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Our experience in RISBest practices and transfer of know-how
RIS MAZOVIA
November 24th, 2005Frédérique Pannier
José A. Álvarez
Our experienceOur experienceMeta Group has been involved in RIS projects from 90’s. We have selected the following set of useful examples as best practices:
RIS UMBRIA (Italy)
SLORITTS (Slovenia)
RIS SICILY (Italy)
RIS approachRIS approachRIS as a dynamic process of reflection and exchange
RIS as a process of continuous and increasing involvement of local, regional and international players
A key action to integrate regional actors and build consensus
RIS is not a standard process
Other RIS experiences are useful to:
Better understand the whole process
Have a long term visualization of possible difficulties
Share successful actions
RIS UMBRIARIS UMBRIAPopulation: 825.000 inhabitantsArea: 8.500 sq.kmsMain cities: Perugia, Terni Main sectors: Tourism, food products, textiles, clothing, graphics and publishing industry, iron and steel,machinery, chemicals, wood.
A scattered and very traditional SME’s system
An important public intervention to promote and support regional infrastructures for innovation.
An unclear and fragmented public supply of services for innovation
RIS UMBRIARIS UMBRIA the methodology
Three connected to key components of innovation (awareness, technology transfer, services and interregional strategy)
Two to the poles of excellence (inward investment and new business creation)
Two on transversal issues (training and financing)
Seven working groups were organised in order to identify needs, validate analysis, define actions and build consensus.
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RIS UMBRIARIS UMBRIA strategy’s axes
Creation, development, attraction: the three streams of technology based development and its percentages regarding resources.
Support to innovation________50%
New technology based firms__30%
Inward investment__________20%
RIS UMBRIARIS UMBRIA main results
The current financing organisation GEPAFIN
A regional agency for innovation called «Science Park of Umbria»
A regional economic development agency Sviluppumbria.
Rationalising the supply system: only three organisations for a more effective “industrial” policy
RIS UMBRIARIS UMBRIA main results FIRST, Umbria seed fund was launched
FIRST aims at supporting innovative business ideas and
companies in their start up phase.
FIRST initial size: 3.716.667,00€
The fund was created with European structural funds
Nowadays, FIRST is going through the evaluation phase of
ventures with potential to invest on
SLORITTSSLORITTS the region of SloveniaPopulation: 2 million inhabitantsArea: 20.273 sq.kmsNational GDP: Services 61.5 %, Industry 30%, Construction 5.5%, Agriculture 3%Main cities: Ljubljana, Maribor and Celje Main industry: automotive, tool, transport and wood
As far as innovation is concerned, initiatives are project based, there are no long term actions focusing on strategic key issues.
Strong importance is given to information (newsletters, seminar etc.), very little is done in terms of awareness raising (including entrepreneurship and R&D results valorisation).
Research is not communicating with the market: Universities and Research centres are not used to have commercial relationships with the business sector, focus on research and education (innovation = bridging research to the market).
SLORITTSSLORITTS overall objectives To increase the innovation capacity of Slovenia as an EU region
with all of its statistical regions equally developed.
Operational goals To integrate and connect regional initiatives
To achieve a “nuclear reaction” by means of reaching the critical mass
To increase the innovation capacity of the economy
To start up the “engine” which would propel and draw together all key players in Slovenia
To enhance the current legislation in order to better achieve support for innovations
To encourage the joining of small and medium-sized enterprises into clusters in the area of conventional products and services as well as high technologies
To initiate a business/technological cooperation between the regions in Slovenia
To establish a key range of services for providing innovation support for small and medium-sized enterprises
SLORITTSSLORITTS the “umbrella” concept
Its innovative approach on strategy formulation makes of
SLORITTS an interesting example for other RIS
Innovation is not only technology, but mainly economic
development.
Three ‘umbrellas’ :
TECHNOLOGY TOURISM HEALTH
SLORITTSSLORITTS the “umbrella” concept
Each of these umbrellas cluster local stakeholders around a set of measures ranging from service provision, to infrastructures, to human capital development, which will be turned into action using Structural funds resources
Technology umbrella: Focuses on the development of business zones and the modernisation of the innovation environment.
Tourism umbrella: Aims to involve as many Slovenian tourism actors as possible and development of new, integrated tourism products and integrated information systems
Health care umbrella: Aims at improving the standard of national healthcare and at offering specialist services that can be marketed abroad
RIS SICILYRIS SICILY the region
Population: 5.054 million inhabitantsArea: 301.316 sq.kmsIndustry: 18.9% of the workforceServices: 68.6%Agriculture: 12.5%
“Scientific research” over “innovation”
Boundary line between research and market
Relevant presence of public research vs a weak entrepreneurial system
RIS SICILYRIS SICILY main objectives
Establishes the guidelines for a proper environment for innovation.
Determine a territorial system based on knowledge and able to better take advantage of material and immaterial resources present in the region.
RIS SICILYRIS SICILY objective-tree overview
Innovation capacity of the existent regional system
Stimulating innovation within existing SMEs
Improving Innovation interface
Knowledge valorisation process
Supporting the creation of knowledge based ventures
Exploiting research results
Tools: awareness raising campaigns, incubator empowerment, scouting pilot projects, facilitation the access to risk capital market, connection market-research, creation of seed capital fund and IPR fund.
From main objectives to actions
Development of the interface system
Scouting pilot project
Incubators empowerment
Awareness and training on entrepreneurship
Testing and prototyping laboratories
Creation and strengthening of TTOs in universities
Creation of an IPR fund
Seed capital funds
Connect research with the market
Incentive patenting and know-how commercialization
Improve the activities for innovation diffusion throughout the whole Sicilian territory
Qualify the supply of technological services aimed at matching market needs and inward investment initiatives
Sensitive researchers and students on spin outs as mean for research results valorisation
Qualify location factors addressed to SMEs based on technologies
Increase the rate of NTBFs creation through the access to risk capital
To initiate the process of commercial exploitation of scientific results gained by Sicilian researchers and stimulate the interest of external operators
Improve the regional innovation interface system
Support the creation of knowledge intensive firms
Promote the exploitation of research realized in Sicily
Improve innovation capacity and absorption of the existent Sicilian economic system
Set the conditions for the growth of the productivity and the
entrepreneurial development in SICILY
ACTIONS OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES MID=TERM OBJECTIVES
FINAL OBJECTIVES
SMEs research, innovation and TT cooperative projects
Stages and training of graduated students/researchers into SMEs willing to introduce an innovation
Creation and management of knowledge circles
Promotion of ETI and stimulation of collaboration among SMEs
Promotion of research, TT and innovation within Sicilian SMEs and support of territorial!sectoral networking and clustering processes
Promotion of SMEs’ technological, organizational, managerial innovation and matching of market needs, via the insertion of
Diffuse innovation among existing SMEs
1,63%
57,66%
2,18%
4,08%
15,98%
0,82%
2,72%
5,44%
1,91%
3,21%
4,36%
61,48%
20,06%
8,98%
9,48%
81,54%
18,46%
Rejuvenate and diversify theeconomy of Sicily through knowledge valorization processes (start ups creation and licensing)
It is not a study but an action
Its necessary to involve decision makers and…
Promoting their participation since the very beginning
of the exercise
Use local organisations/firms to maintain and develop
contacts
Lessons learnt about RISLessons learnt about RIS
Lessons learnt about RISLessons learnt about RIS
Involve SME’s and their associations and use working group
Look for discussion and debate
“It is not difficult to learn new things, but to quit old habits”
thanks for your attention
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