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Regional

InnovationExcellence

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Christos Bezirtzoglou

ERDF 2000 - 2006





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To innovate

is to make progress …

… and Greece can claim

real success stories

in its regions.



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CONTENTS

Foreword 8

Editorial 10

Chapter 1 - The EU strategy for Innovation 13

1.1 TheLisbonStrategy 13

1.2 TheSustainableDevelopmentStrategy 14

1.3 Theregionaldimension 14

1.4 DirectorateGeneralorRegionalPolicy 15

1.5 RegionalProgrammesoInnovativeActions 16

1.6 InnovativeActionscontributiontoLisbonandGothenburg 16

1.7 InnovativeActionscontributiontogoodgovernance 16

1.8 DenitionsoInnovation 17

Chapter 2 - The Regional Strategies for Innovation 19

2.1 DGRegionalPolicy:Fromprojectstoprogrammes 20

2.1.1TheRISamily(RTT,RTP,RIS,RIS+) 21

2.1.2TheRISIamily(IRISI,RISI1,RISI2,RISI+) 21

2.2 DGEmployment:TheArticle6projects 22

2.3 DGFisheries:Trans-nationalprojectsorInnovativeActions 22

2.4 DGEnterpriseprojects 23

2.4.1TheRITTSamily(RITTS,TRIP) 23

2.4.2TheRIS-NACamily 23

2.5 DGResearchinitiatives 23

Chapter 3 - The Regional Programmes of Innovative Actions 25

3.1The2000-2006programmingperiod 25

3.2Thethreestrategicthemesorregionaldevelopment 26

3.3TheEuropeanRegionalInnovationAwards 263.4Addedvalue 27

3.5Thechallengesotheuture 27

Chapter 4 - Regional Innovation in Greece 29

4.1 PRAIFinancialData 29

4.1.1 Budget 29

4.1.2 ERDFcontribution 30

4.1.3 Privateco-nancing 30

4.2 PRAIInterregionalcomparison 30

4.2.1 Coverage 30

4.2.2 Budget 30

4.2.3 Numberoactions 31

4.2.4 TheGreekentriesotheEuropeanRegionalInnovationAwards 324.3 PRAIProposedactions 32

4.3.1 TechnologicalInnovation 33

4.3.2 RegionalIdentityandSustainableDevelopment 34

4.3.3 InormationSociety 35

4.4 Educational&ResearchPolesoExcellence 35

4.4.1 RegionalDevelopmentInstitute 35

4.4.2 URENIO 36

4.4.3 MATER 37

4.5 Thechallengeomainstreaminginnovation 37

4.6 TheManagementFactor 38

Chapter 5 - Innovation Networks and Resources 39

5.1 NetworksundertheInnovativeActionsumbrella 395.1.1 ERIK25 39

5.1.2 IANIS26 40



5.1.3 EuropeanRegionalSustainableDevelopment27 40

5.1.4 GreekmembersotheInnovativeActionsNetworks 415.2 Nationalinnovationnetworks 41

5.3 GreekRegionalInnovationNetworks 41

5.3.1 TheHellenicRITTS/RISnetwork 41

5.3.2 TheNationalInnovationNetwork(RINO) 42

5.4 OtherEUresourcesoninnovation 43

5.4.1 TheCORDISInnovationportal 43

5.4.2 TheIREThematicNetworks 43

5.4.3 TheRINNOdatabase 44

5.4.4 TheTrendChartonInnovationinEurope 44

5.4.5 TheInnovationRelayCentresNetwork 45

5.4.6 BusinessandInnovationCentres&theEuropeanBICNetwork 45

5.4.7 ISTResultsService 45

5.4.8 PAXIS 46

5.4.9 IPRHelpdesk 46

5.4.10TheGate2GrowthInitiative 46

5.5 Nationalsupportorinnovation 47

5.5.1 TANEO 47

Annex I: 49

Maps 49

NetworkoInnovativeActions 49

RegionalProgrammesoInnovativeActions2001-2006 49

Annex II: 50

Glossaryoterms 50

Annex III: 52

Abbreviations 52

Annex IV: 53

SummariesotheGreekRegionalProgrammesoInnovativeActions 53

IntroductiontoRegionalInnovation 54

Hellenic Regions 55

KnowledgeClustersinWestMacedonia 56

TechnogenesisinRegionEasternMacedonia&Thrace 58

ExcellenceinCentralMacedonia 60

InnovativeVenturesinThessaly 62

EntrepeneurshipThroughInnovationinEpirus 64InnovationintheIonianIslands 66

InnovativeActionsintheregionoWesternGreece 68

RegionalInnovationinStereaEllada 70

RegionalInnovationorPeloponnese 72

InormationSocietyortheQualityoLieintheRegionoAttica 74

NorthAegeanInnovativeActions&Support 76

InnovationorSustainableTourismandServicesintheSouthAegean 78

CReteINNOvativeRegion 80

NotaBene 82

Acknowledgements 82

Epilogue 83

Ελληνικό Παράρτημα 87



Foreword



“ K nowledge Clusters”, the Regional Program o Innovative Actions in

WesternMacedonia,isaworthyendeavourtoknowledge-basedsoci-

ety.Themaineortsotheprogrammeocusupontheollowingprinciples:

• Re-conversion o the traditional cost-based clusters into knowledge-

basedclusters

• Developmentonewclustersbasedonthecreationandaccumulationo

knowledge

• ImprovementothecompetitivenessoregionalS.M.E.’sclusters,through

horizontalpilotactionsthatsignicantlyassistandsustaintheclusterse-

orts.

Thesedirectionshavethecapacitytostrengthenthecreativityandproductiv-

ityandboosttheregionalentrepreneurshiptowardsabrighteruture.Inthat

sense,«KnowledgeClusters»isevenmoreimportant,asitwillpavethewayor

otherregionalattemptstoovercomethestructuraldeicitoanObjective1

Regionandsecureitssustainabledevelopment.

AstheseeortsaremoreorlessalsoundertakenbyalltheotherGreekRegions,

weconsideritveryimportanttobroadenourhorizons,byprovidingacollec-

tiono shortdescription o allthese InnovativeActionsin our country.This

pooloexamples,coveringawidespectrumostrategiesandpilotactions,will

providetheCoordinatorsotheActionsoourProgramwithurtherideasand

concepts,but,atthesametime,itwillgivetheGreekRegionstheopportunity

toknowmoreaboutthevariousInnovativePrograms.

Thus,Ihopethatthispublicationwillcontributetowardstheincreaseoknowl-

edgeorallactorsinvolvedintheInnovationprocessandthatthiswillprovide

anewperspectiveortheregionaleconomiesandserveasanexampleorur-therutureinterventionsinothersectorsandieldsoactivity.

AndreasLeoudis

GeneralSecretary-RegionoDytikiMakedonia



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Editorial



IwouldliketowelcomeyoutoRegionalInnovationExcellenceinGreece

theirstpublicationthatbringstogetherallthethirteenapprovedregional

programmesoinnovativeactionsandpresentstheirachievementstodate.In

theollowingpagesyouwillindthatprogrammesareintroducedunderthree

themesalthoughitistruethatwedothemaninjusticebysuggestingtheyonly

workwithoneothesethemes!

Alltheprogrammeshavebeengatheredintoaportolio:Acollectionthatwould

beincompleteianyothemweremissing.Readingthroughtheollowingpag-

es,Ihopeyouwillbeabletoseetheinterrelationsanddependenciesbetween

thedierentprogrammes.Smallstepsinthemselves,eachprogrammeprovide

avitalcontributiontoaneortthathasputtheregionsattheorerontode-

velopingintegratedeconomic,environmentalandsocialactions.Innovationis

andwillremainintheutureourguidingprinciple.

ThegoalsotheGreekRegionalProgrammesanditsInnovativeActionsareas

variedandinterestingasthecountry:Acountrythatincludesextremesrom

themostremoteislandstosomeoEurope’sastestdevelopingcities.Oneo

thegreatstrengthsotheRegionalProgrammesoInnovativeActionsisthat

theyallowustoseebeyondsuchobviousdierencestotheunderlyingchal-

lengesandopportunitiesthatuniteGreece.Theyallowpartnerstocooperate

asequalsinthedevelopmentotheregionsandrecognisethatmanyothe

problemstheyacecanonlybeaddressedeectivelythroughjointaction.The

RegionalProgrammesoInnovativeActionsprovidesaneectiveramework

and theiractions are a clear demonstration othe eectiveness othis ap-

proach.

This publication, however, only has space or a brie summary o the pro-

grammes.Thosewhowanttoknowmoreshouldvisittheindividualprogramme

websiteswheretheywillindmuchmoreinormationandcontactdetailsor

everyprogrammeandaction.

Personally,Iamproudoallprogrammesandtheinnovativesolutionstheyare

indingtoproblemsthatconcernusall.Iamconvincedthatyouwillenjoyread-

ingabouttheworkotheGreekregions.Ihopealsothatyouwillbeinspiredtospreadthewordabouttheirresultsandsupportthemintheuturesothat

everyregionoEuropecanbeneit.

ChristosBezirtzoglou

Co-ordinatororGreece2004-2005

EuropeanCommission

RegionalProgrammesoInnovativeActions



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Chapter

The EU strategy for Innovation

AsEuropecontinuesitsquesttoremainacompetitiveplayerontheworld

stage, the investment in the renewal o capacity and capabilities becomes

evermore important. The heralded knowledge society has not reached all

Europeansin anequalmanner,neitherhavethe beneitsbeenreapedby all.

RegionaldisparitieshavecontinuedtogrowinmostEuropeancountriesand

thedierencescanbeparticularlyacutebetweenthegreatEuropeancitiesand

thoseareasthatareremote,sueringromthedeclineotraditionalindustries

orpredominantlyrural.

Itisunlikelythateconomicprosperitycanbepursuedinisolationromother

policies.The Europeanapproach to sustainabledevelopment, setout inthe

Lisbon-Gothenburgstrategy,aimstoworktowardsachievinga“…develop-

mentmodelbyocusingoncompetitiveness,jobsandsolidaritybetweenre-

gionsandbetweengenerations.” 1Measuresthathelpre-addressimbalances

betweenregionsarethusseentobeneitEuropeasawhole.

Itisagainstthisbackdropthatthispublicationseekstoassessthelonger-termimpactothethen-groundbreakingconceptodevelopingregionalstrategies

topromoteinnovationinregionsthatwereatriskobeingletbehind.

1.1TheLisbonStrategy2

InMarch2000theLisbonCouncillaunchedtheEU’sdecadelongstrategyor

economic,socialandenvironmentalrenewal.Theobjectiveistomakeby2010

theEU“themostdynamicandcompetitiveknowledgebasedeconomyinthe

world,capableosustainableeconomicgrowthwithmoreandbetterjobsand

greatersocialcohesion.”

TheLisbon strategy involves a comprehensive, coherentand mutually rein-

orcingsetoactionsdesignedtotransormtheperormanceotheEUand

(1)

Romano Prodi, First President of the Euro-pean Commission circa EU-25, European

Parliament, Strasbourg, 5 May 2004

(2

)Website for information:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/lisbon_strategy/index_en.html



deliversustainabledevelopment.Itaimsatimprovingconditionsorhighnon-

inlationarygrowthbytargetingactionssuchasreormsolabour,service,and

productmarkets;promotinginvestmentinknowledgeandinnovation;actions

tocurbenvironmentalpressuresandpreservenaturalresources;andreinorc-

ingtheinteractionbetweentheLisbonstrategyandmacroeconomicpolicies.

Progresson theLisbontargetsarereviewedeveryyearat theSpringCouncilwithaseto42structuralindicatorscoveringareassuchasgeneraleconomic

background, employment, innovation andresearch, economic reorm,social

cohesionandenvironment.

TheStructuralFunds aregeared to bring improvements in competitiveness

andqualityoliebysupportinginvestmentsintheassistedregions.Thestruc-

turalundsinmanyregionssupporttheimplementationotheLisbonstrategy

throughtheinvestmentsinanced.

1.2TheSustainableDevelopmentStrategy3

Theconceptosustainabledevelopmentreerstoaormoeconomicgrowthwhichsatisiessociety’sneedsintermsowell-beingintheshort,mediumand

-aboveall-longterm.Itisoundedontheassumptionthatdevelopmentmust

meettoday’sneedswithoutjeopardizingtheprospectsorgrowthouture

generations.

Theprincipleointegratingenvironmentalconcernsintotheormulationand

implementationootherpolicies,whichisessentialiwearetoachievesustain-

abledevelopment,wasconirmedintheMaastrichtTreaty.

TheEuropeanUnionstrategyorsustainabledevelopmentwasadoptedinthe

GothenburgEuropeanCouncilinJune2001.

1.3Theregionaldimension

Atthedawnothethirdmillennium,theEuropeanUnion’sregionsareacing

majornewchallenges.Competitionamongirmshasgrowngreatlyinthewake

oworldtradeliberalization.Firmsestablishthemselveswherevertheyindthe

bestconditionstoincreasetheircompetitiveness(high-qualityinrastructure

andservices,skilledworkers).Theleastpreparedregionsmustbehelpedto

secureinrastructureandmodernandeicientserviceswhichcanmakethem

moreattractive.

Thetechnologicalrevolutionand theinormationsocietyrequire businesses

andcitizensintheUniontoveryrapidlyadapttoa constantlychangingsitu-ation.Itheyaretodoso,theinhabitantsoalltheregionsmustbeableto

accessthemostadvancedknow-howthroughtelecommunicationsnetworks,

innovationandhigh-qualitytraining.

Theintensiicationo competition,theglobalizationo theeconomyandthe

growingdynamismintheareaoinnovationarecoretopicsintoday’spolitical

discussions.Itisthecasethattheglobalizationotheeconomygoeshandin

handwiththeincreasingsigniicanceoregionalandlocalactivities.

Thereiseveryreasontobelievethatthesuccessoaninnovationresultstems

romthe interplaybetween global andlocalprocesses.Thecompetitiveness

oa regionitseldependstoan increasingdegreeonitscapacityorinnova-

tion.Successulregionsunderstandhowtolinkintelligentlylocalandregional

protagonists such as enterprises, universities, research institutions, associa-

(3

)Website for information:http://europa.eu.int/comm/press_room/presspacks/sustdev/index_en.htm



(4)

Website for information:http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_

policy/index_en.htm

tions,politicsandadministrationinordertobundletheknow-howdistributed

amongstindividualsandtopropagateandtranseritintonewproducts,proc-

essesandservices.

WhydoesEUpromoteregionalprogrammes?Simplybecauseintheincreas-

ingly knowledge-basedeconomy,innovationholds thekeyto regionalcom-

petitiveness

1.4DirectorateGeneralorRegionalPolicy 4

TheEuropeanUnion’sregionalpolicyisbasedoninancialsolidarityinasmuch

aspartoMemberStates’contributionstotheCommunitybudgetgoestothe

lessprosperous regions and social groups. For the 2000-2006 period, these

transerswillaccountoronethirdotheCommunitybudget,or€213billion.

TheStructuralFundsconcentrateonclearlydeinedpriorities:

• 70%otheundinggoestoregionswhosedevelopmentislagging

behind.Theyarehometo22%othepopulationotheUnion(Ob-

jective1);

• 11.5%otheundingassistseconomicandsocialconversioninareasex-

periencingstructuraldiculties.18%othepopulationotheUnionlives

insuchareas(Objective2);

• 12.3%o theundingpromotes themodernisationo trainingsystems

andthecreationoemployment(Objective3)outsidetheObjective1re-

gionswheresuchmeasuresormpartothestrategiesorcatchingup.

TherearealsoourCommunityInitiativesseekingcommonsolutionstospeciic

problems.Theyspend5.35%otheundingortheStructuralFundson:

• cross-border,transnationalandinterregionalcooperation(InterregIII);

• sustainabledevelopmentocitiesanddecliningurbanareas(UrbanII);

• ruraldevelopmentthroughlocalinitiatives(Leader+);

• combatinginequalitiesanddiscriminationinaccesstothelabourmarket

(Equal).

Thereisaspecialallocationoundsortheadjustmentoisheriesstructures

outsidetheObjective1regions(0.5%).

There arealso provisions orinnovativeactions to promoteand experiment

withnewideasondevelopment(0.51%).

TheroleotheEuropeanUnionisnotmerelylimitedtoinancialcontributions. Throughitsregionalpolicy,theCommunitytakesitsownviewondevelopment

workplannedatlocallevel.Wherenecessary,itcomplementstheinternalmar-

ketandeconomicandmonetaryunion.

ItwasessentialorMemberStatesandregionstorecognisethatitwasintheir

interesttotaketheirutureintotheirownhandsandmanagethemselvesthe

undsprovidedbytheUnion.Nowthemainresponsibilityorthemanagement

andsupervisiono expenditurewillbe theirs;the Commission will intervene

onlytocheckthateectiveauditsystemsareinplace.

TheEuropeanUnionaimsatcapitalizingonitsdiversitywhilstpromotingthe

coordinationanddisseminationogoodpractice.



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1.5 RegionalProgrammesoInnovativeActions

ThenewEuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFund(ERDF)InnovativeActionsaimto

enhanceinnovationactivitiesinallEU-15regionsaswellastheiruseonewinor-

mationandcommunicationtechnologies.TheInnovativeActionsocusonthree

strategicthemes:

• developmentotheregionaleconomybasedonknowledgeandtechnologi-

calinnovationinordertohelptheregionsdeveloptheircompetitiveassets

• inormationsocietyservingregionaldevelopmentinordertocontributeto

theopening-upotheregionsbyreducingtheirhandicapsanddeveloping

theirassets

• regionalidentityandsustainabledevelopmentinordertoraisethestandard

olivingandworkingenvironmentoinhabitantsaswellastopromotethe

integrationotheSMEsinthemarket

AllEU-15NUTSlevel2regionswereeligibletosubmitprogrammeproposals,o-

cusingonasinglestrategicthemeoronacombinationothem.EUcontribution

perregionalprogrammerangesrom€300,000to€3million.TheERDFco-und-

ingratevariesrom80%inObjective1regionsto50%inallotherareas.

Keyissuesaretheinnovativenessotheproposalortheregionandthetranser-

abilityotheresultstothemainstreamprogrammes.

Inadditiontotheregionalprogrammes,threenetworks,oneoneachtheme,have

beenlaunchedtoosterco-operationbetweenregionsandshareexperiencesand

goodpractices.

1.6 Innovative Actions contribution to Lisbon and Gothen-

burgAsshownbytheEuropeanInnovationScoreboardoNovember2003,thein-

novationgapiscurrentlydeepeningwithinandoutsidethe EU.Fortheregions,

theprogrammesoinnovativeactionshavebeencatalystsandlaboratoriesorex-

perimentationtoexaminehowtheirutureregionalplanningcanbere-oriented

touliltheLisbonandGothenburgobjectives.Fortheleast-developedregionsit

hasbeenparticularlyimportantthattheyshouldhaveanopportunitytoexperi-

mentinthethreestrategicthemesonoerwhicharetraditionallyunder-unded

incomparisontoothertypesoneedssuchasthoseconcernedwithinrastructure.

Itisvitalthatregionsdonotsucceedinclosingthecohesiongaponlytoseethe

technologygapwidening.

Insomeregions,particularlythelessavouredones,thisdiscussionbetweenre-

gionalstakeholdersonastrategicapproachtoinnovationissuestookplaceorthe

irsttimeasewregionshadclearinnovationpoliciesatthatstage.Thishashelped

theregionsdevelopacoherentapproachtoinnovationandsustainabledevelop-

mentashorizontalprioritiesunderpinningallareasoactivitythatwillsecurethe

long-termcompetitivenessotheregion.

1.7InnovativeActionscontributiontogoodgovernance

OneothemostinterestingeaturesotheRegionalProgrammesoInnovative

Actionsistheactthattheyhavebeendesignedandmanageddirectlybythere-

gionswithoutanynationalimplicationinthedecision-makingprocess.Regional

governments have takenull responsibility orimproving conditionscrucialor



their uture competitiveness. This responsibility has been taken by regional

governmentsincooperationwiththeirlocalstakeholders.

