Valencia Region Case Study

Laura EscribáInternational Projects, CEEI Valencia

Palermo, 30thNov 2010

Partners (I)

Partners (I)

Non-profit organization that supports entrepreneurs and innovative SMEs

CEEI offers:• Advice (marketing, management, quality, strategic planning)• Guides for basic financing• Encourage innovation and diversification

Aims of the CEEI:• Creation of new companies• Setting up entrepreneurs´ projects• New lines of activity• Consolidation of companies

Existing platforms

The existing platforms contain general information, tools or resources related to business creation:

InformationTrainingManagementArticlesInterviews…

Partners (II)

Partners (II)

Non-profit association with its own legal personalityFVMP offers to local governments:

• Information for municipalities• Business activities that contribute to local economic

development and to employment growth• Development of local interests• Training programmes aimed to politicians and civil

employees• Studies of the problems/circumstances in local life

FVMP & CEEI will think global and act local.The FVMP will be the connection between CEEI and local actors.This will stimulate the integration of innovation policies in the industrial sector of the Valencia Region.

• CEEI Innovative Valencian companies. Part of a network with local, provincial,

regional, national and EU entities.• FVMP Local authorities of Valencia

Region and homologous associations at national and regional levels.

Spatial scales

CEEI Network

FVMP

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FOCUS

INITIATIVES for the development and improvement

of the use of ENERGY in RURAL AREAS

Thematic focus

What? Innovation awareness raising on energy using knowledge economy

Where? In rural areas of the Valencia Region (Inland zone!!)

To Whom? Citizens, scholars, housewives, agriculture, micro/SMEs, majors

Why? All innovations in technology have to be known in rural areas to be implemented in their daily environment, to augment energy sustainability in rural areas

Through which channel? Local Development Agents network

How? Inform about possible alternatives for production and best use of energy (renewables, energy efficiency, good practices, etc.)

Why this focus?

• Because rural areas in the inland are less developed• Possibilities to create new jobs• The renewable energy sector is not growing so fast, but…• …renewables and energy efficiency are the future! • EU Policies: Kioto Protocol, Lisbon Strategy, etc.

– 20% reduction CO2 emissions, 20% Increase efficiency, 20% renewables

• Possibility to get funds to develop this initiatives in rural areas• Transferibility to other regions of the Knowing Project and EU

How do we contribute to new Policies

• We are dealing with rural areas in the Valencia Region which were not priorities in current policies of energy production and efficiency.

• In the capitalization seminar we will gather:Minister of Industry Minister of Agriculture and Environment Minister of civil works Valencia Energy Agency (AVEN) Technical Institute of Energy (ITE) Energy Departments of University Business asociation of Energy Institute of PYMES (IMPIVA) etc.

The results will be transmited in order to be implemented in rural areasAssociation of Municipalities (Mancomunidades)Municipalities (Majors, councillors)Local Development AgensOthers…

Data on policies of innovation and knowledge

• CEEI Valencia and FVMP have a wide and diverse network at different level

• The access to policies, actors, activities, enterprises, etc . won't be a handicap.

Local level

- Local Agencies of Development and Employment - Local Action Groups - Local Governments

Actors of innovation (I)

AYUNTAMIENTO DE CASTELLÓN

Actors of innovation (II)Regional level- Private Sector (enterprises)- Academic Institutions

• Universities (Univ. de València, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia)• Networks (RUVID, OTRIS, FUE)

- Regional Government• Regional Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Innovation

- Financial Institutions• Reciprocal Guarantee Company• Official Credit Institute• Valencian Institute of Finance

- Other organizations to support R&D• Institute of Valencian SMEs (IMPIVA)• Technical Institutes network (REDIT)• Valencian Chamber o f Commerce• Valencian Export Institute (IVEX )• CEEI Valencia Region Network

National level- Private Sector (enterprises)- Academic institutions- National Government

• Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade• Ministry of Science and Innovation• Ministry of Economy and Finance

- Other organizations to support R&D• National Innovation Company (ENISA)• Centre for Scientific Research (CSIC)• Centre for Industrial Technology Development (CDTI)• CEEI National network (ANCES) • Society for the Development of Design & Innovation (DDI)• Spanish federation of technology centers (FEDIT)• Spanish Association of Scientific & Technological Parks (APTE)

Actors of innovation (III)

Thank you for your attention!!