The role of the EU regions in supporting...

The role of the EU regions

in supporting robotics

30th October 2013

Richard Tuffs, Director, ERRIN

director@errin.eu

www.errin.eu

ERRIN

• ERRIN helps regions get

their voice heard in Brussels

and supports the

implementation of the

Europe2020 Strategy, the

Innovation Union flagship

initiative and Smart

Specialisation.

• ERRIN is a Brussels-based

platform of regions

strengthening regional

research and innovation

capacities by exchanging

information, sharing best

practice, supporting project

development, policy

shaping and profile raising

2001 – Informal NetworkPhase 1: sharing

information

2004 – Regions of Knowledge

Phase 2: comms

hub, regional voice

and contact point

2006 – Oct - Relaunch

with MB + subscription

2008 – 60 regions

2013 – 100+ members Phase 3:

policy &

projects2011

ERRIN working with…

Signed Memorandum of Understanding

On Mirror Group

Regional Innovation Monitor Plus Partner

On EIP Water Task Force and Action Group leader

Working Groups

Strategic Cross-cutting Societal

Challenges

Industrial

Competitive-

ness

Innovation

Policy Smart

Specialisation

Health ICT Innovation

Tools and

Funding

Projects Smart Cities,

Communities

and Regions

Inclusive

Societies and

Security

Advanced

manufactur-

ing & nano

Tourism

Energy and

Climate

Change

Bio-

economy,

food and

sustainable

agriculture

Design and

Creativity

Transport

Water

New!!!

Working Groups and Leaders 2013• Policy – Scotland Europa, East and North Finland, South Tyrol…

• Projects – South Denmark, West Midlands and Eindhoven

Societal

• Energy – Scotland Europa, Flanders and South Denmark

• Health – South Denmark and Flanders

• Inclusive Societies and Security – Bremen

• Transport and Logistics – Aragon and Ile de France

• Water – Fryslan, Skane and Puglia

Industry

• Advanced manufacturing and nano – Twente University, Rhone-Alpes and Basque Country

• Bio economy and food and sustainable agriculture – Lombardy, West Finland and Northern Ireland

• Design and creativity – Paris CCI, Flanders, Central Denmark, Lombardy and Stuttgart

• ICT – North Denmark, Amsterdam and Wallonia

• Innovation – Wales Higher Education, Cantabria, Eindhoven…

• Tourism – Tampere and Valencia

X-cutting

• Smart Cities Communities & Regions – Eindhoven, East& North Finland, Skane, (Cantabria,

Lombardy and Catalonia)

• Smart Specialisation – Scotland Europa, Northern Ireland, Murcia, Skane, Malta

Excellence

Working Group activities

WG

Policy

Profile

Partnership

Projects

Brokerage

events

Sharing

knowledge

Commission

ERRIN Activities in Q4 – Oct>• Open Days

– 7th Oct: Resilient regions fringe event (SW Ireland hosting)

– 8th Oct: From Regions of Knowledge to Structural Funds, ERRIN on panel of Commission event

– 9th Oct: ERRIN moderates Capital City event

– 9th Oct: ERRIN at AAL Workshop

– 9th Oct: The European innovation partnership on water and the Road to Horizon 2020

• Debate organized by the consortium “Alliance of a water efficient Europe” (lRegione Puglia)

• 10th Oct: ERRIN at Photonics Conference, Paris

• 14th Oct: Meeting with Smart City Platform

• 17th Oct: ERRIN WG leaders

• 22nd Oct: ERRIN participates in FACCE meeting in Paris

• 29th Oct: RIMPlus conference on the entrepreneurial discovery process

ERRIN Activities in Q4 – Nov>

• 6th Nov: Energy WG

• 7th Nov: Kick-off for Smart Spec Project – open to all

• 7th Nov: Universities and KETs with UASnet

• 8th Nov: Smart Specialisation Conference (Commission and Flanders)

