Dr. Kastytis Gecas, Deividas Vijeikis

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Towards Innovation Policy in Lithuania RIS
LITHUANIA - INNPULSE

• Dr. Kastytis Gecas, Deividas Vijeikis
• Lithuanian Innovation Centre

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Content

• Why RIS LITHUANIA-INNPULSE
• What RIS LITHUANIA-INNPULSE aiming at
• Highlights

IF SCIENCE IS THE TRANSFORMATION OF MONEY INTO
KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION IS THE TRANSFORMATION OF
KNOWLEDGE INTO MONEY EUREKA
INNOVATION IS A BUSINESS PROCESS CONNECTED WITH
EXPLOITING MARKET OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW PRODUCTS,
SERVICES AND BUSINESS PROCESSES EC Communication
COM(2005) 121 final, April 6, 2005 Decision of
the European Parliament and of the Council
establishing a Competitiveness and Innovation
framework Programme (2007-2013)
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Lithuanian Innovation Centre experience and
origin of RIS

• LIC Stakeholders Ministry of Economy, Ministry
  of Education and Science, Lithuanian
  Confederation of Industrialists
• 1999 -2000 drafting national Innovation in
  Business Program
• 2001 unsuccessful attempt for RIS LITHUANIA
  consortium - NRDA, LIC, Kalmar city (Sweden), MoE
  (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
• 2003 2004 PHARE Twinning Innovation Capacity
• To strengthen innovation support services locally
  (region whole Lithuania)
• RIS methodology was used as well as RIS
  experience of partners
• Partners
• Lithuania LIC, delegated by the Ministry of
  Economy
• European Union German Federal Ministry of
  Economics and Labour, SEP Ltd (Scotland)
• Innovation Support Network (LIC ir regional
  representatives Klaipeda, iauliai, Paneveys,
  Kaunas, Alytus)

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Lithuanian Innovation Centre
Lithuanian-wide Innovation Support Network
1100 registered clients

• Added Value
• Administrations -
• To provide know how and to moderate innovative
  networks
• To identify local needs and to develop local
  strategic objectives bottom-up approach
• Companies access to innovation support
  services
• To provide information and advisory services on
  Grant Schemes
• To support the transnational technology transfer
• To provide training to companies
• Research - to facilitate access to EU programs
  and technology partnerships
• Business Support Infrastructure
• To support the development of strategies for
  special business fields
• To promote innovation awareness

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Why innovation policy long-term vs. short term

• Out-dated industry structure challenge for
  industrial policy in Lithuania
• Non-linear innovation mechanism (adoption,
  diffusion, partners, etc.)
• Sustaining outburst of GDP growth
• Extended triple helix approach facing
  innovation challenge together government,
  businesses, research, and innovation support
  (infrastructure)

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The 2005 Summary Innovation Index

Source European Innovation Scoreboard 2005
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Innovation performance and per capita GDP

Source European Innovation Scoreboard 2005
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Framework

• Innovation in Business Programme I (2000-2002)
• adopted by Government on 8/05/2000
• Innovation in Business Programme II (2003-2006),
  adopted by Government on 15/07/2003
• Conception for Science and Technology Parks
  Development, adopted by Government on 18/07/2003
• Recommendations for Science and Technology Parks
  Statute, adopted by Government on 11/07/2003
• Single Programming Document 2005-2006
• National Lisbon Strategy Implementation Programme
  2005-2008
• Other strategic documents
• Long-Term State Development Strategy, Long-Term
  Economy Development Strategy, Mid-Term Industry
  Development Policy and etc. reflect Lisbon
  strategy goals)

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Support to innovation

• Policymaking (Lith Govt, Min of Econ)
• Innovation in Business Programme, 2000,
• Science, Technology and Innovation Development
  Commission (2202, 2005),
• Indirect support (support services)
• State budget, 2000
• PHARE, in 2004-2005
• ERDF, beginning with 2004
• Direct support (grant schemes)
• State budget
• PHARE, in 2004-2005
• ERDF, beginning with 2004

Innovation policy
Innovation infrastructure
Innovative companies
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Innovation Support Services

• Lithuanian Innovation Centre, with 5
  representatives across Lithuania
• Science and Technology Parks
• Vilnius
• North Town Technology Park
• Science and Technology Park
• Visoriai IT Park
• Kaunas High and Information Technology Park
• Klaipeda Science and Technology Park
• iauliai University ST Park
• Sunrise Valley Initiative
• Technopolis Initiative
• Kaunas Regional Innovation Centre

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RIS Lithuania INNPULSE aiming at regional
innovation ecosystem
Source European Institute of Interdisciplinary
Research
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The Region

• Building Innovation Strategy
• the pilot area
• advanced and typical
• small and large initiatives projects pipeline

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Project Information

• Project started 1st June, 2005
• Duration 32 months (until 1st February, 2008)
• Project co-ordinator Lithuanian Innovation
  Centre
• Project partners
• Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists
• Knowledge Economy Forum (Lithuania)
• Province of Milan (Italy),
• Strathclyde European Partnership (Scotland).

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Access to Region via

• Project organisations
• Lithuanian Innovation Centre through Innovation
  Support Network (representatives in Siauliai,
  Klaipeda, Panevezys, Vilnius)
• Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists
  through Regional and Sectorial associations
• Knowledge Economy Forum through Knowledge
  Economy Ambassadors
• Government (Min of Econ, Min of Ed and Sci,
  county/local administrations)
• Established project infrastructure
• Steering Committee (19 Members)
• Project Management Unit
• Working Groups
• Other (Media, National/international experts
  groups, and etc.)

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RIS Methodology

• Unified Methodology
• Three stages
• Consensus Building
• Analysis
• Strategy Building and Implementation
• Demand-led Initiative
• Bottom-up Approach
• European Dimension
• BUT... results differ from project to project

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RIS Process
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Results and Recommendations

• Regional Innovation Strategy, accepted and
  supported by all Stakeholders Business, Science
  (Knowledge), Innovation (Business) Support
  Infrastructure and Governmental Institutions
• Together with concrete implementation measures
  (pilot projects) in the following fields
• actions for strengthening innovation (business)
  support infrastructure
• actions promoting business partnerships and
  clusters
• building new interfaces and improving
  co-ordination between businesses and the
  knowledge base
• new financial instruments actions for forecasting
  SME technology needs
• encouraging innovation projects and products in
  business companies, and etc.

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Measuring success - 1 Extended Triple Helix
RIS LITHUANIA-INNPULSE Strategy
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Measuring success 2 capable and proficient
innovation support infrastructure
Open gate International RD/academic excellence
networks
Open gate International technology transfer
networks
Funding Schemes
System of Intermediaries
Networking Project Pipeline
Advise Networking

• Local Administrations
• Chambers
• BIC
• Science Technology Parks
• Business Incubators
• Business Associations
• Consultants

Global economy Open gate International value
chains
Open gate International business consultants
specialized business services
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• Thank you for your attention!