Open Innovation
& Cross-border eRegions Development
Action trends in EU transport and logistics policies
CO-EFFICIENT Project with
17th International Conference on Transport Science 2015 and
Open ENLoCC - European Network of Logistics Competence Centres
Portorož, Slovenia, May 21, 2015
Jože Gričar, Professor Emeritus of the University of Maribor, [email protected]
Program Coordinator, http://eRegion.eu/Initiative
eRegion
In the eRegion business & government
organizations, as well as individuals,
extensively use eTechnologies
in order to support their work
eRegion - various perspectives
From a small business perspective, eRegion is an area
of about 100 kilometers around the company’s location.
From a large company’s perspective, eRegion is an area
of some 200-500 kilometers around the company’s location.
From the Knowledge Village perspective, eRegion is the area
of about 5 hours air-flight to/from Dubai, Arab Emirates.
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Country’s competitive advantage:
Location, Location, Location
The
Baltic
Region
The Danube Region
Sea Entrance to Central Europe
eRegions in Central/Eastern Europe
Danube eRegion
Adriatic-Ionian eRegion
Alpine eRegion
Visegrad eGroup
The New Silk Road: 16 + 1 initiative
Danube eRegion on the Crossroads
of the New eSilk & New eAmber Roads
The Amber Road
The New Amber Road
The Silk Road
The New Silk Road
& Central/Eastern Europehttp://TheDiplomat.com/2013/11/China-marches-West-to-Europe
A missing link in innovation
Innovation
“no man’s
land”
Research push Market pull
Phase 1Solutionproposal
Phase 2
PrototypePhase 3
Pre-commercial product/service
Phase 4Commercial
product/service
Phase 0Research
Presented by Veli-Pekka Niitamo, NOKIA & ENoLL, Bled eConference June 5, 2007
Prototype
A prototype is
an early sample or model
built to test a concept or process
or to act as a thing to be replicated
or learned from.Wikipedia
A prototype is a basis for a development
of a pilot.
Prototype Types
• Technology prototype – a new operational eSolution
or eService.
• Organizational prototype – a new operational
eSolution or eService in an organizational setting, or
an already proven eSolution or eService in a new
organizational setting.
A basis of a prototype development is
a problem
for which the stakeholders have interest in solving it.
Open Innovation
Open innovation is a paradigm that assumes that firms can and
should use external ideas as well as internal ideas, and internal and
external paths to market, as the firms look to advance their
technology.
The boundaries between a firm and its environment have become
more permeable; innovations can easily transfer inward and
outward.
The central idea behind open innovation is that in a world of widely
distributed knowledge, companies cannot afford to rely entirely on
their own research, but should instead buy or license processes or
inventions (i.e. patents) from other companies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_innovation
Living Lab
A Living Lab is an environment in which
researchers, developers and users
cooperate with the common objective of
delivering a tested product, solution or
service respecting the users’ requirements
in a shortest time possible.
The environment may be
a city, a region within a country, an industry, a
supply chain or a whole country.
Innovation take-up in Europe is too slow
It is important to note that Europe is traditionally
stronger in research output and weaker in innovation take-
up (i.e., adoption).
To improve adoption rates, the new EU Horizon
2O2O programme stresses a more holistic perspective for
Research, Development, and Innovation (RD&I) and this is
another step in the right direction.
This programme shouldencourage more Europeans
to take measured risks and reap the benefits of new higher-
expectation businesses.
Curley & Salmelin (2013) Open Innovation 2.0: A New
Paradigm
Inter-Municipality Initiative in Slovenia:
Cross-border eCollaboration in the Danube eRegionSince February 2011, Members as per May 2015
http://eRegion.eu/Initiative/Members
• Town Municipalities
• Neighboring Municipalities
• Tourist Organizations
• Regional Chambers of Commerce & Craft and Small Business
• Development Centres & Technology Parks
• Companies
• Health Institutions & Prehospital Emergency Medical Services
• Insurance
• Organizers of Major International Events
• IT Providers
• Supporters – National Administrations
• Government Agencies
• National Assembly Deputies
• Organizations of Slovenes Abroad
• National Self-governing Communities
• Diplomats
• Institutes
• Universities
Objectives of eSolutions and eServices
for a Cross-border eCollaboration
• Innovativeness
• Openness
• User-centricity
• Open innovation
• Simplicity
• Low-cost accessibility
• Web sites connectivity
• Multi lingual eSolutions & eServices
• Mobile & Cloud Computing & RFID
• Prototyping
• Piloting
A Digital Single Market Strategy for EuropeCommunication from the Commission, Brussels, 6.5.2015
http://ec.europa.eu/priorities/digital-single-market/docs/dsm-swd_en.pdf
The European Commission has identified the completion of the
Digital Single Market (DSM) as one of its ten political priorities.
