Richard Tuffs, Director of ERRIN23 Feb 2011
East Poland Presentation
Outline
• ERRIN journey• Mission• Organisation• Activities• ERRIN DNA• Key policy issues• Discussion
Mission
• ERRIN is a Brussels-based platform of regions strengthening regional research and innovation capacities by exchanging information, sharing best practice, supporting project development, policy shaping and profile raising.
• ERRIN helps regions get their voice heard in Brussels and supports the implementation of the Europe2020 Strategy and the Innovation Union flagship initiative.
The ERRIN journey
2001 – Informal network
2004 – Regions of Knowledge
2006 – Oct - Relaunch with MB + subscription
2008 – 60 regions
2011 – 90 regions
Phase 1: sharing information
Phase 2: comms hub, regional voice and contact point
Phase 3: policy & projects
ERRIN membership per Country
1
8
13
12
65
3
4
6
34
16
11 1
1
1
1
1
5
Organisation
• Management Board of 15 regional representations in Brussels
• Chaired by Valencia; Vice Chair Ile de France• Open to all regional triple helix stakeholders• Members cooperate through a policy and
projects group and twelve thematic working groups
ICTNorth East England/PACA
HealthSouth Denmark/Flanders
BiotechNorth East England/ Northern
Ireland/ CEBR
Science in SocietyScotland Europa/Bremen
TransportEszak-Alfold/Canary Islands
NanotechBrainport
Eindhoven/M2i/Piemonte
Future RTD
Scotland Europa/CreoDK
Energy & Climate Change
Scotland Europa, Veneto Region
Innovation Funding
Welsh Higher Education, Cantabria
International cooperationScotland/Catalunya
Tourism & Sport
Tampere/Valencia
Design & Creativity
Helsinki/Flanders/CCI Paris/Central Denmark
Activities: Working Groups• Feb 14: D&C • Feb 15: Open Days consortium on Smart Specialisation• Feb 16: T WG briefing on C-Liege project• Feb 16: E&CCH WG meeting• Feb 16: IF – Interreg IVB North West Europe Brokerage event• Feb 17: SiS WG meeting• Feb 22: ICT• Feb 24: Nanotech• March 1: Health• March?: Tourism• April 4: ICT – CIP ICT PSP Brokerage event
ICT Working Group
ICT Working Group
ERRIN – 3 Ps
POLICY
PROFILEPROJECTS
Shaping EU R&I policy
Supporting project development and
engaging ERRIN regions in EU projects
Raising the profile or the network and member regions in Brussels
Projects
• Support project development for ERRIN regions
• Information, intelligence, – Early drafts of FP7 work programmes
• Project development, partnership search…• Brokerage sessions
– ICT and health (CIP ICT PSP)– Intelligent Energy (CIP Intelligent Energy)– Interreg IVC (Territorial Cooperation)– Interreg IVB (North West Europe)– ICT (CIP) April 4th 2011
ERRIN in projects
• PLACES (FP7 Science in Society) with 10 ERRIN regions
• Ecolink+ CIP• Making Knowledge Work
(Interreg IVC) with 13 ERRIN regions
• GRAAL (FP7 Space GMES)• C-Liege (CIP IEE)• CONCORD (FP7 ICT Future
Internet)
Policy
• Policy– Contribute a regional dimension to EU research
and innovation policies– Contribute to the success of Europe 2020 and the
Innovation Union– Consultation responses to future Cohesion Policy,
European Innovation Partnership, CIP and Research and Innovation agenda
– Meetings with DG R&I – e.g. Robert-Jan Smits
Profile
• Profile– Develop a critical mass in Brussels (90 members
most with regional representation in Brussels)– Raise the profile of ERRIN regions in Brussels
• Leading working groups• Support regional events• Presentations to WGs• Regional profiles (e.g. Making Knowledge Work)
ERRIN Events• 24 Jan/ New Year Lecture with Gerard de Graaf Innovation Unit DG R&I• 2 Feb: meeting with Robert-Jan Smits and Clara de la Torre DG R&I (with
EURADA)• 23 Feb: MKW briefing #2 Innovation and SMEs• 10-11 March: Smart specialisation (S3) (with DG Regio/EURADA)• 17 March: Future mobility EU/US perspective with Stuttgart (Bibliothèque
Solvay)• 22-23 March: ERRIN designed S3 session at University-Business Forum• 30 March: Financial Engineering (with EURADA)???• 1 April : Follow up meeting with DG R&I (with EURADA)• 14 April: Sustainable Energy Week – S3 and energy and KIC seminar• 16 May?: ERRIN 10 years AGM• 22-23 Sept: PLACES political symposium in Paris• October: Open Days ERRIN consortia on S3
ERRIN DNA
Partners &projects
Voicing positions
Developing networks
Raising capacity
Mutual learning
Trust &confidence
Essential contacts
Information &
intelligence
Visibility &critical mass
Sharingknowledge
ERRIN from a member perspective
• The network provides good contacts with other European
regions which have similar interests, expertise and
challenges…
• ERRIN is a concrete and well-focused network – practical
and results oriented…
• One gets access to relevant information and ‘early
warnings’ on topics and issues of interest to members…
• The network is well-known and respected in the Brussels
environment…
AGM survey 18th November 2010
ERRIN and R&I policy• Europe 2020 / Innovation Union
– Briefing Oct with DG Ent/ Making Knowledge Work
• Smart specialisation– Debate at AGM Nov– S3 and Higher Education, Energy and overview at Open
Days 2011
• Future Research and Innovation framework– Briefing 11th Feb DG R&I
• Cohesion policy• Future EU budget
What is Innovation Union?• Strategic approach • Partnership with Member States• From idea to market• Research to retail
• Tackling weaknesses• Under-investment • Fragmentation • Framework conditions
• Building on strengths• Focus on societal challenges• Broad concept of innovation• Involving all actors
Highlights• European Innovation Partnerships• European Research Area framework• Streamlined EU programmes• New financial instruments• Reform of standardisation system • Public procurement of innovation• Social innovation pilot• Stronger monitoring• Innovation Convention
