Supporting Potential and Existing Research intensive SMEs

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1 Supporting Potential and Existing Research intensive SMEs 1 st Peer Review meeting Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) & Spin-Offs Thessaloniki - 1 st & 2 nd March March 2007 Peer to peer Meeting in Thessaloniki 1

2 S&T environment in Northern Greece Nikolas Gountaras & Isidoros Passas Thessaloniki - 1 st March March 2007 Peer to peer Meeting in Thessaloniki 2

3 Actors as S&T Intermediaries Universities (AUTH, UOM, DUTH, UoWM ) Technological Education Institutes Research Centres - Institutes Technological Parks Centres for Business and Cultural Development Business Innovation Centres Innovation Relay Centres 1-2 March 2007 Peer to peer Meeting in Thessaloniki 3

4 Status of S&T Intermediaries Name of the Organisation Abbreviation General Profile Legal Status Territory Serviced Association of Information Technology Companies of Northern Greece SEPVE Association Non Profit - non Governmental Northern Greece Research Committee - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki RC-AUTH University interface and technology transfer (TT) unit Legal Entity of Public Interest Greece Research Committee - University of Western Macedonia RC-UoWM University interface and technology transfer (TT) unit Legal Entity of Public Interest Western Macedonia Liaison Office of the Democritus University of Thrace Liaison Office DUTH University interface and technology transfer (TT) unit (Research Committee of DUTH -Legal Entity of Public Interest) Northern Greece Thessaloniki Technology Park Management & Development Corporation MDC/TTP Technology transfer organisation S.A Northern Greece West Macedonia Development Company ANKO Non-technological intermediary S.A. Western Macedonia South East European Research Centre SEERC Research centre interface Not-for-profit South Eastern Europe 1-2 March 2007 Peer to peer Meeting in Thessaloniki 4

5 Human Resources in S&T intermediaries 17% 25% engineers technicians specially trained managers PHD researchers 27% 31% 1-2 March 2007 Peer to peer Meeting in Thessaloniki 5

6 Categories of S&T Intermediaries Generic Sectoral Technological Non-Technological Hybrid RC-AUTH RC-UoWM Liaison Office of DUTH ANKO MDC/TTP SEERC SEPVE March 2007 Peer to peer Meeting in Thessaloniki 6

7 Fields covered by the S&T Intermediaries ries Main or Core Activity (1) Secondary Activity (2) 2.1. Collective actions 5 (997) 2 (36) 2.2. Support for technological and scientific cooperation 3 (255) 4 (59) 2.3. Support for new product and service development 1 (30) 3 (93) 2.4. IPR and commercialisation 1 (6) 3 (33) 2.5. Licensing 1 (50) 3 (22) 2.6. Support to innovative start-ups and spin-offs 2 (385) 2 (23) 2.7. Human capital mobility 1 (3) 4 (5) 2.8. Networking and clustering 2 (5) 3 (3) 2.9. Assistance in accessing public funding for Research & Technological Development & Innovation (RTDI) activities 4 (739) 3(10) 1-2 March 2007 Peer to peer Meeting in Thessaloniki 7

8 Activities of S&T Intermediaries Assistance in accessing public funding for Research & Technological Developm ent & Innovation (RTDI) activities Networking and clustering H um an c apital m obility S upport to innovative start-ups and spin-offs Service areas Licensing IPR and com m ercialisation S ec ondary A c tivity (2) M ain or Core A ctivity (1) Support for new product and service developm ent Support for technological and scientific cooperation C ollec tive ac tions Num be r of inte rm e dia rie s 1-2 March 2007 Peer to peer Meeting in Thessaloniki 8

9 Comparison of primary and seconday activities of intermediaries Assistance in accessing public funding for Research & Technological Development & Innovation (RTDI) activities Networking and clustering Collective actions Support for technological and scientific cooperation Support for new product and service development Human capital mobility IPR and commercialisation Support to innovative start-ups and spinoffs Licensing Main or Core Activity (1) Secondary Activity (2) 1-2 March 2007 Peer to peer Meeting in Thessaloniki 9

10 Matching S&T Services Offer with the Needs of SMEs Assistance in accessing public funding for RTDI activities Networking and clustering Human capital mobility Support to innovative start-ups and spin-offs Service areas ` Licencing IPR and commercialisation Support for new product and service development Support for technological and scientific cooperation (3) Needed, not available (2) Applied, not received (1) Received Collective actions Number of replies 1-2 March 2007 Peer to peer Meeting in Thessaloniki 10

11 Main cooperation pattern according to SMEs 3.1. A. Universities and other higher education institutions G. Regional S&T policy-makers B. Public and private research institutes/laboratories F. Chambers of commerce, industry and associations C. Private companies and consortia (groups of companies) 3.5. E. Networks of organisations active in the field of research, technology and innovation 3.4. D. S&T intermediaries between research and business 5 - very strong link - regular partner in most of S&T related projects (joint projects with shared budget etc.), 4 - strong link - partner in several projects (took part in some schemes, regular exchange of information etc.), 3 - weak link - expressed interest in participation / cooperation in concrete schemes, s but so far has never been a partner, 2 - potential link - expressed general interest and has potential to cooperate, but never placed an application or a concrete request, 1 - no link - never was in touch and does not have a need to participate in/cooperate our schemes 1-2 March 2007 Peer to peer Meeting in Thessaloniki 11

12 1-2 March 2007 Peer to peer Meeting in Thessaloniki 12

13 General Assessment of the S&T Intermediation System in North Greece The S&T Intermediation system The potential and the capacity of the examined region is high. The T knowledge creation actors are rather active. The industry and service business side are of high importance and value. However the report identified gaps in the motivation and matching. The intermediaries Appear willing to facilitate the matching between knowledge creation actors and the SMEs. Due to different factors they focus mainly on soft actions rather than pin pointed actions Demand side for S&T intermediation services SMEs appear to be more mature than they used be. They recognize the need of the R&D results and knowledge. They appear though too introvert to look for the required services outside their business environment (consultants) s) 1-2 March 2007 Peer to peer Meeting in Thessaloniki 13