Transcript Innovation Policy

European Commission
Enterprise Directorate General
Innovation Policy
The Open Method of Coordination
in the area of Innovation Policy
Birmingham, 26 November 2004
Christophe Guichard
Innovation Policy Unit
DG Enterprise, European Commission
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Structure
 What is innovation
 Evolution of EU innovation policy
 Innovation Trend Chart
 First pillar: Innovation Performance
 Second pillar: Policy analysis
 Third pillar: Exchange & collaboration
 Efficient Innovation Governance
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What is innovation ?
Innovation …
 Is more than research and technology
 Is a key tool to competitiveness and entrepeneurship
 Is a multi-dimensional concept
 Is a driver of growth and structural change
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EU innovation Policy
The milestones
• Green Paper and 1st Action Plan (1995/96):
– “Innovation” emerges as a new policy
• Lisbon Summit (2000):
– global competitiveness goal by 2010
– “Open Method of Co-ordination”
• Innovation Trendchart & Scoreboard (2001)
• Commission Communication (2003)
– New, broader ”definitions” of innovation
• Forthcoming 2nd Action Plan (2005)
– More efficient European innovation governance
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Innovation Trend Chart
A EU policy learning tool:
• Implement the OMC on Innovation policy
• Enhance innovation policy learning across national
boundaries
• Pilot project launched in 1999, fully operational
since 2000
• Relies on a network of national correspondents in
EU Member States, Associate and Candidate
countries
• Implementation advised by a Group of senior
Officials from the Member States
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Innovation Trend Chart
Three complementary “pillars”:
• European Innovation Scoreboard
– requested at the Lisbon Council
• Analysis of national Innovation Policies
– Data base of > 700 schemes on the web
– Country reports; Annual Synthesis report
• Workshops with national policy makers
– Peer reviews of specific themes
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“First pillar”: Innovation performances
 European Innovation Scoreboard
20 indicators on:
– Human resources
• S&T graduates; tertiary education; LLL; hi-tech jobs
– Research and creation of new knowledge
• Public and private R&D; hi-tech patents
– Knowledge transfer and efficient use of technology
• Innovation expenditure; etc
– Innovative markets and infrastructures
• Hi-tech VC; internet access; ICT expenditures; etc
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EU / US comparison
USPTO high-tech patents
USPTO patents
Early stage venture capital (% GDP)
EPO high-tech patents
Population w ith tertiary education
High-tech manufacturing value-added
Business R&D expenditures (% GDP)
ICT expenditures (% GDP)
Public R&D expenditures (% GDP)
EPO patents
S&E graduates
-100
-80
-60
-40 -20
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Current EU - US gap8
P
EL
L
P
IRL
1.5 Emp h-tech serv
2.1 Public R&D exp
S
FIN
P
EL
P
FIN
NL
P
DK
EL
4.6 VA h-tech manuf
700
4.5 ICT exp
D
S
4.4 Home Internet access
FIN
S
4.2 New cap stock mark
200
UK
4.1 Venture cap
IRL
2.3.2 USPTO h-tech pats
600
2.3.1 EPO h-tech pats
400
2.2 Business R&D exp
L
1.4 Emp h-tech manuf
-100
1.3 Lifelong learning
0
1.2 Work pop w 3rd educ
300
1.1 S&E grads
Spread between EU Member States
Spread between EU Member States
Best
US
L
Worst
FIN
500
IRL
S
100
E
p
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“Second pillar”: policy analysis
Analysis of national policy developments
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Database of > 700 policy measures
“Who-is-who” (quick links for networking)
Annual “Country reports” on 33 countries
Annual report: “Innovation Policy in Europe”
Subscription to an electronic news service
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“Third pillar”: exchange &
collaboration
Policy Workshops
• Facilitate transnational exchange
• Identify policy makers involved in similar
schemes
• Identify opportunities for “twinning”
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“Third pillar”: exchange &
collaboration
Past Trend Chart workshops (selection):
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April 01: Policies promoting active IPR use
March 02: Spin-offs from universities and PRI’s
May 02: Corporate tax and innovation
June 02: Innovation policies in candidate countries
September 02: Life-long learning and innovation
November 02: Trans-national policy learning
Feb 03: The future of the “Innovation Scoreboard”
May 03: Innovation “hot spots” in Europe
“Third pillar”: exchange &
collaboration
Trend Chart workshops 2004
• 04/04:
Innovation governance
• 06/04:
Making innovation policies more
“user friendly” for SMEs
Benchmarking and promoting
innovation excellence
Skills for innovation
• 10/04:
• 12/04:
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Spring Council 2003
Article 36:
“The European Council recognises the
importance of innovation in developing new products,
services and ways of doing business; calls upon Member States and
the Commission to take further action in order to create the
conditions in which business innovates, in particular, by bringing
and urges
that a framework of common objectives for
strengthening innovation in the EU should be
set up, including an assessment mechanism
for taking stock of the progress achieved.”
together research, financial and business expertise;
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Efficient Innovation Governance
Monitoring innovation progress
• Common framework of objectives
• Identification of national challenges
• Annual exercise assessing innovation
Progress
• Progress Report submitted to autumn
competitiveness Council
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Efficient Innovation Governance
Policy coordination
• Innovation Policy Group (Member States)
• European Innovation Forum (stakeholders)
• Integrated Programme on Competitiveness
and Innovation
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Conclusion
www. trendchart.org
Thank you for your attention !
[email protected]
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