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Juliet WilliamsChairmanSouth West of England Regional Development Agency17 February 2009
Regional Action Plans for Innovation Development and
Enterprise
European Regional Development Fund
RAPIDE’s promise…
› the business of business… provoking economic growth
› challenging ‘partnership’ and risk
› making Lisbon happen
› giving management teams the correct tools
› providing leadership
› harnessing the remote, rural, peripheral economies
So, what actually is RAPIDE?
› RAPIDE’s mission: ‘Innovate or die!’
› improving the way in which EU regions support and stimulate innovation as a critical driver of sustainable competitiveness
› how? By bringing new ideas and opportunities to market more quickly…
› managing risk › financing› effective partnerships
› why a fast track network?› effecting real change in our regions as a result of
knowledge sharing› partner regions become ‘champions’› influencing future policy and programmes
Partner-Regions
› South West of England – UK› Galicia – Spain› Kujawsko-Pomorskie – Polend› Örebro – Sveden› Region of Western Greece› Saxony-Anhalt – Germany› Tartu – Estonia› Wales – UK› Presov – Slovakia› South Bohemia – Czech Republic› Lapland – Finland› Észak-Alföld – Hungary
Fast Track to action
› providing a ‘safe’ environment for discussion
› giving our network partners the confidence to share
› living up to Fast Track status… Fast Track under Regions for Economic Change… delivering capitalisation
› Fast track under Regions for Economic Change
› supported by 5 Commission DGs, including Enterprise and Industry; Regional Policy; Information Society and Media; Research; and, Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
› a partnership of 11 new and old Member States
RAPIDE is about people!
› People are our toolkit… practitioners not spin doctors
› ‘Seeing is believing’› what works, what doesn’t› hands-on peer interrogation and review› honesty rules!
› ‘Beyond best practice’› recognising, sharing, Implementing the lessons learnt through our mainstream funding programmes
› ‘Connectivity’› going beyond our partner needs and opportunities› influencing the approach to innovation across Europe
The deliverables
› learning how to share the good and previously unmentionable
› knowing which experiences are transferrable
› Regional Action Plans that have every chance doing their job
› new methods of integrating tried and tested innovation into Convergence and Competitiveness programmes
› policy recommendations around taking innovation to market more quickly
› more effective support for innovation and business opportunity in partner regions and beyond
The RAPIDE methodology
› Work so far› project launch (Toruń, Poland, October 2008)› Working Summit, Effective Partnerships (Cardiff, Wales,
December 2008)› Working Summit, Financing Innovation (Patras, Greece,
February 2009)
› To come› Working Summit, Managing Risk (Bath, England, April
2009› partners develop their Regional Action Plans in groups,
with all plans peer-reviewed as they develop (June 2009 – June 2010)
› mid-term review (Örebro, Sweden, June 2009)› final conference (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, June 2010)
Eila LinnaDirector Lapland Institute for Tourism Research17th February
Lapland Case – Laboratories as a Tool for Innovations
European Regional Development Fund
How it works?
ArcticPower-lab-Testing in extreme cold conditions, -Product development www.arcticpowerlab.com
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plab- technology- Virtual reality- 3D-modellinghttp://plab.ramk.fi
ENVI-rescue operation-first aid -emergency care -treating emergency care, intensive -care and surgery patients -rehabilitative ward work www.envi.fi
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OutcomeFrom various origins collected knowhow is combined innovative way to get new applied knowhow
eg. services to support the core business -> service innovations-> safety-> regions competitiveness
Transferrable or not?
› Vast, sparsely populated area› Fragmented structure of business fields› SME- and micro-size enterprises
› Multidisciplinary universities› Culture of cooperation
› Knowhow › Trust and respect› Mutual interest› Commitment› Creativity and desire to experiments
Dr.-Ing Christos Tzomakas
Head of Scientific-Technical Support & Programmes Implementation Department
Regional Development Fund - Region of Western Greece
17 February 2009
Regional Action Plans for Innovation Development and
Enterprise
European Regional Development Fund
ROP / IV - Western Greece
The 2nd axis with a total budget of 85,7M € includes among others the following category actions that are targeted to innovation promotion in RWG:
• Promotion and reinforcement of collaboration among HEI, RI and enterprises, and support of activities of RTD
• Enhancement of RTD and innovation infrastructures
• Foundation of new enterprises and modernization of existing firms with focus in innovation and the new technologies
• Development of infrastructures of initial installation of enterprises that exploit results of RTD
• Dissemination and demonstration of innovative projects
• Further development of the regional infrastructures and accessibility services
• Digital convergence and reinforcement of entrepreneurship
• Sustainable development and quality of life
Main priorities of ROP WG for the new programming period 2007-2013:
The equilateral triangular model approach on excellence
For more information
RAPIDE www.rapidenetwork.euInterreg IVC www.interreg4c.netDG Regio ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index_en.htm
European Regional Development Fund
Juliet WilliamsChairmanSouth West of England Regional Development Agency
Eila LinnaDirector Lapland Institute for Tourism Research
Dr.-Ing Christos Tzomakas
Head of Scientific-Technical Support & Programmes
Regional Development Fund Region of Western Greece