REGIS North West Region REGIONAL SUPPORT TO R&D STRATEGY Cluj, 4 May 2006

REGIS North West Region

REGIONAL SUPPORT TO R&D STRATEGY

Cluj, 4 May 2006

REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY PLAN (1997-2000)

Castilla y León was one the eight European regions involved in the RTP pilot project of the

European Commission

Milestone in the reality of the Regional Innovation System in Castilla y León.

Strategy for optimising the R+D+i actions.

Key role of SMEs in the Plan.

RTP

Substantial improvement of the Technology Centres System.

THE DEFINITION PROCESSTHE DEFINITION PROCESS

REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY PLAN

CHARACTERISTICS

# Promoted by the regional government and the setting up of the RDA.

# “Bottom-up” definition this generates wide social consensus.

VALORATION WAS HIGHLY SATISFACTORY

RESULT RTP: short, medium, and long term Action Plan, to create a coherent and structured environment for innovation support.

# Mentality change about innovation.


A Visual Process, which generated a social climate being favourable to innovation.

Important mobilising stress with active participation of 800 organisations.

Qualitative change in the approach of “making” innovation policy.

Ambitious expectations but credible goals.

Strengths

The regional economic context

High increasing rates in GAV non-agrarian, over 4% annual.

Favourable business dynamic:

- Foreign investment (170 Meuro in 1997 up to 200 Meuro in 1998).

- From 1997 to 1999, a number of 12.056 new business has been created (11.023 net).


Gross expenditure on R+D (GERD)

The R+D investment has been increased at an annual average rate of 8.7% between 1991 and 1999.

Third Spanish Objective 1 region in GERD, just behind Valencia and Andalucía.

The RTP initial effort on R&D investment has been sustained during the last three years

- GERD/GDP (1999): 0.62%

- GERD/GAV non-agrarian (1999): 0.75%

- Gross expenditure on R+D+I/GAV non-agrarian (1998): 1.6%

R+D investment distributed by sectors

Between 1997 and 1999 Administration and University investments have been increasing at an annual accumulative rate of 11.7% and of 8.8% respectively.

In the same period, entrepreneurial investment increased by 28.2%. As a consequence of this, in 1999, it accounted for 38% of the total GERD, in comparison with the average of 31% in the previous three years (1996-1999).

RTP implementation process

According to RTP, all Programmes, as well as their principal Instruments, have been put into action, in a higher or a shorter scope.Instruments included in RTP have been enhanced trough the different initiatives and help lines.Some of the main actions are shown in this graphic.

PROGRAMME ORGANISME LINES

ADE Helps to Tech. Centres technological infrastructure development

Helps to Tech. Centres tech. Services and generic projects

CDTI Basic Action Plans

PNdI+D Infrastructure projects

FIS Infrastructures for medical research

MAPA Infrastructures for agrarian and alimentary research

INFRASTRUCTURE

FEDER R&D actions in Objective 1 regions

ADE Helps to Tech. Centres training programs

Practical training for graduates in companies with research ability and Tech. Centres

Professional tech. adaptation of employeesTRAINING

EREN Training

ADE Technology development projects performed SME Initiative - Programme 2

Technological services contracted

Computerisation of commercial industries

Tech and Hi-Tech Incentives Tech. Equipment investments

20% regional incentives and investment incentives

SME Initiative of business development - Design programme (i)

Enhancing actions of innovation and technology for SMEs

SME Initiative, Programme 5

SME Initiative of business development - Co-operation Programme

ATYCA

CAyG R&D Programmes

Productivity and Quality support help lines

EREN SMEs applications and tech. developments

Support to IT and telecommunications implementation

Energy savings and diversifying

Energy audits

Tech. antennasFIS Medical research projects

IDAE

MAPA Agrarian and alimentary research projects

PM-UE * Research Projects of EU FrameworkWORK Programme

INNOVATION,AWARENESS AND

STRUCTURATION

DEMAND

PNdI+D Concerted and co-operative programmes

R&D Projects

PETRI

INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMMELine 2. Support to full integration of infrastructure in the innovation

system

OBJECTIVE To involve the various organisations in the technical innovation policy

RESULTS

Support to Parque Tecnológico de Castilla y León

Outstanding increase. From 1997 to 2000 - Nº of industries got up from 43 to 77 - Employment: from 843 to 3.000 people - Turnover: from 39 Meuros to 170 Meuros.

