Transcript Smart Specialisation

Tools for strategic governance of industrial innovation policy in Flanders
Regions for Economic Change – Tools for smart regions
23 June 2011, Brussels
Jan Larosse, EWI - Flemish Government
OVERVIEW
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Background on Flanders
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Developments in innovation policy
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Recent developments in strategic governance
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Towards a more targeted innovation policy
‘New Industrial Policy’: an integrated policy for transformation
Management Structure for NIP: new governance for targeted cluster policy
Exploration of ‘smart specialisation’
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Future strategy ‘Flanders in Action’
‘Spearheads’: focussing innovation policy on 6 thematic clusters
OECD-project for new methodologies to support design and assessment of smart
specialisation strategies
Tools for designing smart specialisation strategies
Call for collaboration in a S3 project: benchmarking strategic governance
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FLANDERS: Key Figures
Flanders:
a prosperous region
with an open economy in the core of Europe
Population: 6.28 million (= 57.6% BEL)
Language: Dutch (NL)
Surface: 13.521 km² (= 45% BEL)
GDP: €194 billion
Export : 100.3% of GDP (BEL = 73.3%)
GERD: €4.15 billion (+- 2/3 of BEL), of which €2.7 billion BERD (2009)
% GERD/BBP: 2.12% (2009)
Total public budget STI policy: €1.7 billion of which €1.07 billion R&D
The region has constitutional competences on
research, innovation and economic policy
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Why ‘smart specialisation’ is important for Flanders
‘Flanders in Action’: strategic framework for a new growth path
because of weakening competiveness and de-industrialisation
 Future project (starting 2006) of the Flemish government, supported by +100
stakeholder organisations (‘Pact 2020’),
 Responding to competitiveness problem; aiming at a ‘top 5 region’ position in
Europe = transition towards an innovation driven growth model,
 Consensus that STI investments should be focussed on ‘spearheads’: domains
that can position Flanders in future value chains with important societal and
economic impact.
 STI Advisory Council (VRWI) selected 10 ‘spearheads’ (breakthrough initiatives)
in 6 Cluster domains (still mainly technology driven) in 2008.
 The financial crisis imposed budget cuts. In 2011 the growth path resumed, but
the budget constraint urges stronger prioritisation and focus.
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Focussing on 10 spearhead initiatives in 6 ‘clusters’
SWOT Analysis of
Flanders vs EU
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EU Foresight Study
with 15 key areas
Departure from pure ‘bottom-up’ innovation support policy
Focussing public S&T resources on 6 ‘clusters’ identified by expert
consultation
Still large domains: how to make further choices?
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NEW INDUSTRIAL POLICY: an integrated framework
• White Paper ‘New Industrial Policy (27 May 2011):
Integrated policy platform for economic transformation
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A new Productivity Offensive
 Increase knowledge productivity in
clusters (critical mass and
specialisation)
 Support ‘lead companies’
Industrial
‘lead markets’ and
Innovation
Policy
‘lead clusters’
 Factory of the Future
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Transformational Sectoral Policy
 Focus on transformation strategies
based on value chains, clusters
and grand projects
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Productivity
&
Competitiveness
Policy
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Industrial
Policy
Infrastructures
Policy
Competences
&
Labour Market
Policy
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Governance model for NIP
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Transformation needs new governance:
Interministrial Committtee
Industry
ICI
Industry Board
Advisory bodies (SERV – VRWI)
Interdepartmental Coordination
(lead by EWI)
Productivity &
competitiviness
policy
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Industrial
Innovation
policy
Competences &
Labour market
policy
Supportive
infrastructure
policy
‘Innovation Direction Groups’ (R&I Advisory Council) to develop
strategies for broad innovation areas (challenges)
‘Industry Board’ (international experts) will advise on targeted
cluster policy to select lead clusters in these domains
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‘Smart Specialisation’: exploring new methodologies
Flemish innovation and industrial policy is in search of a method for
making choices, to reach the targets of the Flemish ‘Pact 2020’, based
on transformation of value chains, spearhead domains, lead-companies
and open innovation, targeted cluster policy.
1.Own frontrunner experiences: e.g. FISCH (Flanders Initiative for
Sustainable Chemistry)
 Transformation strategy supported by broad mobilisation in sector
= Strategic research; open innovation infrastructures; new bus. models
 Develop world-class industrial cluster via international benchmarking
2.International policy learning: lead-role in new OECD project ‘Smart
Specialisation in Global Value Chains’
 Use of strategic monitoring & case-studies for ‘discovery’ of smart
specialisation
 Aimed at criteria for identifying smart specialisations & design strategies
3.S3 Platform: Call for Working Group on benchmarking strategic
governance for smart specialisation, linked with OECD project
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Tools for strategic monitoring: specialisation profiles
1. Benchmark comparative strengths in S&T and economic performance
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Another tool: FOCUS MATRIX for Smart Specialisation Strategies
2. Identify smart specialisations at cross-road of regional innovation
competences and market opportunities/societal challenges
SOCIETAL CHALLENGES
Energy/Resources/Health/Mobility/...
DEMAND-SIDE
MARKETS
Value chain
development
Solutions
Systems
INTEGRATION
SUPPLY-SIDE
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P2
TECHNOLOGY
PLATFORMS
CLUSTERS
SMART
SPECIALISATIONS
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OPEN INNOVATION
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Competence
development
Education
R&D
Training
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COMPETITIVENESS
LOCAL ATTRACTIVENESS
EXCELLENCE
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Another tool: cluster maps for smart specialisations
3. Map eco-systems for smart specialisations
Idea Consult
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Call for collaboration in S3 Platform
• What is new? Smart specialisation = interactive development of focus
strategies in a (interdependent) knowledge-based economy
• Comparative advantage= a competitive and cooperative ‘positioning’
 Joint ‘discovery process’, to align strategic partners in distinctive regional
clusters (role of strategic intelligence)
 Multi-level policy framework (shared objectives, road maps, indicators)
• OECD project: design and assess smart specialisation strategies
Discovery process, aided by strategic intelligence & adequate governance
‘Base-line’: measurement of specialisations and assessment of capabilities
for developing smart specialisation strategies (templates)
‘Beyond the base-line’: real-life processes - case-studies on development of
strategic cluster strategies; self-assessment tool for strategic governance
•Call for joint S3 project: benchmarking strategic governance (‘RIS 2.0’)
 Mobilising unexploited potential for value creation and productivity growth
through complementarity of regions based on their comp. advantages
 Assessing & upgrading regional innovation strategies
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Interested? Please contact me!
Thank you
Department of Economy, Science and Innovation (EWI)
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