how to enhance the innovation capability in new member states? phdr. miroslava kopicová...
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How to Enhance the How to Enhance the
Innovation Capability in Innovation Capability in
New Member States?New Member States?PhDr. Miroslava KopicováPhDr. Miroslava Kopicová
[email protected]@nvf.czNational Training FundNational Training Fund
European Innovating Minds, Brussels, 2009
Innovation capacity in NMS
European Innovating MindsBrussels, 2009
Diversity in innovation capacity – diversity in innovation performance benchmarking.
Policy has to address the specific demands of local environments, firms and research institutions.
Complementary policies - innovation policy + structural reforms + policies such as competition, higher education, labour market flexibility + financial market development.
Country clusters
European Innovating MindsBrussels, 2009
Technology users and technology producers, based on the direct and indirect domestic and foreign share of R&D in GDP.
Source: OECD ANBERD, EUROSTAT/OECD Input Output tables. WIFO calculations based on NIFU-STEP calculations.
Reconsider balance between funding excellence and relevance in RD
European Innovating MindsBrussels, 2009
RD funding systems - openness and excellence x ensuring industrial and social relevance.
Link research capacities with firm level demand
In the public sector to build up applied research capacities and capacities for supporting technology absorption
Improve the educational system at all levels
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Quality of education.
Support creativity.
Reconcile quality and equity of education.
High quality life-long learning activities across society and industries.
Evaluate the use and design of the Structural Funds
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Structural Funds in NMS
Substitute for national funding of innovation.
Quick absorption instead effective use of funds.
Cumbersome procedures.
Re-evaluation
Strong linkages to public research systems and FDI
Re-design the instrument
Explore policy avenues for integrating FDI and innovation policy
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Foreign investors have played a key role in the economic growth acceleration and in formation of industry and export specializations.
In the further development stage they are to play a role in the transition to knowledge based economy.
How to attract and motivate the innovation based FDIs inflows or reinvestments?
Spur innovation and R&D through demand policies
European Innovating MindsBrussels, 2009
Limited local market and weak demand for R&D and innovation.
Strategic vision.
Incentives for the modernisation of industry.
Public procurement.
Invest in strategic intelligence and administrative capacity
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The capacity of NMS to formulate, evaluate and implement innovation policy is very low.
Improve policy evaluation, policy analysis and policy making capability
Systematic training.
Research that will develop country differentiated approach in innovation and growth policy
European Innovating MindsBrussels, 2009
Creation of much better science base.
Develop indicators
Evidence based policy
THANK YOU THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTIONFOR YOUR ATTENTION
PhDr. Miroslava KopicováPhDr. Miroslava Kopicová[email protected]@nvf.cz
National Training FundNational Training Fund
European Innovating MindsBrussels, 2009
