1. IMPLEMENTING LISBON STRATEGY AT REGIONAL LEVEL
The EIT Plus programme
IMPLEMENTING LISBON STRATEGY AT REGIONAL LEVEL
A BILLION EURO PROJECT
Rafał Dutkiewicz
Mayor of Wrocław

2. WROCŁAW: EUROPE IN A NUTSHELL
Wrocław – „microcosm”
of Central Europe
Modern European metropolis
academic students
cultural capital of Poland
massive investment
2h 30min

3. WROCŁAW – INVESTMENT HOT SPOT
MIEJSCE, LUDZIE.
Since 2003:
Investment: over 3 billion EURO
new jobs in the metropolis

4. LISBON STRATEGY LOCALLY
Citizen-friendly European metropolis
Knowledge-intensive jobs
Strategic targeting:
Innovative business
Quality of life
Civic society

5. POLAND IN THE EU: OPPORTUNITY AND OBLIGATION
May 2004: Poland joins the EU
EU backs the reforms
Lisbon strategy – the way to go
Structural Funds – European Marshall plan Poland: 70+ bln Euro
Strategic initiatives – the EIT!

6. EIT PLUS – REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
knowledge-intensive growth of Wrocław and the Lower Silesia
concerted effort of the knowledge triangle stakeholders
Principal source of financing: Structural Funds
Total project value over 1 billion EURO
Research
Innovation
Education

7. EIT PLUS – R&D PRIORITY AREAS
Information technologies, computer sciences
New materials, nanotechnologies
Biotechnology and advanced medical applications
Frontier research (especially in mathematics, physics, chemistry)

8. EIT PLUS – PROCESSES ALREADY STARTED
Governance
Schools
REI (the knowledge triangle):
Bologna programme locally
Park of Business and Innovation (120m €)
Dol-Bio-Mat R&D project (120m €)
R&I Campus over m €

9. FUNDING EIT PLUS Local budget (ok. 30%) Cohesion funds (ca. 50%)
State budget (ca. 20%)
national R&D programmes
Local budget (ok. 30%)
Public private-partnership
In-kind contributions by the City
City budget (different headings)
Total > 1 bln Euro

10. EIT PLUS – CIVIC INITIATIVE
Joint initiative:
local authorities
academic community
local business
Consultations with government (operation programmes)
Open initiative –