Enterprise Europe Network and LMI: …..
Dr. Henriette van EijlEuropean CommissionENTR D1 (innovation policy)[email protected]
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Aims of the Lead Market Initiative
• Foster the emergence of lead markets of high economic and societal value by …
• creating innovation-friendly market framework conditions ….
• to reduce the time-to-market of new goods and services and to enable emerging sectors to grow faster.
How: a policy mix to achieve maximum impact in 6 sectors
Supply-side measures
Demand-side measures
- regulation- procurement
- R&D fu
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- Equity
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- Fis
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…The Aho-report, followed by a Communication “Putting knowledge into practice: a broad-based innovation strategy for Europe” of 2006
- standardisation- clusters
Package = LMI
StandardisationLabelling
CertificationLegislation
Public Procurement
Complementary Actions
Networks of European
Contracting Authorities
to foster demand for innovation
EU Recommendation
for interoperability
Financial support (CIP) for market
replication projects
Guide on funding available for RE demonstration
and pilot projects
Product performance
standards
e-Health
Sustainable constructio
n
Protective textiles
Bio-based products
Recycling
Renewable energies
2nd generation of Eurocodes
SMEs guide on collaborative
working schemes in construction
Network to be set up by DG
INFSO
Waste Framework Directive
Lead
Mark
et
Are
as
Policy tools
Screening of national building
regulations
Raw materials initiative
Introduce the Electronic Health Insurance Card
Training platform for buyers and
users
FP7 call on bio-refinery pilot
plants
Mandatory national
targets for 2020
Implementation: activities already started in 1st half of 2008:
EU Patient Smart Open Services
large scale pilot funded
Inventory of legislation
affecting bio-based products
Inventory of all relevant
standards
Timeline till 2012
Who is involved in the LMI: cooperation is key in obtaining fast implementation of the action plans
Member States:
• Ministries of Economic/ Science Affairs, European Council, Competitiveness Council
• Standardisation, public procurement and regulatory organisations.
Stakeholders: business organisations, NGOs, trade unions, insurance companies, regional and local authorities, VC, European Technology Platforms etc. For each sector, there is a ‘contact/advisory’ group with strong industry participation
Networks: EEN, industry/SME networks, cluster networks
EC internal coordination: 15 different DGs, both sector and regulatory departments of the EC.
Question: How to optimise the use of our building blocks?
• EEN has 3 activity modules and has established at least 6 Sector Groups in LMI sectors
• LMI focuses on 6 market sectors
with a tailored action plan for
each market
Links between LMI and EEN sector groups:
Sector group LMI task force Lead DG + task force leader
INTELLIGENT ENERGY Renewable Energy DG TREN, Norela Constantinescu
SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION
Sustainable construction DG ENTR I5, Antonio Paparella
HEALTHCARE eHealth, bio-based products
DG INFSO, Michael Palmer
TEXTILE Protective textiles DG ENTR G4, Outi Niiranen
MATERIALS Bio-based products DG ENTR F5, Tomas Jonnson
ENVIRONMENT/ Water & Waste management and air pollution
Recycling DG ENV, Jakub Wejchert
Sector group leaders and LMI task force leaders were contacted early October
Cooperation with EEN Sector groups on the basis of the 6 LMI action plans:
• Develop activities in regions and countries that complement the LMI activities, ex. in public procurement, regulation, standardisation
• Ex: stimulating innovative public procurement by bringing together local procurers and high tech SMEs in the 6 LMI sectors
• Ex: asking SMEs about what local/regional legislation hampers their innovation programmes in these 6 sectors
• Providing intelligence about LMI-related measures in MS and regions
Direct involvement of EEN partners in LMI activities and support-activities:
CIP programmes, for ex.: • EIP Europe INNOVA/ PRO INNO activities with LMI link • Call of networks of public procurers in support of the LMI
Regions of Knowledge call (FP7) with LMI link
Activities funded by structural funds