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Support action for innovation mainstreaming
within the Enlarged Europe
Innovation Coach results and challenges for
Innovation policy in Poland Andrea di Anselmo -
META Group
Katowice, October 26th 2007
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Innovation Coach
In 2004 the EC launched a call to award
innovative approaches for RIS implementation Inno
vation Coach has been selected to optimize the
implementation (acceleration and higher
performances) of the RIS by exploiting EU added
value (mutual learning and cooperation in
innovation policy) All the 16 Regions covered
Strand 3 Projects are Specific Support Actions
financed by the European Commission, DG
Enterprise and Industry, within the Sixth
Framework Programme
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Innovation Coach in Poland
Warmia and Mazury Marshal Office
West Pomerania RDA (ZARR),West Pomerania Marshal
Office
Wielkopolska RDA (WARP), Association of the
Notec Communes and District in Pila
Opole Marshal Office
Silesia Marshal Office, Silesia RDA,City of
Gliwice,Upper Silesia Agency for Enterprise
restructuring
Strand 3 Projects are Specific Support Actions
financed by the European Commission, DG
Enterprise and Industry, within the Sixth
Framework Programme
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Innovation Coach in Poland

• Counseling schemes (16 in total)

Strand 3 Projects are Specific Support Actions
financed by the European Commission, DG
Enterprise and Industry, within the Sixth
Framework Programme
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Innovation Coach in Poland

• International experts (8 in total)

Strand 3 Projects are Specific Support Actions
financed by the European Commission, DG
Enterprise and Industry, within the Sixth
Framework Programme
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• The work done and results achieved
• Providing tailor made approach
• with more than 30 missions on filed
• Creating connections between new initiatives
  within the Structural Funds framework and the
  national budget
• Tender won by Silesian RDA
• Inspiring local policy makers
• Contribution to ROP Silesia, Wielkopolska and
  West Pomerania
• Troubleshooting in the decision making process
• Finalization of measures for 4.3, 4.4 priority 1
  ROP Silesia 2007-2013
• Competence building
• West Pomerania RDA (ZARR) for seed management
• Silesian RDA for investment readiness
• Innovation Coach competence building seminars
  (Slovenia, Latvia, Romania, Szeged)

Strand 3 Projects are Specific Support Actions
financed by the European Commission, DG
Enterprise and Industry, within the Sixth
Framework Programme
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Comments from regions
Strand 3 Projects are Specific Support Actions
financed by the European Commission, DG
Enterprise and Industry, within the Sixth
Framework Programme
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The results embedded in ROPs

• Cooperation among SMEs, SMEs and Knowledge
  producers Clustering
• Channel investment in SMEs towards innovation
• Access to high-profiled services
• Support to knowledge based start ups
• Integration of dedicated financing tools (debt,
  risk capital, guarantees, grants)
• State of the art infrastructures

Strand 3 Projects are Specific Support Actions
financed by the European Commission, DG
Enterprise and Industry, within the Sixth
Framework Programme
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The Approaches suggested during IC

• Shifting from projects to long term integrated
  programs
• Looking at sustainability
• Considering not only the supply but also the
  demand and market issues
• Integrating infrastructures, services and finance
• Public procurement as a key driver to stimulate
  innovation
• Moving from incubation to acceleration

Strand 3 Projects are Specific Support Actions
financed by the European Commission, DG
Enterprise and Industry, within the Sixth
Framework Programme
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Challenges that remain to be addressed

• Short term view How to insure the needed
  cultural change and the entrance of new-comers in
  the market?
• Infrastructures v/s People or container v/s
  content how to balance brick and mortar with
  soft actions
• Focusing more on new knowledge exploitation with
  a different valuation of the entrepreneur as such

Keep in mind the added value of international
co-operation!!
Strand 3 Projects are Specific Support Actions
financed by the European Commission, DG
Enterprise and Industry, within the Sixth
Framework Programme
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RIS Implementation recommendations

• Consider market as the leading driving force and
  stimulate competition
• Insure coordination among Institutional levels,
  Ministries and Funds
• Avoid fragmentation exploiting a proper critical
  mass of funds, and intervention
• Sustain specialization and excellence to handle
  competition in the future
• Foster the investment in people and ideas
• Embed financial measures within a sound
  supportive system based on programmes

Strand 3 Projects are Specific Support Actions
financed by the European Commission, DG
Enterprise and Industry, within the Sixth
Framework Programme
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A zoom on Innovation finance key issues (to be
developed by David Walburne)

• Equity gap and/or market failure ?
• Stimulating the deal flow is of paramount
  importance
• Not only finance but also services
• There is an important distinction between
  pre-seed and seed capital finance
• Public mission and market led / profit driven
  management - PPP

Strand 3 Projects are Specific Support Actions
financed by the European Commission, DG
Enterprise and Industry, within the Sixth
Framework Programme
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