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Regional Innovation Monitor Plus 2015-2016

Final RIM Plus Platform Event (13 December 2016, Brussels)

Jacek Walendowski, Technopolis Group Belgium

Outline

• Baseline • Achievements of the RIM Plus• Policies• Regional practices in support of ADMA• Governance gaps, key challenges, and good practices• Conclusions

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First launch and networking event of RIM

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Key policy messages from previous round of RIM Plus

1. To explore the possibilities of cross-border activities and unleash the potential of advanced manufacturing across the EU’s regions.

2. To improve monitoring and evaluation frameworks.3. To increase the overall effectiveness of policy interventions.4. To address various governance gaps.5. To improve the availability of innovation policy evidence-based

assessments.

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Regional innovation performance and trends

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Source: Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2014 and 2016.Maastricht University (Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology – MERIT)

RIS 2014 RIS 2016

Average income and the EU funding instruments

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GDPper capita

Total ESIF for R&Iper capita/per year

Total Horizon2020 for R&Iper capita/per year

Source: Presentation by Marek Przeor (DG REGIO) Networking Workshop on the Smart Specialisation Cooperation in Central Europe initiative, 9.12.2016, Zagreb.

RIM in digits

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Support Measure (1057)

Policy Document (708)

Baseline Regional Profile (200)

Organisation (1198)

Reports (30)

Thematic papers (4)

RIM Plus Platform events

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Launch Event(Brussels, 29 April 2015)

Second Platform Event (Brussels, 8 July 2015)

Third Platform Event “Developing New Skills for Advanced Manufacturing”(Brussels, 21 October 2015)

Fourth Event“Lightweight Strategies and their Contribution to Added Value Manufacturing – A Heavy Topic?”(Brussels, 16 December 2015)

Fifth Event “Connecting Innovation Community of Industry 4.0 and smart systems”(Brussels, 27 April 2016)

Final Event (Brussels, 13 December 2016)

Sixth Event“Industrial applications of advanced materials and nanotechnology” (Brussels, 14 September 2016)

Seventh Event“Optimising and AutomatingManufacturing Processes in European Factories: Building New Alliances between EU Regions? (Brussels, 14 November 2016)

Today

A series of successful meetings

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A series of successful meetings

Policies in 2016RIM measure priorities

Contribution per priority in Group total Change in comparisonto RIM Plus results (2013 – 2014)

1 – Competitive funding to foster public research

9.9% 105 out of 1057 +

2 – Science-industrycooperation

24.7% 261 out of 1057 +

3 - Human Resources for Science, Technology, and Innovation

4.6% 49 out of 1057 -

4 – Business R&D and innovation

39.8% 421 out of 1057 -

5 – Innovation climate and business eco-system

9.5% 100 out of 1057 -

6 – Demand side innovation policies

0.7% 7 out of 1057 -

7 – Others 1.6% 17 out of 1057 -

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• A general trend of growing emphasis on S3 priorities.

Effectiveness of policy responses in 2016

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% of measures (in total count)

It is too early to judge the success of the measure (e.g results of first call for proposals still not known).

The measure has achieved its intended targets in terms of results (e.g. number of enterprises investing in innovative projects, people trained)

There has been a positive response by beneficiaries to the measure (e.g. over-subscribed in terms of requested versus available budget) but it is too early to judge results or impact

There is evidence of an impact of the measure based on verifiable indicators or an evaluation (e.g. sales generated from new products, jobs created, etc.)

Appraisal of regional innovation support measures• Measures are oriented in the right direction to address the challenges.• A shift from a science and technology based innovation policy towards an entrepreneurship

driven innovation policy.• Suitable format to support and develop genuine lighthouses of strategic development in

collaboration with key industrial actors. • Cluster policy to take into consideration RIS3.• A process for reforming the STI network and extension of the range of financing tools.• Schemes fell short in structuring value chains and the diffusion of innovation.• The specialisation fields are very different - the implementation of an intelligent mix of bottom-

up projects and top-down flagship initiatives - a lack of disruptive initiatives. • “RIS3 conformity” has become a stipulation for most even small-scale measures.• Innovation support structure has been driven by dominance of institutional interests or

objectives rather than aiming for a one-stop service for innovation actors.• The return on investment from such programmes may be low, the potential for longer-term

benefits is much greater. • Administrative burden and costs.

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1. Innovation vouchers (Baden-Württemberg)2. Innovation vouchers (Arragon)3. Innovation vouchers (Province of Overijssel)4. Capital funding (North Brabant)5. RIS3CAT communities (Catalonia)6. Manufacturing the Future initiative (Central Denmark)7. Flemish Strategic Research Centre – IMEC (Flanders)8. Innovation partnerships (Ostrobothnia)9. Regional Technology Initiatives (Lower Saxony)10. RIS-3 Working Groups (Malopolskie)11. Glava Energy Centre (North Middle Sweden)12. Regional Innovation Platforms (Pays de la Loire)13. Data Centre Unico Territoriale – DCTU (Trento)14. The Corallia Cluster Initiative (Western Greece)15. BioVale (Yorkshire and the Humber)

