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Settore Economia e Lavoro
COORDINATION OF INNOVATION STRATEGIES/SCHEMES IN
METROPOLITAN AREAS. THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC
POLICIES
GIORGIO MONACI
Tallinn 2002
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THE MILAN METROPOLITAN AREA data 1
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THE MILAN METROPOLITAN AREA data 2

• Ø THE MILAN REGION IS THE MOST QUALIFIED
  SCIENTIFIC DISTRICT OF ITALY
• 7 UNIVERSITIES (THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF
  MILAN, BOCCONI UNIVERSITY, MILAN STATE
  UNIVERSITY, BICOCCA UNIVERSITY, IULM, AND ST
  RAPHAEL UNIVERSITY) 180.000 STUDENTS, 100 DEGREE
  COURSES MORE THAN 70 UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS ARE
  SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGICAL-ENGINEERING
• SEVERAL OTHER PUBLIC RESEARCH CENTRES CNRS
  INSTITUTES (NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL), ISFNS
  INSTITUTES (NUCLEAR PHYSICS COUNCIL), EXPERIMENT
  LABS AND SOME OTHER 40 IMPORTANT PUBLIC RESEARCH
  CENTRES.
• Ø THE SECTORS OF EXCELLENCE IN THE PUBLIC
  RESEARCH
• o ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCES,
• o BIOTECHNOLOGY AND NEW MATERIALS
• o ROBOTICS AND MECHATRONICS
• o ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT
• o MEDICINE
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THE MILAN METROPOLITAN AREA data 3

• ALMOST A QUARTER OF THE ITALIAN BUSINESS
  ENTERPRISE RESEARCH IS CARRIED OUT IN THE MILAN
  AREA (LOMBARDY, 34 OF ITALY).
• THE CAPACITY FOR INNOVATION IS BASED ON THE
  ABILITY TO ADAPT PRODUCTION PROCESSES TO THE
  MORE SPECIFIC PRODUCTS OF SMEs (ILLUSTRATIVE
  EXAMPLES ARE THE SMEs OF THE FASHION INDUSTRY AND
  THE MACHINE TOOL INDUSTRY, WHICH REPRESENT TWO
  GLOBAL-LEVEL SECTORS OF THE MILANESE INDUSTRY)
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• MILAN IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN AREA FOR
  THE NUMBERS OF ORGANISATIONS THAT PROMOTE
  INNOVATION AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN
  SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION.
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• 4 DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
• 3 PUBLIC INCUBATORS,
• SEVERAL PRIVATE INCUBATORS
• SEVERAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTRES PROMOTED BY
  DIFFERENT LOCAL INSTITUTIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS
  (PROVINCE OF MILAN, LOMBARDY REGION, THE CHAMBER
  OF COMMERCE, UNIVERSITIES AND ENTREPRENEURS
  ASSOCIATIONS).

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THE MILAN METROPOLITAN AREA SOME
WEAKNESSES 

• A LINK BETWEEN THE PRODUCTION AND THE UNIVERSITY
  RESEARCH SYSTEMS, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN
  CONSOLIDATED YET.
• THE FRAGILE POSITION OF SMEs, WHICH SEEM TO NEED
  SOME ACCOMPANYING MEASURES.
• A FRAMEWORK OF SERVICES PROPOSED BY OPERATORS
  FROM THE PUBLIC SECTOR, WHICH IS NOT COMPLETELY
  ABLE TO ANSWER SMEs EXPECTATIONS.
• A LOW CAPACITY OF CO-OPERATION BETWEEN SMEs AND
  INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS.

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THE PUBLIC POLICIES THE ROLE OF PROVINCIA DI
MILANO

• ITALY IS ADMINISTRATIVELY STRUCTURED IN
  REGIONS AND PROVINCES.
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• THE PROVINCIA DI MILANO IS THE GOVERNMENT
  BODY OF MILAN'S METROPOLITAN AREA
• THE PROVINCES ARE AUTONOMOUS BODIES AND HAVE
  ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS IN SEVERAL AREAS
  (environmental protection and exploitation roads
  and transport secondary education and
  professional training economy and employment)
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• THERE ARE TWO MAIN FRAMEWORKS IN WHICH THE
  PROVINCE OF MILAN HAS DEVELOPED ITS STRATEGIC
  ACTIONS ON THE ECONOMIC LEVEL OVER THE LAST FEW
  YEARS
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• STARTING UP OF A WIDE ACTION TO SUPPORT THE
  DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL ECONOMIES
• STARTING UP OF A POLICY FOR THE CREATION OF A
  REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM

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THE STRATEGIES ESTABLISHED BY THE PROVINCE OF
MILAN (1) THE OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES

• SUPPORT TO THE LOCAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS THAT HAVE
  BEEN VICTIMS OF INDUSTRIAL CRISES
• PROMOTION OF EMPLOYMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE
  EFFICIENCY OF THE LABOUR MARKET AND THE TOOLS THE
  ALLOW TO MATCH SUPPLY AND DEMAND
• PROMOTION OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
• SUPPORT TO THE CREATION AND INITIAL PHASES OF NEW
  ENTERPRISES
• DEVELOPMENT OF INITIATIVES LINKED TO TERRITORIAL
  MARKETING
• IMPROVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
  PERFORMANCES
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THE STRATEGIES ESTABLISHED BY THE PROVINCE OF
MILAN (2) THE ADOPTED METHOD

• THE APPROACH OF THESE ACTIONS HAS BEEN BASED ON
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• The co-operation between institutions (official
  collaboration agreements)
• The creation of both horizontal and vertical
  relationships and networks (from the European
  Union to the National Government, to the Lombardy
  Region, down to the municipalities themselves)
• The co-operation of public/private sectors (trade
  unions, entrepreneurial associations, companies
• An integrated and multi-sectoral approach
  (policies supporting the labour market, policies
  promoting innovation, policies facilitating the
  services targeted to enterprises and training
  policies, policies for territorial
  requalification and promotion)

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THE STRATEGIES ESTABLISHED BY THE PROVINCE OF
MILAN (3) TOOLS AND SET UP ACTIONS.

