Strengthening the Regional Innovation Profile STRINNOP – the Experiences with Regional Innovation Indicators Metropolis II Meeting Helsinki, Finland 24 th April 2003 Hans-Christian Jäger

2 Agenda  The STRINNOP Approach  Pilot study on regional innovation indicators  Set of indicators (under discussion)  Further proceeding  Barriers to measuring the Regional Innovation Profile

3 The STRINNOP Approach Creation of regional knowledge Stimulation of innovation activities Imple- mentation of firms` innovation activities Focus on regional strength: clustering and networking Internatio- nalisation Marketing of the regional innovation profile documen- tation of innovation success Identification of regional competencies and innovation potentials Coordination of the regional innovation supporting infrastructure, Monitoring and evaluation of the regional innovation activities, Financing of the regional innovation activities and supporting infrastructure Attachment of Good Practice Tools

4 Good Practice cases available under

5 Pilot survey on regional innovation indicators according Innovation Scoreboard (June 2002) Regional information sheets Sheets on best EU national results and EU average For a particular region: regional comparison to EU best national result and EU average Comparison of regional data for particular criterions Data sheet with all regions „overview web“

6 Pilot survey on regional innovation indicators according Innovation Scoreboard (June 2002) 1.2 Population with tertiary education (% of total population) 1.3 Participation in life-long learning (% of years age class) 1.4 Employed in medium / high-tech manufactuing (% of total workforce) 1.5 Employed in high-tech services (% of total workforce) 2.1 Public R&D expenditures (% of GDP) 2.3 Business R&D (% of GDP) 2.6 High-tech EPO patents (Per million of population) 2.5 R&D Personnel (% of total workforce) 1.1 New S&E graduates (Per thousand of years) 2.7 High-tech USPTO patents (Per million of population) 3.1 SMEs innovating in-house (% of manufactaring SMEs) 3.3 SMEs innovation co-operation (% of manufactaring SMEs) 3.4 Innovation expenditures (% of all turnover in manufacturing) 4.1 High-tech venture capital (% of GDP) 4.4 New capital raised (% of GDP) 6.1 Sales of new-to-market products (% of sales by manuf. firms) 6.2 Home internet access (% of all households) 6.3 Share of ICT markets (% of GDP) 6.4 Share of manufacturing value-added in high-tech sectors Best EU country EU average Bremen Niederösterreich Funen

7 Consequence of these findings Development of a set of indicators  Assigned to single STRINNOP steps  Including quantitative indicators of European Innovation Scoreboard, which are already available on regional level (or can be made available within a manageable effort)  Including quantitative and qualitative indicators, eg. from the analyses of RITTS/RIS-projects, further surveys, expert enquiries under its way …

8 Set of indicators according (under discussion) STRINNOP Approach – step 1 Identification of regional competencies and innovation potentials  1.1Transparency of regional know-how and competencies  1.2Transparency of firms’ needs in innovation support  1.3RNSII (Regional National Summary Innovation Index)  1.4RRSII (Revealed Regional Summary Innovation Index) Identification of regional competencies and innovation potentials

9 Creation of regional knowledge Set of indicators according (under discussion) STRINNOP Approach – step 2 Creation of regional knowledge  2.1Population with a tertiary education (% of years age classes)  2.2Participation in life-long learning (% of years olds)  2.3Public R&D Expenditure (GERD – BERD) (% GDP)  2.4Business Expenditure on R&D (BERD) (% GDP  2.5High-tech EPO patent applications (per million population)  2.6Adequate interfaces at technology providers  2.7Education and training with respect to future entrepreneurs  2.8% national technology leadership (of total sample of firms)  2.9International technology leadership

10 Stimulation of innovation activities Set of indicators according (under discussion) STRINNOP Approach – step 3 Stimulation of innovation activities  3.1Existence of "regional innovation culture" and "entrepreneurship culture”  3.2Existence of proactive approach to contact firms'  3.3Communication platform to facilitate firms' access to technology and service providers  3.4Range of stimulation activities and quality  3.5Existence of (pre-)seed activities