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16. Strategic industrial research project (Emilia-Romagna)17. Association for the Development of Education and

Research, ADERA (Aquitaine)18. Competence Centre for Economy 4.0 (Thüringen)19. West Pannon Centre for Automotive and Mechatronics,

WPCAM (West Transdanubia)20. Six fields of action to improve the knowledge transfer

(Bremen)21. Science parks and ‘open cooperation platforms’ (West

Sweden)22. Technology district initiative (Puglia)23. Cluster policy (Navarra)24. Revamping of the Cluster policy, re-balancing of R&D

financing mechanisms (Basque Country)25. Produtech - Production Technologies Cluster (Norte)26. Technological Clusters, CTL (Lombardy) 27. “Klub 150” initiative (Opolskie)28. Monitoring of the RIS-3 (Silesia)29. Innovation Specialists (Wales)30. Innovation Assistant programme (Upper Austria)

Examples of policy good practices

Regional practices in support of ADMA

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(patent intensity per million inhabitants)

New methods to produce new products (Processes) & to coordinate production processes (Systems)2009 -2012

Smart fabrics/textiles

Wood derived

materials/forest-based

industry

Advanced packaging

Semi-conductor materials

Other advanced materials

Industry specific manuf.

processes

Various industrial

manuf. processes

Process bio-technologies

De-manuf.reuse/

recycling

Flexible, Organic and Large Area Electronics

Robotics, automation, and control systems &

IoF

Regional practices in support of ADMA

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Industry 4.0 and Smart Systems

National Industry 4.0 initiative of the German Federal Government

Advanced materials

Cluster of Excellence MERGE - Merge Technologies for MultifunctionalLightweight Structures, Chemnitz University of Technology, Saxony (DE)

Aerospace Technology District, Puglia (IT)

Production related biotechnology

Chemelot and Brightlands Chemelot Campus, Limburg (NL)

CHEM-STER Cluster of Specialized Chemistry, Opole (PL)

De-and re-manufacturing

Pilot Plant for De-Manufacturing of Mechatronics, Lombardy (IT)

Printed Electronics

Printed Electronics Arena, Östergötland (SE)

Developing Skills for Advanced Manufacturing

Polymer Technology Centre, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Upper Austria

Jules Verne Manufacturing Valley, Academy, Pays de la Loire (FR)

Industry 4.0

• Mechatronics-Cluster Upper Austria • Northern Netherlands, Region of Smart Factories• EFFRA, Factories of the Future• ECSEL JU, Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing• NETME Centre, Brno University of Technology• I4MS Digital Innovation Hubs• Initiatives for the modernisation of the industry in the Ile-de-France Region• Sense-React Project LMS of the University of Patras• AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow, Department of Robotics and

Mechatronics • AIN Navarra• ReconCell• Industry 4.0 Platform Poland • MANUFUTURE-BW e. V. Stuttgart• CECIMO European Assocation of the Machine Tool Industries

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Industry 4.0 clusters

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Source: Technopolis, Fraunhofer ISI, 2016

Advanced materials

• Basque Country, Advanced Materials• Puglia Aerospace District• Lightweight Manufacturing in Saxony• The Role of Lightweight in Today’s an Tomorrow’s Car Manufacturing• Thermoplastic Composites, Innovation by SMEs• Silesian Nano Cluster• Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation Liberec• Cluster of Excellence MERGE• University of Twente - Bronkhorst High-Tech - AMMON• National Composites Centre, UK

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Advanced materials clusters

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Source: Technopolis, Fraunhofer ISI, 2016

Governance gaps, key challenges, and good practicesRegions have faced the challenge of:• Introducing changes in the governance as a result of national reforms.• Dealing with a wide range of actors and stakeholders are involved in the STI landscape – a large number of

platforms with a rather informal character.• Implementing RIS3 - promoting and organising specific thematic forums dedicated to S3 priorities. • Ensuring coordination between responsible departments from different ministries or agencies (vertical

coordination).• Dealing with a decrease in the number of actors/staff steering innovation activities.• The alignment of national and regional support measures is perceived as a rather challenging process

(horizontal coordination).• Gaining more empowerment to plan and manage their own operational programmes according to their specific

needs – not easy when the government is engaged in recurrent centralisation actions.

Interesting practice examples:• Evaluation of partnership agreements on annual basis.• Framework Programme Agreements signed between the State-Region.• Regional lead institutions in the context of innovation are coordinated through the so-called Innovation

Holding owned by the regional government.• Sector advisory panels of business leaders and for each sector, Government officials are deployed within sector

teams.

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Conclusions

• A scope for improving the effectiveness of policies, to be closely monitored.

• Both positive and less positive things can be said about regional innovation support measures.

• A series of policy good practices can be identified.• Implementation of RIS3 – a need of better understanding the institutional

set-ups and processes.• Mapping priorities, clusters driving the development of these technologies

and ensuring their uptake.• Connecting the stakeholders and finding the leaders.• Structuring activities and developing new branding “power of logo”.• Open innovation spaces - development of specific niches in the

intersection between different thematic priority areas.• Rewarding and providing incentives.

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