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JMJ. Severijns, MLP Board, Brussels 12 December
2005
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1. Foresight
2. Benchmark
Question What makes regions
grow ??
3. Profiles/growth- poles
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Foresight
Benchmark
Toolbox
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Policy
Assets
Picture of region
Agreed direction
Awareness/policy Influencing
Monitoring and Decision support
Investment willingness
Toolbox
Criteria/tools
Criteria/tools
Criteria/tools
Criteria/tools
General experiences
Specific experiences
Very specific expperiences
Do/Dont do

• Enthusiasm
• Entrepreneurship
• Money
• Champion

• Cooperation
• form
• Sector specific
• conditions
• (de) Central

• Culture
• Actor related
• issues

• Long term committment
• Bureaucracy
• Overrush

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DG Enterprise
DG Regio
DG Research
MLP
Univ. Cardiff
DG JRC
TNO
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Speakers EC (Research, Regio, Enterprise and
JRC) Policy is perfectly in line with
experiences and growth poles demands. (SME,
Inter- nationalisation, Research, networking,
RIS etc.) Different DGs want to cooperate
(their own RIS) First lectures (boarder scope)
-EU-national and regional level in line with own
tasks and responsibilities -Growth-poles do not
compete with environment, spill-overs, no
competition between competition and
cohesion. -Regional competitiveness is complex,
copy-paste concepts/models do not work, only
elements, feet on the ground. -Strong regional
network plus strong international networks
(Euros, trade) -People make the
difference! -Different types of growth poles.
Research sometimes is core element but does not
always make the difference related to growth
poles, include other elements. -In western
Europe second generation Entrepreneurial RIS
exercises needed. -Open business models
consequence of complexity \ -Importance of value
chain need for process management (good
practice process) -concepts are too general make
break-down in elements incl. life cycle
technologies -Cross border growth-poles. National
policy limits to nat. borders. -Internationalisati
on!! And cooperation between poles. -Learn from
business tools -Growth is mentality
issue -demolition of tools
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The non-direct visible elements of the regional
system are extremely Important when it comes to
the question whether growth poles are
successful now and in the future Awareness Entrep
reneurial attitude International behaviour Sense
of urgency Labour market policy Culture Enthusias
m Way of communication Leadership Patience
This elements combined with hardware" of
the system (Technology, money,
political support etc.)
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Technology oriented growth-poles
Not purely technology oriented growth-poles
Process influencing factors
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Next steps Conclusions survey Hand-out/book
background articles Second workshop
April/May In between workshops