Franck DUPONT

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European Commission
Enterprise Directorate GeneralInnovation Policy
European Innovation Scoreboard 2004 04 November
2004 Opportunities and Challenges for Bulgaria
Based on the Innovation Scoreboard

• Franck DUPONT
• Innovation Policy Unit
• DG Enterprise, European Commission

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European Innovation policy

• The EU innovation policy follows the Open Method
  of Coordination set up in the Lisbon Strategy
• The Trendchart is developed to evaluate
  innovation performance
• Benchmark of policies country reports
• European Innovation Scoreboard indicators
• Workshops specific issues
• WWW.TRENDCHART.ORG

Source European Commission / DG ENTR / A6
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EUROPEAN INNOVATION SCOREBOARD 2004
EIS 2004 the way forward
Continuity

• Set of indicators
• GDP
• Trend analysis

5th edition
The way forward
New analysis

• Innovation pattern
• Sector innovation

Source European Commission / DG ENTR / A6
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20 Indicators
EIS 2004 - indicators
Human resources for innovation (5 indicators)
The creation of new knowledge (4 indicators)
The transmission and application of knowledge (4
indicators)
Innovation finance, output and markets (7
indicators)
1 new indicator / 3.4 SMEs being non-technical
innovators
Source European Commission / DG ENTR / A6
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EIS 2004 Comparing performance

• Average country trend by Summary Innovation
  Index

Source European Commission / DG ENTR / A6
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• Summary Innovation Index1 close the gap

RD Business Public
SE graduates work. Pop. 3rd educ.
Employ. h. tech.
VA h. tech. manuf.
Lifelong learning
? global
ICT exp.
Patents
12
20
? base 100
27
- 57
45
? of difference
55
100
EU-25 100
BULG 71
Innovation performance Base 100 EU
Challenges Weak RD and patenting activity
Strengths Education ICT expenditure
Source European Commission / DG ENTR European
Innovation Scoreboard 1/ SII is based
on 11 common indicators base 100 for the EU-25
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EIS 2004 In depth performance

• Education ICT exp. Moving ahead

• Patents catching up from low level

• RD exp.
• 1992 1,64 GDP
• 2001 0,47 GDP

• Weak RD, especially business RD

Source European Commission / DG ENTR / A6
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EIS 2004 weak business RD

• Better correlation between patent activity
  business RD

• Bulgaria weak business RD expenditure (as
  of EU average)

Public RD exp.
Business RD exp.
Source European Commission / DG ENTR / A6
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Opportunities Challenges
EIS 2004 - Bulgaria
European Innovation Scoreboard
Opportunities
Challenges

• RD, especially business RD
• Patents

• ICT expenditures
• Education

Innovation strategy adopted in August 2004

• Adoption of European indicators
• Attracting foreign investments in the RD area

Source European Commission / DG ENTR / A6