1 Project supported by the European Commission Regional Platform of Malopolska- summary and conclusions WOJCIECH KOZAK Member of the Board of the Malopolska Region

2 Prezentation plan  Malopolska Region – quick resume  Strategies and policies for innovation  Regional Platform of Malopolska  Results of the work: –Regional Inventory –Instruments  Chosen instruments

3 Malopolska Region – quick resume  20% of Poland’s population within a 100 km distance from region’s capital  5% of Poland’s area  7,3 % of Poland’s GDP  8 % of Poland’s FDI  12,7% of the number of scientists  10% of the number of students  9,4% of expenditure on R&D

4 Strategies and policies for innovation Most important national and regional strategies and programmes  National Level National Strategic Reference Framework (National Cohesion Strategy) The Implementation Programme for the National Environmental Technologies Action Plan for with perspective for  Regional level The Malopolska Region Development Strategy The Malopolska Region Innovation Strategy The Malopolska Region Environment Protection Programme

5 Regional Platform of Malopolska Regional platform was appointed by Marshal of the Malopolska Voivodeship Composition of the platform Financial institutions/funds –Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, National Economy Bank –Bank Ochrony Środowiska, Environmental protection Bank –Fortis Bank Kraków, Fortis Bank –Krakow branch –Wojewódzki Fundusz Ochrony Środowiska i Gospodarki Wodnej w Krakowie, The Voivodeship Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Kraków Public administration –Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Małopolskiego, Marshal’s Office of the Małopolska Voivodship Business support institutions –Krakowski Park Technologiczny Sp. z o.o, Krakow Technological Park –Małopolska Agencja Energii i Środowiska Sp. z o.o, Malopolska Regional Agency for Energy and Environmental Management –Izba Przemysłowo-Handlowa, The Cracow Chamber of Commerce and Industry R&D institutions –Centrum Transferu Technologii Politechniki Krakowskiej, The Technology Transfer Center at the AGH University of Science and Technology –Centrum Transferu Technologii Akademii Górniczo-Hutniczej w Krakowie, Technology Transfer Center of the Krakow University of Technology –Instytut Nauk o Środowisku Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, The Institute of Environmental Studies at the Jagiellonian University –Instytut Zaawansowanych Technologii Wytwarzania, The Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Other institutions –Elektrociepłownia Kraków, Krakow Power Generation Plant

6 Results of the work – regional inventory The inventory is a summary document which collects and describes the instruments to support innovation and eco-innovation (with special focus on SME’s) at the regional and national level. The report focuses on financial instruments which, as proved by the discussions of experts from the regional platform of the ECREIN project, are the most efficient methods of implementing innovation in the SME’s sector. Main conclusions of the report: –Eco-innovation and eco-investment – lack of such definitions in main regional and national strategic documents –There are no financial instruments created particularly for SME eco-innovation investments support –The access to financing of eco-innovation is difficult for SME

7 Results of the work – instruments To choose the best ways to support eco-innovation the questionnaire survey was carried out among the experts of the regional platform representing also the SME sector Proposed measures can be classified to the 2 categories: financial instruments and promotion and dissemination measures  Implement environmental campaigns and support eco-innovation through local and regional public administration  Establish Eco-economy Regional Observatory  Development and support of the Regional Business Angel Networks, Regional Seed Capital Funds, Regional Venture Capital

8 Chosen instruments Instrument Environmental and eco-innovation promotion campaigns Type of the instrumentuI. Promotion and dissemination General Budget (Mio Euro) 12,5 Target groupSME, local community Managing institutionsMarshal Office of Malopolsla Voivodeship Instrument Developement and support of the Regional Business Angel Networks, Seed Capital Funds, Venture Capital Funds Type of the instrumentV. Financial and economic instruments General Budget (Mio Euro) 20 Target groupSME Managing institutionsFinancial institutions, bussiness support institutions Instrument Eco-economy regional observatory Type of the instrumentOther General Budget (Mio Euro) 5 Target groupSME, public adiministration, business support institutions Managing institutionsMarshal’s Office of Malopolska Voivodeship

9 Working tracks Board of Malopolska Voivodeship decided to take part in the ECREIN NETWORK and the actions aiming at eco-innovation developement in our region. Instruments identified in ECREINetwork project will be implemented to an extent commensurate to available resources and within the framework of existing and emerging possibilities