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Support of the innovation developments of small and
medium-sized enterprises in South Transdanubia
Nikol HUBA-VARGASouth Transdanubian Regional Development
Agency (STRDA)12nd June, 2007
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Convergence objectiveRegions > 75% in EU25)
Index EU 25= 100
Quelle: Eurostat
Geographical Eligibility 2007-2013 Draft April 2005, GDP/head 2000-2001-2002
Objective RegionalCompetitiveness and EmploymentPhasing-in regions, "naturally" above 75%
Objective RegionalCompetitiveness and Employment
Convergence objectivestatistically affected regions
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EUR-27 = 1.92
< 0.45
0.8 – 1.16
1.16 – 1.88
>= 1.88
0.45 – 0.8
no data
Regional RTD expenditure in 2002 in % of GDP
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NUTS II. regions of Hungary
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SOUTH TRANSDANUBIA
14.169 km2
974.768 heads
69 head/km2
Counties:
• Baranya
• Somogy
• Tolna
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Number of European patents
per 1 million populations,
2000
(USA(USA 309.1)309.1)
GermanyGermany 229.3229.3
FinlandFinland 186.8186.8
AustriaAustria 158.9158.9
EU15EU15 126126
ItalyItaly 112.5112.5
SloveniaSlovenia 98.798.7
IrelandIreland 66.466.4
SpainSpain 46.846.8
HUNGARYHUNGARY 29.829.8
PolandPoland 26.426.4
Czech R.Czech R. 22.222.2
PortugalPortugal 8.88.8
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South Transdanubian Regional Development Agency (STRDA)
The STRDA is the working body of the South
Transdanubian Regional Development Council The most important activities of STRDA:• Management of application programmes • Regional planning• Project development• Economy development, support for the innovation• Organizing the international relations of the region • Organizing the inner relations of the region, regional
marketing
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Regional Innovation Strategy of South Regional Innovation Strategy of South TransdanubiaTransdanubia
RIS Project (2001-2004)RIS Project (2001-2004)
Development of a sector based innovation
strategy 2004-2010
Following the programming methodology of the
Structural Funds
Main programming document of South
Transdanubia – important part of the Regional
Operative Programme (2007-2013)
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Regional Innovation Agency and Network
3 year long project (2005-2007) supported by the National Innovation Fund
Aims: To support the implementation of the Regional
Innovation Strategy To operate a complex, easy-to-reach system of
services with guarantied quality, which supports the innovative development of the SME-s
Development of the innovation services
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Members of the Consortium:
Regional Development Agency (Co-ordinator)
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Pécs - Baranya County
Innovation and Technology Development Center
Entrepreneurs Centre of Somogy County Public Foundation
Kapos Innovation Transfer Center
University of Pécs
University of Kaposvár
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Functions of the Regional Innovation Agency:
Programming, implementation and monitoring of regional innovation development programmes, management of grant schemes
Project generation
Co-orditation of financial resources for innovation development (national and EU funds, establishment of innovation financing systems)
Establishment and operating of the Regional Innovation Database and Information System
Initiating international, interregional development projects
Co-ordination of the regional innovation system, networking
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Baross Grant Programme
First regional grant programme for innovation development
• Managed by RIA: programming, project development, regional decision about supported projects, managment of the grant scheme
• Supports the innovation projects of small and medium-sized enterprises
• SME programme for 2005: 535 million HUF (approximately 2 million EUR), 32 supported projects
• according to the sectoral priorities of the Regional Innovation Strategy (food industry, machine- and electronic industries, textile industry,health industry, evironmental industry)
• 2006: re-launch
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Establishment of Competence Centres Grant programme for development of the innovation services -
Implementation is in progress, call for proposals in July 2006.
• New methodology of project development: 4 projects elaborated in co-operation with the RIA and the RIEDC, key implementing organisation identified during the RIS, regularly consultation, ex-ante monitoring of the projects
• creation of sector-specific „bridge building” organisations in 4 sectors identified by the RIS (food industry, environmental industries, creative industries, fealth-tourism), new members of the RIA network
• on the basis of the university knowledge potential, strengthening the links between the business sector and the research and consultancy organisations
• Task of the competence centres: establishment and coordination of sectoral networks and clusters of sme-s, support of their innovation projects, create links to the knoweledge bases, provide innovation services
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Main outcomes33
30
10
16
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Number of founded projects Signed contracts Modified contracts Number of reports come in
pie
ces
Adatsor1
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Business potential of R&D activities in the university environment and their transfer to SMEs in the Cross-
Border Region
The report consists of two parts. Part one includes the survey on the innovation activity and absorptive capacity of small and medium size business. Part two contains the survey about the University of Pécs innovation and research potential and its spillover perspective to local
businesses.
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The most important findings of the business survey
Technological innovation
29
9 174
23
1120
6
5
7 17
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0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
0-5 6-9 10-49 50-
Size
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of
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an
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pro
cess i
nn
ovati
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s
0 1 2
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Different types of innovations and innovation intensity
8956 55
10889
142107
25
33 40
22
22
17
4045
79 62
3761
2939
37 29 40 30 258 10
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Type of innovation
Inte
nsi
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f in
no
vati
on
a
Not Not to intensively Yes Very intensively
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Collaboration of the Hungarian firms
29
71107 120
13
27
3329
18
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15 8
102
407 5
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%
Hungarianbusinesses
Other countrybusinesses
Croatianbusinesses
Slovenianbusinesses
Collaboration with other businesses
Not planned Planned Rare collaboration Frequent collaboration
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Summary The innovation potential of South-Transdanubian SMEs was measured by relying on a recent version Oslo Manual based questionnaire that incorporates product, process, organizational and market innovations. Based on the analysis of the 201 questionnaires 30% of sample businesses did not innovate at all in the 2003-2005 time period. This finding is very similar to previous innovation research outcomes from Baranya county implying that there has been no improvement in the field of innovation in the South-Transdanubian region over the last seven years.
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STRDA, Regional Innovation Agency
Contact:
Nikol HUBA-VARGA
Tel: +36 -72-513-767
E-mail: [email protected]
www.ddriu.hu
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Thank you for your attention!