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Open Days 2005
Competitiveness: role of the regions in
research and innovation
– Examples from the Baltic Sea Region
Presentation from Western Pomerania, Poland
Speaker: Jacek Baraniecki
West Pomeranian Regional Development Agency
[email protected]
Brussels, October 11th, 2005
Where we are
MAIN DISTANCES:
Berlin - 144 KM
Copenhagen - 290 KM
Prague - 450 KM
Warsaw - 530 KM
Brussels – 925 KM
Innovation: Why regional level?
Regions are:
• Large enough to ensure economic, scientific,
intellectual and organisational potential
• Homogenous and coherent enough to enable
communication between local actors as well
as identification of problems and barriers
Innovation: Why regional level?
Every region needs
different treatment
11
14
16
10
Companies per 1000 people
2
Students per 1000 people
7
15
4
GDP per capita
5
3
1
In-house R&D per company
13
12
GERD as % of GDP
8
9
10
Source: Own compilation based on
National Statistics Office data.
Regional Innovation Strategy 2005-2020
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initiated and supervised by regional self-government
co-financed from 5. Framework Programme
two partners from neighbouring Mecklenburg region
first document that has so widely addressed regionspecific innovation problems
• first such research in the region
• served also as a tool to promote innovation
• gave impulse to innovation process in the region
Details : www.msp.neo.pl
Regional Innovation Strategy 2005-2020
Strategic objectives:
1. Increasing SME’s
innovation awareness
2. Creating conditions to
develop technology and
innovation market in the
region
3. Developing system
supporting innovative
activities in the region
Most urgent tasks:
• Further promotion (portal, events etc.)
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Launching the monitoring system of
innovation processes and resources
in the region
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Launching regional foresight
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Identifying prospective areas of
cooperation with neighboring German
and Scandinavian regions.
RIS strategy was fully reflected in Regional Development Strategy
and in Regional Operational Programme 2007-2013
Added value
Regional
Innovation
Strategy
2005-2020
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All available
offers were
collected
120 offers mainly
from academic
institutions
7 non-academic
offers
Current initiatives at regional level
National/regional operational programs
12 innovation-related projects under way
Issue addressed
Number of
projects
innovation promotion & awareness-raising
8
enhancing knowledge and innovation transfer
3
doctoral scholarship schemes in innovation areas
3
identifying SMEs needs
2
cluster building
2
sector-oriented projects
renewable energy research
maritime economy
2
1
All projects result from / are coherent with Regional Innovation Strategy.
Current initiatives at regional level
„Teico-Net” project (“Technology, Enterprises, Innovation,
Cooperation Network”, INTERREG IIIC)
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16 partners / 8 regions / 5 countries
(DE, PL, LV, LT, SE)
Leading partner: Investitionsbank Berlin
Addressed to innovating companies
Transregional cooperation building
through matching workshops for SMEs
Data collection from SMEs
Policy-makers seminars to
develop new approaches
Current initiatives of regional self-government
Investor’s Assistance Center
• established in 2004 by regional self-government in
cooperation with Polish Foreign Investments Agency
• technically a part of Marshal Office
• offers wide assistance to foreign investors
• Most attended sectors:
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food / fish processing
wood processing / furniture / paper
chemical industry
electromachinery
Current initiatives of regional self-government
Financial instruments
West Pomeranian Regional Credit Guarantee Fund
• credit and loan guarantees fund for regional micro and SMEs
Within last 2,5 years:
• Guarantees: 3 750 000 EUR
• Credits received on the basis of guarantees: 8 250 000 EUR
POMERANUS – loan fund for micro and small enterprises
• initial capital – 2 375 000 EUR (May 2005)
• current capital 7 625 000 EUR (Sept. 2005)
Still no innovation-specific instruments in the region
Current initiatives of regional self-government
Regional Center
for Entrepreneurship Development
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to be launched in 2006
22 participating institutions
one-stop-shop for entrepreneurs
will host branches or contact points of BSOs,
guarantee fund, banks, partner regions
Current initiatives of regional self-government
Regional Centre for Promotion
of Innovation and Technology Transfer
(to be launched in 2006)
• Envisaged in Regional Innovation Strategy
• At first mostly awareness-raising activities
(promotion, trainings).
Later: Supporting technology transfer
• Close cooperation with entrepreneurs and TT
institutions required
Current initiatives at regional level
West Pomeranian Advanced
Technologies Center
• belongs to the network conducted by the Ministry of Science
• established in 2004 by 3 Szczecin Universities and entrepreneurs to
develop technological solutions
Fields of activity:
• Advanced polymeric materials and technologies incl. nanotechnologies
• Environmental protection
• Medicine: genomics techniques, polymeric materials and technologies for dentistry, biomaterials
• Agriculture and food industry: DNA tests for vegetables and animal farms, polymeric food,
biodegradable food packaging
6. Framework Programme in our region
• ca. 100 project applications submitted
• 19 projects launched (mainly IT, medicine, polymers)
• 16 from universities; only 3 from companies
• only (?) 4 project leaders
All projects got support from Regional 6.FP Contact Point affiliated
with Szczecin Technical University.
Strong limitations in using Framework Programs directly as tools for
regional development
Message to European Commission
• There is a need for regular foresight programs in
regions.
• Too many restrictions in EU programs for large
companies.
• Need for guidance in creating innovation-support
financing instruments in NAC regions.
Thanks for attention
Marshal Office
of the West Pomeranian Region
Korsarzy Street 34
70 - 540 Szczecin, Poland
Speaker: Jacek Baraniecki
[email protected]
phone: +48 91 43 24 038