RIS3 as an instrument to promote sustainable growth in Catalonia

Albert Castellanos MaduellGeneral Director for Economic Promotion, Competition and Regulation

Ministry of the Vice-presidency and of the Economy and Finance

Brussels, 13 October 2016

RIS3CAT

Europe 2020 Strategy

Catalonia 2020 Strategy

• employment and training• social cohesion• innovation and knowledge• entrepreneurism• internationalisation • green economy

Priorities:•7 leading sectors•6 KETs•Emerging activities•Innovation system

Clusters International value chains

Stakeholder cooperation

Economic specialisation

R&I specialisation

Global trends

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Catalonia’s ERDF OP 2014-2020

Support to:•innovation and knowledge for sustainable growth•entrepreneurism•green economyUnder RIS3CAT priorities

Ex ante analysis

o A strong R&D system of excellence highly internationalised

o A strong industrial tradition and industrial base, highly diversified and internationalised, with a strong cluster tradition.

o Commitment to quality of live (as a Mediterranean country) and to green economy (as the only path to sustainable growth).

o A very open economy.

o A research system with financial difficulties.

o Many companies (SMEs) with difficulties to compete in the global market.

o High unemployment rate.

o There is no tradition of cooperation between the R&D system and the business fabric.

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Main RIS3CAT challenge: Transforming knowledge and technology into economic and social value

SWOT

Vectors Quality of life Industrial tradition Green economy

Vision 2020Catalonia is a country with an industrial base and an open, competitive and sustainable economy that combines talent, creativity, a diversified business fabric and its own excellent research system within the framework of a dynamic, enterprising and inclusive society.

Strategic objectives

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Global challenges

• Features of the Catalan Economy

1. To modernise the business fabric by improving the efficiency of production processes, internationalisation and the reorientation of consolidated sectors towards activities with greater added value

2. To promote new emerging economic activities through research and innovation to create and develop new market niches

3. To consolidate Catalonia as a European knowledge hub and link technological and creative capacities to existing and emerging sectors in the territory

4. To improve the overall Catalan innovation system, increasing the competitiveness of companies and steering public policies towards the promotion of innovation, internationalisation and entrepreneurship

General Scheme

Food and drink Chemicals, energy and

resources Industrial systems Design-based industries Industries related to

sustainable mobility Health industries Cultural and experience-

based industries

These will be identified in the smart specialisation process

ICTs Nanotechnology Advanced materials Photonics Biotechnology Advanced manufacturing

RIS3CAT communities Specialisation and Territorial Competitiveness Projects (PECT) Emerging activities R&D cooperation projects Public-private partnerships in R&D&I Knowledge industry Technology transfer Innovative public procurement Strengthening the technological capabilities of research and innovation infrastructure International cooperation Industrial PhDs Development of RIS3CAT in Barcelona

Polítiques públiques

Digital agenda Entrepreneurism Eco-innovation

(green economy) Non-technological

innovation Training and talent

RIS3CAT Action Plan measures

Leading sectors Emerging activities Cross-cutting enablingtechnologies

Environment for innovation

Pillar 2 Pillar 3 Pillar 4Pillar 1

Public policies

The RIS3CAT a discovery process for smart specialisation

Introduction of new innovative governance solutions with the implication of the quadruple helix stakeholders.

Collaborative R&I investments as the main driver for sustainable economic growth and for smart specialisation of the business fabric.

Strong orientation of ERDF towards RIS3CAT priorities and objectives.

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1 Prior evidence and consensus for the vision and the

strategicobjectives

4. Coordination with State and EU policies

2. Government leadership and interdepartmental coordination

5 Cooperation with other regions

3. Participation of R&I stakeholders

6. Monitoring and evaluation system

RIS3 has changed ERDF programming and execution

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Public administrations become an innovation agent: Innovation Public Procurement Specialisation and Territorial Competitiveness Projects lead by local authorities

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Some concluding thoughts... Regions are key players to achieve Europe 2020 objectives.

Structural Funds reinforce the contribution of regions to Europe 2020 objectives.

RIS3 and other ex-ante conditions are key to reorient regional policies towards Europe 2020 objectives.

RIS3 represents a change of paradigm for innovation policies and for EU Cohesion Policy.

RIS3 is defined as an entrepreneurial discovery process. It is about finding new solutions to the new societal challenges with the implication of all stakeholders (R&I system, companies, administrations, users).

The policies based on smart specialisation are being implemented…we need to know whether they work.

RIS3 and Structural Funds monitoring and evaluation systems should be more focused on learning and less focused on compliance with predefined objectives.

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