State Chanceller When Exchanging is Good for Innovation

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State Chanceller When Exchanging is Good for Innovation: Experiences from Brandenburg Reiner Kneifel-Haverkamp Head

State Chanceller When Exchanging is Good for Innovation: Experiences from Brandenburg Reiner Kneifel-Haverkamp Head of Unit, EU Economic and Financial Policies, Coordination EU Funding Regions for Economic Change – Networking for Results Brussels, 17 February 2009

State Chanceller Brandenburg & Berlin: The German Capital Region

State Chanceller Brandenburg & Berlin: The German Capital Region

State Chanceller Why do we exchange? § Improve regional innovation policy § Pilot new

State Chanceller Why do we exchange? § Improve regional innovation policy § Pilot new methods and tools of innovation support § Improve performance of our institutions § Promote Berlin-Brandenburg as innovative business region

State Chanceller Institutions o Brandenburg Government o Brandenburg Economic Development Board - ZAB Zukunftsagentur

State Chanceller Institutions o Brandenburg Government o Brandenburg Economic Development Board - ZAB Zukunftsagentur Brandenburg o Regional Development Bank - ILB Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg

State Chanceller Which tools did/do we use? Examples § § § Innovative Actions (RISI,

State Chanceller Which tools did/do we use? Examples § § § Innovative Actions (RISI, e-Europe. Regio) Innovation Programme (RITTS) INTERREG B (VBN Inno. Reg) INTERREG C (SEED REG) Framework Programmes for R&D (before, CLUNET) § Associations, networks (eris@, IRE) Some

State Chanceller VBN Inno. Reg www. baltic. org/vbn Objectives § § Analysing the knowledge

State Chanceller VBN Inno. Reg www. baltic. org/vbn Objectives § § Analysing the knowledge potential, good practices, joint interests and development needs in innovation promotion in VBN partner regions to develop a joint approach to innovation promotion for the VBN macro-region Promoting regional collaboration and international networking between regional authorities, universities, technology centres and enterprises to foster competitiveness of the Baltic Sea region

State Chanceller SEED-REG Objective: improve the effectiveness of early-stage financial support instruments, by the

State Chanceller SEED-REG Objective: improve the effectiveness of early-stage financial support instruments, by the exploitation of interregional cooperation and through largescale information exchange and sharing of experience,

State Chanceller before Objectives: § comparative analysis (benchmarking) of efficient support instruments for the

State Chanceller before Objectives: § comparative analysis (benchmarking) of efficient support instruments for the RTD in geographical areas with demographic significant imbalances (including specific support tools for rural companies and entrepreneurs) § Mentoring § foresight studies of policies and support instruments to RTD guided to future sectors, intensive in knowledge and with high added value

State Chanceller CLUNET www. proinno-europe. eu Objective: share experiences and implement concrete pilot projects

State Chanceller CLUNET www. proinno-europe. eu Objective: share experiences and implement concrete pilot projects regarding cluster innovation and development policies; focus on future challenges and opportunities for clusters, Participation of the Montreal Metropolitan Community allows to benefit from the Canadian's experience in cluster policies and provides a unique platform for internationalisation.

State Chanceller What did we achieve? ü We know the players and themes, and

State Chanceller What did we achieve? ü We know the players and themes, and we know better where we stand; ü We improve internationality of regional cluster initiatives, SMEs and intermediaries; ü We used project results for policy improvements; ü We had „windfall profits“: we „discovered“ and developed a new sector (Security)

State Chanceller Innovative Actions contribution to regional development: BIS 2006 & BIEM § BIS

State Chanceller Innovative Actions contribution to regional development: BIS 2006 & BIEM § BIS 2006 - Creation and implementation of a broad information society strategy (RISI 1994 -1999) eris@ § Brandenburg innovation programme for e-business and media convergence BIEM - Initiating structural change in SME through the use of ICT, in particular Digitalisation of business processes Interconnecting small enterprises to virtual networks (e-Europe. Regio 2000 – 2006)

State Chanceller What do we need to do at home? § Develop a more

State Chanceller What do we need to do at home? § Develop a more strategic approach to networking: - Improve practical arrangements (budget, advice) - More strategic selection of projects/networks - Dissemination of knowledge from projects/networks - Improve mainstreaming of project results into policy - improve internationalisation of regional cluster initiatives, SMEs and intermediaries § Stabilize and improve understanding for exchanges and cooperation at EU-level

State Chanceller What needs to be done at EU-level? ü Money for people to

State Chanceller What needs to be done at EU-level? ü Money for people to meet: Simplify rules (lump sums) ü Current INTERREG B and C procedure produces disappointment! ü Focus calls and/or create 2 -step-procedure

State Chanceller Thank you for your attention! reiner. kneifel-haverkamp@stk. brandenburg. de

State Chanceller Thank you for your attention! reiner. kneifel-haverkamp@stk. brandenburg. de