » understand what’s requested?
National guide
Expert (founding father)
Question#1: How to « best » understand what’s requested?
• Granularity
Sectorial
level
Intermediate level for new activities
activités nouvelles
Micro level
Question#1: How to « best » understand what’s requested?
Sleeping giants (agri-food?)
Hungry dwarves (aerospace subcontractors?)
Excited goblins (ICT start-ups?)
• Diversity
• Iterative process within the regional innovation ecosystem
In itinere evaluation for each concentration
aera
Selection of concentration areas for
3-4 years period
New « harvest » every 2-3 years
Overall backing of the regional ecosystem
emerging sectors
Question#1: How to « best » understand what’s requested?
Question#1: How to « best » understand what’s requested?
Question#2: How to cope with the « We’ve been doing this all along,
so why change anything » syndrome?
Just do it!
Question#2: How to cope with the « We’ve been doing this all along,
so why change anything » syndrome?
And the answer is:
Targetted questionnaire sent to > 800 targetted individuals
> 60 meetings, from high end presentation given to key regional politicians, to detailled oriented technical fine tuning
Question#3: Should we delegate this?
(Fact #1: ESIF is something thing (for Regions)
Fact #2: Within ESIF, ERDF is something quite important)
…
Fact #n: in 2014, French Regional councils became ERDF managing
authorities
… so, … we felt like we should be doing this ourselves!
Project team (~20) Steering Committee (10) Experts (~50)
Question#4: How can we go through the S3 process and produce the
expected deliverable?
• Political will
• Strong partnership (Region, State representatives,
Regional and National agencies)
• Dedicated resources (staff)
• Clear scheduling, transparency with stakeholders
• …
• (EC FP style) Project Management!
• And a « customised toolkit »
Question#4: How can we go through the S3 process and produce the expected
deliverable?
Toolkit: The « Seven C’s grid », built upon the « 4 C » proposed by EC
Toolkit: A « techno/market 51x47 matrix », built upon EU (KETs), national and
regional studies
Question#4: How can we go through the S3 process and produce the expected
deliverable?
Toolkit: Iterative (weekly) and interactive mind maps,
from:
Question#4: How can we go through the S3 process and produce the expected
deliverable?
to:
Question#4: How can we go through the S3 process and produce the expected
deliverable?
A « TOOLKIT ENABLED » VIRTUOUS CIRCLE
1- Transparent selection criteria
The 7C’s Grid2- Suggested S3 area already pre-evaluated by
the proposer (questionnaire)
3- Identify concentrations => specialisations
Techno/markets grid 51x47
Set of potential specialisation
areas
Self-selection by the
stakeholder
4- Targetting Choice of S3 areas
Steering Committee
Entrepreneurial discovery
2 to 4 years cycles
800 questionnaires
70 answers
250 potential areas
7C filter
Fine tuning (tech WG)
Question#5: How to ensure this will be sustainable?
1. Partnership, at the institutional level
2. Entrepreneurial discovery, empowerment of non
institutional stakeholders
3. Specific effort made on defining objectives and setting
« realistic » indicators, allowing for in itinere evaluation
4. In itinere evaluation of the performance of selected
specialisation areas, with possible eviction of « under-
performing » candidates
Question#5: How to ensure this will be sustainable?
Empowerment of
stakeholders
• Overall vision
• Operational objectives
• Meaningful &
measurable indicators
Defining objectives and setting « realistic » indicators
• Selection of a first set of specialisation areas, including « AHA friendly » ones
• Challenges ahead
Always remember yesterday’s challenges!
S3 met some real difficulties, coming from:
Teams : « too narrow » => in contradiction with « sectorial logic »
« Usual customers » of Regional aids and ERDF 2007-2013, at a time where
MS has to cope with major budget issues
Some politicians, fearing:
Enterprises would be less supported
Specialisation = territorial concentration
Excellency = urban against rural
All : specialisation against diversification
• Challenges ahead
New challenges
Governance must strongly resist to « temptations » and enforce in itinere evaluation
7th Framework Programme (FP7) Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme(CIP)
Public Health ProgrammeStructural
Funds(2007-2013)
(2014-2020)
• Good practices exchange
• Clusters internationalisation
(2014-2020)
• INTERREG V• Possibility of co-investments• Possibility of 15% spent outside your
area• ESF – Targeted mobility schemes
TODAY
FUTURE
€ 446 million (2014-2020)
Health Programme
€ 9 billion (original proposal) for
Health, Demographic Change and Well Being
KIC - Innovation for healthy living and active ageing,
Potential funding opportunities for Active & Healthy Ageing
Challenges ahead, the bigger picture
Aides R&D et innovation
Fonds structurelsFEDER (OT 3…)
OT1 hors thématiques S3,
FSE
The actual bigger picture
S3
Aides à l’innovation BPI France
Programme d’Investissement
d’Avenir
Appels à projets ANR
Aides des collectivités
infrarégionales
Appels à projets ADEME
Appels à projets
HORIZON 2020
Initiatives technologiques
conjointes (Clean Sky, IMI)
COST
Appels à projets LIFE
Projets collaboratifs
transnationaux
Projets collaboratifs
Projets individuelsPôles de
CompétitivitéFUI
The bigger picture: need for maps and navigation tools
• Conclusions Momentum created, thanks to:
• new rules, • necessary pedagogy,• entrepreneurial discovery.
Capitalise on it, do not lose steam, do not disapoint.
Triple obligation:
• Enforce in itinere evaluation• Know the global landscape and how to best
navigate through it• Learn, share, act, innovate, report.
Thanks for your attention