Topreparetheirproposal,mostregionslaunchedapreliminaryconsultation

withkeyregionalstakeholderspublicandprivate-onwhatshouldbethe

priorityactionstobesupportedtoosterinnovation,inormationsocietyor

sustainabledevelopmentin theregion.Oncetheirprogrammehadbeense-lected,mostregionssetinplacenotonlyasteeringcommitteewithallthese

key stakeholders but also working groups on speciic issues. Indeed, good

governanceappearsasastrongsuccessactoroRegionalInnovativeActions

Programmes.

Ithasbeenencouragingseeingthecommitmentstoandtheinancialpartici-

pationotheprivatesectorinsuchprogrammeswhichare,bynature,strategic

andpolicy-makinginstruments.

1.8DenitionsoInnovation

Theterm“innovation”relatesbothtoaprocessanditsresult.Innovationisthetransormationoanideainamarketableproductorservice,unctionalmeth-

odoproductionordistribution-neworimproved-orevenanewmethodor

supplyingservices.

Wheninnovationrelatestoprocess,theemphasisisgiveninthewaythein-

novationis inventedand produced, in thevariousstages which leadto the

innovation (creativity,marketing, research and development, planning, pro-

ductionanddistribution)andtotheirinterdependence.Itisnotalinearproc-

esswithclearlydelimitedphases,butasystemointeractionsand“reversible

movements”betweenvariousoperationsandvariousactors,throughwhich,

theexperience,theknowledgeandthe know-howarestrengthenedanden-

richedmutually.Thisexplainsthecontinuouslygreaterimportanceattributedto the mechanisms o interactions in the enterprise (collaboration between

variousunits,workersparticipationintheorganisationalinnovation),andin

thenetworksthatconnecttheenterprisewithitsenvironment(otherenter-

prises,serviceso support, centreso know-how, inquiringlaboratoriesetc.).

Theconnectionwiththeusers,theevaluationoexpresseddemand,thereli-

ablemarket’sorecastandsocietyneedshavealsoequallygreat-inotgreater

-importancewiththeexcellentknowledgeotechnologies.

Wheninnovation relatesto result, the importancealls in the new product,

methodorservice.Inthiswaywedistinguishtheradicalinnovationandthe

incremental innovation, which alters, with progressive improvements, the

products,themethodsortheservices.

Theappearanceonewproducts,methodsorservicesmayconcernallieldso

activities,traditionalorhightechnology,publicorcommercial,industrial,agri-

culturalortertiary.Innovationmayalsoconcerntheservicesocommoninter-

estor publicbeneit: publichealth,administrativeprocesses,organisation o

postalservicesorpubliceducation.Innovationisnotnecessarilysynonymous

to(high)technology,despitetheactthatitmakesitsappearancemoreoten

intheindustrialequipment,thematerials,thesotware(incorporatedtechnol-

ogy)andthemethods.Aconsiderableamountoinnovationsresultsromnew

combinationsowellknownelementsorromnewusagesoreven,romthe

creativityintheproducts’design.

InnovationwasdeinedbytheEuropeanCommission1995GreenPaperonin-

novationasbeingthe“renewalandenlargementotherangeoproductsand



servicesandtheassociatedmarkets,theestablishmentonewmethodsopro-

duction,supplyanddistribution,theintroductionochangesinmanagement,

workorganisation,andtheworkingconditionsandskillsotheworkorce”.

Innovation is not thereore a sel-contained linear process, but involves a

numbero actorssuch asbusinesses,researchcentresandpoliticaldecision-

makers.Italsorequiresthecreationosynergiesbetweendierentpolicies,suchasenterprisepolicy,trainingpolicyandRTDpolicy.Inaddition,incorporating

innovationintotheEU’sdierentpolicieswouldhelpstrengthencompanies,

whichareatthe coreo theinnovationprocess.Successulcooperationwith

othercompaniesandthepublicauthoritiescallsorthecreationo“clusters”,

whicharegeographicconcentrationsocomplementary,interdependent,but

yetcompetingenterprises.

Muchscientiicandtechnologicalknowledgei.e.systematicandapplicable

codiiedknowledgeisproducedthroughR&Dandcanleadtoinnovation.

However,innovationcanalsolowromothertacittypesoknowledgeand

cognitiveabilitiesstoredorresidinginindividuals,groupsororganisations,and

romtheactivitiestheyundertake.These,togetherwith codiied knowledge,aredescribed by the termintellectualcapital.Intellectual capital can be in-

creasedthroughresearch,training,networkingandotherlearning,creativeand

knowledgeexchangeprocesses.Inventionthenovel,non-obviouscreationo

knowledgecanequallywellresultromexperimentationasromdeliberate

R&D.Thestillbroadernotionointangiblecapital,includesallurtherormso

capitalnotembodiedinmattersuchasthevalueonetworks,accesstomarkets,

marketingstrategies,managementtechniques,organisationalstructures,and

varioustypesosocialcapital.Allothesecanconstituteimportantpotential

investmenttargetsandsourcesoinnovation,and,orthemostpart,lieoutside

thetraditionalremitoR&D.

Innovationistheoutcomeodierentproximities,suchasgeographical,rela-tionships,technological,inrastructureandsocialcapital.



Chapter 2 The Regional Strategies for Innovation

ThemainEUinitiativestoencourageregionalinnovationstrategiesplayers,

since1994,perprogrammingperiod,includingabreak-downorGreece,are

depictedintheollowingtable:

ProgrammingPeriod

Project-based(No of projects)

Programme-based(No of regions)

Data for Greece(No of regions)

DG Regional Policy

Article 0 family5

RTP - 6

RTT - 6 2

RIS - 2

RIS + - 2

IRISI - (6)6

RISI -

RISI 2 -

RISI + - -

PRAI family 2000-2006 7

DG Employment

Article 6 family8 -

2000-2006

2

2029

DG Enterprise10

RITTS -

TRIP - 0

RIS-NAC 2000-2006 6 11

DG Research

Know REG12 2000-2006

(5)

Website for information:http://europa.eu.int/comm/

regional_policy/innovation/innovating/index_en.htm

(6) 1 project involving 6 regions

(7)

as of October 2004

(8)

Website for information:http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_

social/esf2000/article_6-en.htm

(9)

7 regional projects + 5 transnationalprojects with Greek project promoter

(10)

Website for information:http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/

innovation/index.htm

(11)

Acting as mentors

(12


Website for information: http://cordis.europa.eu.int/era/regions.htm



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Fromtheabovedatawecandistinguishthetwogenerationsothinking:The

mono-themeproject approachand themulti-themeholisticprogrammeap-

proach.The2000-2006ERDFinnovativeactionshavebeingthepioneersin

adoptingthenewprogramme-basedapproachtoinnovation,wherethere-

gionshavechosentheprojectstobeunded.Inadditiontheapplicationand

selectionprocesshasbeensimpliied.

The programme approachwas the outcome othe evaluation othe 1994-

1996seriesoinnovativeprojects,whereastheollowinglessonshavebeen

learned:

• Needorstronglocalpoliticalsupportandregionalleadership

• Needorbottom-upanddemand-drivenapproach

• Need or strengthening o social capital (quality o regional partner-

ships)

• Needorestablishmentolongtermvisionandstrategicapproach

• Needormultidisciplinaryandintegratedvisionoinnovation

• Needorintra-&inter-regionalnetworking(exchangeogoodpractices)

2.1DGRegionalPolicy:Fromprojectstoprogrammes13

Duringtheirstprogrammingperiodo1994-1999DGRegionalPolicyArticle

10projectshaddistinctgoalsinspeciicareas,suchastechnologicalinnovation

(RTT,RTP,RIS,RIS+)andinormationsociety(IRISI,RISI1,RISI2,RISI+).

Inthesecondprogrammingperiodo2000-2006,theRegionalProgrammeso

InnovativeActions(PRAI)aimedattheintegrationothepreviousexperiments

(underthethemesotechnologyinnovation&regionalinormationsociety)in

additiontotheintroductionotheemergingthemeosustainabledevelop-

ment,tocreateanovelwiderapproachtoregionaldevelopment.

Theollowingiguregraphicallydepictstheabove:

FinallyundertheumbrellaotheECOS-Ouvertu re14(Inter-regionalco-opera-

tionbetweenlocalauthoritiesintheEuropeanUnionandCentralandEastern

Europe1997-2002)andReciteIIprojects,therewasalsoaseriesoprojects

dealingwithregionalinnovationstrategies.

(13)

Website for information:http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/innovation/innovating/index_en.htm

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)Website for information:http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_poli-cy/innovation/innovating/ecos.htm



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2.1.1TheRISamily(RTT,RTP,RIS,RIS+)

RegionalInnovationStrategies(RIS)andinter-RegionalTechnologyTranser

projects (RTTs) aimed at improving the innovation perormance in regions

coveredbytheourObjectives(1,2,5band6)otheERDF1994-99throughan

integratedandinteractivelearningprocess.

Asaollow-upothe6RegionalTechnologyPlans(RTP)andtogetherwiththe

RegionalInnovationandTechnologyTranserinitiatives(RITTS),theInnovating

RegionsinEuropenetwork(IRE)andtheRINNOdatabase,supportedjointlyby

DGRegionalPolicyandDGEnterprise,theRISandtheRTTSconstitutedtwo

basicelementsotheCommunitypolicyresponsetotheurgentneedoim-

provedinnovationcapacityoenterprises-notablySMEs-intheregionsothe

EU-15,inordertostrengthencompetitivenessatregionalscaleandtherebyo

theentireUnion.

RISweredemand-ledandbottom-upintheirelaboration,basedonpublic-pri-

vatepartnershipandconsensus,action-orientedandencouragingregionsto

exploittheEuropeandimensionthroughengagingininter-regionalco-opera-

tionandbenchmarkingopoliciesandmethods.

RIS was ollowed by RIS+, which was open to all regions that had already

launchedan RTP, RISor RITTS (regardless o theirERDF support status) and

which gave regions an opportunity to implement the innovation strategy

elaboratedpreviouslyandtolaunchconcretepilotactions.

InparallelwiththeRISandRIS+theEuropeanCommissionlaunched6RTTs

involving regional stakeholders rom over 30 regions, ollowing a selection

throughacallortendersopentoallregionsinEurope.Themainobjectiveo

these projectswas toidentiy bestpracticein technologicalcooperationbe-

tweenregionsinordertopromoteeconomicdevelopment.

MostRISandRIS+projectshavemanagedtoguaranteeagoodmainstream-

ingotheirpriorityactionsintotheOperationalProgrammesorObjective 1

or2areasbyprovidingnewprojectideasandidentiyingpartnershipstoim-

plementthem.Severalregionshavebeenabletoprovidepreciseigureson

budgetsallocatedtoinnovationinthestructuralundsorineitherregionalor

nationalprogrammesatertheirRIS.Theyallshowasigniicantincreaseinthe

quantityandthequalityoinnovationsupport.

2.1.2TheRISIamily(IRISI,RISI1,RISI2,RISI+)

TheaimotheInormationSocietyStrandoERDFInnovativeActions1994-

1999wastopursueanactivelearningstrategybasedonthelaunchingand

testingoanumberopilotprojectsnotablyRegionalInormationSocietyIni-

tiatives(RISI).Itsdevelopmentstartedwithaninitiativeoacoreo6regionsto

promoteandexperimentwiththeconceptoinormationsocietyorstrategic

regionaldevelopment(IRISI).RISI1ocusedonthedevelopmentoaregional

partnershipinthe elaborationo aregionalinormationsociety strategyand

actionplan.RISI2soughtthepreparationandlaunchingopluri-regionalpilot

applicationsordemonstratingbestpracticeintheregionaldeploymentothe

InormationSociety.RISI+aimedataollowupotheRISI1partnershipsand

strategiesintoselectedpilotprojects.

Within the framework of innova-

tive actions 2000-2006, under the

theme ‘Regional economies based

on knowledge and innovation’ al-

most 60% of regions applied for un-

dertaking regional innovation strat-egies or further develop and deepen

activities often based on the expe-

rience gained with the RIS, RIS+, or

RITTS.

Within the framework of innova-tive actions 2000-2006, under the

theme ‘e-EuropeRegio: information

society for regional development’

almost 60% of regions applied for

continuing activities often based on

the experience gained with the RISI

activities.



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8 RISI 1, 2 RISI 2 & 8 RISI+ projects

TheultimateobjectiveotheRISIschemewastoassistinmakingtheInorma-

tionSociety conceptan integralpart o regionaldevelopmentand employ-

mentpoliciesinthelessavouredregionsintheEU.Itwasclearatthattimethat

theutureeconomicandsocialwellbeingothelessavouredregionswould

dependgreatlyon howtheyhavemanagedto exploitandparticipateinthe

evolvingInormationSociety.

Thegeneralapproacho the RISIPilot Action wasto stimulate, experiment,

evaluateanddiusebestpracticeinthecreationothenecessarysocio-eco-

nomic conditions or the development and implementation o inormation

society servicesand applicationswhichcontributeto regionaldevelopment.

Thisapproachwasunderpinnedbyspeciicaims,notablytopromoteandas-

sistintheormingopartnershipsbetweenkeyregionalplayersinshapingthe

regionaldimensionotheInormationSociety.

RISIwasbasedonthepremisethatplannedchoicesaremorelikelytobesuc-

cessulthanunplannedones,andaninclusiveapproachismorelikelytobe

acceptablethananexclusiveone(especiallyastheadventotheInormation

Societyissomethingwhichislikelytoaecteveryonetoagreaterorlessex-

tent).

2.2DGEmployment:TheArticle6projects15

Article6otheEuropeanSocialFundRegulationsupportsinnovativemeas-

uresthatseektopromotenewapproachesandidentiyexamplesogoodprac-

tice,whichcan subsequentlyimprove theimplementationo theoperations

supportedbytheESF.

TheCommission’sCommunicationontheimplementationoinnovativemeas-

uresunderArticle6otheEuropeanSocialFundRegulationortheprogram-mingperiod2000-2006setsoutthegeneralprinciplesotheactionsthatcan

beinancedanditalsoestablishesathematicapproach.Theollowingnumber

oprojectsbythematicareahasbeeninancedbyAugust2004:

Innovativeprojectswithintherameworkosocialdialogue 47

Innovativeapproachestoemploymentcreationandvocationaltraining 201

TheRegionalInormationSocietyInitiative 1816

Adaptationtotheneweconomywithintherameworkosocialdialogue 35

Localemploymentstrategiesandinnovation 44

2.3 DG Fisheries: Trans-national projects or Innovative

Actions

Article22otheFinancialInstrumentorFisheriesGuidance(FIFG)provides

inancingorinnovativeactionsincludingtrans-nationaloperationsandthees-

tablishmentonetworksorthoseoperatinginthesectorandareasdependent

onisheriesandaquaculture.

Innovativeactionsincludestudies,pilotprojectsandexchangesoexperience

&sharingogoodpracticeandinnovativemethods.



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2.4DGEnterpriseprojects17

Theirstgenerationoprojects(theRITTSamily)targetedonlyEU-15regions

whilethesecondgeneration(theRIS-NACamily)wasdesignedtoinclude

someregionsromallEU-25MemberStates.

2.4.1TheRITTSamily(RITTS,TRIP)

BothRITTSandRISaimedatsupportingregionsindevelopingregionalin-

novation strategies that should optimise regional innovationpolicy and in-

rastructure.Thestrategyelaborationwasbasedonanalysesotheregional

innovationsystem,includingmanagement,inancial,commercial,trainingand

organisationalissues as well as technicalones.The strategies aimed alsoto

promoteco-operationbetweenthekeyactorswithintheregionalinnovation

system.

TheRITTSprojectswereinancedbyDGEnterpriseundertheInnovationPro-

gramme.Over100regionshavebeensupportedtoormulateregionalinnova-

tionstrategieswithRITTSandRISprojects.

TheTrans-Regional Innovation Projects (TRIP) supported trans-regional col-

laborationinthedevelopmentandimplementationomeasuresbasedonthe

outcomesoRITTSandRISprojects.Theultimategoalwastosupportinnova-

tioninirmsbyjoiningorcesandcomparingexercisesinseveralregions.The

projectsinvolvedkeyregionalactorsandtheirresultshadabeneitorlocalor

regionalSMEs. 11projectsgatheringaltogetherabout40 regionshavebeen

carriedout.

2.4.2TheRIS-NACamily

In 2001-02 the irst 16 RIS-NAC projects to carry out Regional Innovation

StrategiesintheollowingNewlyAssociatedCountries(NACs,Bulgaria,Cyprus,

theCzechRepublic,Estonia,Hungary,Latvia,Poland,Romania,Slovakiaand

Slovenia)werelaunched.

ThemainobjectiveistodevelopregionalinnovationstrategiesinNACregions

byollowingtheRITTS/RISprojectschemeandmethodology.

EachNACregionisaccompaniedbyatleastoneEUregionthathasalready

undertakenaRITTS/RISproject.ThisapproachaimsatensuringthatNACre-

gionswilltakeulladvantageotheexperiencesgainedthroughtheprevious

ormulationoinnovationstrategiesinpartnerregions.

2.5DGResearchinitiatives18

The“RegionsoKnowledge”initiativeisapilotactioncalledorbytheEurope-

anParliament.Theinitiativesupportsinnovativeprojectsinvolvingregionsin

severalMemberStatesthatdemonstratethecentralroleoknowledge(know

how,humanresources,R&Dandother“intangible”productionactors)inthe

developmentoregionaleconomies.Itacknowledgestheactthatregionsare

keyenginesoeconomicgrowth.Projectsthataresupportedincludetechnol-

ogyaudits,developingeconomicandtechnologicaluturemodelsatregional

level, initiatives to promote university involvementwith the local economy,

mentoringbetweentechnologically advanced and less avoured regions, as

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wellasawareness-raisingactionsocusingontheroleoknowledgeasaboost-

eroregionaldevelopment.

Thedevelopmentoregionalresearchandinnovationactivitieshasbeensup-

portedthrough the EU Research Framework Programme and the Structural

Funds.This new pilot action willbuild on existingexperiencesand support

projectsthatdemonstratethedierentpathsregionsmayollowtoachieve

morerapidlyaknowledgebasedeconomy.

Regionshave a core role in development andcan playa keyrole in driving

economicgrowththrough,orexample,thedevelopmentoregionalinnova-

tionstrategies,locallevelpartnershipsandclustersorelatedenterprisesand

researchers.

DynamicregionscancontributetoturningEuropeintothemostcompetitive

knowledge-basedeconomyintheworldby2010andtheyarealsoullypartici-

patingineortsacrossEuropetoraiseEUaverageR&Dspending(publicand

private)to3%oEUaverageGrossDomesticProductby2010.

TheollowingnumberoprojectsbythematicareahasbeeninancedbyAu-

gust2004:

TechnologyAuditandRegionalForesight(TARF) 5

Universitydrivenactionsforregionaldevelopment(UDARD) 4

Mentoringinitiatives 3

Supportingactivities 2

BecauseotheconsiderablesuccessothePilotAction,ithasbeenenvisaged

to have a similar activity (Regions o Knowledge 219) “embedded” in the

SpecicProgramme1IntegratingandStrengtheningtheEuropeanResearch

AreabutocusingontheBarcelonatargets.Thenewprojectswillsupport

trans-national, trans-regional collaborative projects ocusing on the RTD

policy-makingand investment strategyat regionallevel.They willaddress

more specic issues regarding RTD investment at regional level aiming

alsoonspreadingandurtherincreasingoutreachoexistingregionalRTD

initiatives.

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Chapter

The Regional Programmes of Innovative Actions

TheaimotheEuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFund(ERDF)RegionalPro-

grammesoInnovativeActions20istoboostregionalcompetitivenessandsus-

tainabledevelopmentbyplacinginnovationatthecentreoregionaldevelop-

mentstrategies.Theprogrammesoeranopportunityoutsidethemainstream

StructuralFundstoexperimentwithactivitiesthatareoutotheordinaryortoworkindierent,otennew,typesopartnershipsinthreekeyareas:technol-

ogyandknowledgebasedeconomy;theinormationsociety;andsustainable

developmentandregionalidentity.