Clear reference model in terms of innovation inside and outside the region.

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Investment Revenue

Number of firms and employment increased, above all, in ICT sector (after location of Telefónica I+D and Airtel).

INFRASTRUCTURES PROGRAMMELine 1: Support to Technology Centres

Development

Adequate number of centres with bigger capacity and better defined strategies.

Natural selection processes took place due to: Setting up of the INTENEC

ConsortiumSetting up of the INTENEC Consortium

Concentration of efforts and subsidiesConcentration of efforts and subsidies

Definition of a model to organise the technological offer (quality, specialisation, entrepreneural presence, self-financing).

RESULTS

OBJECTIVE

Activity increaseActivity increase

52% of the turnover comes from projects with companies. 365% increase between 1996 and 2000.

Six centres concentrate around 99% of the billing to firms

Six centres concentrate around 99% of the billing to firms

Turnover increased from 10 Meuros in 1996 to 22 Meuros in 2000.

More financial stability

THE TECHNOLOGY CENTRES NETWORK OF CASTILLA Y LEON

INNOVATION PROGRAMME

- RDA has given to industries a suitable pack of helps.

-Increasing tendency of tech. development projects (28%) versus tech. services and equipment contracting.

- Higher proportion of approved projects (38%) and granted help (36%) for industries between 5 and 19 employees, followed by the group of industries from 20 to 49 employees.

INNOVATION PROGRAMME

RESULTS OF ATYCA, CDTI AND FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME

Framework Programme returns increase from 1.5% to 2% between III and IV Framework Programme, percentage which is maintained in the first phase of the V Framework Programme.

PROGRAMMES 1997 1999 INCREASE

(%)

ATYCA

ACTIONS 28,0 73,0 160,7

PUBLIC SUPPORT 255,9 537,3 110,0

INVESTMENT 2303,6 6609,0 186,9

CDTI

ACTIONS 17,0 28,0 64,7

PUBLIC SUPPORT 931,6 1933,0 107,5

INVESTMENT 2386,7 4088,5 71,3

FRAMEWORK PROGAMME

GRANT 287 894 211,5

REASONS THAT JUSTIFY A NEW REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGY

RTP finished in 2000.

Actual situation of regional R+D has changed.

Fast development of new hi-tech sectors.

Change of priorities in the support policies to R+D+i (To stimulate the demand).

New Operational Programme 2000-2006.

Pilot action: RIS+ INNORED.

Updating strategy for 2001-2006 period

THE NETWORK OF INTERMEDIARY ORGANISATIONS IN CASTILLA Y LEON

Different needs of information and innovation support due to the different types of business cultures.

REASONS THAT JUSTIFY THE NETWORK CREATION

The size of territory.

The existence of industies separeted from the economic and entrepreneurial activity.

Inexistence of support services in the isolated areas.

Difficulties faced by the intermediary organisations to widen their scope of activities: distance and socio-cultural diversity.

RIS + INNOREDRIS + INNORED

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT:

To design and implement a Network of Innovation Support Intermediary Organisations.

To carry out a set of actions to promote innovation demand in Castilla y León.

RIS + INNOREDRIS + INNORED


Concentration of innovation activities in some areas (Valladolid, Burgos)

As a consequence:

It is neccesary to set up a network which co-ordinates the group of intermediary organisations so that they can collaborate in the Innovation Policy diffusion, gather efforts and generate synergies among them and avoid the efforts dispersion.


STEPS

Definition of the Network Model.

Consensus about the Network Model (54 intermediary organisations interviewed).

Very first selection and justification of the pilot area: Avila, Zamora, Salamanca.

Constitution of the pilot co-ordination committe.

Consensus and implementation of the first awareness raising and communication actions

-Postal questionnaire to 278 firms-In-depth face to face interviews with 22 firms

Second working meetings of the pilot co-ordination committee in order to present results and decide about possible pilot actions.


NETWORK MODEL ARTICULATION

It is carried out through the provision of activities/services for SMEs (co-operation projects) with financial support.

To the extend that demand is articulated, services will be provided to cluster or networks of firms.

Services will be provided by groups of, at least, two intermediary organisations.

