ZIP KickOff meeting 27 September 2005 ZIP Kickoff

ZIP Kick-Off meeting 27 September 2005 ZIP Kick-off meeting – Mag. Irma Priedl

Summary • • Regional Background Regional Challenges Innovation Strategy Description of the organisation ZIP Kick-off meeting – Mag. Irma Priedl

Regional Background: Lower Austria 1 General regional information • Population: 1. 55 m inhabitants • Surface: Danube, pre-Alps; Area of 19. 174 square km • Main towns: – St. Pölten (50. 000 inhabitants), capital city – Wiener Neustadt (40. 000), – Krems (30. 000), – Amstetten (30. 000) • Percentage agriculture/industry/service: 4, 1% / 35, 6% / 60, 3% (basis: GDP) 8% / 27, 3% / 64, 7% (employees and self employed persons) (year 2002) • Unemployment rate: 4. 5 % ZIP Kick-off meeting – Mag. Irma Priedl

Regional Background: Lower Austria 2 • GDP per capita: 21. 616 (EIS 2003); 97. 3 (year 2002, EUROSTAT) • Main industrial sectors: food, machinery & metal, automotive, wood processing • Number of companies: approx. 80. 000 • Percentage of SME's: 99, 8% of firms 92, 0% of employees • Percentage of innovative SME's: approx. 50% according CIS 3, 6, 5 % acc. own questionnaire survey 2003 with definition of “innovative SME”: • R&D% > 6% and • National and/or international leadership and • Turnover of young products (less than 3 years) > 20% ZIP Kick-off meeting – Mag. Irma Priedl

Innovation Strategy 1 ZIP Kick-off meeting – Mag. Irma Priedl

Innovative Actions („RIS++“) Science-business-government Collaboration NÖ Innovations-Strategie (RIS und RIS+) Innovation Technology Cooperation Internationalization Entrepreneurship Customer value orientation Development Concept NÖ Support Programmes IT pilot projects for B 2 B solutions Pre-Seed Acceleration for technology-based firms Top Innovation. System Start-up, investment Support Vorwettbewerbliche R&D Support Forschung & Entwicklung Support on internationalization/ Cooperation Soft-measures to stimulate industry and commerce Objective-2 -program (industry & commerce) Structural-funds period 2007 -2013 ZIP Kick-off meeting – Mag. Irma Priedl

Our Organisation The mission statement (primary objective) of • • Slogan: “Innovation creates jobs” Creating a prosperous business framework with ecological sustainability Increasing the welfare in Lower Austria: number and quality of jobs, quality of environment Strengthening the competitiveness of regional companies The overall structure: • • legal status: public authority management structure and staff: about 50 employees Shareholder of several non-profit organisations (NOEBeg, … sources of income: annual contributions by provincial government, financing fund with annual contributions of financial support specific fund • Website www. wirtschaftsfoerderung. at ZIP Kick-off meeting – Mag. Irma Priedl

Our Organisation • • • Core-competences Empowerment by policy to develop the regional innovation system and to coordinate its improvement process In-depth knowledge of companies activities and needs with respect to business development and innovation Day-to-day contact with NÖ firms Knowledge of legislative issues Knowledge of regional, national and European funding schemes Relationship to and experience with European Commission Main service portfolio Target groups: Regional firms, Intermediaries – NPO, multipliers (like banks etc. ) Providing funding schemes for NÖ firms Fostering stimulation activities in combination with innovation services (financing of TIP´s activities, information material and events, . . . ) Focus on foundation of new companies, Research and development, innovation, Opening up new markets, Collaboration, Local supply, equity and guarantees Financial support (of several actors of the regional innovation system like RIZ Holding, Eco-Plus, Technology and Innovation Partners TIP, NÖBEG) ZIP Kick-off meeting – Mag. Irma Priedl

Contact Any Questions ? NÖ Landesregierung Dep. Economy, Tourism and Technology 3109 St. Pölten +43 2742 9005 – 16123 Irma. priedl@noel. gv. at www. wirtschaftsfoerderung. at ZIP Kick-off meeting – Mag. Irma Priedl