1. 1 st December 2011 FIDIBE Final Conference, Székesfehérvár, Mid Pannon, Hungary WP3.1 Innovative capabilities of the FIDIBE participation regions 1 st December 2011 FIDIBE Final SC Meeting Székesfehérvár, Mid Pannon Hungary Katerina Papadopoulou Development & Innovation Unit / Horizontal Programmes Directorate CERTH

2. 1 st December 2011 FIDIBE Final Conference, Székesfehérvár, Mid Pannon, Hungary Scope of WP3: To determine actions for defining, supporting and improving the regions’ innovative capabilities and as a result the development of new and empowerment of existing Business Innovation Parks. The territories analyzed were of various territorial levels (regions, nation- states)  diverse statistical data Several findings were based on empirical research  cautious deductions This presentation highlights main similarities and differences of the participating territories

3. 1 st December 2011 FIDIBE Final Conference, Székesfehérvár, Mid Pannon, Hungary Regions examined Veneto, Basilicata, Central Macedonia, Slovenia, Harghita Central Transdanubian, West transdanubian, Croatia Methodological approach (1) PART I. Executive Summary PART II. Report on regional situation of each region  Specific geopolitical, historical and socio-economic aspects of the region under study,  Regional indicators,  SWOT analysis of the region

4. 1 st December 2011 FIDIBE Final Conference, Székesfehérvár, Mid Pannon, Hungary PART III. Main actors contributing to the development of innovative capability and entrepreneurship of the region  The general situation of the business sector, mostly focusing to innovative entrepreneurship  Entrepreneurship policies in the region-country mostly focusing on the impacts for the innovative enterprises, start-ups and spin-offs  Main actors contributing to the development of innovative capability of the region  SWOT of the business sector mainly identifying the main problems innovative enterprises are faced with PART IV. Suggestions and proposals for over-passing problems of entrepreneurship (innovative SMEs) Methodological approach (2)

5. 1 st December 2011 FIDIBE Final Conference, Székesfehérvár, Mid Pannon, Hungary Common development factors/national specialities Issues More similarities “+” More differences “-“ Spatial factors -geographical location (inside the EU, the country and the settlement networks) -traffic geographic conditions (proximity of highways, airports, international traffic corridors) -+-+ Economic Factors -historical economic background (EU, Balkans, post-socialist countries) -macroeconomic factors (globalisation, European integration, the effect of the economic crisis, FDI presence) -microeconomic factors (development of local economy, existence of traditional sectors, diversified economic structure) -enterprise structure (number of enterprises, industry structure, sizes) -rate of R&D expenditure -ratio of employed people -the role of the cooperation -+-++++-+-++++ Social factors -demographic processes (population decrease, senescence, outwards migration) -education ++++ Planning Factors -planning framework of the EU -national planning framework -regional planning framework -actors -the role of the cooperation ++-++++-++

6. 1 st December 2011 FIDIBE Final Conference, Székesfehérvár, Mid Pannon, Hungary Spatial factors and proposals 1.Exploitation of advantages brought by the geographical situation 2.Reduction of territorial inequalities Economic Factors and proposals 1.Economic development by realizing a diversified economic structure, development of traditional sectors, development of infrastructure and settling investors 2.Economic development by developing economic relation systems and (domestic and international) networks 3.Economic development by developing an innovative economic environment (realizing the balance of supply of demand, developing an economic orientation in R&D institutes, rationalizing intermediary organizations, enlarging the knowledge base of entrepreneurs) 4.Economic development by developing enterprises (support of spin-offs, start- ups, technology-oriented and innovative enterprises) 5.Economic development by developing enterprise culture

7. 1 st December 2011 FIDIBE Final Conference, Székesfehérvár, Mid Pannon, Hungary Social factors and proposals 1.The creation of spatial and social cohesion and the improvement of the quality of life 2.Development of human resources 3.Raising social awareness, stimulation of innovativeness and creativity 4.The integration of social considerations into the development policy Planning Factors and proposals (1) 1.The realization of strategic planning with the involvement of innovation actors (more flexible planning and the consideration of aspects such as: social capital, social networks, clusters, special characteristics) 2.Creation of networks among actors of the innovation system 3.Realization of strategic planning with diversified development policies

8. 1 st December 2011 FIDIBE Final Conference, Székesfehérvár, Mid Pannon, Hungary Planning Factors and proposals (2) 4.Realization of strategic planning with the involvement of innovation actors 5.The creation of a decentralized regional institution structure 6.Creation and development of Regional Innovation Strategies and their integration into development policy 7.Development of an instrument system which complies with development policy documents (tender system, resource distribution) 8.Communication 9.Monitoring