The Scientific Committee for Research and Innovation SIR Putting Research and Innovation at the hear

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The Scientific Committee for Research and
Innovation (SIR)Putting Research and
Innovationat the heart of Regional
Policy Javier Ossandon President of
ELANET (CEMR) Preludes Project CEO
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Innovation

• Defined as the successful production,
  assimilation
• and exploitation of novelty in the economical
  and
• social spheres (COM688-1995)
• Involves a number of actors and decision-makers
  at
• different levels
• Calls for a far-sighted RD policy in European
  
• countries
• Regional level is most appropriate for an
  effective
• research development and innovation policy
  (RDI)
• with a strong socio- economical impact in the
  territory

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New Regional Research and Innovation Policies are
Urgent

• economic factor linking productivity to how
  you
• compete and not only what you produce
  (traditional
• local competition systems are loosing
• competitiveness)
• social aspect reducing the digital divide
  between the
• different categories or groups of citizens
  (discrimination factors accessibility to
  services of high
• added value and employment opportunities when
• friendliness with ICT tools is a condition)
• development factor growth to build prosperity
  (improvement of the standard of living Porter
  
• sources of prosperity are made, not inherited)

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The actual RD and I in the EU requires a sound
change

• Although EU produces almost one third of the
  worlds
• scientific knowledge, the gap with US and
  Japan in
• ICT-based markets has increased ( Europe
  spends in
• Research one third of what USA spends and two-
• thirds of what Japan spents. ICT is 20 of the
  RD
• budget against 30 in major OECD countries)
• New competitors are strongly challenging
  traditional
• players in the ICT and digital content markets
  (China,
• Brazil, India, etc.)
• Key EU objectives are to increase 50 research
• spending by 2010 (3 of GDP) and bring the
  private
• sector share up to 67 (from 56 in 1999).

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What is the answer the EU is now being discussed

• i2010 where i stands for information space,
• innovation and investment, inclusion
• Commissione Reding intends to double the budget
  in
• IST in the VII FP (2007 2013)
• improve efficiency and effectiveness (more
  hi-tech
• SME and corporate involvement
• Six major objectives identified

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The new RD objectives

• creating European centres of excellence
  through
• collaboration between laboratories
• Launching European technological initiatives
• Stimulating the creativity of basic research
  thorugh
• competition between teams at European level
• Developing research infrastructure of European
• interest
• Improving the coordination of national research
  
• programmes

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Excellence and innovation

• high level of visibility, open at international
  level, best
• researchers from every country
• improve capacity to transform knowledge into
• products and services (actual range is 170
  patents per
• million inhabitants against 400 for american
• companies)
• support SMEs through development of
  risk-capital
• finds, science parks, incubators and regional
• innovation policies, technology transfer and
• management of IPR and patents

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The RTD EU research programme

• victim of its own success (only 50 of the high
• standard projects financed)
• large amount of quality research being reflected
  in
• (too) little innovation. Applicability of the
  knowledge
• gained is essential (Janez Potocnik, Research
• Commissioner)
• simplification (content and system of work must
  be
• more streamlined and procedures less burocratic)

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eGovernment concept is important to focus our work

• The application of
• information and communication technologies
• organisational change and
• development of new capacities
• in public administration to improve
• public service
• democratic processes
• support to public policies
• (eGov consultation workshop 2004 European
  Commission)

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eGovernment challenge

• Be less eGovernment and more reengineering
  (modernisation of processes and services) of the
  public sector to
• rediscuss its traditional mission and working
• methodologies (cost effective driven process)
• make territories more competitive in the new
  conditions
• of the global market
• limit the digital divide
• ensure social and institutional cohesion and
  citizens
• participation in decision making
• Research challenges by identifying eGovernment
  bottlenecks in real implementation processes

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Preludes Social Learning Model

• Innovation capacity building at regional level
  is one
• of the key factors for future RTD
• Networking among several organisations and not
• only researchers (business and public actors,
  
