< 75 % PIB/habitant Indice UE27= % > 90 % Towards an S3 strategy for: Northern France – The Lille Région Sevilla, 31 January 2012 [Jean-Marie Pruvot & Jean-Christophe Godest (Regional Innovation Agency) Yannick Giry (Regional Council)

Introduction Nord-Pas de Calais : +4 million inhabitants, 86 billion € GDP; +7 Universities, 28 graduate schools (business and engineering); +an exceptional location between London, Brussels and Paris  3 rd purchasing power in the world, in a 300km radius, behind Tokyo (1 rst ) and Cologne; +Industrial tradition; +diversity and youthful of the population;

–1998 RITTS –2000 Regional Program for Innovation and Research Valorisation –2003 first innovation portal : –2006 Regional Scheme for Economical Development (RSED) driven by regional Council with local communities –2008 moving technological network to innovation noetwork "J'innove en Nord-Pas de Calais"; –2009 A Regional Innovation Strategy (RIS) in the frame of the RSED A political willingness to change :

Régional thematics selected : EA = Entrepreneurial activity SA = Scientific activity CC = Competitivity clusters Railway transport (Itrans CC) Health-Nutrition-Food (NSL and Aquimer CC) Commerce of the future (Picom CC) EA + SA 1)Become a reference, on the European level, in a limited number of innovative sectors chosen on the basis of their scientific excellence and their economic importance for the Nord-Pas de Calais region :

Régional thematics selected : EA = Entrepreneurial activity SA = Scientific activity CC = Competitivity clusters 2)Foster, through innovation, the sectors in the restructuring process: Automotive Buildings and eco-construction Mechanical engineering Advanced materials (MAUD and Uptex CC) EA +SA EA EA + SA

Régional thematics selected : EA = Entrepreneurial activity SA = Scientific activity CC = Competitivity clusters 3)Put the focus on innovation to enable the creation of new sectors : Energy and power electronics ( Waste treatment, sediments, polluted sites and soils (Team2 CC) Images and digital creation E-health SA EA+SA SA

With 6 axes of transversal engagements: 1)Foster the creation of innovative enterprises; 2)Change the habits of regional SMEs by focusing on the analysis of business strategies and human capital; 3)Attract foreing direct investment having a "high technological intentisty", and change the reputation of the region; 4)Innovate through and for the services; 5)Better funding of innovation; 6)Enhance the potentiel of public and private research as well as the habits of technology transfer and research valorisation. Régional thematics selected :

1)working groups involving stakeholders (members of the place-based innovation ecosystem); 2)Surveys among SME's; 3)Studies by consultants Résult : Priorities defined by regional and national authorities  Rather top down approach… Process to achieve the actual RIS :

DAS 4 DAS 5 DAS 6 DAS 7 DAS 8 DAS 9 DAS 10 DAS 11 DAS 1 DAS 2 DAS 3 TE5 TE3 TE4 TE2 TE1 TE6 Pilots : Itrans Compétivity Cluster NSL Compétivity Cluster PICOM Compétivity Cluster

DAS 4 DAS 5 DAS 6 DAS 7 DAS 8 DAS 9 DAS 10 DAS 11 DAS 1 DAS 2 DAS 3 TE5 TE3 TE4 TE2 TE1 TE6 Pilots : Automotive Excellence Cluster Buidings Excellence Cluster Mechanic Excellence Cluster Maud&Uptex Competivity Clusters

Future orientation of the S3 process Solve the paradox between economic specialisation and diversification (remember coal, steel industry…); Be more focused on actual priorities strategy; Have to involve all the stakeholders at the begining of the (re)design process; Synergies to be developped with Champagne, Flanders, Picardie, Wallonia, Kent… Design the "entrepreneurial discovery process"

DAS 4 DAS 5 DAS 6 DAS 7 DAS 8 DAS 9 DAS 10 DAS 11 DAS 1 DAS 2 DAS 3 Permanent entrepreneurial discovery process : détection, follow up of collective projects fostering new activities Evaluation, assessment of impact, adaptation S3 Emerging projects TE5 TE3 TE4 TE2 TE1 TE6

Croisement avec les Enjeux de Société DAS 4 DAS 5 DAS 6 DAS 7 DAS 8 DAS 9 DAS 10 DAS 11 DAS 1 DAS 2 DAS 3 Evaluation, mesure de l'impact, adaptation Th1Th2Th3Th4Th5 Processus permanent de découverte entrepreneuriale : détection, sélection, accompagnement de projets collectifs de création de nouvelles activités S3 TE5 TE3 TE4 TE2 TE1 TE6 Emerging projects