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WALES for INNOVATION
Stephen K. Jones
Programme Development Manager
Creu llwyddiant gyda’n gilydd dros Gymru
Creating success together for Wales
The Wales Regional Technology Plan
1993-first proposals-1996-action plan
One of the first 4 in Europe
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The first in the UK
 The most advanced in implementation
 Blueprint for European regions
 Model of good practice
 laid much of the groundwork to start to address the
innovation deficit in Wales.
RTP ACHIEVEMENTS
programmes developed for RTP priorities
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the Finance Wales Spin-out Programme;
the Knowledge Exploitation Fund (KEF)
new academic Centres of Excellence for Industrial
Collaboration (CETICs)
Know How Wales
an enhanced Innovation & Technology Counsellor (ITC)
Service
a Technology Exploitation Grant
early Technium developments
ORIGINAL OBJECTIVES
‘To develop a consensus on a
strategy to increase the business
growth, innovation and competitiveness
of the Welsh economy’
‘To create a framework for decisionmaking that will encourage better public
and private investments to be made’
PRIORITIES THAT EMERGED
A culture of innovation is vital for personal and economic
success
Companies learn best from each other
Wales must profit from global innovation and technology
High quality business and innovation support is essential
Finance for innovation must be readily available
Education and training for innovation and technology are vital
POSITION AT 2001
1998 - review - 2001 - RTP 2000 completed
RTP Priorities are now fully mainstreamed: - WAG – WDA – ELWa – HEFCW - Objective 1
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Decision making framework is still relevant
 New opportunities are emerging for action
 However, increasing feeling that of a loss of momentum
– of being at ‘the cutting edge’.
 Need for new challenges
NEW CHALLENGES
WALES INNOVATION AND SCIENCE PLAN (WAG)
FUTURE TECHNOLOGY PLAN (INNOVATIVE ACTIONS)
INNOVATIVE ACTIONS
OSKaR
(Observatory for a Sustainable
Knowledge based Region)
LANDMAP
WALES
extension
SCEnE (Sustainability,
Community, Environment, Economy) e
INNOVATION TO A YOUNGER
AUDIENCE
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Engineering Education Scheme Wales – Welsh National
Convention of Excellence in Engineering and Technology
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WDA Technology Prize Competition
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Welsh final of Young Engineers for Britain
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3M primary Awards competition at Techniquest
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Inventor’s Competition at the National Eisteddfod of Wales
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WDA/WJEC 6th Form Innovation Awards exhibition
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Wales Student Innovation Awards finals
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Eureka Awards Showcase
A WINNING WALES
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Action Skills &
Action
Plan
Cymru
Ar Lein
Broadband
Plan
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Employment
Action Plan
‘The Learning Country’
Winning & ‘Reaching Higher’
Wales Infrastructure
Telecoms
Improvements
Tackling
Utilisation
Sustainable
Economic
Business Wales
Inactivity
WALES FOR INNOVATION THE
VISION
MORE PROSPERITY, MORE VALUE ADDED JOBS,
MORE & GROWING INNOVATIVE BUSINESSES
1 COMMUNICATING WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH MORE INNOVATION
2 DEVELOPING MORE HIGH GROWTH POTENTIAL BUSINESSES
3 SIMPLER, MORE EFFECTIVE, INNOVATION SUPPORT
4 BETTER EQUIPPING PEOPLE TO INNOVATE
5 MAXIMISING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
IMPACT OF OUR UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES
THE FUTURE
WALES FOR INNOVATION: ACTION PLAN
WELSH ASSEMBLY GOVERNMENT
 new
innovation action plan building on past
successes
 to scale up and roll out activities which have
been demonstrated to bring economic
benefits to Wales
 to address gaps, based on business needs.
THE FUTURE
WALES FOR INNOVATION: ACTION PLAN
Innovation Grant – SMART Cymru
 Improved support services – strengthening
ITC service
 Technium Centre roll-out
 Key Action Area 1 - driving forward
communications campaign
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KEY ACTIONS AREAS
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Communicating what can be achieved
through more innovation
Developing more high growth potential
businesses
Better equipping people to innovate
Simpler, more effective, innovation
support
Maximising the economic development
impact of our universities & colleges
ACTION AREA 1
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A wide-ranging innovation
communications campaign
The creation of a Wales wide
innovation network based on regional
partnerships for north, mid, southwest & south-east Wales
Expansion of the Commitment to
Innovation Programme to enrol more
Welsh companies with an enhanced
innovation focussed programme
SUPPORT ACTION
measurement & monitoring
 Innovation
Works link to be developed as portal
for access from WDA website
innovation events – dates and opportunities
 innovation funding and support, best practice and
matching technology needs and opportunities
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 Set
of innovation indicators to be developed
 Involvement of expert private sector academic
representatives in monitoring progress
ACTION AREA 1 – COMMUNICATIONS
 Better
communication of innovation is an
important enabler of economic
competitiveness and sustainable
development
 There is an urgent need to embed a stronger
culture of innovation across the whole of
Wales
 A national innovation campaign will address
the needs of all our business sectors
INNOVATION NETWORK PARTNERSHIP
A STRATEGIC NETWORK
LINKAGES: -
FOUR REGIONAL
PARTNERSHIPS: •NORTH
•MID
•SOUTH WEST
•SOUTH EAST
1. STRATEGIC
POLICY DIRECT
TO PTRS
2. REGIONAL &
LOCAL INPUT
TO IAP
3. DIRECT ACTION
AT REGIONAL
LEVEL
ACTION AREA 1 –
COMMITMENT TO INNOVATION
 Encourages
and Promotes Innovative
Organisations within Wales
 Companies Show Commitment:
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Corporate Strategies
Products
Processes
Adopt and implement good innovative
management practice
INNOVATION WORKS
ROLLING OUT THE INNOVATION
COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN
Creu llwyddiant gyda’n gilydd dros Gymru
Creating success together for Wales
Innovation Works
Aim - To change the way people think and act in
Wales using a communications campaign to inspire a
culture where the benefits of innovation are
understood, valued and achieved
Objective - Promote innovation in a way that changes
the perception, attitude and actions of people on
innovation in its widest sense, including: people,
products, processes, marketplaces and marketing
Innovation Works
Systems Approach
People
Innovation
Process
Innovation
Product
Innovation
Market
Innovation
Marketplaces
Innovation
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Thank you
Any questions?
Creu llwyddiant gyda’n gilydd dros Gymru
Creating success together for Wales