WHAT STRATEGIES FOR THE WHAT STRATEGIES FOR THE EUROPEAN REGIONS?EUROPEAN REGIONS?
THE EUROCOOP- ProjectTHE EUROCOOP- Project
Ronald POHORYLESRonald POHORYLES
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences, Vienna & Paris
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The aims of the presentationThe aims of the presentation
The Background: Innovation Strategies and multi-level governance in a globalised system
Co-operation and Competition Knowledge-Based Politics: The
interaction between stakeholders, researchers and other experts
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The Context of the EUROCOOP - The Context of the EUROCOOP - ProjectProject
The EUROCOOP Project is a Specific Supportive Action of the Priority 8 “Structuring the European Research Area - Research and Innovation” of the 6th Framework Programme
Its full title describes the task at hand:
“Regional Innovation Policy Impact Assessment and Benchmarking Process:
Cooperation for Sustainable Regional Innovation”
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1° The Background: Innovation Strategies and 1° The Background: Innovation Strategies and multi-level governance in a globalised systemmulti-level governance in a globalised system
“The key message of this Communication is thus, that European regions may now prepare to fully play their part in the new European and global economy, by developing consistent agendas in research and innovation.”
The Regional Dimension of the European Research Area, COM/2001/0549, p.27
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1° The Background: Innovation Strategies and 1° The Background: Innovation Strategies and multi-level governance in a globalised systemmulti-level governance in a globalised system
“To this end, integrated strategies supported by relevant Community policies (as it is the case with research and cohesion policy) will bring faster results, interconnecting regions into the fabric of a truly European Research Area”.
The Regional Dimension of the European Research Area, COM/2001/0549, p.27
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2° Cooperation in a competitive environment2° Cooperation in a competitive environment
The big risk: One-size-fits-all…
Xavier Gorce, La lettre du Monde, 20/9/2004
How can you be so similar? We are not similar!!!
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2° Cooperation in a competitive environment2° Cooperation in a competitive environment
…or, the fore-runner’s risk:
Xavier Gorce, La lettre du Monde, 9/11/2004
The first flying penguin!
I‘ll be remembered as a pioneer!
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3° Innovation and regional systems3° Innovation and regional systems
The traditional problem, far from being trivial: What is a region?
Region in the traditional sense “Virtual” or “horizontal regions” (Networks) UN-Definition, or OECD-Definition
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3° Innovation and regional systems3° Innovation and regional systems
Another problem, far from being trivial: What is innovation?
Technological innovation, benchmarking & scoreboards: the quantitative approach
Qualitative indicators: a simple add-on, or towards a new strategy?
The sustainability issue
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3° Result of the traditional approach: 3° Result of the traditional approach: the paradigm of the technology gapthe paradigm of the technology gap
Diagnosis of the Commission: “Data and analyses indicate that the technology
gap between the less favoured regions and those in the Member States where research and innovation related expenditure is highest (Germany, France, Sweden and Finland) has widened rather than narrowed (with the notable exception of Ireland). This technology gap is reflected at the level of the regions.“(COM 2001/549)
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3° The findings of the qualitative approach: 3° The findings of the qualitative approach: Towards sustainable innovationTowards sustainable innovation
Lisbon as European Agenda and the issue of the European Constitution: Sustainability as key issue
Competition over social standards
European Welfare as the main issue: Employment, Growth and (Democratic) Culture
Citizen participation as core issue for regional development plans and for civil rights: towards differentiation based on an integrated citizenship policy
Technological innovation as only one mean for the welfare of the European Citizens
Competition over a cleaner environment
Competition over culture
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3° The sustainability approach: 3° The sustainability approach: Science, Research, Innovation and DemocracyScience, Research, Innovation and Democracy
Differentiation in Europe:
Where do we want to go? How do we want to come there? What infrastructures do we need? What innovation do we need to achieve
the development we aim at?
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3° The sustainability approach: 3° The sustainability approach: Science, Research, Innovation and DemocracyScience, Research, Innovation and Democracy
Issue 1: Innovation and policy-making
Definition of „innovation“ specific to the region, related to regional development goals/vision of the region?
What are thus the innovation needs/ideologies?
Indigenous vs. imported innovation.
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3° The sustainability approach: 3° The sustainability approach: Science, Research, Innovation and DemocracyScience, Research, Innovation and Democracy
Issue 2: Multi-level governance
Who “owns” the policy, who pays for it?
How is the interaction between different levels of government, namely European, national and regional?
What network between the what actors?
What role the public, what role the SMEs, what power the major entreprises?
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3° The sustainability approach: 3° The sustainability approach: Science, Research, Innovation and DemocracyScience, Research, Innovation and Democracy
Issue 3: Assessment and evaluation of innovation policy
What is the objective of evaluation – to assess against your own strategy and/or assess against other regions?·
Which are the indicators used for evaluation?· How does evaluation foster change in your region? What are the steps being undertaken to include
evaluation in the region in the future?
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4° The collaboration between public authorities 4° The collaboration between public authorities and research centres: The challengeand research centres: The challenge
The Knowledge-Based Society requires the collaboration between public authorities and research organisation.
Xavier Gorce, La lettre du Monde, 13/10/2004
I wish you‘d solve all my problems
What do You mean, Sir?
I can‘t be more explicitely implicite
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4° Collaboration between public authorities and 4° Collaboration between public authorities and knowledge-producers: The Answer of the knowledge-producers: The Answer of the "EUROCOOP“-Consortium"EUROCOOP“-Consortium
This is the context for the "EUROCOOP“ project
“Impact assessment of regional innovation policies and benchmarking: European cooperation for sustainable regional innovation”
The main objective of EURO-COOP is to develop a research and innovation policy impact assessment system at the regional level in order to improve the measurement of the various impacts of regional research and innovation policies.
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4° The cooperation between regional public 4° The cooperation between regional public authorities and research centresauthorities and research centres
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4° The cooperation between regional public 4° The cooperation between regional public authorities and research centresauthorities and research centres
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4.1 Cooperation between metropolitan areas and 4.1 Cooperation between metropolitan areas and research organisationsresearch organisations
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4.2 Cooperation between less favoured regions 4.2 Cooperation between less favoured regions and research organisations and research organisations
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4.3 Co-operation between research organisations 4.3 Co-operation between research organisations and cross-boundary regionsand cross-boundary regions
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5° The Workpackages5° The Workpackages
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Thank you for your patience!Thank you for your patience! Contacts:
Coordinator: Ronald J Pohoryles [email protected] www.iccr-international.org/eurocoop
Task Officer: Agnieszka [email protected]