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Castilla y León evolution from RTP 1997-2000 to
RTDI Strategy 2007-2013
IRE Workshop New generation of RIS Gothenburg,
November 24th and 25th 2008.
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Index
1. The situation before the Regional Technology
Plan. 2. Regional Technology Plan 1997-2000. 3.
The Regional RDI Strategy 2002-2006. 3. The
situation before the new RDI Strategy. 4. The
Regional RDI Strategy 2007-2013.
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Presentation
Castilla y León basic figures

• 95,000 km2. (the third-largest region in Europe).
  2,2 of the EU-25 land area
• 2.5 million inhabitants (Density 27 inh/km2)
• 2,249 municipalities, 9 provinces
• Phasing-in Regional Competitiveness and
  Employment Objective

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Presentation
Legal framework for regional innovation policy in
Spain

• Spanish Constitution of 1978 State of the
  Autonomies 17 autonomous communities (NUTS
  II) and 2 autonomous cities.

• Sharing out of competences between the State and
  the Regions established in the Constitution.
• RDI can be transferred to regions.
• Each region has its Statute of Autonomy, that
  defines the regions competences.
• Castilla y León approved in 1983, modified 3
  times.

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The situation before the RTP
Castilla y León in the mid 90s

• Convergence with EU-15 (1995) 74 (Spain 79)
• Activity rate (1995) 47.6 (Spain 51.0)
• Unemployment rate (1995) 20.5 (Spain 22.8)
• RD expenditure / GDP (1995) 0.50 (Spain 0.81)

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The situation before the RTP
RDI policy in Castilla y León in the mid 90s

• Boecillo Technology Park (since 1990)
• 36 companies established in 1995.
• 437 direct jobs in 1995.
• Technology Centres Network (since 1992) 36
  members in 1995.
• Technological incentives to companies (since
  1985).
• Subsidies for scientific research projects,
  grants, etc. (since 1985).

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The Regional Technology Plan 1997-2000
The beginning

• European Commission pilot project
• 4 Objective-1 regions Central Macedonia (GR),
  Leipzig-Halle-Dassau (DE), Norte (PT) y Castilla
  y León (ES).
• 4 Objective-2 regions Lorraine (FR), Abruzzo
  (IT), Limburg (NL), Wales (UK).
• 2 Directorate-General involved Regional Policy
  and Innovation.
• Previous to RIS
• Launched in 1994 finished en 1996.

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The Regional Technology Plan 1997-2000
The result RTP programmes

• INFRASTRUCTURES PROGRAMME Development of
  technological centres, liaison units, etc.
• INNOVATION PROGRAMME Promotion of technological
  development and the use and adoption of
  technologies.
• TRAINING PROGRAMME Improvement of RD and TT
  capacities of companies.
• PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAMME Oriented to the
  business sector included access to relevant
  information related to innovation and RTD.
• STRUCTURING OF THE BUSINESS DEMAND PROGRAMME
  Support to business integration and co-operation
  activities.

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The Regional Technology Plan 1997-2000
The exercises added value

• Consensus built among all the agents of the
  innovation system.
• Companies (especially SMEs), became aware of the
  concept of innovation during the elaboration
  (when they were reluctant to participate in the
  beginning).
• Implementation of flagship instruments.
• Co-ordination among the different departments of
  the regional government. Commission for
  Coordination on Science and Technology created in
  2001.
• Innovation and technology policy accepted as key
  element for social and economic development in
  the region.

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The Regional Technology Plan 1997-2000
Some quantitative results (1997-2001)

• GERD increase from 0,8 to 1. Reality increase
  from 0,52 to 0,80.
• Percentage of private GERD increase from 41 to
  50. Reality increase from 327 to 53,7.
• Percentage of private RD personnel (FTE) from
  30 to 40. Reality from 16,9 to 26,6.

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The Regional Technology Plan 1997-2000
Causes of success

• High-level political involvement (but no
  charismatic leader).
• Important business mobilization (through
  consultation).
• Change in regional attitude towards innovation.
• Simplicity and adequacy.

Qualitative impact

• Qualitative change in the way of policy-making.
• Systematization and coherence of innovation
  policy.
• Resources optimization and rationalization.
• Awareness about the need for innovation.