MARKET

ENTERPRISES

POLESPOLES

NETWORKSNETWORKS

ASSOCIATIONSASSOCIATIONS

ETCETC

ADDED VALUE ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES FOR SMEs

Innovation awareness and

promotion

Innovation and continuous

improvement support

Cooperation promotion

Technology Transfer

Pre-competitive activities related to

research results transfer

Business Creation

Human resources training and qualification

Innovation financing support

services

Business creation support OrganisationsBusiness creation support Organisations

-University Foundations.-Industrial Liaison Offices.-Incubators.-Technology Centres.-Seed and Venture Capital Funds.-Technology Parks.-Scientific Parks.

Coordination Committe

ADE

Coordination Committe

ADE

Knowledge Transfer OrganisationsKnowledge Transfer Organisations

-University departments.-R+D enterprise departments.-University Foundations.-Industrial Liaison Offices.-Training Organisations.-Technology Parks.-Scientific Parks.

Technical Secretariat

Innovation and continuous improvement support Organisations

Innovation and continuous improvement support Organisations

-Technology Parks.-ADE Innovation Division.-Incubators.

Technology Transfer OrganisationsTechnology Transfer Organisations

-Technology Centres.-Industrial Liaison Offices.-University Foundations-Laboratories.-R+D enterprise departments.

Innovation awareness and promotion and cooperation Organisations

Innovation awareness and promotion and cooperation Organisations

-Entrepreneural Associations.-ADE Dinamisations Offices.-Chambers of Commerce Delegations.-Local Action Groups.-Technology Centres.-University Foundations and Industrial Liaison Offices.-Technology Parks.

Innovations support services and financial entities

Innovations support services and financial entities

-Venture Capital Associations.-Mutual Guarantee Societies.-Private Investors.-ADE.

INNORED

MARKET

ENTERPRISES

POLESPOLES

NETWORKSNETWORKS

ASSOCIATIONSASSOCIATIONS

ETCETC

ADDED VALUE ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES FOR SMEs

Innovation awareness and

promotion

Innovation and continuous

improvement support

Cooperation promotion

Technology Transfer

Pre-competitive activities related

to research results transfer

Business Creation

Human resources

training and qualification

Innovation financing support

services

-Information proactive service and individualized advice.-Individualized information reactive service.

-Carrying out of diagnosis and strategy plans.-Quality systems implantation.-Improvements in the design systems.-Display workshops.

-Technology assitance to enterprises.-Display actions.-Combined projects.

-Combined projects.-Business networks creation support.

-Facilitate the business exploitation of the University research results.-Colaborate and participate in the elaboration of research contracts.-Canalize applications (requests) and aids.

-Ideas and entrepreneurs detection.-Advice and guardianship.-Finacing search.

-Collective (joint) training.-High technical level training.-Scientific and technological. offer-demand seminars and workshops.-Researchers and newly graduated mobility.

-Support Public Programmes.-Seed Capital Funds or Business Angels.-Venture Capital.

INNOREDINNORED


CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE

Led by: The head of the Innovation and Technology Department of the RDA of Castilla y León (ADE).

Functions:

-To establish the requirements to participate in the network.

-To select the organisations that will be part of the network.

-To co-ordinate, organise and promote the activities that will be carried out.

-To propose new activities or services.

-To ensure the implementation of the concrete actions.

PILOT ACTION

CONSTITUTION OF THE PILOT CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE

MEMBERS:

UNIVERSITY-ENTERPRISE FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

SALAMANCA

CECALE

REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

INTENEC

TECHNOLOGY PARK

RDA


•New innovation audits and actions plans in concrete firms.

•Working days for presenting the innovation and technology offer.

•Working groups on concrete demands of enterprises.

•A working day to close the possibilities offered by the Foreign Trade.

•Seminars for managers which includes individual tutoring.

•Individual assessment on the possibilities of Information and Communication Technologies.

•An interactive web for INNORED.

•A working day on Innovation Taxation.

•Actions to promote and support the trans-national technology transfer.


PILOT ACTIONS

OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES

• To increase the R+D+i efforts up to 2% of the regional GAV-non agrarian.

• To achieve a Regional Innovation System of Excellence.

• To promote the presence of Castilla y León in international innovation networks.

•To generalise the innovation behaviour to the whole territory.

Regional Innovation Strategy (ERI)

REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY PLAN II (2001-2006)

Documents

REGIS North West Region REGIONAL SUPPORT TO R&D STRATEGY Cluj, 4 May 2006