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Prof. Mario Calderini
President of Finpiemonte
Regional Financial
Company of Regione
Piemonte
RE-THINK, the think tank created by
Regione Piemonte to set Research and
Innovation policy in the Region
Overview of the presentation
1. Some figures about Piemonte and its R&D
capacity
2. What is Re-Think?
3. Policy guidelines
4. Policy instruments
SOME FIGURES ABOUT PIEMONTE
4.3 millions inhabitants (7,5% of the national
population)
411,000 companies (of which 1,600 with over 50
employees)
Over 1,800,000 employees (18% in hi-tech sector)
Over 100 billion euro GDP (8,4% of national income
produced)
10% of national industrial production
Torino 2006 host city of XXth Winter Olympic
Games with an investment of over 8 millions euro
SOME FIGURES ABOUT R&D IN PIEMONTE
One of the top Italian regions for investment in R&D
(equal to 1.8% of the region's GDP)
Business enterprise sector investment in R&D (% of
total R&D investments): 78,6 %
Over 18,000 R&D employees, 11.6 % of the national
total
25% of national private R&D investment.
Re think is constantly updating the Regional
Innovation Scoreboard to monitor Piemonte’s R&D
performance in response to policy inputs against those
of other 12 European Regions
RE-THINK IS..
Re-think is a multidisciplinary think tank created in 2006
to set policies and manage funds for research and
innovation in Piemonte, coming mainly from ERDF.
Its members are:
• the Regional Authority, Regione Piemonte
• the Regional financial company, Finpiemonte, that
acts as development agency
RE THINK POLICY GUIDELINES:
• Selectivity: the double-track strategy
• Intervention only where market failures exist
• Support to innovation demand and technology transfer
• Focus on human capital
• International evaluation for regional call for proposals
(FP6 evaluators)
• Enhanced cooperation in R&D with other Italian Regions
(agreement between Piemonte, Lombardia, Emilia, Umbria and
Sardegna)
and with European networks of Regions (Regions of Knowledge,
Regions for Economic Change, ERRIN, IRE, ..)
SECTORS OF INTERVENTION FOR R&D POLICY:
• SCIENCE PUSH
– Life-science and
biotechnology
– Nanotechnology and
advanced production
processes
– New materials
– Alternative energies
• TECHNOLOGY PULL
– Environmental safety
– Agro-industry sector and
product traceability
– Advanced health services
– Advanced logistics
– Aerospace
– Intelligent and
sustainable mobility
– Creative and multimedia
companies
– Heritage conservation
and transformation
MEANS OF INTERVENTION OF R&D POLICY:
•
Calls for proposals with high minimum size of research
project and implying a strong cooperation between
Universities/research centres and entreprises.
•
Creation of regional technological platforms in key regional
sectors
•
User groups
•
Living Labs
•
Researcher as main vector of technology transfer: researcher
internship program in enterprises
• Support to higher education programs and to PhD students'
insertion in innovative enterprises
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE
• 2006 CALL FOR PROPOSALS
– 6 sectors (renewables infomobility,bio&nanotech,
aerospace, agri-food)
– Budget: 32 M€ project size: 500.000 - 2M€
– Joint University-enterprises projects
– International evaluation
• SUPPORTING SMEs
– Voucher for research activities, IPR enforcement and
credit risk (Basel II)
• CALL FOR TRASNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJETCS via ERANET
in Manufacturing
• 1 TECHNOLOGICAL PLATFORM
– Aerospace
WHAT IS IN PROGRESS:
• 2007 CALL FOR PROPOSALS
– Youth&Design (Turin, 2008 World Design Capital)
– Mechatronics: 18M
– Converging Technologies (ICT, biotech, nanotech
and cognitive sciences): 26M
• 4 TECHNOLOGICAL PLATFORMS
– Creativity and Multimedia
– Advanced Health services
– Sustainable Chemistry
– Info mobility
Thank you for your attention!
For further information about Re Think
and our activities
visit:
www.regione.piemonte.it/ricerca