Clusters for innovation

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Clusters for innovation
Dr. Gernot Klotz Executive Director Cefic RI
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Focused longer term strategic directions for
industry - HLG recommendations to accelerate
innovation in the EU-
Intensity of policy actions

• Translate research ideas into solutions
• Reduce time to market
• Balance technology with
• societal needs
• Improve consumer
• investor confidence

• FP7 MS Research funding
• Research clusters
• Creating new ideas
• Chemical industry of value

• Shortage of skills
• Innovation is investment
• EU patchwork of policies regulations
• Value chain cooperation (demonstration)

• Time to market
• Investment in new approaches (higher risk)

• Consumer investor confidence

recognised
deficit
Research
Development
Pre - Marketing
High Level Group on the Competitiveness of the
Chemical Industry in EU
Innovation success Competitiveness
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HLG recommendation

• Industry and public authorities at all levels
  should strengthen clusters which facilitate
  co-operation across sectors and across borders,
  with the aim of further stimulating and
  facilitating cross-cutting innovations throughout
  the value chain. Initiatives should build on
  existing structures and programmes where
  possible.
• The results achieved by EU, national and
  regional innovation networks should be examined,
  and possible areas of improvement identified, for
  example, by greater promotion of best practices.
• Final report of the HLG - February 2009

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Clusters for innovation
Industry
Public authorities
Academia
Increase synergy between innovation actors
INNOVATION
Knowledge-Based
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Strategy structure
Strategy
Structure

• Involve key innovation actors
• Build on existing structures
• Active participation of the industry (including
  SMEs). Critical mass needed
• Business plan
• Matrix for progress and regular reporting
• International impact

• Joint objective for all partners
• Focus on solution providing technologies
  addressing societal challenges
• Cooperation with the value chain
• Cooperation with existing clusters
  (complementarity)
• Enhance the conditions for a positive innovation
  framework (including HR)
• Speed up introduction of sustainable solutions
• Flexibility