The challenges of the region MecklenburgVorpommern

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The challenges of the region Mecklenburg-Vorpomme
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• ? Between Hamburg and Berlin at the Baltic
  Sea/1,7 million inhabitants.
• ? High rate of unemployment 19 .
• ? High rate of migration of highly qualified
  young people.
• ? Limited reputation and network position on an
  international level.
• ? Weak economy ship yards, farming, tourism.

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The Transformation-ModelResearch generates jobs
Future for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

• The Status
• ?1. phase Selforganisation of research
  Promotion of basic research with companies
• ?2. phase Selforganisation of exploitation of
  research the universities as the motor of
  economic change in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• ?3. phase Selforganisation of a regional profile
  of public funded research the regional
  innovationstrategy Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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1. phase Selforganisation of research
Promotion of basic research with companies

• Start of a research competition Research
  generates jobs in 03.2000
• Aim international competitive networks of public
  financed research with companies
• By setting a framework for the networks
  excellent research with companies, regionwide
  cooperation, generates jobs, international
  orientated
• Result networks in the field of
  Biosystems-Technology, Life Science Automation,
  Mobile Computing, Regenerative Medicine/ funding
  2001 2005 10 Mio. , partly ERDF-money

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2. phase Selforganisation of exploitation of
research the universities as the motor of
economic change in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

• since 2002 the universities own the patents the
  regional exploitation agency commercializes their
  patents, esp. by licensing for spin-outs
• the Venturesail Screening Competition
  stimulates such spin outs with preseed and
  seedfondsmoney, partly financed by an EU-
• Innovative-Action programme of DG Regio,
  funding 2002 2005 1,5 Mio.
• entrepreneurship education prepares already
  students for the job alternative spin-out,
• the INTERREG IIIC-Project Baltic Entrepreneur
  Partners makes the exchange of best-practice-examp
  les possible.

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3. phase Selforganisation of a regional profile
of public funded research the regional
innovation strategy Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

• Pilotproject Regional Foresight with the
  scenario preventive medicine
• Reference region Mecklenburg-Vorpommern of the
  EU-expert Group Blueprints For Foresight Actions
  in the Regions

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The future steps, to be put into action
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as part of ERA

• Cooperation of our research networks with
  european partners
• 2. Exploitation of our research in Europe
• Starting Centers of excellent research and
  exploitation
• Venturesail as a european forum of preseed and
  seedmoney for spin-outs

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Exchange of experiencies and starting pilot
projects

• European bestpractice-exchange in the regions of
  
• Knowledge project Foresight lab, esp. for
  the New
• Member states
• Competition Regional Foresight-Processes for
  other Scenarioscommercialisation of research,
  exp. together with our neighbours in Westpoland
  and the Öresund-Region
• Cooperation in the Regions of Knowledge
  project Rain, to finance spin-outs in the
  baltic region