A Digital Single Market is one in which the free movement of goods,
persons, services and capital is ensured and where citizens, individuals and
businesses can seamlessly access and exercise online activities under
conditions of fair competition, and a high level of consumer and personal data
protection, irrespective of their nationality or place of residence.
Three strands:
- Better access for consumers and businesses to digital goods and services
across Europe.
- Creating the right conditions, level playing field and environment for digital
networks and content services to flourish.
- Maximising the growth potential of the digital economy.
Related Conferences
in the Danube Region
Danube Region Business Forum 2015:
Transport and Logistics in the Danube Region and Beyond
Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna
October 1 & 2, 2015
5th Danube eRegion Conference – DeRC 2014:
Cross-border eSolutions & eServices
Prototypes Development
Ljubljana, September 21-22, 2015
http://eRegion.eu/Conferences/DeRC-2015
eRegion Portalhttp://eRegion.eu
The eRegion portal may be useful in several aspects:
- by contributing to increased efficiency of current business
processes;
- by supporting new business creation;
- by assisting in bringing together researchers and developers
sharing interest in solving cross-border related problems.
Key words: Cross-border (macro) region, eRegion,
eMunicipality, initiative, open innovation, prototype, actor,
activity area, action, eRegions interoperability.
eRegion Portal – Actorshttp://eregion.eu/actors
European-Commission
EU-Institutions
International-Institutions
Associations
Networks
Projects
Portals
Journals
European Network of Logistics
Competence Centers – openENLoCChttp://eregion.eu/actors/networks
Open ENLoCC (European Network of Logistics Competence Centers) was
established as a follow up of the “ENLoCC”-project and is an open network of
regional logistics competence centers in the field of logistics, run by public
authorities or similar bodies.
The main task of the network is the international exchange of experience
and knowledge between its participants and the promotion of a higher level of
cooperation with European institutions.
Its members work together on common projects with the aim to develop the
regional economy by solving infrastructural, organisational and technological
problems of logistics and transport. The dissemination of the results of the network
activities and the best practices take place on a wide scale, involving all the key
bodies at EU level.
Contact person: Alberto Preti, President & Bologna Branch Manager,
Institut for Transport and Logistics – ITL, [email protected]
Visit the NETWORK
Slovenia‘s
Participating eMunicipalities Without Borders
http://eregion.eu/countries/slovenia/municipalities
Idrijca River Valley: eMunicipalities of Cerkno, Idrija, Logatec
Bojan Sever, Mayor & eCoordinator
Lower Sava Valley: eMunicipalities of Brežice, Kostanjevica na Krki,
Krško, Sevnica
Miran Stanko, M.Sc., Mayor & eCoordinator
Pomurje: Town eMunicipality of Murska Sobota
Aleksander Jevšek, M.Sc., Mayor & eCoordinator
Ribnica Valley: eMunicipalities of Loški potok, Ribnica, Sodražica
Jože Levstek, Mayor & eCoordinator
Sora Valles: eMunicipalities of Gorenja vas – Poljane, Škofja Loka,
Železniki, Žiri
Miha Ješe, M.Sc., Mayor & eCoordinator
Opportunities in Open Innovation
Experience Sharing in the eRegions
• Which components, solutions, or operations successful in one eRegion could be copied, which could be followed, and which are not applicable at all in another eRegion?
• Can some guidelines for successful copying be defined and generalized for better understanding of the potential of the open innovation as a concept and as a practice in an eRegion?
• How relevant are the outstanding business, government, and academic leaders to the eRegions awareness creation, policy making, or solutions implementation?
Invitation
to a Cross-border
eCollaboration• eMunicipalities without borders
Inter-eRegions eCollaboration
• eMobility
• eBusiness for SMEs
• Cross-border supply chains
• eInvoicing & eProcurement
• eHealth
• eInclusion
• eTourism & eCulture
• eParticipation & eDemocracy
• eResponse in Disaster
• eGeografic Applications
• eCrime