EUROPEAN COMMISSION Regional Policy EN Innovative projects Governance

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Regional Policy EN Innovative projects & Governance methods for regional innovation strategies Marielle Riché, DG REGIO Evaluation Network June 2008 EN

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Regional Policy EN Innovative projects and comparative analyses • Understanding how innovation works (good practices): new approaches, success factors and constraints, lessons learned in given contexts • 57 projects (EU 27, Obj 1&2, Interreg C) – on Inforegio (Rf. EC) • From € 54 000 to € 200 m (average € 20 m) • 10 comparative analyses highlighting common issues and specificities, 2 • Methodology for project analysis: case study manual, workshop

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Regional Policy EN Innovative projects and comparative analyses • Policy measure themes: - fostering clusters, growing new business - science-industry relation, innovation finance, - ICT for regional development. • Cross-cutting themes: - planning and design, sustainability - project governance (partnership & leadership) - value added of ERDF co-funded projects, lessons for strategic planning. 3

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Innovative projects and comparative analyses: a new approach Regional Policy EN • Extrapolate lessons from a number of projects - how well they contributed to the implementation of a regional development strategy (not the usual programme evaluation approach adding in a couple of examples) • Source of in-depth contextual knowledge 4 • Policy learning, complementary to evaluation (limits to generalisations)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Regional Policy EN Governance methods for Regional Innovation Strategies • Innovation governance: different approaches according to culture, institutional settings, traditions… • Strengths and weaknesses in a given context • Recommendations for regions, Member States, Commission • Workshop Rf. EC - March 2009 5

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Regional Policy EN Governance methods for Regional Innovation Strategies • 15 regional case studies (West Sweden, Lowlands and Uplands, Saxony, Denmark, East of England, Pays de la Loire, South of Holand, Styria, Piemonte, Prague, Slovenia, Lithuania, Central Transdanubia, Valencia, Pomorskie). • Focus on OP 2007 -2013 and their link with national or regional innovation policy 6 • Going beyond a mere description of procedures and institutions: looking at perceptions of innovation governance, analysing if regional approach lead to an efficient innovation policy • Learning from each case study and from comparison

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