A territorial approach to regional innovation

Session 9c, 28 October 2010 eChallenges e-2010 Copyleft 2010 Atelier Studio Associato

A Territorial Approach toRegional Innovation

Jesse Marsh, Atelier Studio Associato


Innovation: a typical view


Regional innovation approaches


Trends in innovation thinking

• Demand-driven innovation: Lead Market Initiative• User-driven innovation: user involvement, Living Labs• From sector to transversal, systemic view• Include social and non-technical innovation• Design thinking: FabLabs, InfoLabs, HackLabs


Living Labs

“A Living Lab is a user-driven open innovation ecosystem based on a business – citizens – government partnership which enables users to take part an active part in the research, development and innovation process.”

Territorial Living Lab

“… integrally applies the LL approach to a territory and its citizens, its model of governance and its strategic plans for the future: in essence, it can be conceived of as a new model for regional development.”


TECHNICAL SOCIAL

NETWORK-BUILDING

INFRASTRUCTURES

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PARKS

TERRITORIAL /COMMUNITY LIVING LABS

THEMATIC CLUSTERS /POLES / DISTRICTS

PPP /TRIPLE HELIX

Innovation Policy Evolution

INNOVATION STRATEGIES

DEVELOPMENTSTRATEGIES


Participatory Innovation Communities

ARTICULATIONOF DEMAND

COMMITMENTOF ACTORS

TERRITORIALCAPITAL

TERRITORIALINNOVATION

POLITICALDECIDERS

TEAM OFEXPERTS

CITIZENS,BUSINESSES

ETC.

Based on: DG XVI Art. 10 TERRA “LORE” 1997-2001; DG XIII ISPO “ISIAS” 1998-2000


Future Internet Based Innovation

CIP ICT PSP “PERIPHERIA: Networked Smart Cities for Sustainable Lifestyles”


Smart City Arenas

CIP ICT PSP “PERIPHERIA: Networked Smart Cities for Sustainable Lifestyles”


From Smart Cities to Smart Regions?

• Specific link with regional planning and funds• Thematic shift towards regional issues:

– Energy– Environment– Population shifts

• Formal vs informal multi-level governance dynamics• Infrastructural network issues• From centripetal force to territorial pervasiveness

– Node to mesh


Emerging Context

• Macro-regions for ERDF– Baltic, Danube, Adriatic, Mediterranean

• PPPs for Framework Programme– Future Internet Use Case Scenarios– Regions for the Future Internet initiative

• Digital Agenda and Innovation Union for EU2020– European Innovation Partnerships

• ENoLL– Regional Living Labs– LL-Regio Thematic Network– Thematic MoUs: FAO, EBN, EUROCITIES, etc.

• CIP Smart Cities: are Smart Regions next?


MedLab Regional Cases

Region Seed Issue Dynamic Scale

Andalusia LAGs RRN policy Adoption Region

PACA Cluster policy Case Territoriality Point

Lazio A Coastal ICZM Backbone Infrastructure Region

Lazio B Coastal ICZM User input Co-production Point

Sicily Kublai Sicilia Inter-networking Governance Region

Koper Incubator Business model Anticipation Point

RCM Innovation pole Web service Co-design Point

Cyprus TLL-Kypros Constitution Aggregation Region

ERDF TC MED: “MEDLAB: Mediterranean Living Lab for Territorial Innovation”


Dynamics of Emergence

Node Mesh

Social-networking

Co-production

Territorialisation

Governance

Aggregation

Technical-business

Co-design

Anticipation

Adoption

Infrastructure



MedLivingLab Concepts & Objectives

• Smart Macro-region as a diffused innovation ecosystem• Innovation creativity linked to cultural specificity

– Multi-regional EU in global market

• User-driven innovation for sustainable lifestyles– Behaviour transformations driven by technology

• Smart specialisation– Living Lab approach to bottom-up innovation policy networks

• Innovative role of the public sector in promoting innovation for common good– Including innovation through procurement



Conclusions

• Innovation has a growing role in EU and regional policy• Innovation policy is shifting towards user-driven approaches• Living Labs are developing territorial innovation concepts• Participation plays a strong role in territorial innovation• Smart City models use participatory territorial dynamics• Emerging Smart Region concept is addressed in MedLab• Regional innovation ecosystem can balance technical and

non-technical, node and mesh for “smart specialisation”• Smart Macro-regions can scale up to capitalise on

culturally-specific territorial innovation capital


• Thank You…

Jesse Marsh, [email protected]

www.atelier.it

tll-sicily.ning.com

www.peripheria.eu

www.medlivinglab.eu

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A territorial approach to regional innovation