A distinctive European approach to
innovationRegional dimensionRegional
dimension
Innovation Union: the regional dimension
• Regions need innovation and innovation needs regions• The Innovation Union must involve ‘all actors and all regions in the
innovation cycle…focusing on…smart specialisation with Europe, Member States and regions acting in partnership’ (page 8)
• Regions key players as they are the places where innovation happens– Triple helix partners– Core competences – including institutional competences – Shift of innovation from private/agent to public/network e.g congestion
charging, e-health, green cars, etc.– Collaborate, connect and collaborate (benchmarking/peer review…)– Critical mass vs proximity– Regions – vertical and horizontal alignment
Regional Innovation Systems
Eurocoop 2006 WP2 deliverable 10
Changing knowledge goodsAgent-based Networked
Private goods
Patents, trademarks, etc. produced by individual
agents
Co-Patents etc. produced by
networks of agents
Public goods
Open knowledge goods produced by individual
agents (including public) Social innovation
Open knowledge goods produced by social and place-
based networks e.g. wiki-model
Pre-commercial procurement
Adapted by ERRIN
Innovation Union – some aspects of the regional dimension
Action ERRIN Working Groups
7. Future research and innovation programmes should ensure simple access and stronger involvement of SMEs
Innovation Funding – is working closely with the SME dimension and university-business contacts
ERRIN /EURADA meeting with Robert-Jan Smits to discuss future SME funding. Follow up on 1st April
17. Member States and regions should set aside dedicated budgets for pre-commercial procurements and public procurements of innovative products and services
Innovation Funding WG – will work with the European Commission to spread best practice among regions
18. Eco-innovation action plan in 2011 Energy WG – has and will develop seminars in sustainable energy week and has developed many projects under the Intelligent Energy Programme. ERRIN is a partner in a European eco-innovation project Ecolink+ and was a co-organiser of the Green Knowledge Triangle seminar on October 27 in the European Parliament.
Innovation Union – some aspects of the regional dimension
Action ERRIN Working Groups
24. Starting in 2010, Member States should improve their use of structural funds for research and innovation projects, developing skills and implementing smart specialisation strategies and trans-national projects
Policy WG - there is clearly more synergies to be made between future structural funds and research and innovation. ERRIN involved in discussions with DG Regio on ‘smart specialisation strategies’ and ERRIN/EURADA seminar on S3 on March 10/11
25. Member States should initiate the preparation of post 2013 Structural Fund programmes with an increased focus on innovation
ERRIN has responded to the Cohesion Consultation in January 2011
29. Innovation partnerships… The Commission would welcome views and ideas on the areas being considered for future partnerships and other candidates that meet the success criteria
Health and Policy WG – ERRIN considers that there should be a regional dimension within innovation partnerships and Health and ICT WGs have organised two seminars in Brussels on this topic, participated at the stakeholder meeting, sent in a response to the consultation and now regional representatives will be part of a high-level steering group for EIPs
Smart specialisation • Smart specialisation policies needed for each region• Need to compare regional strengths with other
regions and look for gain via inter-regional and trans-national cooperation
• Smart specialisation requires business, research centres and universities working together to identify promising areas and also bottlenecks to innovation
• Smart specialisation must include policy learning, peer reviews with regional stakeholders
S3 Component Parts• Innovation clusters• Innovation friendly business environments for SMEs• Lifelong learning in research and innovation• Attractive regional research infrastructure and centres of
competence• Creativity and cultural industries• Digital agenda• Public procurement• Addressing societal challenges through Innovation
Partnerships
The SThe S33 platform platform
S3 and ERRIN
• ERRIN will play into the S3 Platform– expertise from universities, research centres,
regional authorities, business…
• Explore concept– S3 and energy– S3 and higher education– S3 Open Days seminar
Future R&I - ERRIN 10 points
• Ambition• Research aimed at societal challenges• Use regional excellence/partnerships/
integrated strategies• Consolidation• Synergies between research and innovation
and more focus on user-driven innovation/ living labs
Future R&I - ERRIN 10 points
• Encourage inter-disciplinary and inter-regional research
• More support for the innovation chain and commercialisation or results
• Mix of top down and bottom up research (frontier research)
• High trust and more tolerance or error/proportionality
• Beware a results driven approach/lump sums
Conclusions• Innovation is place based (Barca Report) and involves not just a
technology or service improvement but increasingly a set of factors mixing public and private networks – collaboration, coordination and connectivity
• Smart specialisation will involve regions being spatially aware and outward looking – exchanging best practice, benchmarking…
• ERRIN has the critical mass, experience and expertise to– Contribute actively to the policy debate for Research and Innovation,
Structural Funds, EU Budget– Support the implement of the Europe 2020 Strategy / Innovation Union
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