The Swedish National Innovation

System

Dr. Ciro Vasquez

Senior Program Manager,

International Collaboration and Networks

VINNOVA, Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems

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Some facts about Sweden

Sweden is a small country…

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…but linked to the rest of the world

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Exports: 50 percent of GDP

30 percent services and 70 percent goods

Employment of foreign owned

enterprises: 620,000 persons 23 percent of total industrial employment

Business R&D in foreign

owned enterprises: 36 percent

Highly ranked Innovation nation

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European Innovation

Scoreboard 20094

Global Innovation

Scoreboard 20084

Global Competitiveness

Index 2010/20114

1. Switzerland 1. Sweden 1. Switzerland

2. Sweden 2. Switzerland 2. Sweden

3. Finland 3. Finland 3. Singapore

4. Germany 4. Israel 4. USA

5. Great Britain 5. Japan 5. Germany

6. Denmark 6. USA 6. Japan

7. Austria 7. Denmark 7. Finland

8. Luxembourg 8. Korea 8. Netherlands

9. Belgium 9. Canada 9. Danmark

10. Ireland 10. Germany 10. Canada

Total R&D expenditure in relation to GDP, 2009

Source: OECD, MSTI 2011

0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3 3,5 4 4,5

Italy

Spain

China (2008)

Ireland

Norway

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Canada

Belgium

France

Singapore (2008)

Austria

Taiwan (2008)

United States (2008)

Germany

Switzerland (2008)

Denmark

Korea (2008)

Japan (2008)

Sweden

Finland

Israel

Percent of GDP

Business enterprise

Higher education

Government sector

Other organisations

R&D expenditure distributed on sectors 1995-2009, per

cent of GDP

Source: Statistics Sweden, 2010

Notes: From 2005 business enterprise includes firms with 10-49 employees. Municipalities and county councils were first surveyed in 2005.

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R&D expenditure in business sector distributed on size

classes 2009, millions SEK

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Source: National Science Foundation, 2010

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Strengths and Weaknesses

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Naturalresources

Global companies in many sectors

Earlyadopters

Effective and transparent governance

System management

skills

Culture of cooperation

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Dependenceon a few

multinationals

Slow growthof SMEs

Public SectorLock-in

Risk Aversion Short termismLean

Organizations

ImbalanceKnowledgecreation and

commercialization

The Swedish Paradox

Source: Innovation Union Scoreboard 2010

Dimension Main type Rank

Human Resources Enabler 1

Open, excellent & attractive research

systems

Enabler 5

Finance and support Enabler 1

Firm investments Firm activities 1

Linkages & entrepreneurship Firm activities 2

Intellectual assets Firm activities 2

Innovators Output 10

Economic effects Output 9

Swedish rank per dimension in Innovation Union Scoreboard 2010

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Some facts about VINNOVA

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VINNOVA develops

Sweden’s innovation

capacity for

sustainable growth

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Annual budget: 280 mill US$

Number of staff: 200

Agency under the Ministry of

Enterprise, Energy and

Communications

Sweden´s Innovation Agency

Innovation – The VINNOVA way

2011-12-05

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Products, Services, and Processes

Collaboration as a Success Factor

Driven by Global Societal Challenges

Solving Societal challenges creates Business Opportunities

Leverage return on investments in research

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Innovation

capacity

Infrastructure

for innovation

Policy development

Global links

Investing in R&I

Innovation

capacity in

SMEs

Global links

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Nord- och Sydamerika

USA

Road/Vehicle Safety

(Michigan),

Environment/energy Innovation

Program

Europa

EU FP7, ERAnets, INNOnet,

INCOnets, AAL, Artemis,

Eniac, EUREKA, COST,

Eurostars, TAFTIE

Norden

ICT, Food/health

Asien

Indien

Biotechnology/health, ICT, e-

Health program

Japan

Bio/X program (JST), network

projects (JSPS)

Kina

ICT, material sciences

Active government

agreement in S&T

Formalized

cooperation

with budget

Brazil

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Our partner: ABDI

6 +1 on-going projects

• Small scale power plants for remote villages

• Next generation of ethanol engines for trucks

• Sensor for fuel quality

• Transport security solutions

• Waste generation & recovery

• Science park collaborations for internationalization of SMF

• Drug development (SEtTReND)

Swedish node of CISB

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Thank you!