RegStrat Six Countries Programme workshop

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RegStrat Six Countries Programme workshop

• BENCHMARKING EXERCISE
• Jan Skonieczny Wroclaw University of Technology
• Marta Zalewska Lower Silesia Centre for
  Regional Studies
• Dublin 19-20 April 2007

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1. Overview of the pilot action - What is the
function of the pilot exercise for The Lower
Silesia Voivodship?

• Which SPI tool will you use?
• Benchmarking
• What do you want to accomplish with the SPI tool?
• Gain knowledge about benchmarking
• Develop the skills of using benchmarking
• Position calibrate the Lower Silesia Region
• Identification of gaps between the Lower Silesia
  region and benchmarked regions
• Why do you carry out this pilot?
• Increase awareness about benchmarking (SPI tools)
  among regional stakeholders
• Develop a common understanding collaboration
  for SPI tools among regional stakeholders
• Improve knowledge of RIS and formulate ideas for
  its revalidation in the context of benchmarking
  exercise that was carried out
• Preparation for future Regional Development
  expenditures - fomulated conclusions in the
  context of benchmarking exercise that was carried
  out
• What should you achieve with this pilot?
• Benchmarking (SPI tools) awareness capability
• Awareness of the RIS and its possible
  modifications
• Integration of regional stakeholders around the
  RIS
• Creation of the discussion platform about RIS in
  the Lower Silesia region among regional
  stakeholders

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6.1. Problems

• 1. Generating, creating and building of index
  for RTDI activities
• in order to compare with other regions
  (How?)
• 2. Choose of indicators, which can be ingredients
  of the index in question
• a. first proposal of IRER
• - General economic background (land,
  population, GDP, employment, labour,
  productivity),
• - Human capital base (enrolment,
  employment),
• - Economic structure (firms for size and
  sector, gross fixed capital formation),
• Innovation potential (GERD, its financial
  sources and performers),
• - RD personnel (total, researcheres,
  university professors),
• - Innovation activity (innovating firm),
• - Patents and publication (total,
  pro-capita and pro-researcher)
• b. Which else?

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6.2. Problems

• 3. Choose of regions, with which we can compare.
  (It refers polish and european regions) - first
  proposal similarity
• polish regions second growth poles
  Dolnoslaskie, Malopolskie, Wielkopolskie,
  Slaskie),
• neighbours regions Hradec Kralove, Liberec
  (Czech Republic), Saxony (Germany).
• Who else?

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7. Outcomes which should be achieved

• Carrying out of regional photography in RTDI
  field
• Definition of position of region in relation to
  other European regions
• Definition of regional development gaps regarding
  indicators in the RTDI field
• Gathering information which can help to rationale
  management of own and european financial
  resources in investments in RTDI field
• Creating of base for formulation and
  implementation of RTDI policies in the Region.

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8. Envisaged impact on Lower Silesia

• 1. Short-term
• a. set up of regional regionalnego think-tank
  e.g.(Lower Silesia Centre for the Regional
  Studies) using SPI Tools and gained experiences
• 2. Medium-term
• a. support regional authorities in evaluation
  and modification of RIS in terms of expenditures
  of European funds (next programming period
  2007-2013, Regional Operation Programme).
• 3. Long-term
• a. the base to the next step in the SPI Policy
  circle, e.g. preparing for foresight exercise
  (regional, technical and scientifical)

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9. Critical/ relevant issues

• What are the best indicators to describe RTDI
  fields?
• Choose of benchmark (On which base do we choose
  a region (or regions), with which we
  will make a comparison?)
• Finding of ways to implement outcomes of the
  benchmark exercise to practice (How to incite
  policy makers for applying outcomes benchmark
  exercise as the base of their decisions?)
• How to use SPI tools in creation of the regional
  policy, especially in the field of innovation?
• In what should Lower Silesia invest ca 1,2 Mld
  Euro to realize acceptance strategic
  targets (Development Strategy of Lower Silesia
  Voivodship, Lower Silesia Innovation Strategy
  quality of life the inhabitants in the Region)?

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• Thank you for your atention
• jan.skonieczny_at_pwr.wroc.pl
• marta.zalewska_at_pwr.wroc.pl