11 Imple- mentation of firms` innovation activities Set of indicators according (under discussion) STRINNOP Approach – step 4 Implementation of firms’ innovation activities  4.1GDP per capita  4.2employment in medium/high tech manufacturing (% of total work force)  4.3employment in high tech services ´(% of total work force)  4.4% turnover with new products (less than 3 years) (of total turnover)  4.5% of innovative firms (of total sample)  4.6Range and quality of implementation services  4.7Infrastructure and accompanying services for start-ups and quality  4.8Number of new start-ups in innovation relevant areas

12 Focus on regional strength: clustering and networking Set of indicators according (under discussion) STRINNOP Approach – step 5 Focus on regional strength: clustering and networking  5.1existence of distinctive regional sector profil: sectors with highest labour force  5.2focus on thematic topics  5.3private imitative within the regional cluster activities  5.4public initiatives for networking and clustering

13 Internatio- nalisation Set of indicators according (under discussion) STRINNOP Approach – step 6 Internationalisation  6.1% of export / total turnover  6.2Existence of international networks  6.3Range and quality of services to foster firms’ internationalisation activities

14 Marketing of the regional innovation profile documen- tation of innovation success Set of indicators according (under discussion) STRINNOP Approach – step 7 Marketing if the regional innovation profile  7.1Communication and promotion activities  7.2participation in international innovation supporting networks/Projects  7.3(inter)national Lobbying

15 Set of indicators according (under discussion) STRINNOP Approach – step 8 Accompanying step: Coordination of the regional innovation supporting infrastructure  8.1Existence of communication platform (steering committee)  8.2existence of holistic regional innovation strategy (vision, turning into action, adoption and further development) Coordination of the regional innovation supporting infrastructure

16 Set of indicators according (under discussion) STRINNOP Approach – step 9 Accompanying step: Monitoring and evaluation of the regional innovation activities  9.1Monitoring and evaluation of Step 1  9.2Monitoring and evaluation of Step 2  9.3Monitoring and evaluation of Step 3  9.4Monitoring and evaluation of Step 4  9.5Monitoring and evaluation of Step 5  9.6Monitoring and evaluation of Step 6  9.7Monitoring and evaluation of Step 7 Monitoring and evaluation of the regional innovation activities

17 Set of indicators according (under discussion) STRINNOP Approach – step 10 Financing of the regional innovation activities and supporting infrastructure  10.1Total amount of public money for regional innovation support  10.2% regional public money for innovation support (of GDP) Financing of the regional innovation activities and supporting infrastructure

18 Barriers to measuring the Regional Innovation Profile (STRINNOP experiences)  Limited availability of data not compulsory for the regions to provide the data on regional level availability varies from region to region, depending among others from the size of the regions  Time-consuming and high effort required different sources some regional data exist but are not official available  Costs for data  Insufficient freshness of data to monitor impact of activities  Qualitative indicators missing transparency of regional innovation system in single regions Significance: definition and common understanding of single qualitative indicators  Who is authorised in the region to assess the Regional Innovation Profile?  Agreement by involved regions on most important indicators

19 … but there are also increasing number of activities on Regional Innovation Indicators  DG Enterprise (contact: Peter Löwe): European Innovation Scoreboard: EU Regions, Technical Paper No 3  DG Enterprise (contact: Dr. Michael Busch): Analyses of RITTS/RIS-projects with respect to common regional indicators for innovation and the innovation supporting infrastructure  TN Metropolis “Innovation Regional Indicators”  Activities in single European regions and on national level  Activities of single northern American states/regions in USA and Canada ...

20 Further proceeding of STRINNOP  Feedback of regions on suggested indicators  First drawing of Regional Innovation Profile by each STRINNOP member  (STRINNOP internal) Benchmark of Regional Innovation Profiles  Open STRINNOP Conference in Bremen on 16 th & 17 th October 2003 Thank you for your attention!