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The RDI Landscape in Luxembourg
Technology Day on RDI
19th October 2009
Ian Cresswell
Senior Executive Advisor
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Agenda
Luxembourg: an Overview
RDI Statistics
Financing of RDI (National & European)
Public Research Actors
Challenges for RDI
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Luxembourg: an Overview (1)
Located in the heart of Europe
International airport linked to 50 major cities (London, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Zurich & Berlin are 1 hour by plane)
Excellent road and rail infrastructures
National currency: Euro
Capital: Luxembourg City
Area: 2586 km2
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Luxembourg: an Overview (2)
Population: 493,000 habitants (Jan 09)
Foreigner born residents 43.7% of population
Foreign labour constitues more than 65% of working population (residents + commuters)
One national and three administrative languages: Luxemburgish (National language) French German
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Luxembourg: an Overview (3)
12th Most competitive country in the world (IMD 2009)
4th Highest quality of life in world (Economist magazine)
High degree of political and labour stability
One of world’s safest cities (Mercer Consulting)
One of Europe’s lowest personal tax regimes (max marginal tax rate 38%)
Favourable corporate tax rate (30.36%)
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Luxembourg: an Overview (4)
Breakdown of the Economy by Sector
Contribution to Gross Value-Added (2007)
0.4% 9.8%5.8%
84.0%
Agriculture Manufacturing & Energy Construction Services
Economy dominated by service sector:
84% of Gross Value Added (2007)
76% of employment (2007)
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Luxembourg: an Overview (5)
Some Well-know Companies Located in Luxembourg
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Overview
RDI Landscape
Total R&D Expenditure as % of GDP (2007)
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Eurostat
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Overview
RDI Landscape
R&D Expenditure per Country by Sector (Public/Private) (2006)
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68% of R&D expenditure from private sector
66% of R&D expenditure from private sector
Science, Technology and Competitiveness key figures report 2008/2009
85% of R&D expenditure from private sector
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Overview
RDI Landscape
Public & Private Researchers in Luxembourg (2006)
Search for talented researchers initiated
New measures were adopted to increase the attractiveness of the Luxembourg market for researchers (PhD and PostDoc scholarships + immigration)
Science, Technology and Competitiveness key figures report 2008/2009
One of the highest rates in the EU27
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Overview
RDI Landscape
Public Researchers in Luxembourg (2006)
Public Researchers by Scientific Sector 2006
34.4%
6.2%5.0%38.2%
14.1% 2.1%
Exact Sciences Medical Sciences
Agricultural Sciences Engineering & Technology Sciences
Social Sciences Human Sciences
Dominance of researchers in private sector
Strong importance of Engineering & Technology Sciences plus Exact Sciences (maths, physics, chemistry, biology…)
Ratio Public/Private Researchers (2006)
71%
29%
Private Research Public Research
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Overview
RDI Landscape
Innovation Performance
Innovation followers Innovation leaders
European Innovation Scoreboard 2008
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Innovation Strengths
R&D Landscape in Figures
High level of tertiary education (qualitative) Widespread IT infrastructure High level of business R&D expenditure Good collaboration between SME’s Leader in IP management High level of product & process innovation High level of marketing and organisational innovation Significant employment in knowledge intensive services High level of export of knowledge intensive services
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How is RDI Financed in Luxembourg?
RDI Landscape
Public RDI Private RDI
Ministry of Small Businesses& Tourism
Companies
FinancialIntermediaries
Public ResearchInstitutes
National Agency forInnovation & Research
NationalResearch Fund
Institutes of HigherEducation
Ministry of HigherEducation & Research
Ministry of Economy& Foreign Trade
Strategic Support
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How is Public R&D Financed in Luxembourg?
RDI Landscape
National Research Fund
(www.fnr.lu)
Research Programmes
Promotion of Scientific or Cultural
Activities
AFR Grant Schemes
AccompanyingMeasures
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How is Public R&D Financed in Luxembourg?
RDI Landscape
ResearchProgrammes
Annual CallsRegular Calls Open All Year
ATTRACT(outstanding young
researchers to Luxembourg)
CORE Programme
ERC Support Grants
INTER(promotion of International
collaborations)
PEARL(programme
excellence awardsfor research inLuxembourg)
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How is Public R&D Financed in Luxembourg?
RDI Landscape
AFR GrantSchemes
AFR PhD Call AFR PostdocCall
The AFR grant scheme has no thematic limitations and is open to all researchers, regardless of their nationality, who wish to engage in research training in Luxembourg or abroad. The interest of the project in the context of Luxembourg R&D will be evaluated in the process
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How is Private RDI Financed in Luxembourg?
