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AER Committe ”C”
”Regional policies” Meeting
The Regions and the Lisbon Strategy
Exeter, Devon
2005-10-20
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Position paper on the
7th Framework Program and Research
South Sweden
Lars Malmborg, Sydsam
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Science Park Network of South Sweden:
Subnational Co-operation
Jönköping (Science Park)
(Teknocenter)
Halmstad
Växjö (Videum, InternetCity)
Kalmar (Kalmar Science Park,
Kalmar BioScience)
(Ideon) Lund
Karlskrona (TelecomCity,
Medeon,
MINC)
Malmö
Ronneby
Kristianstad
Karlskrona
Innovation Center)
(Soft Center)
(Krinova)
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“Facing the Challenge.
The Lisbon Strategy for Growth and
Employment.”
Wim Kok’s report, November 2004
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Five areas of policy:
 The knowledge society
 The internal market
 The business climate
 The labour market
 Environmental sustainability
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Political action is needed:
 If we want to reach the the Lisbon Strategy goals of growth and
employment, we all must take actions.
 The Kok report suggest that all levels have to be prepared:
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European Council
Member States
European Commission
European Parliament
• Regions and Cities
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Knowledge Society
 The Knowledge Society is a larger concept than just an
increased commitment to R&D.
 It covers every aspect of the contemporary economy where
knowledge is at heart of value added:
 from high-tech manufacturing and ICT
 through knowledge intensive service
 to the overly featured industries.
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EU is challenged
 USA threatens to consolidate its leadership,
 China has begun to compete not only on low but also in high value
added goods markets,
 India’s challenge is no less real – it is especially noticeable in the
service sector.
 Today only Sweden and Finland meet the Lisbon strategy goals on
3% of GDP for R&D.
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Knowledge Society
Making R&D has to
have a top priority all
around EU!
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R&D as % of GDP
R&D % of GDP
Country
R&D % of GDP
Country
4,3
Sweden
1,2
Ireland, Czech Rep.
3,4
Finland
1,1
Italy
3,0
EU TARGET
1,0
Spain, Hungary
2,8
USA
0,9
Portugal
2,5
Germany, Denmark
0,8
Estonia
2,2
Austria, Belgium, France
0,7
Lithuania
1,9
Holland, UK
0,6
Greece, Poland
1,5
Slovenia
0,4
Slovakia
Reference: Lars Malmborg, based on Wim Kok’s report.
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Skype
“...Skype could hardly be a more typical Silicon Valley company
but for its location...”
“...but Skype is hardly all-American. It is headquartered in
Luxembourg, its main marketing and administration office is in
London, software is handled from Estonia and Skype was
founded by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, a Swede and a
Dane.”
From FINANCIAL TIMES. Friday, September 9, 2005
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The Link
 The link between the 7th Framework Programme and the
Competitiveness and Innovation Programme has to be much
more clearer.
 CIP and R&D must both be seen as parts of the process to
make EU competitive. R&D is not enough if you cannot produce
innovations out of it.
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The Challenge
It is challenging to
 Create sustainable innovation systems
 Make entrepreneurship a vocation of fundamental importance
However, today’s Europe is not
“entrepreneur-minded” enough...
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Infrastructure
 We must build a WORLD CLASS INFRASTRUCTURE for the
world’s largest internal market.
 ICT is vital to get the links working from Early Stage Financing, in
terms of local grants, to an “European Nasdaq”.
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PAXIS
Commission’s initiative within the Lisbon agenda
Networks within
the PAXIS:
Edinburgh
START
SPRING
Stockholm
CopenHelsinki
hagen South
Sweden
Hamburg
Cambridge
HIGHEST
Madrid
AlpesMaritimes
Berlin
Stuttgart
Torino Veneto
Vienna
PANEL
KREO
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HIGHEST
H I G H E S T +++
FOCUS
ON
Alpes-Maritimes
Early Stage Financing
Helsinki
Business Exploitation of Research
Torino
Incubation Management
Berlin
EURO-office, Networking in EU
South Sweden
Political Awareness on Innovation
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Position Paper
of South Sweden
 SydSam considers the European Commission’s proposal to be
satisfactory.
 The 7th Framework Programme is a significant step towards
achieving the aims of the Lisbon and Gothenburg strategies.
However, looking from the general point of
view, SydSam notifies that a stronger
commitment from EU is required in order to
strengthen the social and humanitarian
perspectives.
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Capacities Programme
• More R&D has to be focused on SME’s.
• Regions of Knowledge and the Triple Helix concept.
University
Public
sector
Corporate
sector
The Triple Helix model
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Co-operation Programme
 Health
- more from a social and humanitarian point of view,
- biotechnology as a driving force for SME’s.
 Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology
 ICT – from a multi-disciplinary point of view
 Energy and Environment
- environmentally-driven business development
 Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities
- Europe’s ageing population and migration
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Co-operation Programme
SydSam identifies a number of research initiatives that are partly lacking
in the Commission’s proposal. For instance:
 Interplay between research and practice in the service sector
 How public bodies can increase their capacity for innovation
 How to handle employment and unemployment in a long perspective
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65+
Population, aged 65+ as a percentage of population aged 15-64
2000
2010
2020
2030
2040
2050
Sweden
27
29
35
40
42
42
Italy
27
31
37
46
59
61
EU
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27
32
41
48
49
Germany
24
30
34
44
50
49
France
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25
33
40
45
46
U.K.
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29
37
43
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Reference: Lars Malmborg, based on Wim Kok’s report.
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Employment rate
Employment rate of elder workers, % of age group between 50-65
Country
%
Country
%
Country
%
Sweden
68,6
Ireland
49,0
France
36,8
Denmark
60,2
Holland
44,8
Austria
30,4
USA
59,9
Lithuania
44,7
Italy
30,3
U.K.
55,5
Latvia
44,1
Hungary
28,8
Estonia
52,3
Czech Rep.
42,3
Begium
28,1
Portugal
51,1
Greece
42,1
Poland
26,9
TARGET
50,0
Spain
40,8
Slovakia
24,6
Finland
49,6
Germany
39,5
Slovenia
23,5
Reference: Wim Kok’s report.
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Conclusions
 The links between R&D and Innovations are vital for Europe’s
future
 The Regions have an important role:
 Regions link the regional clusters to the European 7th Framework
Programme
 Regions clarify the links to CIP in their Regional Development
Programmes
The way of doing it Make Regional Innovation Strategies
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Thank You for Your attention!
SydSam
Box 762
SE-391 27 KALMAR
Sweden
Lars Malmborg
Ph. + 46 705 76 99 43
[email protected]
http://www.sydsam.se
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