Enterprise Europe Network and LMI: …..

Dr. Henriette van EijlEuropean CommissionENTR D1 (innovation policy)ENTR-LMI@ec.europa.eu

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Aims of the Lead Market Initiative

• Foster the emergence of lead markets of high economic and societal value by …

• creating innovation-friendly market framework conditions ….

• to reduce the time-to-market of new goods and services and to enable emerging sectors to grow faster.

How: a policy mix to achieve maximum impact in 6 sectors

Supply-side measures

Demand-side measures

- regulation- procurement

- R&D fu

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- Equity

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…The Aho-report, followed by a Communication “Putting knowledge into practice: a broad-based innovation strategy for Europe” of 2006

- standardisation- clusters

Package = LMI

StandardisationLabelling

CertificationLegislation

Public Procurement

Complementary Actions

Networks of European

Contracting Authorities

to foster demand for innovation

EU Recommendation

for interoperability

Financial support (CIP) for market

replication projects

Guide on funding available for RE demonstration

and pilot projects

Product performance

standards

e-Health

Sustainable constructio

n

Protective textiles

Bio-based products

Recycling

Renewable energies

2nd generation of Eurocodes

SMEs guide on collaborative

working schemes in construction

Network to be set up by DG

INFSO

Waste Framework Directive

Lead

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et

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Policy tools

Screening of national building

regulations

Raw materials initiative

Introduce the Electronic Health Insurance Card

Training platform for buyers and

users

FP7 call on bio-refinery pilot

plants

Mandatory national

targets for 2020

Implementation: activities already started in 1st half of 2008:

EU Patient Smart Open Services

large scale pilot funded

Inventory of legislation

affecting bio-based products

Inventory of all relevant

standards

Timeline till 2012

Who is involved in the LMI: cooperation is key in obtaining fast implementation of the action plans

Member States:

• Ministries of Economic/ Science Affairs, European Council, Competitiveness Council

• Standardisation, public procurement and regulatory organisations.

Stakeholders: business organisations, NGOs, trade unions, insurance companies, regional and local authorities, VC, European Technology Platforms etc. For each sector, there is a ‘contact/advisory’ group with strong industry participation

Networks: EEN, industry/SME networks, cluster networks

EC internal coordination: 15 different DGs, both sector and regulatory departments of the EC.

Question: How to optimise the use of our building blocks?

• EEN has 3 activity modules and has established at least 6 Sector Groups in LMI sectors

• LMI focuses on 6 market sectors

with a tailored action plan for

each market

Links between LMI and EEN sector groups:

Sector group LMI task force Lead DG + task force leader

INTELLIGENT ENERGY Renewable Energy DG TREN, Norela Constantinescu

SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION

Sustainable construction DG ENTR I5, Antonio Paparella

HEALTHCARE eHealth, bio-based products

DG INFSO, Michael Palmer

TEXTILE Protective textiles DG ENTR G4, Outi Niiranen

MATERIALS Bio-based products DG ENTR F5, Tomas Jonnson

ENVIRONMENT/ Water & Waste management and air pollution

Recycling DG ENV, Jakub Wejchert

Sector group leaders and LMI task force leaders were contacted early October

Cooperation with EEN Sector groups on the basis of the 6 LMI action plans:

• Develop activities in regions and countries that complement the LMI activities, ex. in public procurement, regulation, standardisation

• Ex: stimulating innovative public procurement by bringing together local procurers and high tech SMEs in the 6 LMI sectors

• Ex: asking SMEs about what local/regional legislation hampers their innovation programmes in these 6 sectors

• Providing intelligence about LMI-related measures in MS and regions

Direct involvement of EEN partners in LMI activities and support-activities:

CIP programmes, for ex.: • EIP Europe INNOVA/ PRO INNO activities with LMI link • Call of networks of public procurers in support of the LMI

Regions of Knowledge call (FP7) with LMI link

Activities funded by structural funds