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AER Committe ”C” ”Regional policies” Meeting

The Regions and the Lisbon Strategy

Exeter, Devon 2005-10-20

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Position paper on the 7th Framework Program and Research

South Sweden

Lars Malmborg, Sydsam

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Science Park Network of South Sweden:

Subnational Co-operation

Jönköping (Science Park)

Växjö (Videum, InternetCity)

Kalmar (Kalmar Science Park, Kalmar BioScience)

Karlskrona (TelecomCity, Karlskrona Innovation Center) Ronneby

(Soft Center)Kristianstad(Krinova)

Medeon,MINC)Malmö

(Ideon) Lund

(Teknocenter)Halmstad

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“Facing the Challenge. The Lisbon Strategy for Growth and

Employment.”

Wim Kok’s report, November 2004

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The knowledge society The internal market The business climate The labour market Environmental sustainability

Five areas of policy:

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If we want to reach the the Lisbon Strategy goals of growth and employment, we all must take actions.

The Kok report suggest that all levels have to be prepared:

• European Council• Member States• European Commission• European Parliament• Regions and Cities

Political action is needed:

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The Knowledge Society is a larger concept than just an increased commitment to R&D.

It covers every aspect of the contemporary economy where knowledge is at heart of value added:

from high-tech manufacturing and ICT

through knowledge intensive service

to the overly featured industries.

Knowledge Society

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USA threatens to consolidate its leadership, China has begun to compete not only on low but also in high value added goods markets, India’s challenge is no less real – it is especially noticeable in the service sector. Today only Sweden and Finland meet the Lisbon strategy goals on 3% of GDP for R&D.

EU is challenged

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Making R&D has to have a top priority all

around EU!

Knowledge Society

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R&D % of GDP

C o u n t r y R&D % of GDP C o u n t r y

4,3 Sweden 1,2 Ireland, Czech Rep.

3,4 Finland 1,1 Italy

3,0 EU TARGET 1,0 Spain, Hungary

2,8 USA 0,9 Portugal

2,5 Germany, Denmark 0,8 Estonia

2,2 Austria, Belgium, France 0,7 Lithuania

1,9 Holland, UK 0,6 Greece, Poland

1,5 Slovenia 0,4 Slovakia

Reference: Lars Malmborg, based on Wim Kok’s report.

R&D as % of GDP

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Skype

“...Skype could hardly be a more typical Silicon Valley company but for its location...”

“...but Skype is hardly all-American. It is headquartered in Luxembourg, its main marketing and administration office is in London, software is handled from Estonia and Skype was founded by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, a Swede and a Dane.”

From FINANCIAL TIMES. Friday, September 9, 2005

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The link between the 7th Framework Programme and the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme has to be much more clearer.

CIP and R&D must both be seen as parts of the process to make EU competitive. R&D is not enough if you cannot produce innovations out of it.

The Link

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It is challenging to

Create sustainable innovation systems Make entrepreneurship a vocation of fundamental importance

However, today’s Europe is not “entrepreneur-minded” enough...

The Challenge

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We must build a WORLD CLASS INFRASTRUCTURE for the world’s largest internal market.

ICT is vital to get the links working from Early Stage Financing, in terms of local grants, to an “European Nasdaq”.

Infrastructure

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PAXIS

HIGHEST

START

SPRING

Madrid

Torino Veneto Vienna

Alpes-Maritimes

Berlin

Hamburg

Stuttgart

Cambridge

Edinburgh

Copen-hagen South

Sweden

Stockholm

Helsinki

PANEL

KREO

Commission’s initiative within the Lisbon agenda

Networks within the PAXIS:

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HIGHEST

H I G H E S T +++

F O C U S O N

Alpes-Maritimes Early Stage Financing

Helsinki Business Exploitation of Research

Torino Incubation Management

Berlin EURO-office, Networking in EU

South Sweden Political Awareness on Innovation

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SydSam considers the European Commission’s proposal to be satisfactory.

The 7th Framework Programme is a significant step towards achieving the aims of the Lisbon and Gothenburg strategies.

Position Paper of South Sweden

However, looking from the general point of view, SydSam notifies that a stronger commitment from EU is required in order to strengthen the social and humanitarian perspectives.

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• More R&D has to be focused on SME’s. • Regions of Knowledge and the Triple Helix concept.

Capacities Programme

University

Corporate sector

Public sector

The Triple Helix model

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Co-operation Programme

Health - more from a social and humanitarian point of view, - biotechnology as a driving force for SME’s.

Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology ICT – from a multi-disciplinary point of view Energy and Environment

- environmentally-driven business development

Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities - Europe’s ageing population and migration

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Co-operation Programme

SydSam identifies a number of research initiatives that are partly lacking in the Commission’s proposal. For instance:

Interplay between research and practice in the service sector

How public bodies can increase their capacity for innovation

How to handle employment and unemployment in a long perspective

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65+

2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050

Sweden 27 29 35 40 42 42

Italy 27 31 37 46 59 61

EU 24 27 32 41 48 49

Germany

24 30 34 44 50 49

France 24 25 33 40 45 46

U.K. 24 24 29 37 43 42

Population, aged 65+ as a percentage of population aged 15-64

Reference: Lars Malmborg, based on Wim Kok’s report.

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Employment rate

Country % Country % Country %Sweden 68,6 Ireland 49,0 France 36,8

Denmark 60,2 Holland 44,8 Austria 30,4

USA 59,9 Lithuania 44,7 Italy 30,3

U.K. 55,5 Latvia 44,1 Hungary 28,8

Estonia 52,3 Czech Rep. 42,3 Begium 28,1

Portugal 51,1 Greece 42,1 Poland 26,9

TARGET 50,0 Spain 40,8 Slovakia 24,6

Finland 49,6 Germany 39,5 Slovenia 23,5

Reference: Wim Kok’s report.

Employment rate of elder workers, % of age group between 50-65

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The links between R&D and Innovations are vital for Europe’s future

The Regions have an important role:

Regions link the regional clusters to the European 7th Framework Programme

Regions clarify the links to CIP in their Regional Development Programmes

Conclusions

The way of doing it - Make Regional Innovation Strategies

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SydSam Lars MalmborgBox 762 Ph. + 46 705 76 99 43SE-391 27 KALMAR lars.malmborg@kalmar.seSweden http://www.sydsam.se

Thank You for Your attention!