1. RDAs, Regional Policy and Knowledge Dynamics Surveying Patterns and Trends in Europe Professor Henrik Halkier Aalborg University, Denmark halkier@ihis.aau.dk Regional Development Agencies: The Next Generation Newcastle, 18 April 2011

2. Henrik Halkier Aalborg University, Denmark halkier@ihis.aau.dk 1.RDAs and shifting paradigms in regional policy in Europe 2.Conceptual framework and empirical methods 3.RDAs and their policies: Key dimensions 4.Patterns of regional policy - problem, governance and policy logics 5.Conclusion and perspectives CHAPTER OUTLINE

3. Understanding the rise of knowledge-oriented regional policy halkier@ihis.aau.dk Industrial paradigm Knowledge-economy paradigm GovernanceDesignated assisted areas Multi-level, bottom-up StrategyExpansion via increased investment in private firms New economic activities through increased knowledge/networking InstrumentsFinanceInformation, organisation

4. Understanding the rise of knowledge-oriented regional policy halkier@ihis.aau.dk Industrial paradigm Knowledge-economy paradigm GovernanceDesignated assisted areas Multi-level, bottom-up StrategyExpansion via increased investment in private firms New economic activities through increased knowledge/networking InstrumentsFinanceInformation, organisation Drivers of change ? Decentralisation ? Global competitive pressures ? Policy imitation ?

5. EUROPEAN DIVERSITY The 2007 RDA survey Sponsorship: Arm's-length, one sponsor Strategies: Competitiveness Targets: Organisations, information + Instruments: Knowledge-intensive Knowledge impact: Techno-managerial, cultural halkier@ihis.aau.dk

6. Exploring the shaping of RDAs halkier@ihis.aau.dk Empirical survey result: Despite differences between regions/countries ‘Knowledge-economy paradigm’ forms of regional policy spread across Europe Drivers: Governance logic: powerful regions sponsor RDAs Problem logic: Economic diversity -> diverse initiatives Policy logic: Absent or pervasive?

7. TAKING THE CHAPTER FORWARD halkier@ihis.aau.dk Introduce more extensive literature survey But overlap with introduction to book? Documenting role of drivers/logics Figures, tables/calculations, …? Other suggestions most welcome ….

8. EUROPEAN DIVERSITY The 2007 RDA survey Empirical survey most important organisation at most important meso-level four most prominent policies web-based survey 181 regions snapshot becoming wider 20/21 9/9 16/16 4/5 12/12 7/14 15/15 17/17 4/15 6/13 6/6 7/11 3/19 2/10 10/12 5/7 4/4 8/12 6/11 2/8 6/16 12/20 halkier@ihis.aau.dk

9. EUROPEAN DIVERSITY The 2007 RDA survey Sponsorship: Arm's-length, one sponsor halkier@ihis.aau.dk

10. EUROPEAN DIVERSITY The 2007 RDA survey Sponsorship: Arm's-length, one sponsor Strategies: Competitiveness halkier@ihis.aau.dk

11. EUROPEAN DIVERSITY The 2007 RDA survey Sponsorship: Arm's-length, one sponsor Strategies: Competitiveness Targets: Organisations, information + halkier@ihis.aau.dk 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 PersonsOrganisationsSystem HardwareSoftwareOrgware

12. EUROPEAN DIVERSITY The 2007 RDA survey Sponsorship: Arm's-length, one sponsor Strategies: Competitiveness Targets: Organisations, information + Instruments: Knowledge-intensive halkier@ihis.aau.dk

13. For copy of full report please e-mail Henrik Halkier on halkier@ihis.aau.dk