Transcript Innovation in cross

Innovation in cross-border
Regions
Werner Jostmeier MdL
Member of the Regional Diet of
North Rhine-Westphalia
Brussels, 10 October 2007
Content
Cross-border cooperation between
Belgium, the Netherlands and North
Rhine Westfalia
INTERREG programmes 2007-2013
Cross-border innovation policy:
policy, objectives and strategy
Cross-border cooperation
4 cross-border regions covering the whole
border with Belgium and the Netherlands
Subsidiarity and Partnership as success
factors
– Euregios result from local initiative and are part of local self-organisation
– Bottom-up approach to cross-border co-operation: INTERREG is implemented by
Euregios
– Regional and national governments see themselves as partners, not
„supervisors“
Multitude of permanent cross-border
networks and associations
– E.g. Technologienetzwerk Rhein-Waal
– E.g. „Heartbeat of Europe – Life Sciences in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine“
Programme area 2000-2006
Operational
Programme
Germany – Netherlands
2000-2006
(EUREGIO Gronau
Euregio Rhein-Waal
euregio rhein-maas-nord)
Programme
area 20072013
Operational
Programme
Germany –
Netherlands
2007-2013
(Ems Dollart Region
EUREGIO Gronau
Euregio Rhein-Waal
euregio rhein-maas-nord)
Operational
Programme
Euregio MeuseRhine
Belgium,
Germany and the
Netherlands
INTERREG 2007- 2013:
Financial Volume and Main Topics
Germany – Netherlands 293 Mio. €
Euregio Meuse-Rhine 144 Mio. €
1. Economy, Technology and
Innovation
58%
1. Innovation, Strengthening Regional
Knowledge, Job Creation
65%
2. Strengthening Regional
Development
18%
2. Nature and Environment, Energy, Natural
Resources and Mobility
8%
3. Integration and Society
18%
3. Quality of Life
11%
4. Technical Assistance
6%
4. Technical Assistance
4%
(Major Projects 35%)
Major Projects
Relevance to a major part of the programme area
Particular relevance and involvement of the
bussiness world (projects very close to business)
Particular emphasis on a long-term perspective and
the substainability of projects
Particular emphasis placed on the relevance of
projects for regional and national strategies
Added value beyond the programme area
Cross-border innovation:
policy, objectives, strategy
Declaration between NL and NRW from 2nd March
2005:
... to improve and foster the strategic cooperation (between both
countries) in the areas of science, research, technology and
innovation...
 Identify areas for cross-border cooperation that promise added
value for NL and NRW
 Three main strategic objectives
 Clustering,
 Improvement of framework conditions
 Facility sharing
Selection criteria
Most promising fields
Strengths
Critical
mass
Capabilities
actors
Economic/
social
relevance
Cluster
Presence of
public
funding
schemes
NRW
NL
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Food & Nutrition
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Automotive
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Biotechnology (white
biotech, catalysis, biobased
production)
(Bio)Medical
technologies
& Health
(Sustainable) Energy
(wind, solar, biomass, etc.)
Nanotechnology
(nanoelectronics,
embedded systems,
microsystems)
ICT (hardware, grid
computing, RFID, mobile
communication, geoinformatics)
Participants of PRW: 4-5 experts from each side in NL and NRW
NRW
NL
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Ministry of Innovation
Ministry of Education, Culture &
Science
Representative of association
SenterNovem (Innovation
Agency)
Representative of local
authorities / municipalities
Representative of region /
province
Cluster manager
Regional innovation programme
managers
Other experts with in-depth
know-how of area
Representative of association
Syntens