ZIP Kick-Off meeting

ZIP Kick-off meeting – Mag. Irma Priedl

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27 September 2005


SummarySummarySummarySummary

• Regional Background• Regional Challenges• Innovation Strategy• Description of the

organisation


Regional Background:Regional Background:Lower Austria 1Lower Austria 1


General regional information

• Population: 1.55 m inhabitants• Surface: Danube, pre-Alps; Area of

19.174 square km• Main towns:

– St. Pölten (50.000 inhabitants), capital city

– Wiener Neustadt (40.000), – Krems (30.000), – Amstetten (30.000)

• Percentage agriculture/industry/service: 4,1% / 35,6% / 60,3% (basis: GDP) 8% / 27,3% / 64,7% (employees and self employed persons) (year 2002)

• Unemployment rate: 4.5 %




• GDP per capita: 21.616 (EIS 2003); 97.3 (year 2002, EUROSTAT)• Main industrial sectors:

food, machinery & metal, automotive, wood processing • Number of companies: approx. 80.000• Percentage of SME's: 99,8% of firms

92,0% of employees• Percentage of innovative SME's:

approx. 50% according CIS 3, 6,5 % acc. own questionnaire survey 2003 with definition of “innovative SME”:

• R&D% > 6% and• National and/or international leadership and• Turnover of young products (less than 3 years) > 20%


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Innovation

Technology

Cooperation

Internationalization

Entrepreneurship

NÖ Innovations-Strategie(RIS und RIS+)

VorwettbewerblicheForschung & Entwicklung

Innovative Actions („RIS++“)

Objective-2-program (industry & commerce)

Pre-Seed Acceleration fortechnology-based firms

IT pilot projects for B2B solutions

Customer value orientation

Science-business-government Collaboration

Start-up, investmentSupport

R&D Support

Support on internationalization/Cooperation

Soft-measures to stimulate industry and commerce

TopInnovation-

System

Structural-fundsperiod

2007-2013

Development Concept NÖ

Support Programmes


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The mission statement (primary objective) of

• Slogan: “Innovation creates jobs”• Creating a prosperous business framework with ecological sustainability • Increasing the welfare in Lower Austria: number and quality of jobs,

quality of environment • Strengthening the competitiveness of regional companies

The overall structure:• legal status: public authority• management structure and staff: about 50 employees • Shareholder of several non-profit organisations (NOEBeg, …• sources of income: annual contributions by provincial government,

financing fund with annual contributions of financial support specific fund• Website www.wirtschaftsfoerderung.at


Our Organisation Our Organisation Our Organisation Our Organisation Core-competences

• Empowerment by policy to develop the regional innovation system and to coordinate its improvement process

• In-depth knowledge of companies activities and needs with respect to business development and innovation

• Day-to-day contact with NÖ firms• Knowledge of legislative issues• Knowledge of regional, national and European funding schemes• Relationship to and experience with European Commission

Main service portfolio• Target groups: Regional firms, Intermediaries – NPO, multipliers (like

banks etc.) Providing funding schemes for NÖ firms• Fostering stimulation activities in combination with innovation services

(financing of TIP´s activities, information material and events,...)• Focus on foundation of new companies, Research and development,

innovation, Opening up new markets, Collaboration, Local supply, equity and guarantees

• Financial support (of several actors of the regional innovation system like

RIZ Holding, Eco-Plus, Technology and Innovation Partners TIP, NÖBEG)


ContactContactContactContact

Any Questions ?

NÖ LandesregierungDep. Economy, Tourism and Technology

3109 St. Pölten+43 2742 9005 – [email protected]

www.wirtschaftsfoerderung.at

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