• Starting up of Agencies for the territorial
  development, Starting up of incubators
• Launching of new tools related to the labour
  market
• Promotion of the "Strategic Programme for the
  development and the support of innovation"
  (The first one for the period 1999-2001, the
  second one for2002-2004)
• Promotion of the "Forum per l'innovazione", the
  first space in Italy created for the interaction
  of public and private operators to improve
  innovation
• Promotion of specific measures and financing
  schemes for SMEs
• Promotion of specific projects and European
  projects

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1. AGENCIES FOR THE TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
INCUBATORS

• THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN BY THE
  PROVINCE OF MILAN, COOPERATION WITH
• INSTITUTIONAL AND PRIVATE PARTNERS, HAVE BEEN THE
  FOUNDING OF DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
• AND CONSORTIUMS FOR REINDUSTRIALIZATION, SUCH AS
• ASNM (AGENCY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH MILAN),
  
• EUROIMPRESA (AGENCY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
  ALTO MILANESE AREA),
• CRAA (CONSORZIO PER REINDUSTRIALIZZAZIONE
  DELL'AREA DI ARESE - CONSORTIUM FOR THE
  REINDUSTRIALIZATION OF THE AREA OF ARESE),
• CAAM (CONSORTIUM OF THE ALTO MILANESE AREA)
• AGINTEC (ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
  TRANSFER AGENCY IN VIMERCATE AREA).
• THEIR ACTIONS HAVE BEEN STRICTLY LINKED TO THE
  START UP OF TWO BUSINESS INNOVATION
• CENTRES (BIC), BOTH FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED BY THE
  PROVINCE OF MILAN

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EXAMPLES OF FINANCING SCHEME

• A) IN 2000-2001 THE PROVINCE OF MILAN DEVELOPED A
  TENDER TO SUPPORT SME INNOVATION.
• THE OBJECTIVES WERE TO FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF
  IT, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, E-COMMERCE AND
  QUALITY PROCESSES THROUGH FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TO
  STIMULATE INVESTMENTS AND CONTRIBUTE TO LONG-TERM
  CORPORATE EXPENSES .
• A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 13 MILLION WAS OFFERED TO
  SMES IN THE AREA OF MILAN.
• 5,068 APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED. 2500
  COMPANIES RECEIVED FUNDING.
• THE OUTCOME OF THE INITIATIVE IS AS FOLLOWS
• - WEB SITES FOR THE PRESENTATION OF MICRO
  COMPANIES 4
• - E-BUSINESS AND E-COMMERCE WEB SITES (MOSTLY
  B2B) 24
• - ISO CERTIFICATIONS 9

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• B) IN 2002, THE PROVINCE OF MILAN PROMOTED A
  SPECIAL TENDER TO FOSTER WOMEN-BASED START-UPS.
• A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 3 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED TO
  SUPPORT THE CREATION AND THE START-UP OF
  WOMEN-BASED SMALL-SIZED COMPANIES AND TO SUPPORT
  WOMEN- BASED SMES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
  CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
• 5,068 APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED (STILL IN THE
  EVALUATION PROCESS)
• C) OTHER EXAMPLE OF MEASURES TO PROMOTE
  THE START-UPS FINANCING
• CREATION OF A VENTURE CAPITAL FUND PROMOTED BY
  THE NORTH MILAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (ASNM)

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EXAMPLES OF SPECIFIC PROJECT AND EUROPEAN PROJECT

• Ø The DEAFIN PROJECT, aimed at giving incentives
  for and supporting investments in the province
• Ø The Cetra Project, a database of both public
  and private research and technological
  development centres and of laboratories and
  quality assurance institutes.
• Ø The EUROPEAN DELCOSI PROJECT, developed in
  collaboration with the Politecnico of Milan to
  promote new solutions of "technology transfer"
  and for the training of specific professional
  personnel, through experience acquired at the
  "Tirocini d'eccellenza" (work placement project).
• Ø The EUROPEAN PANEL PROJECT, aimed at building
  a new European network for start-up and venture
  capital.
• Ø The MATREND PROJECT, focused on new ways of
  carrying out technological check-ups of
  enterprises. It was developed by Bic La Fucina,
  based in Sesto San Giovanni, in cooperation with
  Consorzio Milano Ricerche.
• Ø BICOCCA PER LE IMPRESE (Bicocca works for
  Enterprises), aimed at creating new opportunities
  for exchanges between the world of enterprises
  and that of training centres and university
  scientific research institutes.
• Ø The set up of IBAN, the Italian Business
  Angels Network, hosted by the Bic La Fucina in
  Sesto San Giovanni

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CONCLUSION Provincia di Milanos POLICIES
SUCCESSFULL KEYS

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•       AN ACCURATE IDENTIFICATION OF
• - NEEDS EXISTING IN THE AREA OF INTERVENTION
  (specific smes needs)
• - EXISTING SERVICE PROVIDERS (research
  institutions and specialised
• support bodies for assisting companies)
• - ACTORS TO BE INVOLVED (institutions,
  universities, business
• associations, development agencies....)
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•    DEFINITION OF STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
  (Strategic Program)
•   TIMING OUTLINING FOR CONCRETE PILOT
  ACTION (Action Plan
• for Innovation)
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•     THE SET-UP OF A PERMANENT CO-ORDINATION
  SYSTEM BETWEEN
• - OPERATIONAL ACTORS
• -   INSTITUTIONAL ACTORS
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