Basque Country s experience in the S3P Partnerships ERRIN S3 Working Group 11 th June 2018
Industry-based economy in which manufacturing is the core activity: 85% of industrial GVA, 20% of GDP and employment 2
Main European policies development policies 3 Basque Country RIS 3: history and background RIS3 strategy is a natural extension of Basque historical policies in this area. Business Innovation Centres (BIC) Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) 1,2,3,4,5 Framework programme Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS+) Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer Initiatives (RITTS) 6, 7 Framework programme Europa 2020 Innovation Union Common strategic framework Smart Specialisation Horizon 2020 Basque economic Euskadi Europe Plan 93 Performances Industrial Policy 1981-1991 SOFAD 1982-1989 ECTA1983-1987 Industrial Policy Plan 91-95 Industrial Policy Plan 96-99 Interinstitutional Plan for the Economic Promotion 2000-03 Basque Country in the Information Society Plan (PESI) 2002-2005 Clusters Policy Plan for Business Competitiveness and Social Innovation 2005-2009 PESI 2010 Euskadi 2015 Competitivene ss Plan 2010-2013 Basque Country Digital Agenda 2015 Basque Science and Technology policies BioBasque Strategy Support R & D business units Technological Infrastructure Development Science policy programme Technological management and innovation programme (PGTI) 91-96 Technological strategy plan (PET) Industrial Technology Plan 93-96 Science, Technology and Innovation Plan (PCTI)1997-2000 PRAI PCTI 2001-04 University Plan 2000-2003 PCTI 2010 University Plan 2007-2010 NanoBasque strategy PCTI 2015 EnergiBasque strategy University Plan 2011-2014 Advanced Manufacturing strategy PCTI 2020 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
Designing the Basque Country RIS3 4 Basque Country s RIS3 Priorities RIS3 Priorities Niches Food. Territory Leisure and culture Planning & urban regeneration Ecosystems Biosciences Human Health Energy Advanced Manufacturing Export potential BUSINESS SECTORS / CLUSTERS Local service / demand In these domains, technologies and sectors converge in order to share complementary capabilities
7 Rationale for inter-regional co-operation in S3 Research and innovation networks are increasingly global Overcoming fragmentation in innovation efforts Overcoming lack of critical mass in investment in R+i Increasing innovation capability of clusters and companies Business perspective Enhancing the performance of firms in related sectors through the cooperation among them Give access to business opportunities to which companies would not be able to access by themselves Increase the capacity to innovate while reducing costs and time-tomarket (shared infrastructures, cooperation with R&D institutions, etc.) Increase both national and international visibility of the company Region s perspective Boosting the regional development and support its economic transformation Complete value chains by developing cooperation projects in the domains or niches prioritised by the RIS3 Build-up world-class capacities in those prioritised domains or niches in order to increase the competitiveness, internationalisation and innovation level of companies, especially SMEs Reinforce the branding of the region as a place in which to invest and from which to import
9 Main bottlenecks faced so far Interregional cooperation is costly (time, money) and it will create benefits only in the mid-term Need for a strong steering to bring the partnership forward. No handbook on successful cooperation. Learning by doing. Examples of successful interregional cooperation are limited (Art 70 of CPR) Trust is one of the main drivers to a successful cooperation but it takes time Working with other regions/stakeholders - Differences among European regions: Different types of clusters or SME intermediaries (Strategic partners Individual partners ) Different regional maturity and industrial background Funding
10 Aitor Mintegui Delegation of the Basque Country to the EU aitor-mintegui@euskadi.eus Eskerrik asko