European Week of Regions and Cities Brussels - 09.10.2018

Content I. IV. Introduction Stay in touch II. States and Regions III. Main findings

Content I. IV. Introduction Stay in touch II. States and Regions III. Main findings

EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR REGIONAL AND URBAN POLICY - Unit Inclusive Growth, Urban and Territorial Development CALL FOR TENDERS: N° 2016CE160AT109 EU-CELAC COOPERATION ON TERRITORIAL COHESION EU-CELAC INNOV-AL PLATFORM PROMOTION OF DECENTRALISED INNOVATION POLICIES IN CELAC COUNTRIES – BRAZIL Total Duration:15 months

Partnership Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação, Portugal Infyde Información y Desarrollo, Spain VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland European Association of Development Agencies, Belgium

The project The general objective of the project is to support the dissemination and learning of experiences and good practices of European regional policy and to achieve greater cooperation between the authorities of three Brazilian states (Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco) and counterpart regions in the European Union, in the definition and implementation of decentralized innovation and smart specialization policies at the regional level.

The project Specific objectives are: a. To facilitate the exchange and transfer of information and lessons learned on the promotion of regional innovation systems, including linkages with national policies; b. To include the analysis of policies addressed to support clusters and SMEs; c. To identify concrete projects or programmes for the development of regional and national competitiveness initiatives that each participating Brazilian state could implement in the short term.

Calendar Task Component Calendar Task 1 SWOT Analysis and a Study of Possibilities March – August 2018 Task 2 Selection of EU regions July 2018 Task 3 3 Face-to-Face training sessions – one in each BR state July – September 2018 Study Visit to the three EU regions 5 – 16 November 2018 3 Face-to-Face workshops – one in each BR state November 2018 Closing Conference in Brazil February 2019 Design, development and content creation of an online platform: Web 2.0 INNOV – AL October 2018 Task 4 Communication and Promotion Activities Ongoing Task 5 Relationship-building with national and regional authorities Task 6 Preparation of three policy recommendation manuals January 2019 Formulation of pilot cooperation experiences

Content I. IV. Introduction Stay in touch II. States and Regions III. Main findings

The states Altamira Belém Recife Petrolina Brasília Foz do Iguaçu Curitiba

Mission Results Pernambuco Pará Paraná Brasília 38 interviewees (individual and focus groups) 48 interviewees (individual and focus groups) 58 interviewees (individual and focus groups) 32 interviewees (individual and focus groups) TOTAL 176 interviewers Typology of interviews: around 90% in person | 10% online

Mission Results Typology of actors Ministries: Integration, Science and Technology, Planning, Government Secretariat Funding agencies (national level): FINEP, CNPq, BNDES State level: Secretaries of Science and Technology, Development and Planning, Funding Agencies, Industry Federations, SEBRAE / SENAI / Agriculture Federation Sectoral level: Producers, managers, business and technicians and representative institutions / self articulated representations Innovation / technical STI + territorial focus (national level): CGEE, EMBRAPII, ANPEI, IABS, IBICT, SENAES, ANPROTEC Academia: Universities, Higher education institutions, science parks, laboratories Municipality level: Majors, Development secretariats

The Cooperation Wielkopolska, Poland Paraná The North-East Region of Romania Pará Tolna County, Hungary Pernambuco

Content I. IV. Introduction Stay in touch II. States and Regions III. Main findings

Main findings Paraná - ICT sector: well structured and represented - Lead Brazilian cacao producer - Less developed sector and innovation system - Basic problems and needs: agroforest farming - High potential to develop - Governance system n/a - Low level of policy articulation Pernambuco - Wine and grape production - Intermediate level of development and governance - Differentiate viniculture and wine / 2 different strategies and approaches - Sector with potential to grow and improve - Intermediary level of policy articulation Paraná - ICT sector: well structured and represented - Need to focus on the international market in order to grow and keep innovative - High level of policy articulation Main findings

Content I. IV. Introduction Stay in touch II. States and Regions III. Main findings

The Platform: Under construction

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