• 12th and 13th Nov: EcoRegions project meeting in Brussels

• 19th Nov: Saxony Anhalt event on Nanotechnology

• 20th Nov: Nanotechnology Brokerage event

• 20th Nov: Finnowater Water Action Group (21st EIP Water Meeting)

• 21st Nov: C-Liege conference in Brussels

• 22nd Nov: Training for Horizon 2020

• 22nd Nov: Water Brokerage event with WssTP

ERRIN Activities in Q4 – Nov>

• 26th Nov: Bioeconomy Observatory Stakeholder Round Table (ERRIN invited)

• 26th Nov: RIMplus Cross-border regional innovation strategies with OECD

• Flanders/Eindhoven; Copenhagen/Skane; Friuli Venezia Giulia/Slovenia; Alsace/Baden Wutermburg

• 27th Nov: Committee of the Regions Innovation Union Conference– ERRIN members participate in focused lunchtime debates

• 28th Nov: EURIS Meeting on open innovation with ERRIN

• 10th Dec: Health WG Brokerage event for H2020 programme

2001

2013

European Regions Research Innovation Network

Design & Creativity

Smart Cities

Smart Specialisation

Tourism

+100

regions

product

process

stimulus

ESIF & H2020

Industrial Leadership

Societal

Challenges

Excellence

ESIF

Transnational

Cooperation

EIT/KICs

•Climate KIC; Inno-Energy; ICT Labs

• New KICs -

JTIs

• Electronic components & system; Clean Sky; Fuel Cells & Hydrogen; Bio-based Industries; Innovative Medicines

PPPs

• Factories of the Future; Energy efficient Buildings; Green vehicles; Future

Internet; Sustainable Process Industry; Robotics; Photonics; High Performance Computing

EIPs •Healthy Ageing; Water, Smart Cities ; Sustainable Agriculture; Raw materials

Art.

185

•Eurostars; Ambient assisted living, …

JPIs •Clik’EU; FACCE; Urban Europe; Water; More years…; Healthy diet…etc.

synergies

Innovation

& impact

• Strengthening Research,

Technological Development of

innovation

• Enhancing access to and use of

ICT

• Enhancing the competitiveness

of SMEs

• Supporting the shift towards a

low carbon

€70 billion €325 billion

Synergies

• Structural Funds

• Inside region

• Funding predictable

• Smart specialisation

• Operational programme

• Priorities

• Capacity building

• Horizon 2020

• Working outside region

• Unpredictable funding

• Understanding of

– Work programmes

– Calls

– Partnerships

– Projects

"Down-stream"

Research & Development Innovation MarketCapacity Building

Horizon2020ESIF

National/RegionalR&I systems

"Up-stream "

"Research Excellence"

"Staircase to Excellence" Hopefully also excellence, but "Innovation Excellence "

€ 70 billion

ESIF

Synergies

Regional Partnerships

Regional Innovation Ecosystem

A

RIS3Strategy

Regional Innovation Ecosystem

B

RIS3Strategy

Interreg VCH2020 Societal challenges

Marie Curie – COFUNDCOSME

PPPsKETs

EIT/KICsJTIsEIPs

Erasmus

CompareCompete?Collaborate?Complement?

Twinning (structured

exchange between

institutions in a particular

field)

Teaming (creating

centres of excellence)

Key messages

• Key focus of EU policy (Europe 2020 Strategy)

– Competitiveness, Jobs and Growth

• Competitiveness driven by research and innovation

• More emphasis in R+I policy and therefore more funding

• Two major sources of future funding for R+I

– Structural funds

– Horizon 2020

• Plus other related funding opportunities

• Key role for regions – synergies

– Strategy - Smart specialisation and strategic thinking

– Implementation - combining EU/MS/regional funding

– Collaborating outside the region (critical mass/enhanced value

chains/’benchlearning’ – Markku Markkula)

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Communication &

Project Manager

communication@errin.eu

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Anett Ruszanov

Projects Manager

projects@errin.eu

Richard Tuffs

Director

director@errin.eu