THESSALY : An Innovative Region through The Innovation Weeks

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THESSALY An Innovative Region through The
Innovation Weeks

• Ass. Prof. Y. L. Bakouros
• University of Western Macedonia
• Promoting an innovation culture in the regions
• Liverpool 27-28 October 2005.

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RIS
RIS
TRIPS
INNOREGIO
INVENT
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INNOVATION POLICY FOR THESSALY
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RIS Thessaly List of actions

• Raising of regional awareness and building
  consensus
• Inter-Regional Actions
• Studies - Pilot Projects
• Project Management and Responsibilities

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RIS Thessaly List of actions

• Raising of regional awareness and building
  consensus
• Perfecture Working Meetings (60 participants)
• Leaflets - Folder
• FORUM on Innovation Strategies in Greece (90
  part.)
• Working Meetings (30 partic/day)
• RIS Postcards (2000 institutions and firms)
• Working Meetings for studies approval and
  dissemination (150 entrepreneuers)
• Web - Site RIS
• Press Releases
• Diffusion of studies results (1000 firms)

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RIS PILOT PROJECTS

• CREATION OF INNOVATIVE CONSCIOUSNESS /
  STRENGTHENING OF LINKS BETWEEN ACADEMIC
  COMMUNITY AND ENTREPRENEURS
• PROTOCOL OF INTEGRATIONAL PRODUCTION
  DISTRIBUTION
• IMPLEMENTATION PROMOTION OF HACCP SYSTEM
• SELF ASSESMENT PARTICIPATION OF BUSINESSES IN
  RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
• ACREDITATION OF LABORATORIES
• SEMINARS BUSINESS MISSION
• INNOVATION WEEK

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INNOVATION WEEK

• MILESTONE OF INITIATIVES
• RIS INNOREGIO
• MAJOR POLITICAL BUSINESS EVENT
• LINK BETWEEN ACADEMIC COMMUNTITY AND
  ENTREPRENEURS
• OPENING TO LOCAL SOCIETY

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INNOVATION ENTERPRENEURSHIP CONTEST

• Competition amongst Thessalian businesses
• Promotion of successful examples
• Development of a mechanism creating, evaluating
  benchmarking cooperation

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INNOVATION AWARDS CATEGORIES

• EXCELLENT INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS (30)
• SYSTEMATIC INNOVATIVE EFFORTS (11)
• INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP STRATEGIC
• EXCELLENCE (6)
• ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (5)
• INNOVATIVE PROCESS (3)
• DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES (7)
• QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (2)

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The RIS Results

• INNOVATION WEEK ESTABLISHMENT
• REVISION OF REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM
• PLANNING IMPLENENTATION OF FUTURE INNOVATIVE
• ACTIONS IN THESSALY (INVENT)
• REGION OF THESSALY 3rd DEVELOPMENT POLE

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Thessaly Innovation Strategy 3rd Development
Pole
Transformation In Innovative Actions
Particularization Of Innovation Strategy
Target Area
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Results of INVENT

• Distribution of 8000 leaflets to enterprises,
  bodies and individuals of the Region of Thessaly.
• Meetings with 400 enterprises and individuals in
  order to inform them about the possibility of
  establishment of new enterprises.
• Evaluation of the 36 submitted innovative
  business ideas and implementation of seminars in
  order to support the entrepreneurs in the
  preparation of their business plans.
• Enterprise financing through an intermediate
  body for the implementation of the innovative
  business ideas.
• Elaboration (in Greek and English) of business
  plan for each one of the 36 submitted innovative
  ideas.
• Submission of the best 8 business plans to the
  4th International Venture Capital Forum.

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Results of INVENT

• Contact with various funding mechanisms (business
  risk capital, business angels, banks, etc)
• Contacts and meetings with 20 Academic and
  Research units which are specialized on the
  subjects of the Mechatronics Centre
• Signing of collaboration protocol between
  Thessalys development bodies and organizations
  specializing in Mechatronics
• Elaboration of the business plan for the
  Mechatronics Centre operation
• Purchase of equipment for the Mechatronics Centre
• Financing of 5 new product prototypes through an
  intermediate body
• Identification of the international best practice
  in Tourism and development of the Thessalian
  Quality Seal
• Inform 1000 Thessalian Tourist Enterprises
• Design of Thessalian Quality Seal

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Results of INVENT

• Evaluation of certification proposals for 250
  Thessalian Tourist enterprises
• Financing of product development for sustainable
  tourism through an intermediate body
• Realisation of 25 3-day seminars-meetings and
  training of management executives from 50
  Thessalian enterprises
• Training visits to Greek innovative enterprises-
  Dissemination of results to other enterprises in
  Thessaly
• Web promotion of the activities of the learning
  networks.
• Production of 2 new innovative products from
  enterprises which participated in the Learning
  Networks.
• Organisation of a Furniture Design Contest in
  Thessaly with the participation of 45 designers.
  The Minister of Finance and Economy gave awards
  in the framework of the 2nd Innovation Contest
  and Entrepreneurship in Thessaly. Network
  enterprises were also awarded for the production
  of innovative products.

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Results of INVENT

• Design and lay out of the Documentation Centre
• Enrichment of the Benchmarking Database with 50
  enterprises in Thessaly.
• Annual Innovation Regional Report for the year
  2002
• Design and structure of the Digital Innovation
  Centre
• Development of New Product Development Roadmap
• Development of Spin-Off Roadmap
• Participation of Thessaly in European Networks on
  Innovation, Technology and Knowledge.
• Technology Transfer and training of upper-level
  management executives from Balkan and under
  accession countries on issues such as design and
  implementation of innovative and regional
  development programs..

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Results of INVENT

• Thessalys development to an Innovative Region
  requires a strong collaboration of its Regional
  Actors and the tracing of a Strategic for
  Innovation. All those are enriched and
  emphasized through the Thessaly Innovation Week,
  an annual event with a national dimension
• Here a CD-Rom for the innovation week will be
  presented

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Development of an attitude geared towards
innovation

• Innovation week
• Encouragement for the generation of new ideas in
  all levels of Thessalian society
• Human resource training in innovation
• Innovation awards

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