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ZIP
Kick-Off meeting
27 September 2005
ZIP Kick-off meeting – Mag. Irma Priedl
Summary
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Regional Background
Regional Challenges
Innovation Strategy
Description of the organisation
ZIP Kick-off meeting – Mag. Irma Priedl
Regional Background:
Lower Austria 1
General regional
information
• Population: 1.55 m inhabitants
• Surface: Danube, pre-Alps; Area of
19.174 square km
• Main towns:
– St. Pölten (50.000 inhabitants), capital
city
– Wiener Neustadt (40.000),
– Krems (30.000),
– Amstetten (30.000)
• Percentage agriculture/industry/service:
4,1% / 35,6% / 60,3% (basis: GDP)
8% / 27,3% / 64,7% (employees and self
employed persons) (year 2002)
• Unemployment rate: 4.5 %
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Regional Background:
Lower Austria 2
• GDP per capita: 21.616 (EIS 2003); 97.3 (year 2002, EUROSTAT)
• Main industrial sectors:
food, machinery & metal, automotive, wood processing
• Number of companies: approx. 80.000
• Percentage of SME's:
99,8% of firms
92,0% of employees
• Percentage of innovative SME's:
approx. 50% according CIS 3,
6,5 % acc. own questionnaire survey 2003 with definition of “innovative SME”:
• R&D% > 6% and
• National and/or international leadership and
• Turnover of young products (less than 3 years) > 20%
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Innovation Strategy 1
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Innovative Actions („RIS++“)
Science-business-government Collaboration
NÖ Innovations-Strategie
(RIS und RIS+)
Customer value
orientation
Development
Concept NÖ
Support
Programmes
IT pilot projects for
B2B solutions
Innovation
Technology
Cooperation
Internationalization
Entrepreneurship
Pre-Seed Acceleration for
technology-based firms
Top
InnovationSystem
Start-up, investment
Support
Vorwettbewerbliche
R&D Support
Forschung & Entwicklung
Support on internationalization/
Cooperation
Soft-measures to stimulate industry and commerce
Objective-2-program (industry & commerce)
Structural-funds
period
2007-2013
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Our Organisation
The mission statement (primary objective) of
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Slogan: “Innovation creates jobs”
Creating a prosperous business framework with ecological sustainability
Increasing the welfare in Lower Austria: number and quality of jobs,
quality of environment
Strengthening the competitiveness of regional companies
The overall structure:
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legal status: public authority
management structure and staff: about 50 employees
Shareholder of several non-profit organisations (NOEBeg, …
sources of income: annual contributions by provincial government, financing fund
with annual contributions of financial support specific fund
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Website www.wirtschaftsfoerderung.at
ZIP Kick-off meeting – Mag. Irma Priedl
Our Organisation
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Core-competences
Empowerment by policy to develop the regional innovation system and to
coordinate its improvement process
In-depth knowledge of companies activities and needs with respect to business
development and innovation
Day-to-day contact with NÖ firms
Knowledge of legislative issues
Knowledge of regional, national and European funding schemes
Relationship to and experience with European Commission
Main service portfolio
Target groups: Regional firms, Intermediaries – NPO, multipliers (like banks etc.)
Providing funding schemes for NÖ firms
Fostering stimulation activities in combination with innovation services (financing of
TIP´s activities, information material and events,...)
Focus on foundation of new companies, Research and development, innovation,
Opening up new markets, Collaboration, Local supply, equity and guarantees
Financial support (of several actors of the regional innovation system like
RIZ Holding, Eco-Plus, Technology and Innovation Partners TIP, NÖBEG)
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Contact
Any Questions ?
NÖ Landesregierung
Dep. Economy, Tourism and Technology
3109 St. Pölten
+43 2742 9005 – 16123
[email protected]
www.wirtschaftsfoerderung.at
ZIP Kick-off meeting – Mag. Irma Priedl