RIS LAUNCH CONFERENCE Ljublijana, June 6, 2005 Gains of the RIS West Romania Process throughout the

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RIS LAUNCH CONFERENCELjublijana, June 6,
2005Gains of the RIS West Romania Process
throughout theIRE Secretariat Support

• Raluca CIBU-BUZAC
• Head of International Relations and Investments
  Department, RDA West Romania

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West Region Pioneer of regional innovation in
Romania

• RIS West project co-financed by the European
  Commission, DG Enterprise
• Regional awareness on the importance of
  introducing the concepts related to innovation
  into the mainstream economic development
• Development of a regional consensus on the
  investment priorities in the field of RTDI
• Increase in the level of innovation within West
  Region, through the strengthening of the SMEs
• Increase of the innovative potential in terms of
  human resources.

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Regional innovation and Regional development in
Romania

• Strategic objectives are included in the Regional
  Development Plan 2007-2013
• Partial financing from the Phare ESC Programme
  (components like SMEs, Human Resources etc.
• Partial financing from the RELANSIN Programme of
  the Ministry for Education and Research
• 2007-2013 Regional Operation Programme and the
  Structural Funds

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Regional Innovation Strategy West 2005-2008
Process
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Regional Innovation Strategy West 2005-2008
Structure
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Regional Innovation Strategy West 2005-2008
Impact of the support provided by the IRE
Secretariat

• IRE Workshops and Seminars
• IRE Study visits
• IRE Promotional materials
• IRE Info Point
• IRE Partner search service
• IRE Website

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IRE Workshops and Seminars (I)

• Remarkable learning instruments
• At European level they stand as top methods of
  knowledge and experience transfer
• Excellent choice of key speakers and valuable
  success stories to share
• Important interaction component (targeted case
  studies, debates, questions and answers etc.)
• Can bring actual solutions to project managers

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IRE Workshops and Seminars (II)

• Stage 0
• PARTNER network Kick-off Conference, Prague
  29-30 April 2002
• Hosting of the 1st PARTNER network Methodological
  Workshop, Timisoara 30-31 May 2002
• PARTNER network Kick-off 2nd Methodological
  workshop, Bratislava 17-18 October 2002

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IRE Workshops and Seminars (III)

• Stage 1
• PARTNER network Final Conference, Budapest 8-9
  December 2003
• RIS Information Day, Piatra-Neamt 17 October
  2003
• Stage 2
• RIS Information Day, Bucharest 16 February 2004
• Workshop on Innovation Financing, Prague
  15-16 November 2004

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IRE Study Visits (I)

• Tailor made learning visit for the beneficiary
  region
• Possibility to choose the specific topics of
  interest
• IRE Secretariat is in charge with the overall
  organisation of the visit
• Excellent instrument for international
  co-operation and project development

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IRE Study Visits (II)

• Lessons learnt from the study visit to
  Saxony-Anhalt, 27-28 March 2003
• Good practices in metallurgical sector and mining
  sector
• Project implementation strategies, including
  networking and planning in time
• Promoting similar infrastructures and management
  scenarios at regional level
• Ecologisation of industrial sites

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IRE Promotional Materials

• Disseminated during the Annual Regional
  Innovation Forums and sectorial / thematic
  workshops of the RIS project
• Sent out to regional partners by post on a
  periodic basis (Steering Committee, working
  groups etc.)
• Mostly used publications IRE Newsletter, IRE
  Journal, leaflets

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IRE Info Point

• Accessed for the purpose of documentation and
  definition of pilot projects, as well as pioneer
  initiatives at the regional level
• Fast and quality service
• Topics addressed Foreign Direct Investments,
  instruments and solutions for the financing of
  innovation at regional level, innovation and TT
  infrastructures examples in Europe, RIS processes
  in Central and Eastern European context etc.

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IRE Partner Search Service

• Extremely efficient tool for international
  project development
• Examples of requests from RDA West
• Innovation Action Plan for Industrial
  Restructuring
• Techimpulse (Regional Center for Innovation and
  Technology Transfer)
• RIS impact assessment

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IRE Website

• Extensive platform for documentation, learning,
  new contacts, expertise actually a huge
  knowledge base at hand
• Key help in the elaboration of the RIS Action
  Plan of West Region Romania
• Frequently consulted domains
• Network Directory
• Regional Innovation Strategies
• Library
• Communication Working Group member !

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Gains for new RIS projects throughout accessing
the IRE Secretariat Services

• Direct and efficient communication with a high
  professional team
• Direct and guided access to a large pool of
  theoretical and practical expertise and
  experience
• Among the most extended networks of regions,
  probably worldwide
• Support for specific needs, depending on the
  stage of the process or the topic

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Gains for new RIS projects throughout accessing
the IRE Secretariat Services

• brand relevance family of regions,
  reference point
• Increased legitimacy of the process within your
  region
• Resources at hand (administrative, human)
• Promotion of regional achievements
• Strong international exchanges, permanent learning