Conference on regional governance in a global context The experience of Emilia Romagna Morena Diazzi Managing Authority ERDF ROP

Factsheets Km 2 4,2 mill. inhabitants 430 th. enterprises 1 each 10 inhabitants 97% of enterprises < 20 workers 134 bill. € regional GDP € per capita GDP 47 bill. € export, 13% of national total Highly specialised and competitive clusters 9 Provinces with a low level of socio-economic disparities For 2009 expected GDP -2,2

Key elements of development policies of the Region Territorial approach to development (supported by regional laws in R&D, energy, tourism, trade, craftsman, cooperation, internationalisation, industry, and related programmes) Negotiated approach and using of negotiated instruments (expression of interest, technical negotiation, agreements) Partnership relevance (horizontal partnership with social and economic actors) Multi-level governance (vertical partnership with local institutions) Using of tools of EU regional policies (objective oriented programming, monitoring, evaluation, control)

Partnership relevance Socio–economic and institutional partnership as a common methodology of regional policies and as a tool to share decisions and to reinforce commitment:  Vertical partnership between regional and local public institutions (provinces and municipalities) but also with national and European institutions (i.e. NSRF,Industrial District Programme, 2015 Industry Programme)  Horizontal partnership among socio and economic actors (business associations, labour organisations, civil society). i.e.Task force for the economic and financial crisis for social secuirity and credit measures

Negotiated planning as an instrument to involve actors and territories Common sharing and definition of interventions based on complex characteristics of territorial assets Strategic orientations and guidelines defined at regional level Local institutions Economic and social partnership Projects developed by territorial stakeholders

ERDF ROP : an example of strategic regional planning

Definition of the Programme within strategic objectives set at EU level (Lisbon and Goteborg strategies) Thematic concentration of interventions (Innovation, knowledge society, research and technology transfer, environmental sustainability, renewable energies) Interpreting territory as a a determining factor of regional economic system Setting objective targets and monitoring the performance through measurable indicators High integration with regional programming instruments Relevance of horizontal and vertical partnership in programming and implementation phases Multi-annual planning ( ) Key elements in programming ROP

Reinforcement of the role of medium-large sized firms, or small dynamic firms Increased sector complexity and inter-cluster connections – Individuation of regional macro-clusters Higher specialisation and international trends Increased efforts of companies in R&D Increased networking of universities and research institutions at regional level Greater need of qualified professionals in the technological, creative, cultural and organisational fields Need for enhancing cultural and environmental heritage disseminated across the region 8 Socio-economic context

Strategy Promoting development of a sustainable economy able to maintain a high level social quality in an economic framework open to European integration and international competitiveness, towards a “new competitive industry” mainly through knowledge and innovation and focusing on the territory as a determining factor of innovative development of the regional economic system

Strategic set Operations for companies –Research –Innovation –Energy efficiency –Qualification of services for cultural and environmental heritage System operations –Setting up of “technopoles” –Setting up of sustainable industrial areas –Enhancement of environmental and cultural heritage

Priorities Priority 1: Industrial research and technology transfer (in addition to 2 regional programmes implemented in the last 5 years) Priority 2: Development of Innovative enterprises (in addition to the regional programme for industry and that for the dissemination of broad band) Priority 3: Energy-environmental qualification and sustainable development (in addition to regional programme approved in 2007) Priority 4: Enhancement and qualification of environmental and cultural heritage (in addition to annual programmes for tourism and trade) Priority 5: Technical assistance

 Strengthening the regional network for research and technology transfer network and supporting the research capacity of companies  Promotion of industrial research and technology transfer as a main factor of the competitiveness of the economic system within the regional context Activities  Setting up of technopoles for industrial research and technology transfer  Supporting SMEs cooperative research projects with research laboratories and innovation centres  Supporting the start up of newly established innovative companies Priority 1

Technopoles  Setting up infrastructures for industrial research, TT and generation of high tech companies;  Locating within the infrastructures industrial research and TT laboratories, promoted or with the direct participation of universities or with research centres, innovation centres, hi- tech business incubators and all other services of industrial research and experimental development;  Implementing industrial research programmes, experimental development and TT, through laboratories located in the technopoles and envisaging accessibility of scientific equipments to the whole network and to companies

Promoting the growth of companies, supporting evolution of the productive system towards forms of innovation, where knowledge based products and processes are the key elements to ensure competitiveness of the industrial and territorial system at international level Activities  Supporting projects for the introduction of ICT in SMEs  Supporting projects and services for the setting up of networks of companies, for technological and organisational innovation in SMEs  Supporting the use of innovative financial management tools in SMEs Priority 2

Promoting energy competitiveness and energy-environmental requalification. It concentrates on environmental sustainability, particularly on innovation related issues, on promotion of energy efficiency, on innovation in logistics Activities  Improving the energy-environmental technologies of industrial “parks”  Supporting SMEs innovative projects in the field of energy- environmental technologies aimed at energy saving and the use of renewable resources  Supporting pilot projects for mobility and logistics, for energy purposes Priority 3

Supporting socio-economic development as a potential for a sustainable tourism Activities  Enhancing the environmental and cultural heritage  Integrated promotion of the environmental and cultural heritage  Supporting qualification of service activities promoting cultural and environmental heritage Priority 4

 Increase expenditure of R&D/GDP  Increase of employment in R&D public and private sectors  Increase of energy efficiency  Reduction of emissions affecting climate  Networking with European high level techonology and research centres also on energy matters (ERIK Network, projects submitted and under evaluation within territorial cooperation programmes) Expected results

First results 4 call for projects issued (3 concluded) 3 expressions of interest launched for public institutions and research institutions About 930 SMEs projects funded for a total of eligible expenditure approximately 228 mill. euro 38 projects for the enhancement of environmental and cultural heritage launched by local institutions for a total eligible expenditure of about 100 mill. euro 25 research programmes to be implemented in technopoles submitted by universities and research institutions for a total eligible expenditure of about 200 mill. Euro 20 industrial parks for energy technologies whose total eligible expenditure is currently under evaluation

Thank you! Morena Diazzi Managing Authority Emilia Romagna ERDF ROP Emilia-Romagna Region Via Aldo Moro Bologna Tel

The main risk of territorial policy is fragmentation The main advantage is the multiplyer effect of resources and thus the integration of policies What is needed is strong and appropriate governance