3.1The2000-2006programmingperiod

AnewprogrammeapproachorERDFinnovativeactionswasintroducedin

January2001orthe undingperiod2000-2006with asimpliiedapplication

process.

Aeatureo the new system has been anelemento competition between

regions:inordertosecureERDFco-unding,aregion’sproposalmustdemon-stratequalityandagenuineregionalstrategyorinnovationbackedbyastrong

regionalpartnershipincludingtheprivatesectorandsmallandmedium-sized

businessesinparticular.

TheamountavailableorERDFinnovativeactionsis0.4%otheannualERDF

budget or approximately€400 million over the entire period 2000-06. Indi-

vidualprogrammescanbeawardedERDFco-undingobetweenaminimum

o€0.3millionandamaximumo€3million.ThetotalvalueoERDFco-unding

approvedorthe139programmesbyOctober2004was€346million.When

thecontributionromthepublicandprivatesectorsintheregionsisadded,

thisrisestoatotalvolumeoroughly€660million.Onaverage,theERDFhas

contributed52%othetotalbudgetotheprogrammes,thepublicsector(re-gionalandnational)34%andtheprivatesector14%.

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3.2Thethreestrategicthemesorregionaldevelopment

ByFebruary2005,144othe156eligibleregionswereparticipatingincluding

allregionsoAustria,Belgium,Finland,Greece,Italy,Ireland,Netherlands,Por-

tugal,Spain,Sweden,UnitedKingdomaswellasDenmarkandLuxembourg.

InlinewiththeLisbonandGothenburgobjectives,regionshavebeeninvited

toocusononeormoreotheollowingstrategicthemes:

• RegionaleconomiesbasedonKnowledgeandTechnologicalInnovation

(includingissuessuchasuniversity-SMEsrelationship,rmsclustering,

advancedservicestorms,incubators,etc.)

• e-EuropeRegio:theInormationSocietyattheserviceoregionaldevel-

opment(includingissuessuchase-business,e-government,etc.)

• SustainableDevelopmentandRegionalIdentity(includingissuessuchas

environment,ecologicaltourism,culturalheritage,enhancingtheexport

potentialotraditionalmicro-companies,etc.)

TheprincipaltargetgroupsaretheSMEs,regionalactorsinresearchandeduca-tion,thecitizensotheregionandthepublicsector.

ByOctober2004,139othe156eligibleregionshadanapprovedprogramme

includingallregionsoItaly,Spain,Greece,Portugal,Austria,Sweden,Ireland,

LuxembourgandDenmark.ThesummarydataotheGreekregionswithan

approvedprogrammeisprovidedinannex.

Thecomplementaritybetweenthethreestrategicthemeshasbeenwellex-

ploitedbymostregionswhohaveoptedtoincludeanumberoactionscover-

ingatleasttwoothethreeeligiblethemes,whileothersoptedorallthree

themesandonlyewchooseasinglethemeapproach.

3.3TheEuropeanRegionalInnovationAwards

Acompetitiontohighlightthemostinnovativeprojectsintheprogrammes

waslaunchedinlate2003andtheninewinners(threeperstrategictheme)

werepresentedwiththeirawardsataceremonyduringthe54thplenaryses-

sionotheCommitteeotheRegionsheldinBrusselsinApril2004.

Saarland(Germany),Extremadura(Spain)andSteiermark(Austria)wereselect-

edasthetopthreeprojectsineachothethreestrategicthemesbyajuryunder

thepresidencyoMr.AntonioGuterres,ormerPrimeMinisteroPortugal.

RegionalIdentity

% TOTAL

Information

Society

% TOTAL

TechnologicalInnovation

% TOTAL

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D E N M A R K

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Accompanying

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3.4Addedvalue

Theregionalprogrammesoinnovativeactionshavesucceededinactingas

catalystsgivingtheregionsachancetoexperimentwithnew,otenadventur-

ousactionstopromoteinnovation.Thesehaveotenbeenactionsthatother-

wisemighthavebeenpostponedorignoredbythemainstreamprogrammes

o the Structural Funds although they have a potentially strong impact bypromotinginnovationandsustainabilitywhicharecrucialactorsorthelong-

termcompetitivenessoEUregions.

Fortheleast-developedregionsitisparticularlyimportantthattheyshould

have a chance to experiment in diicult and challenging ields outside the

normotheirStructuralFundprogrammes.Oten,thesesolutionshavebeen

developedincloseco-operationandnetworkingwithothermoredeveloped

regions.

A urther value o theInnovative Actions lies in theway these programmes

havebeendesignedandimplementeddirectlybyregionalstakeholderswork-

ingtogetherinpartnership.Eachregionhasbeenencouragedtoinditsown

solutions,basedonregionalneedsandtoincorporateinnovationbetterinits

regionaldevelopmentplanning.

3.5Thechallengesotheuture

TheexperiencesoarleadstheCommissiontobelievethattheRegionalPro-

grammesoInnovativeActionshaverespondedtotheneedsotheregions

andhaveprovidedthemwithimportanttoolsorpromotinginnovationonthe

regionalagenda.One indicationothe successo thenewapproachoered

undertheseprogrammesistheactthatmanyotheireatureshavebeenin-

corporatedintotheutureobjectiveoRegionalCompetitivenessandEmploy-

mentortheperiod2007-2013.

Thechallengeortheregionsnowistocapitaliseontheemergingexperiences

inordertostimulateinnovationintheregion.Itis alsoexpectedthatlessons

learned will be incorporated into the uture Structural Funds programmes,

especiallyin thenewMemberStates,andto theextentpossible,the current

Objective1andObjective2programmes.

Intheuture,therewillstillbeaneedorstrengtheninginnovationpolicies

intheregionsandimprovingregionaldevelopmenttoolsandpracticesorin-

novation.Thisisthecase,orexample,ininancingorinnovation,acilitating

thecreationosuccessulnewirms,strengtheningtheco-operationbetween

SMEsandresearchinstitutions,orwaystoattracttalentsandknowledgetolessdevelopedregionswhichdonotyethavethosecapacities.

SpeciicattentionwillbegiventoregionsromnewMemberStatestoacilitate

theirparticipationinnetworkingactivitiesasameansodiusinggoodprac-

ticeandtohelpthemwiththepreparationothenextgenerationoStructural

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Chapter

Regional Innovation in Greece

4.1 PRAIFinancialData

Alldata relatedto Greecehas beenextracted rom theInnovative Actions

databaseandrepresentthesituationasoOctober2004.

4.1.1Budget

ThetotalestimatedbudgetortheGreekprogrammesis45.93millionEuros,

whichrepresents14%ototalbudgetoPRAI.

Greeceisthe8thmostimportantcountryintermsobudgetaterItaly(120M€),

France(86M€),Spain(84M€),UK(59M€),Germany(55M€),Holland(51M€)

andAustria(50M€).

TheaverageoaGreekPRAIbudgetis3.5M€,lowerthantheEUaverage(4.7

M€).



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4.1.2ERDFcontribution

ThetotalestimatedERDFcontributionis31M€,representing68%ototal

GreekPRAIbudget,whichishigherthantheEuropeanaverageo52%.Thisis

duetotheactthatall13regionsareObjective1areas.

Greeceisthe3rdcountrywiththehighestrateoERDFco-inancing,aterPor-

tugal(75%)andIreland(73%).

4.1.3 Privateco-nancing

Theestimated private unding is 6.4 M€, representing 14.04% o the total

GreekPRAIbudget.ThisisslightlyaboveEUaverage(13.93%).

Greeceisthe7thmostimportantcountryintermsoabsoluteprivatebudget

aterItaly(21.7M€),Germany(10.6M€),Spain(9.7M€),Austria(9.7M€),France

(8.6M€)andHolland(8M€).

4.2PRAIInterregionalcomparison

TherearethirteenNUTSlevel2regionsinGreece,allclassiiedasObjective1.

Probablechangesorthepost-2006period(2007-2013)areexpectedorthe

regionsoStereaElladaandNotioAigaioaswellaspossiblyorAttiki,Dytiki

MakedoniaandKentrikiMakedonia.

4.2.1Coverage

Allthecountryiscoveredbyinnovativeactions:6regionsappliedin2001

(DytikiEllada,KentrikiMakedonia,Peloponissos,StereaEllada,Thessalia,Voreio

Aigaio),6in2002(Attiki,Kriti,Ipeiros,IoniaNisia,DytikiMakedonia,Anatoliki

Makedonia&Thraki)and1in2003(NotioAigaio).

1programme(Thessalia)inishedin2003[theirstinEurope]and3programmes

(Peloponissos,StereaEllada,DytikiEllada)inishedintheirstquartero2004.

4.2.2 Budget

Thevariationobudgetbetweenregionsis3.7(Kriti/Ipeiros),whichmakesGreecequitehomogeneous,comparedtoothercountries,suchasinItalyor

National

Public

33,89% ERDF

52.18%

Private

13.93%

EUNational

Public

18.35%ERDF

67.61%

Private

14.04%

GREECE



instancewherebudgetvariesrom1to10betweenregions.

ThePRAIbudgetsaresmallerinGreecethaninothercountries.Ipeiroshasone

othelowestbudgetintheEUwith1.38M€,aterMadeira,Portugal(1M€)and

Sardegna,Italy(1.2M€).

TheleveloERDFcoinancingisalsoquitehomogeneousbetweentheregions

(aminimumo59%inKritiwherethepublicnationalandregionalcontribution

isquitehigh[32%]andamaximumo80%inDytikiElladawherethepublic

nationalandregionalcontributionisminimal[3%]).

Theprivatecontributionexistsinall13regions.Thehighestrateisoundinthe

threeislandregionsoVoreioAigaio(20%),IoniaNisiaandNotioAigaio(19%).

Itislessthan5%inAnatolikiMakedonia&Thraki,IpeirosandStereaEllada.

Region Total Budget ERDF Private

Kriti 5.068.000 2.999.750 453.000

IoniaNisia 4.630.000 2.880.000 900.000

KentrikiMakedonia 4.500.000 3.000.000 750.000

DytikiMakedonia 4.000.000 2.500.000 750.000

Thessalia 3.870.000 2.476.000 670.000

AnatolikiMakedonia&

Thraki3.690.000 2.800.000 200.000

DytikiEllada 3.669.432 2.935.386 616.446

VoreioAigaio 3.205.500 2.048.400 645.000

NotioAigaio 2.985.000 1.055.000 50.000

Attiki 2.710.000 1.913.600 173.000

Peloponissos 2.565.000 1.913.600 173.000StereaEllada 1.969.478 1.533.322 52.825

Ipeiros 1.380.000 1.055.000 50.000

TOTAL 44.242.410 28.079.458 5.547.771

4.2.3Numberoactions

Theaverage number o actions perprogramme is 6.The regionso Dytiki

ElladaandAnatolikiMakedonia&Thrakihavethelowestnumberoactions(3),

whiletheregionswiththemostactionsareKriti(11)andKentrikiMakedonia

(10).

TotalPRAIbudgetbyregion(Euros)

6.000.000 4.000.000 2.000.000 0

Anatoliki

Makedonia

& Thraki

Kentriki

Makedonia

Dytiki

Makedonia

Thessalia Ipeiros Ionia

Nisia

Dytiki

Ellada

Sterea

Ellada

Peloponissos Attiki Voreio

Aigaio

Notio

Aigaio

Kriti

Total actions by region



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4.2.4TheGreekentriesotheEuropeanRegionalInnova-

tionAwards21

Acompetitiontohighlightthemostinnovativeprojectsperstrategictheme

intheprogrammeswaslaunchedinlate2003andtheninewinners(threeper

strategictheme)werepresentedwith theirawardsata ceremonyduringthe

54thplenarysessionotheCommitteeotheRegionsheldinBrusselsinApril

2004.

TheregionsoKentrikiMakedoniaandThessaliaintroducedtheircandidature

under thetechnologicalinnovation theme, while theregion oStereaEllada

appliedunderthesustainabledevelopmentthemeandinallytheregiono

DytikiElladahadanentryundertheinormationsocietytheme.

4.3PRAIProposedactions

“Technologicalinnovation”istheirstthemeselectedbytheGreekregions,

byar(52,1%obudget).Itisollowedinthesecondplacebythethemeo“In-ormationSociety”with20,4%,alotlowerthantheEUaverageo38%.Finally

thethemeo“Sustainable Developmentand RegionalIdentity”occupiesthe

thirdpositionwith19,8%,whichshowsaninterestmuchmoreimportantthan

inotherEuropeancountries(13%atEUlevel).

It is interesting to notethat although thepercentageo unds allocatedortechnicalassistanceinGreeceishalthanthepercentageortheEU(4%),10

out o 13 regions have speciicinter-regional networking actions, including

membershiptonetworks.

Weshouldalsonotethat10outo13haveoptedorindependentevaluation

and/orqualityassuranceaccompanimentmeasures.

11outo13regionsoptedorTechnologicalInnovationactions,while8out

o13optedortheothertwothemes.4outo13regionsocusonamono-

themeapproach(2intechnologicalinnovationand1ineachotheothertwo

themes).3regionshadactionsromtwothemes,while5optedoramoreplu-

ralistthree-themeapproach.

SustainableDevelopment

13% TechnologicalInnovation44%

InformationSociety

38%

EU GREECE

AccompanimentMeasures

1%

TechnicalAssistance4%


19.8% TechnologicalInnovation52,1%

InformationSociety

20,4%

AccompanimentMeasures

1%

TechnicalAssistance2%

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4.3.1 TechnologicalInnovation

Asarasthetechnologicalinnovationthemeisconcerned,Greekregionsare

particularlyactive.Only2regionsouto13donotsupportactionsinthisield

(VoreioAigaioandAttiki),while2 regions(KentrikiMakedoniaandAnatoliki

Makedonia&Thraki)haveallocatedalltheirbudgetinactionsunderthistheme.

The11regionsearmarkedatotalbudgeto23millionseurosortechnological

innovationandlaunched41actions.Thisrepresents8%othetotalbudgetor

thistheme(allcountriesincluded)andputsGreecein5thpositionaterItaly,

Spain,AustriaandSweden.

Theactionssupportedarequitediverseandcoverallaspects(7outo7)o

technologicalinnovation:

• Awareness raising, training on innovation management (Kentriki

Makedonia),supportservicestormstoimprovetheirinnovativecapaci-

ty(inallsectorsorinspeciconeslikeurandwoodinDytikiMakedonia),

technology clinics (Kentriki Makedonia), innovation management au-

dits(VoreioAigaio,AnatolikiMakedonia&Thraki),internationalizationo

rms(VoreioAigaio)

• New product development inorganicarming, ood and crat sectors

(Anatoliki Makedonia & Thraki, Kentriki Makedonia, Dytiki Makedonia,

Kriti,Peloponissos)

• Support toclustering/ networkingorms (KentrikiMakedonia,Dytiki

Makedonia)

• Technologyandregionaloresight(KentrikiMakedonia,Ipeiros),Region-

alobservatories(KentrikiMakedonia,Kriti,DytikiMakedonia)

• Entrepreneurship, start-ups, spin-ofs (Kentriki Makedonia, Thessalia,

Attiki,Ipeiros)

• CooperationbetweenR&Dorganisationsandrms (StereaEllada,Kriti,

Thessalia)

• Financialengineering(AnatolikiMakedonia&Thraki,Ipeiros)

• SupporttoSMEs’orgrowingintheneweconomy(DytikiEllada)

Sustainable

Development

Information

Society

Technological

Innovation

Not Including

Technical

Assistance &

Accompanying

Measures

Anatoliki

Makedonia

& Thraki

Kentriki

Makedonia

Dytiki

Makedonia

Thessalia Ipeiros Ionia

Nisia

Dytiki

Ellada

Sterea

Ellada

Peloponissos Attiki Voreio

Aigaio

Notio

Aigaio

Kriti

% budget by theme and region



4.3.2 RegionalIdentityandSustainableDevelopment

8outo13regionsoptedoractionsunderthisthemeandlaunched17ac-

tions.IntheregionoVoreioAigaiothetotalityothebudgetwasusedorthis

theme.

Theactionssupportedcoveredasmallportionothistheme,notably3outo

8possibleareas:

• Organicarming(DytikiEllada)

• Ecologicaltourismandimprovementoqualityotouristservices(Ionia

Nisia)

• Wastemanagement(DytikiMakedonia,VoreioAigaio)

• Waterandmarinebiologicalresourcesmanagement(Kriti)

• Riskmanagementornaturallandscapes(Kriti)

• Cretandietandmusicalculture(Kriti)

Technological Innovation

Research projects based inuniversities and research institutes

7%

Business advisory services (information, businessplanning, consultancy services, marketing,

management, design, internationalisation,exporting, environmental management, purchaseof technology35%

Research, technologicaldevelopment and innovation

(RTDI)

20,4%

Innovation and technology transfers,establishments of networks and

partnerships between business and/orresearch institutes

12%

RTDIInfrastructure2%

Financial engineering5%

Shared business services (business estates,incubator units, stimulation, promotionalservices, networking, conferences, trade fairs)22%

Sustainable Development

Environmentalinfrastructure

(including water)59%

Environment - friendly technologies, clean andeconomical energy technologies0%

Non-physical investments (development andprovision of tourist services, sporting, cultural

and leisure activities, heritage)0%

Maintenance and restorationof the cultural heritage 29%

Intelligent transport systems0%

Urban and industrial waste (including hospitaland dangerous waste)12%

Energy efficiency, cogeneration, energy control0%

Services in support of the social economy

(providing care for dependants, health and safety,cultural activities)0%



4.3.3InormationSociety

Finally,asarasinormationsocietyisconcerned8outo13regionsoptedor

actionsunderthisthemeandlaunched16actions.Inthe regionoAttikithe

totalityothebudgetwasusedorthistheme.

Diverseactionsweresupportedcoveringallaspects(5outo5)oe-Europe

Regio:

• Support to SMEs [e-commerce, inormation on patents, design, etc.]

(DytikiEllada,DytikiMakedonia,VoreioAigaio)

• Healthservices,hometelecaresystem(DytikiEllada,Attiki)

• Intermodaltracinormationservice(DytikiEllada,Attiki)

• Publicaccesstopublicservicesandinormation(Peloponissos,Attiki)

• Virtualrealityapplicationsor culturalsites(StereaEllada),Digitalplat-

ormintourism(IoniaNisia),Virtualtechnopolis(DytikiMakedonia)

• Riskmanagementsystemsorenvironment(IoniaNisia)

4.4 Educational&ResearchPolesoExcellence

The two main educational & research poles o excellence or regional in-

novationin Greece arebased in the two biggestcities,notably Athens and

Thessaloniki.In additionan emerging universitylaboratoryhas beenestab-

lishedintheregionoDytikiMakedonia.

4.4.1 RegionalDevelopmentInstitute22

ThemaintaskotheRegionalDevelopmentInstitute(RDI)istheadvance-

mentoresearchinallieldsothedevelopmentalprocess.Thisisachieved

bylinkingurban,localandregionaldevelopmentissueswithbroaderNational

andEUprocesses,andbypromotinga regularexchangeoideasandexperi-

enceonaworldwidebasis.

TheInstituteisalsoconcernedwiththeadvancementotheoryandwithad-dressingcurrentdevelopmentproblems.

Telecommunicationsinfrastructure andinformation society19%

Services and applications for SMEs(electronic commerce and transactions,

education and training, networking)31%

Services and applications for the citizen(health, administration, education)

31%

Information andcommunicationtechnology (includingsecurity and safetransmission measures)6%

Workforce flexibility, entrepreneurial activity,innovation, information and communicationtechnologies (persons, firms)13%

Information Society

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Website for information:www.ipa.panteion.gr/en/html/main.html



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Morespeciically,themainapplicationsotheseaimscouldbedescribedas:

• ToelaboratebasicresearchonallaspectsotheGreekRegions’develop-

mentandtopublishthedatagathered.

