SERBUL Project

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SERBUL Project REGIONAL INNOVATION
STRATEGY FOR SOUTHEAST REGION OF BULGARIAPalma
de Mallorca31st January 2006

• SONYA ENILOVA project manager

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SERBUL Project REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGY
FOR SOUTHEAST REGION OF BULGARIA

• Financed by DG XIII of the European Union by the
  Sixth Framework FP-2004-INNOV-4 Research and
  Innovation
• Duration
• from 1st June 2005 till 31st January 2008
• Overall objective
• To increase the competitiveness of the region
  in terms of innovative development by creating
  innovating culture as a locomotive for efficient
  policy making within the South-East planning
  region of Bulgaria

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SERBUL Project REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGY
FOR SOUTHEAST REGION OF BULGARIA

• The following goals have been identified
• To create and develop innovative capacity
• To improve the capability of the regional
  business to implement innovations and benefit
  from them
• To create an active regional network that
  supports the establishment and development of
  working partnerships for innovation
• To support the successful integration of the
  South-East planning region of Bulgaria in the
  European Research Area

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To create and develop innovative capacity

• The first goal will aim at
• Strengthening the existing RD entities
• Stimulating the development of new RD units
• Promoting innovation-oriented thinking within the
  institutions of High Education and the
  Universities

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To improve the capability of the regional
business to implement innovations and benefit
from them

• The second goal will aim at
• Stimulating the establishment of
  innovation-oriented clusters
• Supporting the development of innovative SMEs
• Supporting the establishment of spin-off entities

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To create an active regional network that
supports the establishment and development of
working partnerships for innovation

• The third goal will aim at
• Raising public awareness for the importance of
  innovative thinking and action both on policy
  making and implementation level
• Building consensus among the main actors from the
  South-East planning region of Bulgaria for the
  main strategic innovation areas of development
• Creating a culture for shared responsibility
  among all the key players for the implementation
  of the Regional Innovation Strategy of South-East
  planning region of Bulgaria.

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To support the successful integration of the
South-East planning region of Bulgaria in the
European Research Area

• The fourth goal will aim at
• Creating long-lasting and fruitful relationship
  on political level between the South-East
  planning region of Bulgaria and the EU partnering
  regions
• Stimulating linkages between RD and business
  entities from South-East planning region of
  Bulgaria and the EU partnering regions
• Supporting the process of integration of the
  South East region of Bulgaria within the European
  Innovation Area.

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Participants in the project

• Agency for Regional Development and Innovation
  Bourgas, Bulgaria
• Business Innovation Centre of Epirus Epirus,
  Greece
• Balearic Islands Government. Regional Ministry of
  Economy, Treasury and Innovation, Spain

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Partners

• Bourgas District Administration
• Yambol District Administration
• Sliven District Administration
• With the support of Ministry of Regional
  Development and Public Works in Bulgaria.

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Expected results (1)

• It will assist economic-intelligence-deprived
  areas to develop new competencies and acquire new
  mechanisms of the innovation process in such a
  way that existing firms manage to innovate and
  new firms evolve resulting employment and growth
  effects throughout the region.

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Expected results (2)

• It will offer Bulgarias economic areas the
  chance to benefit from others experience in
  different innovation matters, economic sectors,
  etc. that they relatively lack behind. In this
  way regions will not have to re-invent the
  wheel.

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Expected results (3)

• It will create an innovation community, where
  all members can benefit from the
• participation of
• the other members,
• which add value
• to the community
• (network externalities
• effects).

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Expected results (4)

• It will collect experience, information and
  knowledge and interpret them in a meaningful way.
  In this way it will assist to the accuracy of
  policymaking process across Europe (bottom-up)

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Expected results (5)

• It will help the assessment of the regions real
  needs and address them in an appropriate way
• It will support the enlargement effort by
  contributing in the familiarisation of the
  pre-accession country of Bulgaria with EU
  policies, initiatives and procedures as well as
  unable the South East Region become part of the
  ERA

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Project management

• Steering Committee
• SERBUL Management Unit
• Subcontractors
• Foreign External Experts
• Local External Experts

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Activities (1)

• WP 1 - Establishing the
• management framework of the
• project month 1st 7th
• WP 2 - Awareness raising of the key actors about
  innovation month 1st 10th
• WP 3 - Building regional consensus month 2nd
  11th
• WP 4 - Definition of the project methodology and
  working plan month 3rd 11th

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Activities (2)

• WP 5 - Desk Research month 9th 14th
• WP 6 - SWOT analysis and analyses of regional
  demand and supply month 12th 20th
• WP 7 - Definition of a Strategic Framework
  month month 17th 22nd
• WP 8 - Elaboration of an Action Plan
• and launching testing projects month
• 22nd 27th

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Activities (3)

• WP 9 - Setting up a monitoring and evaluation
  system to follow the strategy and the actions
  month 24th 29th
• WP 10 - Intra-regional
• networking month
• 10th 29th
• WP 11 - Trans-regional
• clustering month
• 4th 29th
• WP 12 - Project management
• activities month 1st 32nd

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Approach

• Work with partners on four levels
• International
• National
• Regional
• Local

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TOGETHER WE SHALL SUCCEED!
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AGENCY FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION

• BULGARIA
• 8000 BOURGAS
• 5 B, TZAR PETER, STR., FL. 13, ROOM 4TEL./FAX
  00 359 56 841966, e-mailardi_at_mail.bg
• www.ardi-serp.org

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

• SONYA ENILOVA
• PROJECT MANAGER
• E-mail sonya_enilova_at_abv.bg