Operational Programme Competitiveness of the Bulgarian Economy Main Doc for financial support for en

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Operational Programme Competitiveness of the
Bulgarian Economy Main Doc for financial support
for entrepreneurs for the period
2007-2013BIA-UBB Annual MeetingNational and
European policy ideas for Competitiveness
supportSofia, May 23, 2007
George Strogylopoulos Chairman, Logotech S.A
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Policy Implementation
Actions Schemes (to be financed)
Directives regulations (to secure the policy
Implementation)
Recommendations (when you run out of money or
you are affected by the principle of
subsidiarity)
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Factors influencing policy makers
Visibility Absorption Long-term
1 km of Highway 3m Euros 2004 ! Olympics
Political- Financial Security
I postpone things that I do not understand or I
do not understand their impact
Uncertainty Lack of Resources Count on external
Who will do this intellectual Job?
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Two different periods in the diffusion of
technological revolutions
Turning point
Installation period
Deployment period
20-30 years Forced Diffusion against the
routines of the old paradigm Financial Capital
Leading the Process
20-30 years
Degree of diffusion of the technological
revolution
Coherent diffusion with the new Paradigm as
shared common sense Production capital
leading
Source Carlota Perez, Finance and Technical
Change, 2004
Big bang
Next Big bang
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• European Initiatives

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• Policy Trends in Innovation policy in 16 new
  member states regions

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IMIS regions supported
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Insights from IMIS experience

• IMIS fields of support to RIS-NACs regions
• Clustering activities (cluster management, supply
  chains)
• Increasing the efficiency of existing research
  and innovation support infrastructures (Science
  Technology Parks, Incubators, Competence centres)
• Networking and bridging between Academic
  Business Community (Tech. Transfer mechanisms)
• Directing Structural Funds into innovation and
  RD (ROP implementation, links with Cohesion
  Policy etc.)
• Training schemes for researchers and managers
• Foresight Activities

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• Europe Innova

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Architecture of the Europe INNOVA Initiative

Sectoral Innovation Watch
9 Innovation Panels
space textile energy
ICT/optical machinery

automotive biotechnology
eco-industries chemicals
food/drink high-growth SMEs
10 Inn. Finance Networks
11 Cluster Networks
Cluster Mapping
Innovation Management
Innovation Standards
Europe INNOVA Communications
Europe INNOVA Forum
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Standards Networks DEPUIS BioHealth STAND-INN INNO
VAFUN EUROMIND PEBBLES STEPPIN

• Initiative for European innovation professionals
• Supported by the European CommissionDG
  Enterprise and Industry
• 300 partners from 23 countries
• Duration 2005-2009
• Total financing of 40 million euro

A sector-based approach

• Shaping the European Innovation Community
• 28 networks Clusters, Financing and Standards
• Project offering tools to improve Innovation
  Management in SMEs
• Analytical projects on Innovation Watch and
  Cluster Mapping
• Industry experts contributing to 8 Sectoral
  Innovation Panels
• Online Forum exchanging good practice and
  resources

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The PAXIS Manual for Innovation Policy Makers
and Practitioners

• Pre-seed early stage financing 10 case
  studies
• Incubation models 14 case studies
• Spin-off technology transfer 12 case studies
• Entrepreneurship 17 case studies
• Innovation culture 10 case studies
• Methodologies 3 case studies
• TRANSFERS 135

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• Structural Funds Evaluation

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• Greek Structural Funds
• Success stories according to the European
  Commission

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European Innovation Policy Greece
1988-1993
1994-1999
2000-2006
2006
Struct. Funds
FP
1990-1994
1994-1998
1998-2002
2002-2006
GR Inn. Policy
Infrastructures Networking
Networking Start-ups Entrepreneurship
Infrastructures
Financial Autonomy
10 on Innovation
GR Reg. Policy
RTP/RITTS/RIS
RIS-NACs Innovative Actions
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• Innovation Poles

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REGIONAL INNOVATION POLES
Competitiveness Operational Program, Promotion
of regional competitiveness, through the
reinforcement of regional research,
technological and innovative actions
Regional Innovation Poles consist of joint
organizations from the broader public and
private sector that have as their goal the
reinforcement of the technological and
innovative performances of the countrys regions
and the increase of competitiveness of the
regional economy
Public expenditure 12.000.000 (50 National
participation, 50 ERDF) Total Budget17.600.000.
Proposals Limits 2.000.000 minimum and
5.000.000 maximum. The private participation is
around 35 of the total budget of the proposal
and will not be less than 25 of the total budget.
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REGIONAL INNOVATION POLES
Eligible organizations A) SMEs businesses B)
Research and Technological organizations or their
laboratories, C) Higher Education Institutions,
D) Technology and Scientific Parks, E) Sectoral
Companies F) Representative Organizations (like
Chambers, Industrial and Export associations,
etc) G) Financial Institutions and their
Associations, H) Other relevant organizations,
including Development Companies
The joint venture should be organized under a
specific market or a technological and scientific
area
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REGIONAL INNOVATION POLES
Eligible Activities I. Research and
Technological Development consortia in priority
sectors on regional level ??. Development and
networking of the services sector enterprises
that are activating in the fields of technology
and innovation transfer ???. Reinforcement of the
public research and technology organizations
infrastructures ?V. Preparatory actions for the
support of the research units for the
development of prototypes and the commercial
exploitation of the research results.
Identification and exploitation of results with
the creation of new enterprises (spin-off). V.
Regional Technology Platforms V?. Training
Education Horizontal Activities (Obligatory for
all RIPs) RIP Management
Central Macedonia -Western Greece Western
Macedonia -Thessaly - Crete
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• Thessaloniki Innovation Zone

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Area characteristics and foreseen development
A Development Plan Structured High
Development Innovation Oriented, with Networked
Infrastructures Structured investment spaces FDI
attractive Ready to absorb Educated HR
Non- structured area High Development area High
density area of technological infrastructures Non
- industrialized area Non structured
land Powerful human resources area
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Thessaloniki Innovation Zone Critical Success
Factors
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Geographical Orientation
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Cores network of direct intervention
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Mega Projects for Intervention
MP1 Creation of new knowledge
MP2 Improvement of Human Potential
MP3 Unification of ET infrastructures
MP4 Areas for business location
MP5 Quality of life and work
MP6 Mobilisation of Private Investments
MP7 Follow-up, co-ordination, Coordination,
Management, Assessment
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A motorway from afar EGNATIA MOTORWAY
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• Other examples

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Small businesses go online
Purchase of basic terminal equipment, Internet
connection for two years and technical support
for three years. Development of a simple
commercial web page, maintenance and virtual
hosting in an ISP for two years.
Around 50.000 SMEs applied Up to 15700 of these
enterprises funded
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Larissa employment promotion center
Vocational guidance Training active placement
services
60 Centers in Greece 170 placements from 500
requests per month - 0.5 MEuros
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Small hydroelectric power stations
1994-1999
Co-financing for project implementation
55 private 17.19 MEuros 11.5 megawatts In 2000
4145 GW from RES 3693 GW hydro
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