• ToparticipateinresearchprogramsdevelopedbytheEU.

• Tocompiletheoreticalandappliedresearchstudiesonregionaldevelop-

ment,innovation,knowledgeeconomyetc.

• To cooperate withdiferent National Ministriesand Local Government

organizationsinordertoprovideexpertandscienticadviceandguid-

ance.

• Toorganizeandconductlecturesandseminars,butalsotoactivelypar-

ticipateinnationalandinternationalconerencesandcongresses.

• TocreateaRegionalDevelopmentlibraryandspecialarchivesortheuse

ostudentsandresearchers.

• To promotestudieson EnvironmentalProtection, SpatialOrganisation,

CulturalDevelopmentandtheapplicationoNewDigitalTechnologiesin

variouselds.

• Todevelopandmaintaincommunicationandcooperationwithinterna-

tionalOrganizations,InstitutesandCentresorRegionalDevelopment.

• Topublishbooks,papers,expertstudiesandreportsonissuesregarding

regionalandsustainabledevelopment.

• ToprovidePanteionUniversity’sDepartmentoEconomicandRegional

Developmentwithacademicsupportoritspostgraduateprogramand

curricula.

• Toestablishcentresandworkshops,andtodevelopprogramsthatpro-

moteregionalcompetitiveness.

TheRDIismainlyinvolvedincompetitiveprojectsromtheInnovativeActions

otheEuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFund(RITTSoThessalyandtheNorth-

ernAegean,RIS,RIS+oStereaEllada,IAStereaEllada).

4.4.2 URENIO23

TheUrban and RegionalInnovation ResearchUnit (URENIO)is a university

laboratoryorthepromotionoresearchandsupplyoscientiicandtechno-

logicalservices.URENIOisailiatedtotheDepartmentoUrbanandRegional

PlanningandDevelopmentintheFacultyoEngineering,AristotleUniversity

oThessaloniki.

URENIO’sresearchocusesonterritoriesthatbasetheirdevelopmentonR&D,

technologicalinnovation,technology-intensivecompanies,technologyinra-

structure,andknowledgeandinormationnetworks.Centralresearchthemeisthecitiesandregionsoinnovationincludingknowledgeclusters,technopoles

andscienceparks;regionalinnovationsystemsandstrategies;digitalinnova-

tionspacesandintelligentcities.Aprincipaleatureotheseinnovativeregions

istheircapacitytocreateenvironmentswhichacilitateinnovativebehaviour

bytheorganisationswhicharemembersothismilieu,turningknowledgeinto

new products, disseminating inormation, building organisational learning,

integratingskills,andintheendgeneratinginnovations.

URENIO is mainly involved in competitive projects rom the European R&D

ramework programmes and the Innovative Actions o the European Re-

gionalDevelopmentFund(RTP,RIS&IAKentrikiMakedonia,RITTSAnatoliki

Makedonia&Thraki,ReciteII&IAThessaly,IADytikiMakedonia,IAIoniaNi-sia).Theseprojectsdealwiththeroleoinnovationinregionaldevelopment,

thetypologyandevolutionoinnovation-ledcitiesandregions,thedesigno

(23)

Website for information:www.urenio.org



regionalinnovationstrategies,regionalknowledgemanagement,andthecrea-

tionophysical,institutionalanddigitalenvironmentssupportingtechnologi-

calinnovation.

URENIOrecentworkisocusingon‘intelligentcitiesandregions’whichrepre-

sentathirdgenerationinnovationterritoriesollowingonromclusters/tech-

nopolesandlearningregions.Researchandservicesprovidedocuson:·Regionalintelligence(oresight,marketandtechnologywatch,business

andclusterintelligence);

·Benchmarkingorcompanies,localities,andregions;

· Technologytranser(on-linetools,IPR,brokering,trainingtoinnovation,

innovatione-communities);

· New product development (network based product innovation, new

productdevelopmentroadmaps);and

· Digitalplatormsorproduct/ servicespromotion(digitalcities,virtual

clusters,virtualscienceandtechnologyparks,virtualincubators).

4.4.3MATER24

TheManagementoTechnologyResearch(MATER)Laboratorywasrecently

established in the Engineering Department o the University o Western

MacedoniainKozani.Thelaboratoryismainlymanpoweredbyscientistsand

engineerswithlongexperienceinmanagingInnovationCompetitiveProjects

rom theNational andRegional Programmes,the EuropeanR&D Framework

ProgrammesandtheInnovativeActionsotheEuropeanRegionalDevelop-

mentFundsuchasRIS,RIS+,InnovativeActionsoWestMacedonia,Thessaly,

Epirus,ReciteIIThessaly,RISSouthCentralBulgariaandothers.

TheMATERlaboratoryconstitutesaplatormthatwillhelpideasandpersonswithinaregionalandinternationalenvironmenttoworktogetherandocuses

itsresearchandserviceson:

• creationanddifusionoknowledge,guidanceandinormationontech-

nologicalinnovationanddevelopmentostochasticmodelsorTechnol-

ogyManagementandInnovationPolicies

• developmentoplatormsorvirtualsessionsanddiscussionsthatensure

thetransmissionanddifusionoknowledgeandinormationintheareas

oTechnologyDevelopment,TechnologyTranser,KnowledgeManage-

ment,TechnologicalInnovation.

• organizationolecturesandseminarsintheeldoManagementoTech-

nologyandInnovationandprovisionoacademicsupporttotheUniver-sity.

• provision oscienticand technical adviceto theRegion inInnovation

andRegionalDevelopmenttopics

• technicalsupporttotheregionalentrepreneurshiponTechnologicalIn-

novation

4.5Thechallengeomainstreaminginnovation

The research and technology system in Greece is o limited size but also

shows imbalances in relation to the participation o enterprises. The Gross

DomesticExpenditureonResearchandTechnologicalDevelopmentisatthe

levelo0.5%oGNP,whiletheaverageintheEUiscloseto2%.Theprogress(24)

Website for information:www.materlab.org



achievedoverthepast10yearsisairlysigniicantbearinginmindthatthesaid

indexhasincreasedrom0.38%in1989to0.51%in1997.Inthebusinesssector

theresultsarealsosigniicantsincetherehasbeenaive-oldincreaseinthe

numberocompanieswithR&TDactivitiesoveraperiodo11years(rom114

in1986toalmost600in1997).Thisimpressiveincrease,however,hasnotbeen

accompaniedbyacorrespondingincreaseoexpendituresincealargepropor-

tionothecompaniesinvolvedareSMEswithlimitedabilitytoundresearch.

Thus,theR&TDindexorbusinessesisstillataverylowlevel,0.13%oGNPin

1997,puttingGreeceinjointlastplacewithPortugalintheEU.Thepictureand

indexesconcerningapplicationsorthegrantopatentsaresimilar.

ThemostimportantinterventionsormainstreaminginnovationintheOpera-

tionalProgrammesare:

• The exploitation and commercial utilisation o existingresearch results

stemmingromresearchprojects,eitherintheormotheprovisiono

servicesorexploitationlicences,or bythecreationo knowledge-inten-

sivebusinessactivity(theoundationospin-ofcompanies).

• Intensicationoresearchandrelatedactivities(technologytranser,dis-semination,inormation,etc.)withincompaniesorattheinteracesbe-

tweencompaniesandpublicresearchagencies.

• Extension o collaborations with business and research organisations

abroad,andinclusionininternationalpermanentorspecialcooperation

networks.

• Supportorthe productive sector rom publicresearch andtechnology

agencies,bytheprovisionoservicesandtechnicalknowledge.

• Financingocollaborationsbetweenproductiveandresearchagencies,in

carryingoutlong-termprojectsthataimtoproduceinnovativeproducts

orservices.

4.6TheManagementFactor

ThegreatsuccessoRegionalInnovationProgrammesinGreeceandtheenthu-

siasticresponsethattheyreceivedromthelocalcommunitiesandenterprises

canbeauseulcasestudyregardingtheactorsthatledtothisresult.Whereas

theapplicationotheCSFandootherEUinitiatives,suchasInterreg,wasaced

with several obstacles in Greece, the Regional Innovation Programmes pro-

gressedsmoothlyandproducedexcellentresults.Theactorsthatcontributed

totheirsuccesscanbesummarizedintheollowingpoints:

• Intheplanningstage

– thepeopleinvolved possessedthe necessaryexperienceand exper-

tise

– thelocalleaders,keyplayersandstakeholderswereconsultedand

– therealneedsothelocalcommunitieswereidentiedandaddressed

• Intheapplicationstage

– TheManagementUnitswerestafedbyhigh-qualityexpertsthatpos-

sessednotonlythenecessarymanagerialskillsbutalsospecializedsci-

enticknowledgeintheirelds.



Chapter

Innovation Networks and Resources

Theregionalinnovationnetworksarecomplementaryactivitiesdesignedto

enhance theexchange o inormation, experience,know-howand expertise

betweentheparticipatingregions especiallywith aviewto improvingand

increasingtheuseoStructuralFunds’investmentsorregionaleconomicandsocialdevelopment.

5.1NetworksundertheInnovativeActionsumbrella

Inadditiontotheregionalprogrammesoinnovativeactions,threenetworks,

oneperstrategictheme,havebeenlaunchedtoosterco-operationbetween

regionsandtoshareexperiencesandgoodpractices:

• ERIKortechnologicalinnovation(leadpartnersToscanaandEmilia-Ro-

magna/ Italy,including13coreregionsand18 associate,31regionsin

total)

• IANISorInormationsocietyattheserviceoregionaldevelopment(lead

partnerSachsen/Germany,including28regions)

• A Pan-European Network or sustainable development (lead partner

Wales/UK,including12regions)

5.1.1 ERIK 25

TheobjectivesotheERIK(EuropeanRegionsKnowledge-basedInnovation

Network)networkhavebeen:

• Benchmarkgoodpractices relatingto innovation andknowledge poli-

cies;

(25)

Website for information:www.eriknetwork.net



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• Exchangeexperiencesprogressedindiferentregionsandcontextinor-

dertodevelopmoreefectiveregionalorinterregionalpolicies;

• Organisespecicdiscussiongroupsandworkshopsonselectedtopicso

commoninterest;

• Extendattheinterregionallevelthecollaborationrelationshipbetween

thediferentactorsotheregionalknowledgesysteminvolved;

• Increasetheknow-howomainregionalactorsasarasinnovation,tech-

nologytranserandtheknowledgeeconomypromotionareconcerned;

• ExchangeinormationontheprogressoRegionalProgrammesoInno-

vativeActionsledbynetworkparticipantsinviewoimprovingthetools

ortheuture;

• Co-operatewithotherrelatedEUinitiatives.

Theactivities oERIK includeworkshops, seminars, studyvisits, conerences,

policyorumetc.ashighlightedinthenewsandnewsletters.ERIKisanopen

network.

5.1.2 IANIS26

TheobjectivesotheIANIS(InnovativeActionsNetworkortheInormation

Society)networkhavebeen:

• Sustainandurtherdevelopinterregionalnetworking,andparticularlyto

providenetworksupporttoregionswithapprovedInnovativeActions

projects,inthecontextotheinormationsocietyandStructuralFunds’

investments.It aimsto support widespreadsharingo inormation,ex-

perienceandgoodpracticethroughanelectroniccommunicationsplat-

orm,physicalandvirtualnewsletters,workshops,seminars,annualcon-erencesandpolicyoraandastudyvisitsexchangescheme;

• Design,develop,maintain,andprovideaccesstoane-RegionHubwith

aprojects’databaseandwithlinkstoothermaterialsandreportsorele-

vancetoregionalInormationSocietydevelopersworkinginthecontext

otheStructuralFunds.

Thesecomplementaryactivitiesaredesignedtoenhancetheexchangeoin-

ormation,experience,know-howandexpertisebetweentheparticipatingre-

gionsespeciallywithaviewtoimprovingandincreasingtheuseoStructural

Funds’investmentsspeciicallyorregionalinormationsocietydevelopment

andmoregenerallyorregionaleconomicandsocialdevelopment.

5.1.3 EuropeanRegionalSustainableDevelopment27

TheobjectivesotheEuropeanRegionalSustainableDevelopmentNetwork

hasbeen:

• Monitor and evaluate innovative approaches to sustainable develop-

mentataregionallevel.

• Reporton and disseminateresearch and best practicesin the area o

sustainabilitypracticesinregions.

• ProvideaorumorTrans-regionaldiscussionandsharingoexperience

onsustainabledevelopment.

(26)

Website for information:

www.ianis.net(27)

Website for information:www.sustainable-euregions.net/





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RISregionsactivelyparticipateineachother’sactivities,likethemeetingsothe

SteeringCommittees.Theregionsarealsoconstructinganationaldatabaseon

standardinormationonsocio-economicdata.

TheobjectivesotheGreekRITTS/RISassociationaretoconductresearchon

innovationactivities,co-ordinationotheEuropeanInnovationsProgrammes,

promotionoInnovation,co-operationwithuniversities,researchcentres,pro-ductionunitsandespeciallywithSMEsontheonehand,andwiththenational

ministriesandregionalandlocalauthoritiesontheotherhand,andinally,elab-

orationoInnovationprogrammesindependentlyorinco-operationwithother

actors.Internationallythenetworkaimstoco-operatewiththecorresponding

organisationsotheotherMemberStatesandwiththeEuropeanInstitutions.

5.3.2 TheNationalInnovationNetwork(RINO)30

TheRINONetworkisthebasisoajointplatormorcollaborationandex-

changeoexperiencesintheareaoInnovativeStrategies,Policies,Actionsand

Projects.RINOisopentoallregionalactorsinGreece,implementingRegionalInnovationProjects.

ThekeyobjectiveoRINOistobuildlinkagesbetweentheregionalinnova-

tionProgrammeswithotherregionsinGreeceandintheEUandwithnetworks

andotherorganizationsthatareactiveintheieldoinnovationinrelationto

regionalandlocaldevelopment.Theselinkagesenabledtheregionstoshare

experiences and lessons and develop collaborative relationships during the

Programmeimplementationperiodsandintheuture.

RINOacilitatesthedisseminationotheresultsandoutcomesotheRegional

Programmes and eases the transer o the regions’ experience and concrete

outcomestootherstakeholders.Equally,theregionsproitbytheexperience

oothersworkandareabletokeepabreastothelatestdevelopmentsintech-nologiesandinthemanagementoinnovation.

Themaintargeto RINO,isto enableallregionsto entera commonlearning

platorm,basedupon:

• Collaborationamongallregionalinnovationplayersandstakeholdersin

Greece

• Exchangeoexperiencesconcerningthe implementationo innovative

ICTprojects

• Promotionoaccesstonewbusinessinnovationtoolsandplatorms

• Enhancementotheexistingoundationsoregionalandinter-regionallearningopportunities

TheRINOnetworkaimstowardsthemajorgoalolinkingtogethertheresults

obtained through the RegionalInnovation Projectsand Actions, in order to

presentandpromotetheoutcomesataregionalandnationallevel.

Anumberoregionsseektoimplementspeciicactionsdevelopedduringthe

ormulation o their regional innovation strategy through the European Re-

gionalDevelopmentFundInnovativeActions.In thisbasis,RINOis aimingto

oersubstantialassistanceandknowledgetranserviatheexchangeogood

practiceexperienceinnumerousaspects.

TheRINO network was designed, developed and co-undedunder the RIPEProject(RegionalInnovationoPeloponnesus),aspartoInnovativeActions

2000-2006.

(30)

Website for information:www.rinonet.org



5.4 OtherEUresourcesoninnovation

InnovationisakeydriverorthestrengtheningoEurope’scompetitiveness.

Thissectionpresentssomeothelatestinnovationpolicyresourcesavailable

atCommunitylevel.

5.4.1 TheCORDISInnovationportal31

CORDIS,theweb-basedCommunityR&Dandinnovationinormationservice,

isaninteractivewebsitethatlinkstogetherpolicymakers,managersotheEu-

ropeanUnionR&Dactivitieswithplayersinresearchandindustry.Itprovides

coverageoEuropean,nationalandregionalresearchprogrammesaswellas

coveringawiderangeoinnovationservices.

TheaimistobridgeCommunityandnationalpoliciesonresearch,innovation

andSMEsandtoosterlinksbetweenacademiaandindustryacrossnational

andsectoralborders.

5.4.2 TheIREThematicNetworks32

ThenetworkoInnovatingRegionsinEurope(IRE)isthejointplatormor

collaborationandexchangeoexperiencesinthedevelopmentoregionalin-

novationpoliciesandschemes.

Thenetworkaimstoenableregionstoaccessnewtoolsandschemesorin-

novationpromotion and to createan inter-regional learningprocess. It also

seekstoputinnovationatthetopotheregionalpolicyagenda.Itisopento

allEuropeanregionsthatcandemonstrategoodpracticeinthepromotiono

innovation.

(31)

Website for information:http://cordis.europa.eu.int/innovation

(32)

Website for information:www.innovative-regions.org

Topics ACENET BASAN BIGEAR CAFÉ CRO BO BU CO INNOBA-SME METROPOLIS PARTNER PROWOMEN SAIL SCONE STRINNOP VERITE

Academic-Industriallinks

Agro-oodsector

Benchmarking

Businessopportunities

Businessplans

Clusters

Co-operationwithNACs

Creationonewbusiness

Exploitationoresearch

Incubators

Innovationbarriers

Innovationculture

Innovationinance

Innovationmanagement

Innovationsupport

Knowledgemanagement

Legislation

Productdevelopment

Publicpolicies

R&D

Regionalindicators

RITTS/RISmethodologySupplychain

Technologytranser



The14ThematicNetworksthatbringtogetherover250innovationstakehold-

ersthroughoutEuropeinordertoexchangegoodpracticeonspeciicregional

innovationpolicytopicsaredepictedabove:

5.4.3TheRINNOdatabase33

TheRegionalINNOvation & technology transer (RINNO) database aimsto

provideacentralresourceoroneregionto indouthowothersareinnovat-

ing.Itcontainsvalidateddetailsoninnovationactivitiesandworkhasalready

started intheareas:Increasingtheawarenesso theinnovationprocess,Un-

derstandingtheneedsoSMEsandhowtomeetthem,Supportinginnovation

projectsviastrategyandstadevelopment,Helpingregionalbusinessservices

tomeetthechallenge,andMakingbetterlinksbetweenSMEsandtheknowl-

edgebase.

ThepurposeoRINNOistosharetheinnovationexperiencesanduseelectronic

mediatoallowregionstogetpracticalhelponimprovingtheirinnovationprac-

tices.ItissupportedbyDGEnterprise,DGRegionalPolicyandDGResearch.

5.4.4TheTrendChartonInnovationinEurope34

TheTrendChartisatoolorinnovationpolicymakersandmanagersinEu-

rope.Itprovidesinormationandanalysis,atnationalandCommunitylevel,

oninnovationpolicies,practicesandperormances(mainlyintheieldsoin-

novationinance,innovativebusinesses,intellectualpropertyrights,and the

transerotechnologybetweenresearchandindustry).

Italsoconstitutesaorumorbenchmarkingandortheexchangeanddiu-

sionogoodpracticesintheieldoinnovationpolicy.

SeveralcountriesthatareaverageorpoorperormersontheSummaryInnova-

tionIndex,suchasLuxembourg,Italy,Greece,Portugal,EstoniaandSlovenia

perorm muchbetter on the indicators ornon-technicalchange. Thegood

perormanceoseveralothenewMemberStatesandGreeceandPortugal

isencouraging, since substantial changesto organizationand management,

aspartoamodernizationprocess,mayprovidethenecessaryoundationor

bothanincreaseinpercapitaGDPandthecapacitytoinnovate.

(33)

Website for information :www.rinno.com/

(34)

Website for information:http://trendchart.cordis.lu/

2 0 0 4 S u m m a r y I n n o v a t i o n I n d e x

Averagechangeintrendindicators(%)



5.4.5TheInnovationRelayCentresNetwork 35

ThemissionotheIRCsistosupportinnovationandtransnationaltechno-

logicalco-operation in Europe witha range o specialised businesssupport

services.IRCservicesareprimarilytargetedattechnology-orientedsmalland

medium-sizedenterprises,butarealsoavailabletolargecompanies,research

institutes,universities,technologycentresandinnovationagencies.