RDI Landscape
1. RDI Legislation of Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade2. Framework Legislation Ministry of Middle Classes & Tourism3. Innovation Loans (SNCI - National Credit & Investment Bank)
Definition of R&D projects or R&D programmes Notion of technological risk Simple developments or on-going improvements are not included
Incentive effect The aid has to be requested before the beginning of the project
Objective of common interest for Luxembourg Positive knowledge spill-overs Improved competitiveness of the company and of the Country
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RDI Legislation of Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade
(New legislation as of 5th June 2009 allowing inclusion of innovation support)
New opportunities for support of innovation activities:
Technical feasibility studies
Industrial Property Rights costs (SME’s)
Young innovative enterprises (SME’s)
Innovation advisory services and for innovation support services
Loan of highly qualified personnel
Process and organisational innovation in services
Innovation clusters (investment & animation)
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7th Framework Programme
RDI Landscape
Overall situation up to February 2009:
261 applicants in eligible proposals
49 applicants retained (giving a success rate of 18,8%)
35% companies and 65% public institutions (25 different organisations)
9.5 mio EUR of EC financial contribution for retained applicants
34 coordinators in submitted eligible proposals
7 coordinators retained (giving a success rate of 20,5%)
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European Space Agency (ESA)
RDI Landscape
Luxembourg is 17th member of ESA (30th June 2005)
Contribution to ESA by Luxembourg is 50 mio EUR for period 2009-2013
30 private companies and 3 public institutions have participated in project programmes
80 projects launched for a total value of 27.5 mio EUR
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Eureka!
European initiative aiming to provide a quality label to collaborative R&D projects
Easy access to national public funding
High complemantarities with FP7 but more flexible
Currently 11 Eureka! projects running in Luxembourg Materials Information technologies (Cluster ITEA) Telecommunications (Cluster CELTIC)
4 More projects to start in 2009 (ITEA, CELTIC, Eurostars)
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Who are the Public Research Actors?
CEPS Centre for Population Studies, Poverty and Socio-economic Policies (1978)
Public Research Centre Henri Tudor (1987)
Public Research Centre Gabriel Lippmann (1987)
Public Research Centre for Health (1988)
University of Luxembourg (2003)
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CEPS
Founded in 1978 within framework of 1st European Community programme to combat poverty
International network for studies in technology, environment, alternatives, development
Multi-disciplinary research institute specialised in the collection & analysis of socio-economic and geographical data
Currently 57 researchers in 5 research units Population and employment Industrial organisation Professional relations & employment Geography & development Training, international R&D
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Public Research Centre Gabriel Lippmann
Founded in 1987 Aim: to reinforce economic fabric of country through creation of new
technological skills within the Centre and by transferring this know-how to companies
200 researchers & staff in 4 departments: EVA (Environment and Agro-biotechnologies) ISC (IT, Systems & Collaboration) REA (R&D in Equipment for the Automotive Industry) SAM (Science & Analysis of Materials)
Represented by Dr Thierry Girot (SAM)
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Public Research Centre Henri Tudor
Founded in 1987 Aim: contribute to the improvement and stregthening of the innovation
capacity of enterprises & public organisations Currently 350 researchers & staff in 10 departments:
AMS (Advanced Materials & Structures) CITI (Centre for IT Innovation) CRSantec (Resource Centre for Healthcare Technologies) CRTE (Resource Centre for Environmental Technologies) CRTI-B (Resource Centre for Technologies & Innovation in Construction) CVC (Technology Watch Centre) LTI (Laboratory for Industrial Technologies) SITec (Lifelong Learning for Technological Innovation) Technoport (Technology-based Business Incubator) FOSS (Free & Open-Source Software Innovation Platform)
Represented by Dr David Ruch (AMS)
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Public Research Centre for Health
Founded in 1988 Aim: to generate knowledge on the pathenogenesis, diagnosis and treatment
of diseases with large impact on public health (clinically oriented biomendical research) and to perform epidemiological surveillance of these diseases and researrch on health-related determinants in the population
Currently 250 researchers & staff in 6 departments: Virology, allergology & immunity Immunology Oncology Cardiovascular diseases Public health CIEC (Clinical and Epidemiological Investigation Centre)
Represented by Dr Jean-Claude Schmit
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University of Luxembourg
Founded in 2003 University with a strong emphasis on research Multilingual university with courses in 3 languages (English, German & French) Bologna process integrated from start Currently 776 collaborators (167 professors or associate professors) 3 Faculties:
Law, Economics and Finance Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education Sciences, Technologies and Communication
2 Interdisciplinary Research Centres Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability & Trust Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biology
Represented by Prof’ Pascal Bouvry
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Increase public R&D expenditure to 1% of GDP
Orientate public research projects to defined themes (particularly Life Sciences)
Improve the governance of the National Innovation System through the use of Performance Contracts
Increase the supply of highly skilled personnel for public and private research
Develop collaborations between public research institutions and business at a National and a European level (PPP)
Encourage more companies to undertake R&D activities
Encourage the creation & development of new innovative companies
Develop advantageous Intellectual Property Rights conditions
The Challenges for RDI in Luxembourg?
R&D Landscape
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Development of City of Science, Research and Innovation at Esch Belval (south west of Luxembourg)Future location for all RDI activities in Luxembourg!
The Future for RDI in Luxembourg?
R&D Landscape
27.34 Hectare site
475,000m2 Working area
3,000 Teachers & researchers
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Ian CresswellLuxinnovation GIE
7, rue Alcide de GasperiL-1615 Luxembourg – KirchbergB.P. 1372 L-1013 Luxembourg
Tél. +352 43 62 63-1Fax. +352 43 81 20
E-mail : [email protected] : www.luxinnovation.lu
www.innovation.public.lu
Merci!
Les Clusters Luxembourgeois