The IRE Knowledge Transfer Working Group

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Regional strategies and policies to support
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
The IRE Knowledge Transfer Working Group
EMILIA-ROMAGNA REGIONAL POLICY FOR INNOVATION
Estella Pancaldi ASTER Science Technology
Business
19th-20th February 2007, Madrid
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Emilia-Romagna Main Geographical and economic
data
22.000 km² 4 million inhabitants (7 of Italy)

• Key industrial sectors
• Mechanic industry
• packaging machinery
• building and constructions
• motor industry
• Agro-food
• Fashion
• Textile
• Shoes
• Cloth
• Emerging sectors
• ICT
• Biomed

Bologna

• Over 400,000 enterprises
• Strong entrepreneurial attitude (80,000 are
  manufacturing enterprises ans 3,000 cooperatives)
  
• 97 with less than 20 employees (average 5.2 per
  enterprise

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Leading sectors a region of industrial clusters
Agricultural machinery Modena - Reggio Emilia
Machine tools Piacenza
Textile Carpi
Biomedical Equipment and Disposables Mirandola
Footwear Fusignano S.Mauro Pascoli
Food industry Parma
Woodworking Machinery Rimini
Ceramic tyles (world leaders) Sassuolo
- Cesena
Packaging Bologna
Furniture Forlì
Motorcycles Bologna
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Universities and research centres
CNR National Research Council (800
Researchers and Technicians)
ENEA National Body for New Technologies, Energy
and Environment (400 Researchers)
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Emilia-Romagna innovation policy objectives and
expected results

• CONTEXT
• Intence entrepreneurial activity
• High concentration of research structures and
  qualified human resources

NEED OF STREGHTHENING INTERACTION AMONG RESEARCH
AND BUSINESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A KNOWLEDGE
ECONOMY COMPETITIVE AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL
AN OVERALL STRATEGY BY THE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT
TO SPEEDING UP KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER STREGTHENING
THE RESEARCH MARKET OFFER AND DEMAND

• THE ACTORS
• COMMITMENT OF
• UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH CENTRES
• ENTREPRENEURIAL ASSOCIATIONS
• PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS
• WIDE CONSENSUS AMONG
• RESEARCHERS ENTREPRENEURS

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION NEW CONCEPET OF
NETWORKING trust, common language, joint
work SUPPORT INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH TT smart
financing PROMOTE NEW HIGH TECHNOLOGY BASED
FIRMS AND SPIN-OFF INVEST OF HUMAN CAPITAL RISING
PUBLIC AWARENESS INTERNATIONALIZATION
EXPECTED RESULT A STABLE AND INTEGRATED NETWORK
FOR TECHNLOGY AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER, INDUSTRIAL
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
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Emilia-Romagna innovation policy integrated
measures and funding
RTP - REGIONAL TELEMATIC PLAN REGIONAL STRATEGY
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT TELEMATIC INFRASFRUCTURES
NATIONAL RESOURCES FOR TECHNOLOGICAL
DISTRICS HI-MECH DISTRICT
ERFD OBJECTIVE 2 FUNDS FOR AREAS FACING
STRUCTURAL DIFFICULTIES
Regional economic development policy and
resources focused on knowledge tranfer REGIONAL
LAW FO INNOVATION (2002) PRRIITT REGIONAL
PROGRAMME FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
NATIONAL RESOURCES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT ICT NTBF I
TECH OFF
ESF FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUALIFIED HUMAN
CAPITAL SPINNER GLOBAL GRANT
CONDITIONED FUNDING AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
ENTERPRISES, RESEARCH CENTRES AND HUMAN CAPITAL
FOR DEVELOPMENT CROSS-FERTILIZATION AND
INTEGRATION IN 7 TECHNOLOGICAL SECTORS DRIVERS
FOR THE REGIONAL ECONOMY ADVANCED MECHANICS -
ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND
ENERGY AGRO-FOOD - BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION -
LIFE SCIENCES AND HEALT ICT ORGANISATIONAL
INNOVATION
ASTER SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS COMMON
COORDINATION PLATFORM
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Emilia-Romagna innovation policyPRRIITT

• REGIONAL GOVERNMENT
• OPEN CALLS FOR PROPOSAL
• FAST AND HIGHLY QUALIFIED EVALUATION SYSTEM BASED
  ON A NETWORK OF NATIONAL EXPERTS
• CONTIDIONED FINANCING QUALITY, ECONOMIC IMPACT
  AND PARTNERSHIPS

• ASTER SERVICES AND SUPPORT
• INFORMATION FIRST Service
• MATCH MAKING AND SUPPORT IN BUILDING
  PARTNERSHIPS LINK-UP
• SUPPORT IN IDENTIFYING GOOD PROJECT IDEAS

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Emilia-Romagna innovation policyfinancing
allocation
1.2 million Euros yearly invested in coordination
and marketing of the system
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Emilia-Romagna innovation policyHuman Capital
And NTBF

• I TECH OFF
• Pre-incubation, incubation and aftercare for ICT
  star-ups
• Services both technology and business oriented
• Direct and tistance training
• Consultancy
• Tutoring
• Infrastructures
• NETWORKING

• SPINNER GLOBAL GRANT
• Spinner-point network based in Emilia-Romagnas
  Universities and research centres
• Services and funding to young people involved in
  projects of
• Innovative business creation
• Technology Transfer between research and business

• INGENIUM
• The first Italian public-private seed fund 14
  Million Euros to be invested in innovative
  start-ups for the creation and development of
  hi-tech ventures
• Evaluation of market potential and sustainability
• Assistance to business development and strategic
  planning
• Support to business acceleration and development
  of managerial and organizational skills
• Support to internationalization

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Emilia-Romagna innovation policyRESULTS
Estella
27 Research and technology transfer
laboratories 24 Innovation Centres 6 Innovation
Parks
Almost 1,500 new researchers involved
ABOUT 100 NEW TECHNOLOGY BASED COMPANIES MORE
THAN 500 INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND TT PROJECTS
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ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE HUMAN CAPITAL, BUSINESS
AND INTERNAZIONALIZATION

• CONSOLIDATING ACTORS COMMITMENT AND ENLARGING
  THE NETWORK
• QUALITY SYSTEM AND EVALUATION
• STREGTHENING DEMAND ON RESEARCH MARKET WORKING
  ON BUSINESS
• RISING AWARENES EXPECIALY AMONG YOUR PEOPLE OF
  THE POSSIBILITIES OFFERD BY THE SYSTEM
• MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION
• INTERNATIONALIZATION

Knowledge
Enterprise
Young
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Thank you very much for your attention!
For any additional information please contact
me Estella Pancaldi ASTER Science Technology
Business Via P. Gobetti, 101 I-40129 Bologna Tel
39.051.6398099 e-mail estella.pancaldi_at_aster.it
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