TheirstInnovationRelayCentreswereestablishedin1995withthesupporto

theEuropeanCommission.Theaimwastocreateapan-Europeanplatormto

stimulatetransnationaltechnologytranserandpromoteinnovationservices.

AsoOctober2004,71regionalIRCsspan33countries-25EUMemberStates

plusBulgaria,Romania,Iceland,Israel,Norway,Switzerland,TurkeyandChile.

MostIRCsareoperatedbyconsortiaoqualiiedregionalorganisationssuch

as Chambers o Commerce, RegionalDevelopment Agencies and university

TechnologyCentres.Altogether,almost250partnerorganisationsareinvolved,

ensuringwidegeographiccoverage.

5.4.6BusinessandInnovationCentres36&theEuropeanBIC

Network 37

TheBICsaimistoactasaninstrumenttoassistregionaldevelopmentand

businessesbyprovidingsupportorinnovativebusinessmenanddeveloping

SMEs.Theirtaskis tohelpcreatenew generationsoinnovativeSMEsandto

developandmodernisethosewhichalreadyexist,aspartotheprocessoin-

dustrialspatialplanning.Throughtheir“risk-adviser”approachbasedonapro-

essionalapproachtobusiness,theBICshaveanimportantroletoplayinthe

disadvantagedregions.TheresultsotheirworkledtheEuropeanCommission

torecommend,initsGuidelinesortheStructuralFunds2000-2006thattheregionalprogrammesshouldencouragetheestablishmentosuchstructures

inallassistedareasandmoreintensiveuseotheexistingBICsinimplementing

regionaldevelopmentmeasures.

EBNisaEuropeannetworkgathering160BICsandsimilarorganisationssuch

asincubators,innovationcentresandentrepreneurshipcentres.EBNwascre-

atedabout20yearsagobytheEuropeanCommissionandEuropeanIndustry

leaders.EBNisaBrussels-basedteamco-ordinatingtheactivitiesothemem-

bersandprovidingservicestothem,includingimplementationointernational

projects/contractswiththeEuropeanCommission.

5.4.7ISTResultsService38

Over3.6billioneuroshavebeenspentonthousandsonear-marketprojects

bytheEuropeanCommission’sInormationSocietyTechnologies(IST)research

initiativewithmoreinvestmentplannedortheuture.ISTResultshasbeen

developedby DGInormationSocietyto helpindout whatishappeningon

theuseoICTinallaspectsoworkandhomelie,includinghealth,transport,

leisure,retail,businesssystems,government,inanceandcommunications.

TheISTResultsservicegiveson-linenewsandanalysisontheemergingre-

sultsromInormationSocietyTechnologiesresearch.Theservicereportson

prototypeproductsand servicesreadyorcommercialisationas wellas work

inprogressandinterimresultswithsigniicantpotentialorexploitation.The

servicetapsintothemainstreamcommunicationschannelsusedbytechnol-

(35)

Website for information:http://irc.cordis.lu/

(36) Website for information:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/innovation/innovating/bic_en.htm

(37) Website for information:

www.ebn.be

(38)

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ogyusers in business, industry andpublic authorities as well as connecting

withresearchnetworks,themediaandinvestors.

5.4.8PAXIS39

PAXIS,the PilotActiono Excellenceon InnovativeStart-ups,was launchedin1999,ollowingtheFirstEuropeanForumorInnovativeEnterprisesheldin

Vienna.ThisPilotAction,launchedbytheEuropeanCommission’sEnterprise

Directorate-General,hasthreemainpriorityareas:ThematicNetworks,consist-

ingo22Europeancitiesandregions,Projectsdesignedtovalidatestart-up

concepts,andAccompanyingMeasures,aimingtosupportPAXIS.

The EuropeanCommission’sEnterprise Directorate-Generaldeveloped PAXIS

totakeexampleromtheexperienceotheRegionsoExcellenceandlearn

romtheoutstandingpoliciesthatsupporttheirnetworkingactivities.Thisa-

cilitatesbetterdocumentationopolicydecisionsandtheelaborationosolid

measures,whichenableregionstobemoreinnovativeandcompetitive,simul-

taneouslytranserringtheirexpertisetootherregions.Creationonewinnova-tiveenterprises,supportospin-ocompaniesanddevelopmentostart-ups

aresomeothemainpolicyobjectivesinboththeEUandworldwide.PAXIS

aspirestogatheralltheseideasandrecommendationsandthroughadvanced

networkingandcollaboration,makethemproliicandaccessible.

5.4.9IPRHelpdesk 40

TheIntellectualPropertyRights(IPR)Helpdeskwasestablishedin1998byDG

EnterpriseinordertohelpSMEsandmembersotheEU-undedRTDcommu-

nitywithIPR-relatedissues.

Theserviceincludesamultilingualwebsite,containingtutorialsandguides,andareelegalhelpline.TheHelpdeskdealswitha widevarietyoIPRques-

tionsrangingrom“licensing”to“consortiumagreements”andanyother“IPR

issues”thatarisewhenundertakingresearchactivities.

5.4.10TheGate2GrowthInitiative41

TheGate2GrowthInitiative,whichissupportedbytheEuropeanCommission

underitsInnovation/SMEsprogramme,isthepan-EuropeanBusinessPlatorm

or:

• Entrepreneursseekingnancing(BusinessMatching),

• Investors(InvestorNet),

• TechnologyIncubatorManagers(IncubatorForum),

• KnowledgeTranserOces(ProtonEurope),

• Academia inentrepreneurship, innovation andnance(AcademicNet-

work),

• Innovativecompaniesseekingexpertserviceproviders(ServiceCentre)

TheprimeobjectiveotheGate2GrowthInitiativeistosupportinnovativeen-

trepreneursinEurope.

Inaddition,Gate2GrowthaimstoassistInnovationProessionalsimprovetheircapacity to assist entrepreneurs by ostering networking and the exchange

(39)

Website for information:www.cordis.lu/paxis

(40)

Website for information:www.ipr-helpdesk.org

(41)

Website for information:www.gate2growth.com



oexperienceandgoodpracticeatEuropeanlevel.Theseincludeearlystage

technology venture capital investors, managers o technology incubators,

managersoindustrialliaisonandtechnologytranseroiceslinkedtouniver-

sities andresearch centres,academics in entrepreneurship,inanceresearch

andteaching.

Gate2Growththusprovidestools,inrastructureandsupportservicesdirectedtoinnovativeentrepreneursaswellastotheirsupporters.

5.5Nationalsupportorinnovation42

TheGeneralSecretariat orResearchand Technology(GSRT) is the central

agencyortheadministrationotheGreekR&Dsystem,responsibleordrawing

upandimplementingnationalR&Dstrategy.Currentprioritiesincludeincreas-

ingdemandornewknowledgeandresearchresults,andreorganisationothe

nationalresearchsystemtoincreaseitsmarketandinternationalorientation.

5.5.1TANEO43

TANEO,theNewEconomyDevelopmentFund,isastate-controlledinvest-

mentvehiclethatstartedoperatingearly2002asaventurecapital(VC)undo

undstoinvestinGreekventurecapitalcompaniesorVCmutualunds.TANEO’s

missionistoinanceprivateventurecapitalirmswhichinvestininnovative

enterprisesintheirinitialstageodevelopment.

TANEO considers only investment proposals rom investment organisations

whichocusprimarilyonventurecapitalinvestmentininnovativebusinesses

thatareorwillbeactivewithinthe«neweconomy»,e.g.telecommunications,

inormationtechnology,e-commerce,biotechnology,newmaterials,orthose

withacompetitiveadvantagearisingromtechnologyapplication.

TANEOisinancedthroughaannualgovernmentbudgetstemmingromthe

privatisationo publiccompanies,salesootherpublicassetsor provisiono

rights.

Theorganisation’skeychallengesareto:

• Raiseapproximately150millioneurosuntilend2004tobespreadacross

undstargetingGreekSMEsinvestingin«neweconomy»enterprises.

• Bridgethegapbetweengovernmentandventurecapitalistssoastocre-

atearameworkorwin-wincollaboration,ensuring,amongotherthings,

bettertransparencyandalongertermvisionorinvestments.

• SeizeuntappedinvestmentopportunitiesinGreece.

• Extend its activities tocompanies outside the «new economy» sector,

whichstillrepresentaverylimitedsegmentothemarket.

TANEOisrestrictedtobeingaminorityinvestorinanyventure,asthereshould

benostatecontrolothenewbusinessesbeingdeveloped.Theroleothe

stateistobeacatalyst,notakeyplayer.

TANEOhasastandardprocessorevaluatingbusinessplans,intheollowing

way.Firstisconceptclearance,whichinvolvesaninitialscreeningotheplans

submittedbythosemembersotheund’smanagementteamwiththe best

expertiseintheindustryconcerned.

(42)

Websites for information:http://cordis.europa.eu.int/greece/

and http://www.gsrt.gr/default.asp?V_LANG_ID=2

(43)

Website for information:www.taneo.gr



IthebusinessproposalpassestheirsttestTANEOwillinvitetheentrepreneurs

andtheinvestmentpartneroraninterviewwiththemanagementteam.Such

ace-to-acemeetingsallowtheinvestmentpartnertobetterunderstandthe

nonquantiiableaspectso thepotentialpartnershipsuch asthe aspirations

andambitionotheentrepreneursandthepersonalchemistrybetweenpo-

tentialcollaborators.

Finallythesubmissionoaullbusinessplanisrequested,withanapproximate

5-yearprojectionothebusiness.Intheinalevaluationotheullbusinessplan

itpassesthroughalegalandeconomiccontrolandauditing.Last,thebusiness

planissubmittedtoaninvestmentcommitteethathastheinalwordinap-

proving,askingorclariications/modiicationsorrejectingtheinvestment.

Theselectionoinvestmentorganisationsisbasedonsimilarcriteriatothose

usedbyventurecapitalirmstoselectcompaniesorinvestment.Thesecriteria

comprisetheapplicant’smanagementteam,thesuitabilityothetargetmar-

ket,anticipatedinvestments,deal track record, investment strategy, balance

betweenundsizeandexpecteddealssize,inancialviabilityandcommercial

andlegaltermsaswellasevidenceosupportromprivatesectorinvestors.

TANEO is entitled to auditthe investment organisation and its investments

asandwhenitseesit,usingtheauditorsoitschoice.Agreementsbetween

TANEOandeachinvestmentorganisationwillensuresuicientdiversiication

oinvestments,thatinvestmentsaremadeonlyatarms’length,incompanies

independentromtheshareholders/participantsintheinvestmentorganisa-

tion,theobligationtopayincapitalcontributionsincashandtheprotectiono

minorityrightsandthemannerinwhichsuchrightsareexercised.

Further, TANEO is launchingan initiative or supporting and promoting the

conceptobusinessangelstogetherwiththeGreekFederationoEntrepre-

neurs(EENE).ForexampleTANEOwillsupportbusinessangelsbyproviding

a20%downsideprotectionincaseobankruptcyotheventureinwhichthe

businessangelisinvesting.

TANEOistheorganiserbehindtheVentureCapitalForum,anannualeventpro-

vidingtheopportunityorresearchers,newentrepreneurs,start-upcompanies

andnewtechnology-basedirmstoparticipateinbilateralbusinessmeetings

withGreekandinternationalventurecapitalirms.

TheInternationalVentureCapitalForumwithentrepreneurs rom innovative

start-up companies and new technology-based irms in Greece, Bulgaria,

Cyprus,Israel, Romania andTurkeyis thelargest internationalprivateequity

oruminSoutheastEurope.



Annex I:

Maps

Regionaleconomies

basedonknowledgeand

technologicalinnovation

eEuropeRegio:The

inormationsocietyat

theserviceoregional

development

Regionalidentityandaus-

tainabledevelopment

ERIK

IANIS

SD

ERIC+IANIS

ERIC+SD

IANIS-SD

RegionalProgrammesoInnovativeActions2001-2006

NetworkoInnovativeActions



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Annex II:

Glossaryoterms

Benchmarking

Themeasurementoperormanceagainstbestpracticeasameansosettinggoalsor

improvementappliedbyirmstobusinessprocessesorbynationalorregionalpolicy-

makers.

Bestpractice

Themethodsandachievementsorecognizedleader(s)inaparticularield.

Cluster

Agroupingolargecompanies,smallandmedium-sizedenterprisesanduniversitiesor

largepublicresearchinstitutionsoperatinginaparticularsectorandregiondesigned

tostimulateinnovativeactivitybypromotingintensiveinteractions.

CommunitySupportFrameworks

TheCommunitySupportFrameworks(CSF)coordinateEUregionalactivities,occasion-

allyinvolvingtheourStructuralFunds(ERDFEuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFund,

ESF EuropeanSocialFund,EAGGF- European AgriculturalGuidanceand Guarantee

Fund,FIFG-FinancialInstrumentorFisheriesGuidance)andtheEIB-EuropeanInvest-

mentBank.Ineachcase,however,theprojectsmustbeincorporatedintoplansalready

developedbynationalauthorities,regionalauthoritiesandtheireconomicpartners.

EU-15/EU-25

Euro-jargonacronymsreerringrespectivelytothe15and25“EuropeanUnion”Member

Statesbeoreandater01/05/2004.

EuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFund(ERDF)

TheERDFisintendedtohelpreduceimbalancesbetweenregionsotheCommunity.The

Fundwassetupin1975andgrantsinancialassistanceordevelopmentprojectsinthepoorerregions.Intermsoinancialresources,theERDFisbyarthelargestotheEU’s

StructuralFunds.

IMTs

InnovationManagementTechniques.Methodologiesandtoolssupportingtheprocess

oinnovation.IMTsoperateinR&D,innovationinance,technologytranser,product/

processdevelopment,andtechnologynetworking.

ManagingBody

AnorganisationassignedtocarryoutthemanagementandadministrationoaPRAI

NUTS

TheNomenclatureoTerritorialUnitsorStatistics(NUTS)wascreatedbytheEuropean

OiceorStatistics(Eurostat)inordertocreateasingleandcoherentstructureoterrito-rialdistribution.IthasbeenusedintheCommunitylegislationpertainingtotheStruc-

turalFundssince1988.

Thecurrentnomenclaturesubdividesthe15countriesotheEuropeanUnioninto:

• 78NUTSlevel1 territorialunits:the GermanLänder,regionsin Belgium,Denmark,

Sweden,Ireland,WalesandScotland,theareasincludedinthespatialplanningstudy

ZEATinFrance,andotherlargeregions.

• 210NUTSlevel2territorialunits:theautonomousregionsinSpain,Frenchregionsand

overseasdepartments(DOM),theBelgianandDutchprovinces,theItalianregions,the

AustrianLänder,theGerman‘Regierungsbezirke’(primaryadministrativesub-division

oaLänd)etc.

• 1093NUTSlevel3territorialunits:theNomoiinGreece,theMaakunnatinFinland,the

LäninSweden,theKreiseinGerman,theFrenchdepartments,theSpanishandItalian

provincesetc.

EligibilityorObjective1aswellasorthePRAIsisprincipallydeinedwithreerence

toNUTSlevel2,whileObjective2areasaregenerallydeinedwithreerencetoNUTSlevel3.



Objectives1and2

TheAgenda2000reormothestructuralundsocusesassistanceavailableunderthe

Community’sregionalpolicyoncrucialdevelopmentproblems.Thepresentrulesthus

envisagethesettingothreepriorityobjectives,ascomparedwithsixpreviously.

Objective 1:promotesthecatching-upotheeconomiesoregionswhosedevelopment

islaggingbehind.Itis“regionalised”inthatitappliestostatisticallydemarcatedregions.

OnlythosewhosepercapitaGDPislessthan75%otheCommunityaverageareeligible.

Theseven“outermost”regions,theareasinSwedenandFinlandwithverylowpopulationdensityandNorthernIrelandalsoreceiveassistance.Inall,Objective1coverssixtyorso

regionsinthirteenMemberStates.Transitionalsupportisalsoavailableoveraseven-year

periodorthe regionspreviouslyeligiblebetween1994and1999 andaperormance

reserveorthemostvirtuousregionshasbeensetup.Objective1receives70%othe

structuralunds’budget(i.e.137billionoversevenyears),whichisbrokendownbetween

theourunds(ERDF,ESF,EAGGFGuidanceSectionandFIFG).Basicinrastructures,the

developmentohumanresources,investmentinresearchandinnovation,andtheinor-

mationsocietyaretheourmainpriorityareas.

Objective 2:contributestotheeconomicandsocialconversionoregionsinstructural

diiculties.Itisalsoregionalised:thedemarcationoeligibleareasdependsbothonna-

tionalandEuropeanpopulationceilings(18%otheUnion’spopulation)andonspeciic

socio-economiccriteria.Fourcategoriesoeligibleareaaredeined:areasundergoing

economicchangeinindustryandtheservicesector,decliningruralareas,urbanareasin

diicultyanddepressedareasdependentonisheries.Sincealltheirterritoryiseligible

underObjective1,Greece,IrelandandPortugaldonotqualiyorassistanceunderOb-

jective2.TransitionalsupportisalsoavailableortheregionspreviouslyeligibleunderObjectives2 and5(b)duringtheperiod1994-99.TheObjective2 budgetamounts to

22.5billionoversevenyears(11.5%othetotalbudget)andisinancedbytheERDFand

theESF.

Operationalprogramme

ItmeansthedocumentapprovedbytheCommissiontoimplementaCommunitySup-

portFramework andcomprisinga consistent seto prioritiescomprisingmultiannual

measuresandwhichmaybeimplementedthroughrecoursetooneormoreFunds,to

oneormoreotheotherexistinginancialinstrumentsandtotheEuropeanInvestment

Bank. An integrated operational programme means an operational programme is i-

nancedbymorethanoneFund.

Spin-o/Spin-out

Anewcompanyestablishedtocommercialisetheknowledgeandskillsoauniversityor

corporateresearchteam.

Start-up

Anewlyormedcompany.

StructuralFunds

TheEU’sStructuralFundsareadministeredbytheCommissiontoinanceCommunity

structuralaid.TheycomprisetheGuidanceSectionotheEAGGForagriculture,theRe-

gionalFundorstructuralaidundertheregionalpolicy,theSocialFundorsocialpolicy

measures,andtheFinancialInstrumentorFisheries(FIFG).Financialsupportromthe

StructuralFundsmainlygoestothepoorerregionstostrengthentheUnion’seconomic

andsocialcohesionsothatthechallengesothesinglemarketcanbemetrightacross

theEU.

SWOTanalysis

AnanalysistechniquecomparingtheinternalStrengthsandWeaknessesagainsttheex-

ternalOpportunitiesandThreats

Technologyaudit

Aormalmethodorevaluatingacompany’stechnologyassetsandrequirements.

Technologytranser

Thetransero technology orknow-howbetweenorganisationsthrough licensing or

marketingagreements,co-developmentarrangements,trainingortheexchangeoper-

sonnel.



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Annex III:

Abbreviations

CSF CommunitySupportFramework

DG DirectorateGeneral

EC EuropeanCommission

ERDF EuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFund

EU EuropeanUnion

GNP GrossNationalProduct

IC T I normationandCommunicationTechnologies

R&TD Research&TechnologyDevelopment

ROP RegionalOperatingProgramme

SME SmallandMedium-sizedEnterprise

PRAI,RPIA RegionalProgrammeoInnovativeActions

RTP RegionalTechnologyPlans

RTT Pluri-RegionalTechnologyTranserProjects

RIS, RIS+ Regional InnovationStrategies

IRISI Inter-Regional InormationSocietyInitiative

RISI1,RISI2,RISI+Pluri-RegionalPilotProjects/Applicationsintheieldothe

InormationSociety

RITTS RegionalInnovationandTechnologyTranserStrategies

TRIPS Trans-RegionalInnovationProjects

RIS-NAC

Regional Innovation Strategies or Newly Associated Coun-

tries

KnowREG RegionsoKnowledgeinitiative



Annex IV:

Summaries otheGreek Regional Programmes oInnovativeActions

Greeceisdividedinto13regions,whichconstitutethedecentralisedadminis-

trativeunitsothestateaccordingtoLaw2503/199744.Thisdivisionollowsthe

2000-2006periodNUTSlevel2areaclassiicationorGreekregionsaspictured

intheollowingtable.

