ECREIN Powerpoint Presentation Baden-Wuerttemberg Sevilla

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Results and Conclusions of Baden-Württemberg
Dr. Albrecht Rittmann Under Secretary of
State Environmental Policy, Sustainable
Development and Waste Management Ministry of the
Environment Baden-Wuerttemberg
Project supported by the European Commission
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Baden-Württemberg

• Geographic center of the EU
• Surface area of 35,752 square kilometers
• 10,7 million inhabitants
• Third largest of the German federal states
• 40 of the surface is covered by forest
• Lake Constance one of the largest lakes of the
  world with sweet water ( 572 square kilometers)

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Baden-Württemberg

• High industrialized region
• Gross domestic product 337 billion Euros
• High-performance state
• 3,9 GDP for research (EU average 1,9)
• 120 Patent applications per 100.000 inhabitents
  (59 German average)
• State of the small and medium-sized enterprises
  SME
• 3 milliard employees
• 5 lowest unemployment quota of any of the
  German federal states

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Environmental Policy

• Protection of the Natural Living Base
• Save the Economy and High Living Quality in the
  Future
• State Environmental Action Plan - New version
  2007
• State Strategy of Sustainable Development
• Dialogue with all stakeholders
• Projects under this strategy
• Climate Protection
• Environmental Research and Development of
  Environmental Technology

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Live Cycle of an Eco-Innovation and Instruments
of Baden-Württemberg
Consultation
Know-how Transfer
Networks / Clusters
Research
Development
Distribution
Export
Demonstration Projects Rational Energy Use
Environmental Research BWPLUS
Environmental Technology Development BUT
Basic Research
Climate Change Protection
Platform Environmental Technology LVI
Program of Export Promotion
BEST, ECO and ECO Fit
Environmental Technology for the Industry
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Main Conclusions and Proposals

• Improvement of the ETAP process
• Transformation of the ETAP process into a core
  program for the support of eco-innovation
• Shifting from soft instruments to hard
  support
• Creation of specific Instruments for the
  development and implementation of environmental
  technology in the frame of the ETAP process
• Adaptation of the EU SME Definition - to cover
  SME like companies

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ECREIN Final Conference

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• Thank You Very Much
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