Transcript curso de vigilancia tecnologica

1ST KICK-OFF MEETING
(6TH-7TH OF March 2006)
SWOT ANALYSIS OF
CATALONIA
SUPER-SME PROJECT
SWOT ANALYSIS OF CATALONIA
Aliye Ceren Tan
European Projects
FUNDITEC
[email protected]
INDEX
CATALONIA GENERAL INFORMATION
 R&D IN CATALONIA : FACTS AND FIGURES
 PRI: RESEARCH AND INNOVATION PLAN
 R&D IN CATALONIA : MAIN ACTORS
 R&D IN CATALONIA : CIDEM
 SME´S PROBLEMS IN CATALONIA
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Catalonia General Information
 Catalonia has 6.5 million inhabitants, (which constitutes the 6% of the
whole Spanish population) 1.7 million of whom live in its capital, Barcelona.
Demografical Evaluation of the Región Catalonia
7000
6800
6600
population 6400
(*100)
6200
6000
5800
5600
Catalonia
2004
2000
1996
years
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Catalonia General Information
Sectoral Occupation
4%
13%
36%
15%
Agriculture
Energy, chemistry,
metallurgy
Alimentation, textil,
w ood, paper..
electrical materials
Construction
18%
14%
Servis
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Catalonia General Information
Unem ploym ent
8% 1%
11%
Students
Retirement
30%
Domestic labour
Other situations
50%
Non clasificable
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Catalonia General Information
MAIN UNIVERSITIES:
Education in Catalonia
UPC
UB
1500000
students
UAB
UPF
URV
URL
number of 1000000
students 500000
University
students
0
2000/01
2003/04
years
UDG
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Catalonia General Information
KEY ACTIVITIES:
Food
Metallurgy
Footwear
Car manufacturing
Electrical Equipment
Textile
Aeronautics
Pharmaceutical SME´s
Chemicals
Leather
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R&D in Catalonia: Facts and Figures
Catalonia GDP
16% of the whole Spanish GDP. (One of most
economically developed Region)
The private sector financed 66.4% of Catalonia's R&D expenditure.
R&D expenditure in Catalonia  23.6% of the total R&D Spanish expenditure.
GDP: Gross domestic product
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R&D in Catalonia: Facts and Figures
R&D
EU  1,90% of its GDP (2005)
SPAIN 1,07% of its GDP (2004)
CATALONIA 1,44% of its GDP (2004)
 European Council of Barcelona (2002)  3% of GDP to be invested
in R&D and Innovation activities until the year 2010
Source: INE 2005 (Spanish National Institute of Statistics and Eurostat 2005).
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R&D in Catalonia: Facts and Figures
In 2004, there were 36.634 researchers and support personnel in Catalonia
This means 5.5 researchers for every 1,000 employed inhabitants.
Occupation in the R&D sector
15%
investigatos
technics
55%
30%
asistent
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R&D in Catalonia: Facts and Figures
Regional Government of Catalonia (Generalitat) developed and applied different
successful strategic lines through the PRI (Research and Innovation Plan)
Generalitat has to promote and support different innovation policies in different
ambits;
MAIN INNOVATION ACTORS:
Public actors:
Private actors:
economic,
•Universities
political,
educational,and
• R&D and Innovation
centers,
•Association of
enterprises
socio levels;
• Development Agencies
•Chambers of Commerce
•Technological and
Innovation Centers
etc...
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PRI: Research and Innovation Plan
KEY ISSUES:
•To strength the role and position of Catalonia at the European level. Catalonia has to
become one of the innovation poles of EU
•To foster and impulse the research, technology and innovation systems,
•To stimulate the integration and the collaboration of public and private actors and to
promote the sustainable economical development.
•The PRI is developed by regional and local public institutions, within a framework of
collaboration between different private and public stakeholders, among them,
universities, R&D centres, technological and innovation centres, enterprises and non
profit organizations.
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R&D in Catalonia: Main Actors
REGIONAL GOVERNMENT
OF CATALONIA
REGIONAL MINISTRY OF
INDUSTRY AND ENERGY
MINISTRY OF UNIVERSITIES
DURSI
(Department of Universities,
Research and
the Information Society)
CIRIT
(Commission for Research
and Technological Innovation
CIDEM
(Centre for Innovation and
Business Development)
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R&D in Catalonia: CIDEM
•The main governmental actor in R&D and Innovation activities  CIDEM
•Promotes Innovation activities and technology transfer, specially focused on enterprises.
•Regional Networks of CIDEM;
Xarxa Trampolins Tecnologics (Xarxa TT): Network of Technology Boards
Xarxa Innovació Tecnológica (Xarxa IT): Network of Technological Innovation
Xarxa d’Assesors Tecnológics (Xarxa AT): Network of Technology Advisors
Xarxa de Punts d’Informació (Xarxa PIC): Network of Information Points
Xarxa d’Inversors Privats (Xarxa IP): Network of Private Investors
Xarxa de Centres Tecnológics (Xarxa CT) i de Difusió Tecnológica (Xarxa CDT): Network of
Technology Centres and Centres for Technological Diffusion
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R&D in Catalonia: Facts and Figures
CIDEM develops and supports several activities related with the promotion of
Innovation and technology transfer,
business development and industrial location,
 in strong collaboration with local institution working in Innovation and R&D
management,
Matching public R&D and innovation resources with the private sector (specially
SMES)
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SMES PROBLEMS IN CATALONIA
The economy of Catalonia depends on SME´S (%90)
 But the big enterprises and the public sector are the leader in the productivity.
 So there is a degrease in the productivity of SMEs  negative effect on the
Catalan economy
PROBLEMS DIFFICULTY IN GROWING
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SMES PROBLEMS IN CATALONIA
PROBLEMS
Not only problems about technological innovation
But also there are other types of necessities for SME´s
• Strategically problems
• Contact problems (lack of internalization)
• Problems in professionalization
• Human resources
Lack of adaptation;
• Labor ambit
• Fiscal
• Reality of the SMEs
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THANK YOU
Aliye Ceren Tan
European Projects
FUNDITEC
[email protected]