NUTS 2 Region PRAI

GR11AnatolikiMakedonia&Thraki(Eastern

Macedonia&Thrace) TechnogenesisinREMTh

GR12KentrikiMakedonia(CentralMacedo-

nia)Excellence-in-CM

GR13 DytikiMakedonia(WestMacedonia) K-CLUSTERS

GR14 Thessalia(Thessaly) INVENT

GR21 Ipeiros(Epirus) ENTI

GR22 IoniaNisia(IonianIslands) 3I

GR23 DytikiEllada(WesternGreece) INNAC T-R WG

GR24 StereaEllada(ContinentalGreece) RISE

GR25 Peloponissos(Peloponnesse) RIPE

GR3 Attiki(Attica) ARI-ACT

GR41 VoreioAigaio(NorthAegean) NAIAS

GR42 NotioAigaio(SouthAegean) ISTOS

GR43 Kriti(Crete) CRINNO

Subsequentlyatwopagesummaryothe13RegionalProgrammesoInnova-

tiveActions(PRAIs)withtherelevantcontactinormationisprovided.

FormoreinormationonPRAIsattheEUlevelcontactshouldbemadewith:

EuropeanCommission

DirectorateGeneralRegionalPolicy

DirectorateThematicdevelopment,impact,evaluationandinnovativeactionsUnit Innovative Actions

B-1049Brussels

Belgium

E-mail:[email protected]

Fax:+32(2)2955360

(44)

Website for information:www.ypes.gr/kapodistrias/index.html



IntroductiontoRegionalInnovation

Following the overall analysis o the situation concerning Innovation in

Greece,itisveryinterestingtoseeindetailtheactionsothePrograms,in

ordertobeabletoormadetailedpictureothespectrumandthevarietyo

theapproachtoInnovationundertakenbytheGreekRegions.

EspeciallyortheRegionoWesternMacedonia,atraditionallyisolatedRegion

andsociety,thiseditionconstitutesanimportanttoolinassistingthelocalac-

torstoknowthevisionsandambitions,as wellas theeortsundertakenor

theimplementationoinnovativeactionsandactivitiesromtheotherGreek

Regions.Thereore,this edition isexpected topositively contribute towards

wideninguptheperspectiveothelocalactorsandincreasingtheaddedvalue

otheplanningotheirutureinnovativeactionsatalllevelsandnamelyduring

thepreparationothenextgenerationotheRegionalOperationalProgram.

Ontheotherhand,thiseditioncontributestowardsstrengtheningthealready

closerelationsdevelopedamongtheGreekRegionsthatactuallyormavirtual

orumortheexchangeoideasandexperiencesorprojects,interventions

andactionsintheieldoInnovation.Itiscertainthattheregistrationoall

theGreekInnovativeActionsinoneeditionwillassisttheenrichmentanddis-

seminationothedatabaseoHellenicInnovation.

Finally, the brie description o the various actions o the Greek InnovationProgramswillormanidealbackgroundortheamiliarizationotheRegions

otheneighbouringcountrieswithInnovationinGreece,arequestotenex-

pressedtotherepresentativesotheGreekProgramsoInnovation.Theocal

pointothisattemptistheenrichmentothethinktankothesecountrieswith

examplesandcasesoactionsimplementedintheirvicinity,bypeoplewitha

verysimilarmentalityandattitude.Thus,theycanmoreeasilyexploittherich

experienceacquiredandadaptittothespeciiclocalconditions,intherame-

workotheirutureeortointroducingInnovationwithintheireconomyand,

ultimately,intotheirsociety.

Consideringthiseditionanimportanteortthatincreasestheoveralladded

valueotheimplementationotheInnovativeActionsinGreece,IinviteyoutoreadintheollowingpagestheInnovativeActionsotheGreekRegions.

YannisFallas

ProjectManagerothe“K-Clusters”

InnovativeActionsotheRegionoWesternMacedonia



Hellenic Regions



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KnowledgeClustersinWestMacedonia

Programme Acronym

K-Clusters

Themes

ϋTechnologicalInnovation

ϋInformationSociety

ϋRegionalIdentity&SustainableDevel-

opment

Duration

32months

05/2003-12/2005

Funding (estimated)ERDF €2.500.000

Public €750.000

Private €750.000

Web-site

www.pepdym.gr

Thematic Networks

ERIK

IANIS


ϋNationalInnovationNetwork

Sectors

• Energy

• BrownCoalAshResidue

• Marble

• Fur,Leather

• Wood

• Specialmaterialrecycling

Managing Body

ManagementAuthorityfortheROPofthe

RegionofWestMacedonia

Strategy

The proactive policy o“k-clusters” is to create the public-private

partnershipthatcanplayanimportantroleindevelopingknowledge

generationthroughinter-regionalcollectivelearningandcross-sec-

torinteractiveprocesses.Thus,theSME’s(privatesector)lookortheir

own path to ace the economic challenges by seeking innovative

activitiesandtheregionalauthoritiesconsideralargerroleinbuild-

inginnovationpolicy eiciency andin promotingcompetitiveness.

Theclusterapproachwillnotproduce“competence”,especiallyinthe

smallor“amilyrun”irmsoWesternMacedonia,unlessthisnetwork-

ingissponsoredbyacollectiveregionalinterestthatwillacthorizon-

tallyandwhichcan:

• Providecontinuouslowocommunicationandknowledgetrans-

ercapability

• Promoteinnovationandcollectivelyattractthirdpartyinancing

Partnership

• GeneralSecretaryotheRegionoWestMacedonia

• DirectorandrepresentativesoR.O.P.ManagementAuthority

• DirectorandrepresentativesotheRegionalDevelopmentFund

• InnovationExperts

• RepresentativeoMinistryoNationalEconomyandFinance

• RepresentativeoMinistryoMacedonia&Thrace

• PresidentoWestMacedoniaTechnicalChambersBranch

• PresidentoKozaniChambersoCommerce&Industry

• Representative oSolid FuelTechnology and Applications Insti-

tute

• DirectoroHellenicFurCenter

• DirectoroGrevenaDevelopmentAgency(ANGRES.A.)

• DirectoroIntermunicipalWasteManagementAgency(DIADYMA

S.A.)

• RepresentativeoUniversityoWesternMacedonia

• RepresentativeoURENIOResearchUnit• RepresentativeoUniversityoThessaly

• DirectoroDevelopmentProgramDirection(ANKOS.A.)

• PresidentoWestMacedoniaEconomicChambersBranch




+32-2-2994454

+32-2-2962473

[email protected]

EU Contact person

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KnowledgeClustersinWestMacedonia

Region

DytikiMakedonia

Status

Objective1area

Surface Area (in sq. km)

9.451

Population

293.015

Regional Innovation history

RIS(1996-1999)

RIS+(2000-2002)

ϋwww.perdytmak.gr

Theme: Technological Innovation

Sub-theme: Business Advisory services: Technology forecasting and Technology

Audits in SMEs

DevelopmentoInnovationinthesectoroMarble.

ϋ www.tdm.tee.gr/mar.in.gr


Sub-theme: Clusters and business networks: development of a regional innova-

tion strategy

DevelopmentoInnovationinthesub-contractingsupplychains

othePublicPowerCorporation.

ϋ www.kozani.chambernet.gr



Audits in SMEs

DevelopmentoNewProductswiththeuseotheLignitecon-

sumptionresidue“tera”.

ϋ www.lyash.gr



Audits in SMEs

DevelopmentoNewProducts,methodsomanuacturingand/

ordevelopmentprocessintheFurandLeathersectors.

ϋ www.urs.gr



Audits in SMEs

Developmento Newproductsand/ormanuacturingprocess

and/ormethodsintheWoodsector.

ϋ www.angre.gr

Theme: Regional identity and sustainable development

Sub-theme: Services and applications for the citizen: health, administration,

education

DevelopmentoInnovation,intermsonewservicesandentre-

preneurship,intheieldothecollection,re-useandrecyclingo

speciicmaterials.

ϋ www.diadyma.gr

Theme: Information Society

Sub-theme: Services and applications for SMEs: electronic commerce and trans-

actions, education and training, networking

E-clusterknowledgetools.ϋ www.uowm.gr,www.urenio.org




InnovativeKnowledgeManagement.

ϋ www.innowestmac.gr,www.anko.gr/eic

Yannis Fallas

ProjectManager

+30-2310-446560

+30-24610-49948

[email protected]

Further information

≈Τ@



TechnogenesisinRegionEasternMacedonia

&Thrace

Programme Acronym

TechnogenesisinREMTH

Themes


InformationSociety

RegionalIdentity&SustainableDevel

opment

Duration

36months

01/2003-12/2005


Public €690.000

Private €200.000

Web-site

www.technogenesis.gr/index.

jsp?setlanguage=en_US

Thematic Networks

ERIK

IANIS



Sectors

• Businessservices

Managing Body

ManagingAuthorityoftheROPoftheRe-

gionofEasternMacedonia&Thrace

Strategy

TheTechnogenesisProgrammeintroducesapilotinnovationstrat-

egyintheRegionoEastMacedoniaandThrace.Itocusesonthe

development o a regional network among dierent segments o

theregional productionsystem, including local technologicalinsti-

tutions,technologicalserviceproviders,researchersandinnovators,

andsourcesoinance.Thepilotprogrammeisstructuredintheol-

lowingactionsandmeasures:

• Mobilization or likely new products ideas: Soliciting individual

ideas,Solicitinggroupideas,Reiningideas,Clusteringo ideas,

Evaluation,TechnogenesisWebGate.

• TechnologyClinics.

• InvestmentOpportunityForumandNewVenturesFunding

Partnership

Theprogrammeis isa public-privatepartnership,co-ordinatedby

theRegion’sGeneralSecretariat,withparticipationrom:

• Localauthoritiesandregionalgovernment

• RegionalChambersoIndustryandCommerce

• Highereducationandresearchinstitutions,including:

• URENIOresearchUnit-AristotelesUniversityoThessaloniki

• NCRTD

• DimokritosUniversityoThrace

• TEIoKavala

• ThessalonikiTechnologyPark

• Privateorganisations,suchas:

BrainstormingLtd LocusConsultantsLtd

EuroconsultantsSA FormatConsultantsSA

Hellenic Technology Transer

CentreSA

CITE Centre or Innovation

andTelematics

PlanningSA CapitalTrustSA

DiadikasiaSA UnitechHellasLtd

AtlantisConsultingLtd MetronConsultingGP

InnovatiaLtd DataConLtd

EmetrisSA OrganotechnicalSA

EurotecSA

Theprogrammeensures participation rom majorstakeholders o

regionalinnovationstrategyandpolicymakingincluding:

• EnlargedPreectureoKavalaDramaXanthi

• EnlargedPreectureoRodopiEvros

• LocalUnionsoMunicipalitiesandCommunities

• TheHellenicBanksAssociation

• TheRegion’sCommerceandIndustryChambers

• TheRegionalDevelopmentFundoREMTh

• TheManagingAuthorityotheROPoREMTh

• InnovationExperts




+32-2-2994454

+32-2-2962473

[email protected]

EU Contact person

≈Τ@

Region

AnatolikiMakedonia&Thraki

Status

Objective1area


14.157

Population

570.977


RITTS(1998-2001)

ϋwww.remth.gr

TechnogenesisinRegionEasternMacedonia&Thrace



Audits in SMEs

Regionalintelligence:Succeededinmobilisingpeopleandiden-

tiying300ideasorinnovativeproductsandservices.


Sub-theme: Business Advisory services: Product Innovation

Developmento70BusinessPlansorInnovativeProducts


Sub-theme: Research, Technological Development and Innovation Infrastruc-

ture

DevelopmentoTechnoGenesisPortaltoSupportRegionalIn-

novation.



Audits in SMEs

Exercise:Technology Clinics to support the70 newidentiied

productideas.


Sub-theme: Innovation financial engineering: Investment Opportunity Forum

InvestmentOpportunityForumtostimulatesynergiesornew

ventures.


Sub-theme: Innovation financial engineering: seed and venture capital

Provisionograntsordevelopmentonewproductsandserv-

ices.

Christos Emmanouilidis

ProjectManager

+30-25310-82722

+30-25310-81897

[email protected]

[email protected]

Further information

≈Τ@



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Programme Acronym

Excellence-in-CM

Themes


InformationSociety

RegionalIdentity&SustainableDevel-

opment

Duration

36months

01/2003-12/2005


Public €750.000

Private €750.000

Web-site

www.urenio.org/excellence/

Thematic Networks

ERIK

ϋIANIS

ϋSustainableDevelopment


Sectors

• Telematics

• Agro-Biotechnologies

• IndustrialProcesses-Materials-Nano-

technology

• Environment

• Transportnetworks

• Energy

• HumanResources

• SoutheasternEuropeanEconomic

Area• Tourism

• Health

• Consulting

• Education

• Ecologicalfoodcluster

• HTBEcluster

Managing Body

ManagementAuthorityfortheROPCentral

Macedonia

Strategy

The Programme“Excellence in Central Macedonia”, ocuses on the

creationoanenvironmentoinnovationthatwillacceleratethein-

troductionobusinesses,researchcentres,andtechnologyintermedi-

aryorganisationsotheRegiontotheworldobusinessintelligence,

smartproducts,technologywatchandoresight.

TheaimistostrengthentheRegion’soutwardorientationandcom-

petitivenessthroughthediusionandapplicationo“businessexcel-

lence”and“world-classmanuacturing”principles,andtopromotea

knowledge-basedregionaleconomy.

Itlaunchesarevisedstrategyorregionalinnovationanddevelop-

ment based on the concepts o“high tech clusters”, “technology

oresight” and“technology clinics’, as well as experimentation with

pilotactionsthatwerenevertested,whichinvolvethemajorregional

actorsandestablishpermanentalliancesamongthelearninginstitu-

tionsoCentralMacedonia.

Attheheartothestrategyareanumberoselectedindustrialclus-

tersrepresentingimportantand emerging industries othe Region

(i.e.Agriculture,Foodandbeverage,Textilesandclothing,Chemical

products,Electricalmachinery,Telecommunications,Sotware,Phar-

maceuticals,Medicalservices).

Central Macedonia is looking to improve its international positionandproileonthebasisoinnovation-drivenandknowledge-based

regionaldevelopment.

Partnership

• GeneralSecretaryotheRegion

• RegionalDevelopmentFund

• ROPCentralMacedoniaManagementAuthority

• FederationoIndustriesoNorthernGreece

• AssociationsoExportersoNorthernGreece

• Association o InormationTechnology Companies oNorthernGreece

• TradeUnionsCentreoThessaloniki&MacedonianEmployment

Institute

• CentreorResearchandTechnology

• AristotleUniversityoThessaloniki

• UniversityoMacedonia

• BusinessandCulturalDevelopmentCentre

• Innovationexperts

APIΣTEIA ΣTHN KENTPIKH MAKEΔONIA ExcellenceinCentralMacedonia



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+32-2-2994454

+32-2-2962473

[email protected]

EU Contact person

≈Τ@


Sub-theme: Other Research, Technological Development and Innovation

projects

Implementationotechnologyoresightanddiusionoresults

ϋ http://oresight.rc.auth.gr



tion strategy

Encouragementoclusteringandco-operationoSMEsinareas

o technology transer, innovation, quality control, marketing

andpromotionoproducts.

ϋ www.e-kepa.gr



projects

Newproductsdevelopmentanddiusiontoarmersandood

enterprises,accordingtoorganicarmingprinciple.

ϋ http://bioood.sbbe.gr



tion strategy

Start-upoinnovativebusinessactions-Hightechnologybased

enterprises.

ϋ www.aristeia.gr



Audits in SMEs

Technologytranserthroughtechnologyclinics.

ϋ http://services.thestep.gr/clinics/Theme: Technological Innovation


projects

Innovationandbusinessexcellenceprize.

ϋ www.techpath.gr/gr/Clinics/index.html


Sub-theme: SMEs innovation projects with Universities and Technology Centres

Creation o a internet databaseo bestresearch projects; dis-

seminationotheresultsandexploitationotheoutcomes.

ϋ www.vrc.gr



Audits in SMEs

Trainingininnovationmanagement.

ϋ http://benchmarking.inatelecom.org



tion strategy

e-partenariat:networkingo nationalcounsellors inEU or ex-

changinginormation,expertiseandmethodology.

ϋ www.e-partenariat.net


Sub-theme: Research, Technological Development and Innovation infrastruc-ture

Permanent observatoryto support innovation-driven regional

developmentpolicies.

ϋ www.orie.gr

Region

KentrikiMakedonia

Status

Objective1area


19.146

Population

1.792.304


RTP(1995-1997)

RIS+(1999-2000)

ReciteII:INNOREGIO(1999-2001)

FP5: InnoTender & Innovation-on-Line

(2000-2001)

ϋwww.rcm.gr

Lila Oreopoulou

ProjectManager

+30-2310-409104

+30-2310-409190

[email protected]

Further information

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Strategy

TheINVENTprogrammeaimstoimplementaseriesocross-secto-

ralinnovativeactionsinThessaly.Theprogrammeisocusedonthe

development o new products and encourages the establishment

o innovative enterprises withlinks to educational institutions and

researchcentres.INVENTreinorcesthecreation,disseminationand

integrationoknowledgewithintheproductiveabricasaprincipal

sourceoinnovationandregionalcompetitiveadvantage.

Theobjectiveotheprogrammeistodevelopandsupporttheability

oenterprisesintheRegionoThessalytodevelopnewproductsand

services.Fromtheoverallprocessonewproductdevelopment,our

strategypursuestwoaims:• theimprovementoexternalconditionsandtheregionalinstitu-

tionalenvironmentorthecreationonewproductsbylocalcom-

panieswiththesupportointermediaryagencies,and

• thediusiononewproductmodelstoalargenumberoregional

companiesbelongingtothesectorsomanuacturingandtour-

ism.

The main aim oimprovement o the external conditions or new

productdevelopmentwillbeachievedwithpilotprojectsocusing

onthecreationobusinessclustersenhancingcreativity,technology

intelligence, and technology watch, the setting up o new indus-

trialdesignsupportcentres,andthepromotionolearningnetworksamong businesses,academia andresearchcentres.Thesecondaim

odiusiononewproductmodelstoalargenumberocompanies

will be achieved with dissemination practices, spin-o companies,

company mentoring schemes, which transer the results obtained

inspeciiccompaniesandtechnologycentrestotheentireregional

productiveabric.

Partnership

• RegionalAuthorityoThessaly

• URENIOResearchUnit• RegionalFundorDevelopmentoThessaly

• UniversityoThessaly

• TehnologyParkoThessaly

• DevelopmentAgenciesoKarditsa,Trikala,MagnesiaandLarisa

• ChambersoCommerce& Industryo Larisa,Magnesia,Trikala

andKarditsa

• AssociationoThessalianIndustries

• AssociationoIndustriesoThessaly&CentralGreece

• TechnologicalInstituteoLarisa

• EVETAM

• MetallurgicalIndustrial Research&Technological Development

Centre

• NationalCentreorAgriculturalResearch

Programme Acronym

INVENT

Themes




opment

Duration

21months

01/2002-09/2003


Public €790.000

Private €900.000

Web-site

www.innothessaly.gr

Thematic Networks

ϋERIK

IANIS



Sectors

• Tourism

• Food

• Wood

Managing Body

RegionalDevelopmentFundofThessaly

InnovativeVenturesinThessaly



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+32-2-2994454

+32-2-2962473

[email protected]

EU Contact person

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Region

Thessalia

Status

Objective1area


14.037

Population

734.846


RITTS(1994-1996)

RIS(1996-1998)

RIS+(2000-2002)

ϋwww.thessalia.gr

InnovativeVenturesinThessaly


Sub-theme: High - Tech Start-Ups and Spin-Offs

Providingsupportorthecreationo10start-upinnovativeen-

terprises.