• consulting, etc.). The so called Triple
  helix)
• participation, engagement and interaction
• between all the actors involved in a common
• environment
• the economic factor of competitiveness couples
• with the social factor of learning (new rules,
  new
• customs and new identities as a crucial
  ingredient
• of technological changes enabling innovation)

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Enabling conditions for innovative capacity
building

• Awareness (on the existence and dimension of
  the
• problem by innovators and decision-makers)
• Involvement (early participation of all actors
• supported by a concerted action of all public
  
• administration levels)
• Vision (long term innovation policy based on a
• common vision among actors involved)
• Knowledge (sound technical and organisational
  
• espertise as an endogeneous process)

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Regional Clusters of Innovation

• Redundancy (innovation rooted in many different
  
• institutions reduces risk of partial losses)
• Systematic linkages and interaction
  (universities,
• research labs, technology transfer agencies,
• regional public and private governance
• organisations, vocational training
  institutions,
• banks, venture capital suppliers, firms of all
  sizes)
• Governing organisations systems (to combine
• collaborative learning with innovation)
• The network paradigm (robust networks add
• institutional support for business innovation)

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Cluster for innovation
The cluster concept
An organised group of local innovators acting at
European and Regional level in the field of the
Information Society to - modernise public
administration - develop multi-channel and
customised platforms/applications for
services to citizens and enterprises -
improve local economies and its competitiveness
(especially SMEs) with a research and
innovation plan based on the information and
communication technology and performed by one or
more public-private partnerships.
An organised group of local innovators acting at
European and Regional level in the field of the
Information Society to - modernise public
administration - develop multi-channel and
customised platforms/applications for
services to citizens and enterprises -
improve local economies and its competitiveness
(especially SMEs) with a research and
innovation plan based on the information and
communication technology and performed by one or
more public-private partnerships.

Labs
Companies
Publ. Adm.
Consulting
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A Regionally driven European Cluster
Enterprises
Relations among firms
Actors from outside the Region
Organisations (research education) and public
sector
Inter-sectorial relations
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The Orgware

• Organising capacity of Cities and Regions as the
  
• ability to enlist all actors involved and with
  their
• help generate new ideas and develop and
• implement a policy designed to respond to
• fundamental developments and needs
• Key roles (Roger and Shoemaker)
• - Opinion leadership (core politics/core
  politicians)
• - Change agent (clearly identified actors like
• regional agencies and ICT stakeholders)
• - early adopters (administrations, Industry and
  
• SMEs leadership by example)

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Organisation Capacity

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The PRELUDE Challenge

NoE - eParticipation
Learning and knowledge creation
FLOSS
eInclusion
European Clusters
Associations and European Networks
Support Services
Basics Drivers
The PRELUDE regions and regional clusters
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The SIR

• a working space for scientists, researchers and
• practicioners (representatives of networks and
  
• organisations supporting the RD and innovation
  
• at regional level in Europe)
• the advisory committee of the PRELUDE
• Challenge and its clusters for innovation
• an interlocutor of the European Commission and
• the Committee of Regions on implementation of
• ERA and i2010

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How (we have to discuss it)

• initiatives to stimulate relevant debate among
• stakeholders in a structured form (virtual and
• events)
• advise to the PRELUDE Challenge initiatives
• and to their members
• focused papers on key issues for regional and
• local innovation (capacity to provide timely
• comments to the Commission and COR)
• participation in relevant workshops organised by
  
• the EC

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How (we have to discuss it)

• meeting every six months, virtual collaboration
  in
• between.
• horizontal collaboration and exchange among
• members
• participate in some calls for proposals
  (studies)
• develop a sustainability strategy for the SIR
• (secretariat) within our own organisations, the
  
• PRELUDE Regions and the EC (Support Action)
• develop a working and information space within
• the PRELUDE portal (www.prelude-portal.org)

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EISCO 2005 (Cracow 2-4 June 2005)

• organise with the PRELUDE Challenge the plenary
  session on RD (see agenda)
• discuss a SIR study proposal/support action