Innovation%20Development%20in%20Europe

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Innovation Development in Europe

• Dr. Miroslav Janecek
• RD Council

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The place of innovation process in the knowledge
based economy

• The only way how to secure the sustainable
  existence of the company/society
• Leverage between knowledge production and
  application sector (industry, society)
• Important tool for jobs creation

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Europeans weaknesses

• Lower courage to take over the risk
• Legal aspects
• Insufficient transfer of knowledge

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Innovate for a Competitive Europe - New Action
Plan for Innovation

• Innovate everywhere
• Get innovation on the market
• Knowledge everywhere
• Invest in innovation
• Skills for innovation
• Effective innovation governance

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Specific features of new member states

• Restructuring of the economy (esp. of the
• industry)
• Shortage of capital (F?F Capital, Venture
• Capital)
• Need of R?D reorientation

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Case study Czech National Innovation Policy

• Still missing
• State of the art (strenghts and weeknesses)
• Role of NIP
• Contribution to the knowledge economy
• NIP preparation
• NIP main features
• Coordination with other strategic documents

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The role of Structural Fonds

• Operational program Industry and
• Enterpreneurship (Innovation Prosperity,
• JPD 3)
• Operational program Human Resources
• SF for the new financial periode
• 2007 - 2010

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Thanks for your attention

• Miroslav Janecek
• Janecek_at_avo.cz