Theme: Technological InnovationSub-theme: Mechatronics Prototyping Centre (MPC)

Creation o a regional organization that will utilize the RISC

rameworkinordertoprovideprototypingservicesinconjunc-

tionwiththeregionalindustries.


Sub-theme: Innovative Products in Tourism

Creationoaregionalqualitystandardspeciication.


Sub-theme: Innovative Agro-Ventures

Entrepreneurshippertainingtonewproducts/newmarketsor

theagro-businesssection.


Sub-theme: Regional Innovative Entrepreneurship Support Centre (RISC)

Settingupoanetworkormobilizingregionalcentresotech-

nology transer aimed at acilitating direct contacts between

thetechnologicalcouncilspecialistsand regional SMEsin the

rameworko“ThessalyInnovationpolicy”.


Sub-theme: Learning Networks and Innovation Management

Retooling the innovation capacity o the region withthe ap-

propriateinter-regionalthematic networkingor best practice

transer, a regional documentation and measurement system

orinnovationwithdisseminationcapabilitiesandatoolboxoron-lineinnovation.

Anastassios Pappis

ProjectManager

+30-2410-581310

+30-2410-554368

[email protected]

Further information

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EntrepeneurshipThroughInnovationinEpirus

Programme Acronym

ENTI

Themes




opment

Duration

36months

06/2003-05/2006


Public €284.000

Private €50.000

Web-site

www.bicepirus.gr/enti/

Thematic Networks

ϋERIK

IANIS

ϋSustainableDevelopment


Sectors

• Tourism

• Transport

• ICT

Managing Body

BusinessInnovationCentre(BIC)ofEpirus

Strategy

Theprogramaspirestoprovideactualresultsthatcouldinluencepri-

oritiesoregionalstrategyinapositiveway.Theactionsaspiretode-

veloppolicyorientationsandmeasuresthatwillspeedupinnovative

thinkingandinnovationintheregion.Thiswillhappenonlythrough

thecollaborationothelocalactorsandtheuseothealreadyexist-

inginrastructuresaswellastheutureones.

AllactionsareaectedbytheresultsopreviousCommunitySupport

Frame,thestrategicanalysisotheregionwhichtookplaceinduring

theRISprogramandthenewCommunitySupportFramethataspires

toreorientateandsupportlocalSMEsorcreatenewones.

Theobjectivesotheprogrammeare:

• ThedevelopmentotheregionasthenewwesterngateoGreece

toNorthernGreeceandEuropeandtheuseothecompetitive

advantagescreatedbythenewtransportinrastructures.

• The urther development otheurbaninrastructuresandserv-

ices.

• Thedevelopmentotourismtheprotectionanddevelopment

othenaturalandculturalregionalresources.

• Thesustainabledevelopmentothenon-urbanareas.

• ThequalitativedevelopmentoHumanpotential.

Partnership

• GeneralSecretaryotheRegion

• PreectsoArta,Thesprotia,Ioannina&Preveza

• UniversityoIoannina

• ChambersoArta,Thesprotia,Ioannina&Preveza

• RegionalFundorDevelopmentoEpirus

• BICEpirus



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+32-2-2994454

+32-2-2962473

[email protected]

EU Contact person

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EntrepeneurshipThroughInnovationinEpirus

Region

Ipeiros

Status

Objective1area


9.203

Population

339.728


RIS(1998-2000)

RISI1

RISI2

ϋwww.roe.gr


Sub-theme: Shared business services: incubator units and creation of technol-

ogy based firms

Creationonewenterprisesandsupportingnewinnovativeen-

trepreneurialideasintheserviceindustrystemmingoutonew

regional developments suchas theEgnatia highway, theport

oIgoumenitsa andthe University oEpirusexpansion (SWOT

analysis,creationoaguideonnewemploymentopportunities,

networkedclusterscreation,workshopsorganisation,awareness

raisingandbusinessplancompetition).



ogy based firms

Innovative andlexible training(analysis o trainingneedsre-

lated to entrepreneurship supported in previous action, pilot

trainingactions).

Theme: Technological InnovationSub-theme: Innovation financial engineering: seed and venture capital

Eicientpromotionoprivateinancing:creationoaguide,visits

orbusinessangelsandcorporateinvestors,matchingevents).



Audits in SMEs

Regionaloresightexercise,basedonscenarioanalysisin3sec-

tors(transport,tourism,ICT)and2mainissues(Epirusandthe

newlinkgatewithWesternEurope,impactoEUenlargement

onstructuralunds).



projects

Innovationpolicyinteracecommittee:5-7members(regional

authority, BIC, university,1 DevelopmentCompanyand 1CCI)

meeting every 3 months,to act as an advisory board to the

Steeringcommitteeandavoidduplicationoactionsandocus

onneeds.



Audits in SMEs

Innovationweek:awarenessraisingoninnovation,workshops,

publicationsandtrainingactivities.




Developmentoane-commerceandinormationmanagement

acilitytoassist35-40enterprisestointroducee-commerceinto

theirbusinessactivity.

Katerina Filippou -Keramida

ProjectManager

+30-26510-44447

+30-26510-44467

[email protected]

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InnovationintheIonianIslands

Programme Acronym

3I

Themes




opment

Duration

48months

06/2003-05/2006


Public €850.000

Private €900.000

Web-site

http://hermes.westgate.gr/3i

Thematic Networks

ϋERIK

IANIS



Sectors

• Tourism

Managing Body

ManagementAuthorityfortheROPofIo-

nianIslands

Strategy

Thestrategyimposedby 3Iis interconnected totheregionalneeds

toincludeIonianIslandsintotheneweraoeconomywhileprotect-

ingthe traditional businesspractices andretainthe strongregion’s

identityanddistinctiveculturalcharacteristics.

Thisstrongsocialneeddrivestheregionintopoliciesorinclusiono

only“sottechnologies”andtheblendingodigitalservicesintotradi-

tionalservicesprovidinginormationandcontextorthecreationo

innovativeactionsinthetourismsector

Partnership

• RegionalAuthorityoIonianIslands

• ManagementAuthorityortheROPoIonianIslands

• RegionalDevelopmentundoIonianIslands

• Research Academic Computer Technology Institute (RACTI)

TelematicsCenteroWesternGreece,EpirusandIonianIslands

department.

• TheIndustrialandCommercialChambersotheIonianIslands

• TourismCorporationotheIonianIslands(ETIN)

• AristotleUniversityUrenioResearchUnit



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+32-2-2994454

+32-2-2962473

[email protected]

EU Contact person

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InnovationintheIonianIslands

Region

IoniaNisia

Status

Objective1area


2.307

Population

193.734


-

ϋwww.ionianislands.gr/



Audits in SMEs

Innovative knowledge management: awareness (campaign,

technologytranserevents,etc.),supporttoinnovationbusiness

planningandmarketingwithconsultants,portaltoprovidecom-

mercialandinnovationservicesconcerningtheIonianIslands.



ogy based firms

Innovativestart-upsandspin-osinthetourismsector(10irms

tobecreated,trainingactivities,searchorthirdpartyinancing,

etc.).




DigitalIonianIslands:creationo adigitalplatormto providedigitizedinormation(travel,leisure,business,shopping,cultural

events,whattosee,etc.)tobeusedornewinnovativeservices

inthetourismsector.



education

Intelligentregionalriskmanagementsystemintegratingalarge

setoenvironmentalandrelatedsocio-ecodatabases,aGISand

arule-basedexpertsystemortheassessmentoenvironmental

issues.


Sub-theme: Ecological tourism

Qualityintourism:Enhancingthequalitativecharacteristicso

regionaltourismeconomyandsupportingaregionalenterprise

benchmarkinginthetourismsector.

Athanassios Spiggos

+30-2661-080830

+30-2661-033651

[email protected]

Further information

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InnovativeActionsintheregiono

WesternGreece

Programme Acronym

INN-ACT

Themes




opment

Duration

27months

01/2002-03/2004

Funding (final)ERDF €2.852.265

Public €113.251

Private €643.895

Web-site

www.ptapde.gr/projects/innact

Thematic Networks

ERIK

IANIS



Sectors

• InnovationtransfertoSMEs

• Entrepreneurship

• Health

• OrganicFarming

Managing Body

RegionalDevelopmentFundof

RegionofWesternGreece

Strategy

TheregionoWesternGreeceelaboratedaProgrammeoinnovative

actions, which was aiming at supporting decisively the innovation

initsgeographicaland administrativelimitswhileatthesametime

reducing the “technology gap” that separates it rom other more

developed regionsin the EuropeanUnion.Towards thisaim it has

chosen to cover through a well-planned number o actions allthe

threestrategicthemesotheERDFInnovativeActionswiththeview

oviviyingitsregionaleconomy,boostingitsregionaldevelopment,

andstressingandmaintainingitsregionalidentity.Theproposedex-

tensiveuseothenewinormationandcommunicationtechnologies

warrantiestheeiciencyotheendeavourandensuresthesuccesso

theProgramme.RWGattemptstoplaya supplementarybut crucial

role to theapplication o state-o-the-art andemerging innovative

mechanisms and processes to high priority regional sectors o its

responsibility,suchascompetitivenessoSMEs,healthandsaetyo

citizens,transitiontothenewdigitaleconomy,andsupportothe

traditionalproductionsector.

Partnership

• UniversityoPatras

• HellenicOpenUniversity

• NationalDocumentationCentre

• ChamberoAchaia

• ChamberoIlia

• ChamberoEtoloakarnania

• BusinessInnovationCentreoWesternGreece

• DevelopmentEnterpriseoAchaiaPreecture

• ElectronicTradeCentreoWesternGreece

• KnowledgeS.A.

• PE.SY.P.oWesternGreece

• SchooloMedicine(Surgery/Orthopaedics)

• AtmelS.A.

• InstituteoBiomedicalTechnology

• IndustrialSystemsInstitute

• Interamerican(Health)S.A.

• Group4SecuritasS.A.

• NationalAgriculturalResearchFoundation

• InstituteoChemicalEngineeringandHighTemperatureChemi-

calProcesses/FoundationorResearch&Technology

• Bio-NetworkWestHellas



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+32-2-2994454

+32-2-2962473

[email protected]

EU Contact person

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InnovativeActionsintheregionoWesternGreece

Region

DytikiEllada

Status

Objective1area


11.350

Population

707.687


• RISI2

ϋwww.westerngreece.gr



Audits in SMEs

Promotionandimplementationoinnovationsorstrengthening

SMEscompetitivenessthroughrecenttechnologicaladvances.

ϋ www.innovationpde.gr

www.bicwgreece.gr/clusterobservatory/main.htm


Sub-theme: New business processes for SMEs through ICT: tele-working, innova-

tion, virtual firms, etc.

SMEssupportoreasytransitiontothenewdigitaleconomy.

ϋ www.ike.gr/dpSearch.do?context=905

www.ike.gr/catalogToSimpleSearchForm.do?context=401

www.be24.gr/ike/index.html

www.bicwgreece.gr/bicawards/main.htm


Sub-theme: Services and applications for the citizen: health, administration,education

Useoinnovativeservicesinthehealthandsaetysectorsor

thecitizens.

ϋ www.ptapde.gr/projects/innact/ERGO_3.1.pd

www.ptapde.gr/projects/innact/ERGO_3.2.pd

www.ptapde.gr/projects/innact/ERGO_3.3.pd


Sub-theme: Other Regional Identity & Sustainable Development projects

Supportoorganicarmingbyadoptionoinnovativetechnolo-

gies.

ϋ www.ptapde.gr/projects/innact/ERGO_4.1.B.pd

www.ptapde.gr/projects/innact/ERGO_4.2.pd www.nagre.gr/PPIP/biodiktyo

www.bionetwesthellas.gr

Stefanos Michos

RegionalDevelopmentFund

+30-2610-432660

+30-2610-461126

[email protected]

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RegionalInnovationinStereaEllada

Programme Acronym

RISE

Themes




opment

Duration

29months

01/2002-05/2004

FundingERDF €1.533.322

Public €383.331

Private €52.825

Web-site

www.ipa.panteion.gr/rise

Thematic Networks

ϋERIK

IANIS



Sectors

• EnvironmentalManagement

• SMEsandCompetitiveness

• CulturalDevelopment

• HeritageManagementandVirtualRe-

ality

Managing Body

RegionalDevelopmentInstitute,

PanteionUniversityofAthens

Strategy

Theprogramme’sactionsareocusedontheollowingstrategicdirec-

tions:

• provisiononewservicesandimprovementothecompetitive-

nessoSMEs,

• RegionalDevelopmentandNewTechnologies,and

• enhancementoRegionalidentity

Theprogramme’sactionsormulatespeciic strategic optionsin ac-

cordancewiththeRegion’saimsandobjectives,aswellaswithother

regionalorEuropeanpolicies.Theiraimistocreateanenvironment

thatencouragesinitiativesonthepartolocalinstitutionsandenter-

prisesandtosettheoundationorwiderpartnerships.

Withtherealizationotheseactions:

• neweconomicactivitiesandservicesareencouraged,

• linksarecreatedbetweenresearchcentresandenterprisesinor-

dertohandleenvironmentalissues,

• cultureandnewtechnologiesarelinked,and

• culturaltourismisbeingdeveloped.

Partnership

• StereaElladaRegion• RegionalDevelopmentInstitute

• ChambersoCommerceandIndustryotheRegion

• PreecturalGovernments

• UnionsoLocalAuthoritiesotheRegion

• Municipalities(localauthorities)otheRegion

• TechnologicalEducationalInstitutesoLamia,Halkida

• NationalAgriculturalResearchFoundation

• CeramicsandReractoriesTechnologicalDevelopmentCompany

(CERECOSA).




+32-2-2994454

+32-2-2962473

[email protected]

EU Contact person

≈Τ@

RegionalInnovationinStereaEllada

Region

StereaEllada

Status

Objective1area


15.549

Population

582.280


RIS(1998)

RIS+(2000-2002)

ϋwww.stereaellada.gr



Projects

Establishmentoanetworkoresearchcentersandenterprises

orthedevelopmentoenvironmentalmanagementsystems.

ϋ http://195.130.65.33:8080/rise_act1


Sub-theme: Services and applications for SMEs

InnovativeSupportPlanorthesupportotheSMEortheNew

EconomyandtheImprovementotheCompetitiveness.

ϋ http://e-market.heletel.gr

http://e-partnership.heletel.gr


Sub-theme: Other Information Society projects

Establishment o Electronic Cultural Multi-use Grounds in re-

moteandisolatedareasinexistingculturalcentersandcultural

inrastructures.ϋ http://62.103.215.197:8080/monuments/ITEMS_list.jsp


Sub-theme: Cultural heritage and tourism

Implementationonewtechnologies(VirtualReality)incultural

andhistoricareasortheprovisiononewspecializedservices

intheieldoculturaltourismandtheincreaseothelowo

tourismintheregion.

ϋ http://mimermak.static.otenet.gr/rise/html/drasis4.html

Prof. Nicholas Konsolas

RegionalDevelopmentInstitute

+30-210-9234448

+30-210-9232979

[email protected]

Further information

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RegionalInnovationorPeloponnese

Programme Acronym

RIPE

Themes




opment

Duration

27months

01/2002-03/2004


Public €478.400

Private €173.000

Web-site

www.ripenet.gr

www.rinonet.org

Thematic Networks

ERIK

IANIS



Sectors

• Businessincubator

• Promotionoftraditionalproducts

• Telecottages

• Ecotourism

• InformationSocietyServices

Managing Body

ChamberofArcadia

Strategy

The programme is designed to prepare the ground and pave the

wayorintroducingthecultureandpracticeoinnovationasa core

elementothe developmentstrategy andactionothe region.The

actionsproposedincludeaRIS-typeregionalinnovationstrategy&

actionplantoguidetheregioninthisieldoverthisdecadeandpi-

lotsthatstrengthenentrepreneurshipin priority areaso economic

developmentanduseinormationsocietytoenhancethesocio-eco-

nomicsustainabilityothe ruralareaso theregionand strengthen

thequaliy tothe regionaldevelopmentprocess throughincreased

transparency,accountabilityandparticipation.Theprogrammepro-

duced a relevant, realistic andbalancedplan o action orunding

innovationthroughthe3rdCommunitySupportFrameworkorthe

2004-2006period,andbuiltthenecessarypoliticalpartnership,tech-

nicalmechanismsandresourcesoritssuccessulimplementation.

Partnership

• TheRegionalSecretariat,whichwastheregionalstateauthority

responsible or regional development policy and programmes

andorabroadrangeostateunctionsintheregion,alongwith

theRegionalFundOice.

• Theivechambersocommerceandindustry(Arcadia,Argolida,

Messinia,Lakonia,Korinthia),whichrepresentthe 40000 enter-

prisesotheregion.

• The newlyestablishedUniversityo Peloponnese, whichrepre-

sentedthemainevaluationunitortechnicaldeliverablesoRIPE

relevanttoInormationSocietyinitiatives,duetotheoperationo

specialiseddepartmentsinITmatters.

• LocalAuthoritiesmembersotheregionaldevelopmentcompany

“Peloponnese”




+32-2-2994454

+32-2-2962473

[email protected]

EU Contact person

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RegionalInnovationorPeloponnese

Region

Peloponnisos

Status

Objective1area


15.409

Population

607.428


-

ϋwww.peloponnisos.gr



projects

Set-up o a regional innovation strategy and an action plan

to promote innovation, building partnership and consensus

throughresearch & analysis,and theidentiicationo sectoral

priorities&prospectiveinnovativeactionprojects.

ϋ www.inopeloponnisos.gr



projects

RegionalEcotourismSupportCentre:Developingtheregionas

anecotourismdestination.

Marketingstrategyandactionplanorecotourism.

ϋ www.ecotourism.gr

www.ecotravel.gr

Theme: Technological InnovationSub-theme: Shared business services: incubator units and creation of technol-

ogy based firms

Establishment o a Virtual Business Incubator Facility oering

businessadviceserviceson-siteanddevelopingbusinesstools.

ϋ www.agapinor.gr

www.inopeloponnisos.gr

Theme: Technological: Innovation


ogy based firms

Establishmentoacentreorbusinesscooperationintraditional

products(ood&cratsectors),includingsupportanddevelop-mentonewproductsandmarkets.




EstablishmentotwoTelecottagesorprovidingICTservicesto

RuralAreas(sel-training,e-games,e-auctions).

ϋ www.telecottage.gr-www.telecottages.gr



A Regional Development Inormation System based upon 4

axes:

MARKETS-PRODUCTS:Monitoringomarkets,technologiesand

newproductsinthethreemostimportantsectorsotheregion,

drinks-ood,equipment,tourism.

NEW INVESTMENTS: Investment opportunities guide or new

investmentsintheregion.

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE: Comparative evaluation-measure-

mentothePeloponnesianBusinessesBenchmarking)

REGIONAL PERFORMANCE: Comparative evaluation o the re-

gionintermsoinnovationandentrepreneurship.


Anna Andricopoulou

ProjectManager

+30-210-6423563

+30-210-6453979

[email protected]

Further information

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InormationSocietyortheQualityoLie

intheRegionoAttica

Programme Acronym

ARI-ACT

Themes



RegionalIdentity&SustainableDevel-

opment

Duration

30months

05/2003-10/2005


Public €484.500

Private €287.500

Web-site

www.ariact.gr

Thematic Networks

ERIK

IANIS



Sectors

• Environment

• Health

• Transport

• Governance

• Wastemanagement

Managing Body

BusinessInnovationCentre(BIC)ofAttica

Strategy

Theobjectiveo theproposedprogrammeistointroduceina robust

waytheelementoinnovationintotheregionaldevelopmentprocess

otheregionoAtticaintheieldothequalityolie.Thisisaieldo

particularimportanceortheregion,especiallyorthepopulationo

theurbanconurbationoAthens.Theapproachadoptedbythepro-

grammetopursuethisobjectiveistoselectourcoreareasoquality

olieinanurbancontext:urbantransport,healthcare,environment

protectionandcommunityempowermentandinvestigatethepoten-

tialoInormationSocietyortacklingkeyproblemsineachothese

ourareasthroughpilotactions.Eachpilotactionisexpectedtoleadto

aconcreteapplicationinitsrespectiveareaandatthesametimepave

thewayoranoverallregionalinnovationstrategyandactionplanin

thatarea.Theprogrammepartnershipincludesa widerangeo part-

ners.ThemajoritycomeromthepublicsectorandtheRTDcommu-

nity.Thisistobeexpectedgiventheroleopublicservicesinthearea

othequalityolieandmaximisestheprospectsormainstreaming

andtheutilisationotheprogramme’soutcomesbytheregion’spolicy

makersand institutions.At thesametime,thereissigniicantprivate

sectorparticipationinthepilotactions,whilsttheregionalinnovation

strategyandactionplanisexpectedtoleadtoentrepreneurialspin-os

inthenewtechnologysector

Partnership

• LeadingPartner:RegionoAttiki

• BIC(BusinessandInnovationCentre)oAttica.

• [PUBLICBODIES]TheRegionoAttica,theAthensUrbanTransport

Authority(OASA),ODDYS.A-ManagementOrganisationoPublic

Material,theA’RegionalHealthAuthorityoAthensandtheSisma-

noglionGeneralHospital.

• [LOCALAUTHORITIES]ThemunicipalitiesoChaidari,AgiaVarvara,

Argyroupoli,Byronas,Palliniand Maroussi,aswellas theAssocia-

tionoCommunitiesandMunicipalitiesinAtticaRegionandtheLo-

calUnionoMunicipalitiesoAttica.

• [UNIVERSITIES] NationalTechnical University o Athens - Depart-

mento TransportationPlanning and Engineering and theLabo-

ratoryo Mining and EnvironmentalTechnology, and Metallurgy,

UniversityoAthens-FacultyoNursing,CentreoHealthServices

ManagementandEvaluation,PanteionUniversity-InstituteoUr-

banEnvironmentandHumanResources.

• [PRIVATEBODIES]PRISMA-CentreorDevelopmentStudies,POLY-

ECO S.A., PROTON LABS Ltd., PAPAPOSTOLOU S.A., Cardiological

CenteroAthensSA.




+32-2-2994454

+32-2-2962473

[email protected]

EU Contact person

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InormationSocietyortheQualityoLieintheRegionoAttica

Region

Attiki

Status

Objective1area


3.808

Population

3.523.407


RITTS

RegionsofKnowledge

ϋwww.pepatt.gr

www.athens-attica.com


Sub-theme: New business processes for SMEs through ICT : tele-working, inno-

vation, virtual firms, etc

ARegionalInnovationStrategywillbeelaboratedcoveringthe

our areaso theprogramme,namelyurbantransport,health-

care, environment protectionand community empowerment,

aswellasouradditionaleconomicieldsthatareohighimpor-

tancetotheregionaleconomy,namelyoodindustrychemical

industry,tourismandcultureandinallyenergy.



education

Developmentoanintermodaltraicinormationserviceinthe

Athensgreaterarea.

ϋ www.transport.ntua.gr/map/el/index.php


Sub-theme: Other Information Society projectsDevelopment o an integratedmanagementsystem o waste

electronicequipment(e-waste)anditspilotimplementationin

theRegionoAttica.



education

DevelopmentandtestinrealconditionsoaneasytouseHome

telecaresystem(e-homehealthcare).

ϋ www.e-localdemocracy.gr



education

Public inormation service or community empowerment (e-

democracy)whichprovidesinormationonpublicandprivate

developmentsintheurbanarea5municipalitiesotheRegion.

Panagiotis Markantonatos

Projectmanager

+30-210-3314230

+30-210-3314232

[email protected]

Further information

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NorthAegeanInnovativeActions&Support

Programme Acronym

NAIAS

Themes


InformationSociety

ϋRegionalIdentity&SustainableDevel

opment

Duration

30months

01/2002-06/2004

Funding (estimated)

ERDF €2.004.373

Public €501.093

Private €621.810

Web-site

www.naias.gr

Thematic Networks

ERIK

IANIS

SustainableDevelopmentϋNationalInnovationNetwork

Sectors

• Business

• Entrepneneuship

• Environment

Managing Body

Chamberof Lesvos onbehalfof allthree

chambersofNorthAegean(Lesvos/Chios

/Samos)

Strategy

Theproposedprojectaims atcontributingtothe transormationo

thisinsular,boarder,andpoorregiontoadynamic,innovativeregion

inthenewknowledgebasedeconomy.Thepilotactionsproposed

address the needs or innovative culture, competitiveness, e-busi-

ness,greenproducts,new,traditionalproducts,andbetterenviron-

ment.Theseare:

• theuseoinnovationmanagementtechnique(IMT)

• theuseomodernservicesonbusinessplanning,andinternation-

alization

• theuseoportale-commercesystem

• the provision o local eco-label, using integrated product

schemes

• theproductiononewproducts,romtraditionalresources

• theuseoaninnovativeoliveoilwastewatertreatmentsystem.

Theseactionsarepartotheinnovationactionplan,alreadydevel-

opedthroughtheRITTSprogram.Theadaptationotheseactions

into the mainstream ERDF programmes, requires prior pilot, small

scaletestinginordertoaccesstheeectiveness,theaddedvalue,and

thebestmethodorimplementation.

Partnership

• SecretariatGeneralotheRegion

• UniversityoAegean

• ChamberoLesvos

• ChamberoSamos

• ChamberoChios

• CooperativeBankoLesvos

• SynthesisLtd.




+32-2-2994454

+32-2-2962473

[email protected]

EU Contact person

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Region

VoreioAigaio

Status

Objective1area


3.840

Population

199.231


RITTS(1999-2000)

ϋwww.northaegean.gr

NorthAegeanInnovativeActions&Support

Theme: Regional Identity - Sustainable Development


Innovationmanagementauditsinselectedmicrocompanies.


Sub-theme: Other Regional Identity & Sustainable Development projectsInternationalizationandbusinessplanningsupport;provisiono

specializedservicesonissuesobusinessplanningandinterna-

tionalization.

ϋ www.epikentro-lesvos.net

www.samoscci.gr

www.echios.com



Introductionoe-commerceintobusinessactivity;development

oane-commerceportalacility(C2B,B2B).

ϋ www.e-lesvos.net



Introductionoaresponsibilitylabelorlocalcompanies.

ϋ www.responsibility.gr



Developmentandpromotionolocaleco-labelorselectedtra-

ditionalproducts.



Developmentoinnovativeproductsusingsamerawmaterials

andresourcesusedortheproductionocurrentgoods.ϋ www.aegean.gr/environment/eda/naias

Marianna Mitsou

AssistantProjectManager

+30-2251-046056

+30-2251-046056

[email protected]

Further information

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InnovationorSustainableTourismandServicesintheSouthAegean

Programme Acronym

ISTOS

Themes




opment

Duration

24months

01/2004-12/2005


Public €790.000

Private €900.000

Web-site

www.istosweb.org

Thematic Networks

ERIK

IANIS



Sectors

• Tourism

• Environment

• ICT

• Entrepreneurship

• Sustainabledevelopment

Managing Body

ChamberofDodecanese

Strategy

ThestrategicobjectiveotheISTOSprogrammeistobuildtheneces-

saryworkingenvironment,involvingall regional stakeholdersboth

publicandprivate,orthepromotionosustainabledevelopmentin

theSouthAegeanRegion,throughtheintroductionoinnovation.

Thisobjectivewillbeulilledwithactioninthreestrategiclayers:In-

novation,Sustainability,Inormation&communicationtechnologies

TheISTOSprogrammespeciicobjectivesare:

• Topromotetheregionscompetitivenessanditsabilitytoadopt

regionaldevelopmentstrategiestomeettheneedsothesocial,

environmentalandbusinessstakeholders.

• Topushaninnovativeandsustainableapproachintotheregional

developmentstrategiesothelocalauthoritiesandSMEspartici-

patingintheprogramme.

• Tomakethebestuseoallavailable, regional,nationalandEu-

ropeanresourcesintheregioninplatormsordevelopmento

innovativeandsustainablestructuresbothintheprivateandthe

publicsector.

• Todevelop public-private-partnershipsin ordertoacilitate in-

novativeprojectsintheserviceandtourismsector.

• Toblenddigitalservicesintotraditionalservicesprovidinginor-

mationandcontextorthecreationoinnovativeactions,deriving

mechanismsthatwillproducetheincorporationotechnologicalinnovationandthuspromotingtheinormationcapacityothe

region.

Partnership

• SouthAegeanRegion

• ChamberoDodecanese

• ChamberoCyclades

• DevelopmentCompanyoCyclades

• AssociationoDevelopmentandProgressoDodecanese

• AristotleUniversity(URENIOResearchUnit)• UniversityoAegean

• MunicipalityoParos

• BusinessArchitectsConsultancyS.A.




+32-2-2994454

+32-2-2962473

[email protected]

EU Contact person

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Region

NotioAigaio

Status

Objective1area


5.286

Population

257.481


ϋwww.notioaigaio.gr/perifereia.asp


Sub-theme: Drawers of innovation

Provisionosupportto30tourismenterprises(or3-7clusterso

enterprises)ortheimplementationoprojectsbasedoninno-

vationintheproduction,organization,operationandmarketing

unctions.ϋ www.ebed.gr/istos.htm


Sub-theme: Digital Aegean Island (DI.AG.I)- Digital Region

Creationoadigitalplatorm,containingtourisminormationthat

willacilitatethedigitaltouringandguidanceothetraveller.


Sub-theme: Digital Aegean Island (DI.AG.I) - e-Destination Management & De-

cision Support System

Creationoabusinessportalortheprovisionodigitalcommer-

cialservices,concerninglocalproductsandtourism.


Sub-theme: Digital Aegean Island (DI.AG.I) - e-Business Services

Developmentandpromotionoeectivebusinesstools.


Sub-theme: Wireless Island Area Network.

Establishment and operation o a wireless local network in

Paros.

Theme: Regional Identity & Sustainable Development

Sub-theme: Innovation, Sustainability and Local Agenda 21 - Sustainable De-

velopment, material flow and ecological footprint

Constructionoapracticalguideormaintainingandimproving

economic,socialandenvironmentalsustainabilityatlocallevel.

Theme: Regional Identity & Sustainable DevelopmentSub-theme: Innovation, Sustainability and Local Agenda 21 - Innovative gov-

ernance and Local Agenda 21

Elaborationoa‘PolicyGuideorInnovativeGovernanceandLocal

Agenda21’andpresentationtoPublicPolicyexecutivesinorder

toensureitssuccessulimplementationataregionallevel.


Sub-theme: Innovation, Sustainability and Local Agenda 21 - Monitoring the

sustainability process in the regional level

Creationoasetoindexesortheestimationotheperormance

otheSouthAegeanislandstowardssustainabledevelopment.


Sub-theme: Innovation, Sustainability and Local Agenda 21 – Local Agenda

PilotapplicationoLocalAgenda21intwoislandsotheregion.


Sub-theme: Regional framework for sustainable tourism - Standards for sus-

tainable tourism

Creationoaregionalstandardorsustainabletourismregard-

ingtheorganizationandoperationotourismenterprises.


Sub-theme: Regional framework for sustainable tourism – Regional enterprise

benchmarking in the tourism sector

Promotionoon-linetoolsorenterprisebenchmarkinginview

osupportingsustainabletourismdevelopment.

Theme: Regional Identity & Sustainable DevelopmentSub-theme: Regional framework for sustainable tourism – Support for the pro-

motion and management of sustainable tourism and services

Organizationoaregionalcenterorthesupportoinnovation

andsustainabletourisminitiatives.

Dimitra Tsarouchi

ProjectManager

+30-2310-222268

+30-2310-222165

[email protected]

Further information

InnovationorSustainableTourismandServicesintheSouthAegean

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CReteINNOvativeRegion

Programme Acronym

CRINNO

Themes


InformationSociety


opment

Duration

36months

01/2003-12/2005

Funding (estimated)

ERDF €2.999.750

Public €1.615.250

Private €453.000

Web-site

www.innocrete.gr/

Thematic Networks

ERIK

IANIS



Sectors

• Tourism

• Handicrafts

• Businessservices

Managing Body

RegionalAuthorityofCrete

Strategy

TheprimeobjectiveotheCRINNOprogrammeistoachieveasignii-

cantculturalchangetowardsinnovationandsustainabilitythrough-

outtheregionandprogressivelydevelopaninteractiveregionalin-

novationsystemcapabletosupportthecompetitivenessoCretan

economy.Crucially,andtoensurethattheregionalinnovativeactions

aremuch more than a researchor academicexercise,the CRINNO

programmewillgivemuchemphasistostrengthenthepartnerships

whichconsolidatethesocialconsensusandsustainability.TheCRIN-

NOprogrammewillalsoseektomainstreamtheresultsandgeneral

approachothe programme tostructuralundsand other strategic

programmes in Crete, identiying the means or transerring and

sustainingtheinnovativeapproachesand knowledgegeneratedto

allrelevantsectors.Finally,inordertoensurethatthelearningproc-

essis not insular, the CRINNO programme willnetwork withother

regionsinEurope,toensurethatcurrentbestpracticeisadoptedby

thepilotactionsandthaturtherbestpractice,developedbyCRINNO

programmeismorewidelydisseminatedthroughouttheregionand

tootherEUareas.

Partnership

• TheRegionalAuthority

• ThePreectures

• TheLocalAuthorities

• TheHigherEducationalInstitutesoCrete(TechnicalUniversityo

Crete,UniversityoCrete,TechnologicalEducationFoundationo

Crete)

• TheResearchCentersoCrete(FoundationorResearchandTech-

nologyHellas-FORTH,InstituteoMarineBiology-IMBC,theSci-

ence&TechnologyPark(STEP-C)andthreeAgriculturalResearch

Institutes)

• TheEntrepreneursAssociations(ChampersoCommerce,Export-

ersAssociation,FederationoIndustries,HoteliersAssociation)




+32-2-2994454

+32-2-2962473

[email protected]

EU Contact person

≈Τ@

CReteINNOvativeRegion

Region

Kriti

Status

Objective1area


8.336

Population

540.054


RITTS

ϋwww.crete-region.gr



projectsObservatoryoinnovationandentrepreneurship(OBINNE),toprovide

inormationandadvicetotheRegionalauthority.

ϋ www.innocrete.gr/


Sub-theme: SMEs innovation projects with Universities and Technology CentresRegionalnetwork o technology supply (RENTS) toimprove exploita-

tionoresearchresults.Creationoaplatormanddatabaseoninternet,

meetingsandawarenessraisingonIPRs.

ϋ www.innocrete.gr:5500



ogy based firmsCreationoanInnovativeentrepreneurshipregionalcentre(SPINCRETE)

inHeraklionasaone-stop-shopinnovationservicecenterorirmsand

supporttocreationonewirms.

ϋ www.ebeh.gr/gr/index.asp?p=10-6Theme: Technological Innovation


ogy based firmsStimulationoUniversityStudentsEntrepreneurshipthroughtrainingo

80students,“nurseryoideas”andnetworkomentors.(UNISTEP)

ϋ www.liaison.tuc.gr/News/unistep/unistep.html


Sub-theme: SMEs innovation projects with Universities and Technology CentresInnovativeproductionmethodsappliedintraditionalhandicratSMEs

(HEI-net),throughtrainingandsupporttoSMEsandpilotexperimenta-

tionoproductiontechniques.

ϋ http://xkl.epimlas.gr

Theme: Technological InnovationSub-theme: Business Advisory services: Technology forecasting and Technology

Audits in SMEsInormationopeoplelocatedinruralareas.

ϋ www.ypaithros.gr


Sub-theme: Other Regional Identity & Sustainable Development projectsBestwateruseinnovativepracticestowardsasustainablewaterresourc-

esmanagement(BEWARE)

ϋ http://zeus.telecom.tuc.gr/beware/index.html


Sub-theme: Other Regional Identity & Sustainable Development projectsInnovativemethodologiesorasustainablemanagementomarinebio-

logicalresources(INNOMAR)

ϋ www.hcmr.gr


Sub-theme: Cultural heritage and tourismExpertsystemsormanagingandassessinghighrisksin naturalland-

scape,environmentalandhistoricalheritageresourcesinCrete(EMERIC

I&II)

ϋ www.ims.orth.gr/joint_projects/emeric/emeric-gr.html


Sub-theme: Cultural heritage and tourismConservingCretanDiet(CONCRED)

ϋ www.concred.gr

Theme: Regional identity and sustainable developmentSub-theme: Cultural heritage and tourism

RescueCretanmusictraditionsornextgenerations(MUSICI&II)

ϋ www.ims.forth.gr/ims/ethnomusicology/Rethymno_lyra-gr.html

Kostas Strataridakis

Projectmanager

+30-2810-278111

+30-2810-278150

[email protected]

Further information

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2

NotaBene

Every care has been taken in the preparation of the Regional Innovation Excel-

lence in Greece publication and the information is provided in good faith. Neither

the European Commission and/or the Region of West Macedonia nor any person

acting on their behalf is responsible for the use which might be made of the in-

formation contained in this publication. Any information given does not necessar-

ily reflect the official position of the European Commission and/or the Region of

West Macedonia. In this regard, it should be noted that the information provided is

considered to be of a preliminary nature and users should contact the competent

authorities and other public or private organisations for more detailed information

or for advice on particular courses of action.

To improve the content of this document, programme managers and project co-

ordinators are requested to inform Mr.YiannisFallas (K-Clusters Project Manager,

Region of Western Macedonia) of any update or modification of the information

presented herein.

Acknowledgements

Particular acknowledgements are due to the European Commission, without

whose dedicated assistance as well as co-financing through the European Regional

Development Fund (ERDF), this book could not have been produced.

We would also like to thank the Greek Government, namely the Ministry of National

Economy and Economics, as well as the private sector for the national co-financing

of the K-Clusters Program of Innovative Actions, in the framework of which the

present book is published.

Our special gratitude goes towards the Region of West Macedonia for accepting to

produce this publication.

We would like to thank all PRAI managers for their continuous submission of up-

dated information concerning their respective projects.

Τhanks are also due to Spinner Ltd. for the creative advice provided during the

conception of this publication as well as the subsequent professional typesetting.

Finally least but not last, we would like to show our appreciation to everybody who

has contributed to this endeavour.



Epilogue

In the 2000-2006 inancialperspectives programming period, the regional

programmesoinnovativeactionshavebeenintroducedasaregionalpolicy

experimentwithasimpliiedmanagementandno-zoningapproachorallEU-

15MemberStatesinordertobuildandimprovetheircompetitivenessandin-

novationcapacity.Theprogrammesaddedanewbottom-upregionaldimen-

siontothetraditionaltop-downcentralgovernmentpolicyormulation.

ThepublicationRegionalInnovationExcellenceinGreece,takesacloserlook

attheirstgenerationotheGreekregionalprogrammesoinnovativeactions.

Builtonthepreliminaryexperiencesothe13programmes,itdescribesbriely

andstatisticallyanalysestheGreekvis-à-vistheotherEU-15programmes.Fur-

thermore,thebookhighlightsthehistoricalstepsinregionalinnovationstrate-

giesmaking.

Thisbookshowstheregionalpolicyshitromone-osingle-actorprojectsto

strategicclusterprogrammes.Dependingonitsuniquephysicalandintangible

assets,eachregionneedstobrandherglocal(globalandlocal)image.Ihope

that thisbook will helppolicy makers and other regionalinnovation policy

practitionerstomakechoicesinamoreinormedwayinordertobecomemore

competitive.

VasileiosKotoulas

Directorothe3rdR.O.P.ManagementAuthority

intheRegionoWestMacedonia





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