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The Regional RDI Strategy 2002-2006
Main features

• Financed exclusively with regional resources, in
  close relationship with European experts.
• Coordinated by the new Regional Commission of
  Coordination on Science and Technology.
• Now extended to basic research. That means RDI
  integrated planning.
• Defined by means of consensus and addressed to
  business demand and strategic sectors).
• Following RTP successful methodologies
• Stage 1 Supply analysis
• Stage 2 Demand analysis
• Stage 3 Synthesis and results. Regional RDi
  Strategy final document

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The Regional RDI Strategy 2002-2006
Main results
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The Regional RDI Strategy 2002-2006
Main results
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The situation before the new RDI Strategy
The new regional, national and international
context

• More complex regional ST system.
• More experience in elaborating policies.
• Increasing international competition.
• European Union enlargement.
• The renewed Lisbon Strategy, and the National
  Reforms Plan.
• Structural Funds
• Leaving Objective 1.
• Growing importance of innovation in the new
  Regional Competitiveness and Employment
  objective.

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The situation before the new RDI Strategy
Castilla y León basic figures
1996
2006
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The situation before the new RDI Strategy
The regional Science-Technology-Business System

• Boecillo Technology Park
• 36 companies in 1995, 125 in 2006.
• 437 direct jobs in 1995, 5,513 in 2006.
• New technology parks in León (2004) and Burgos
  (2009).
• Technology Centres Network 36 members in 1995, 6
  in 2006.
• 826 direct jobs in 2007.
• 49.8 M income, 26.7 M from contracts with
  businesses.

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The situation before the new RDI Strategy
Technological effort

• Remarks
• Brackets denote total expenditure in RD in
  Million Euro.
• Data elaborated from annual publications of the
  National Statistics Institute (INE) Statistics
  on RD activities.

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The situation before the new RDI Strategy
Technological effort
Source National Statistics Institute (INE),
OCDE, EUROSTAT.
Source Statistics on RD activities (INE, OECD,
EUROSTAT)
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The situation before the new RDI Strategy
Share of private sector in RD expenditure

• Remarks
• Brackets denote total expenditure in RD in
  Million Euro.
• Data elaborated from annual publications of the
  National Statistics Institute (INE) Statistics
  on RD activities.

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The situation before the new RDI Strategy
Share of private sector in RD expenditure
Companies of High and Medium-High Technology
HAMHIT (2004)
Business Expenditure on RD (2004)
Source No of companies DIRCE 2005
Expenditure National Statistics Institute (INE)
RD Statistics 2004.
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The situation before the new RDI Strategy
Regional Science Technology Policys main
elements

• Law 17/2002, passed on December 19th, of
  promotion and general coordination of the
  scientific research, development and
  technological innovation (RDI) in Castilla y
  León.
• Science and Technology Co-ordination Commission.
• Presided by the President of the Government of
  Castilla y León.
• RDI Information Society coordination,
  planning, monitoring and evaluation tasks.
• 3. Regional RDI Strategy 2007 2013.

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The situation before the new RDI Strategy
Consensus and social dialogue as the basis of
policy-making

• Economic and Industrial Competitiveness Forum
  consultation process, that yielded commonly
  agreed conclusions about the regions vision.
• Framework Agreement for Industrial
  Competitiveness and Innovation 2006-2009, signed
  by the regional government, the main trade unions
  and the business association.
• Strategic Competitiveness Framework the main
  outcome of the forum, defines the regional
  competitiveness model.

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The situation before the new RDI Strategy
Regional governments commitment
Source Annual budgets of Castilla y León
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The Regional RDI Strategy 2007-2013
Main novelties

• Human resources as the cornerstone of the whole
  Strategy.
• Internationalization and supra-regional
  articulation.
• Integration of the two fields (research and
  innovation) since the very beginning of the
  Strategys definition.
• Specialization and qualification of the RDI
  management.
• Integration of the RDI Strategy into the
  Regional Strategic Competitiveness Framework.
• No sector or technology approach.

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The Regional RDI Strategy 2007-2013
Programmes
Human capital as a source of competitive
advantage.
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Promotion of excellent RDI nationwide and
abroad.
Financing and support to RDI and its management.
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Implementation, use and development of ICT.
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Fostering entrepreneurship business creation.
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Creation, development and consolidation of
support infrastructures.
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Co-operation.
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Dissemination.
2007
2013
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The Regional RDI Strategy 2007-2013
Priorities
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The Regional RDI Strategy 2007-2013
Mobilized resources

• Public commitment must promote
• raising funds from national and international
  programmes.
• mobilising private resources.

Forecast of mobilised resources, split by
financial source and year (million euros).
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The Regional RDI Strategy 2007-2013
Old activities continued

• RD projects (research groups and companies
  separately).
• Mobility of researchers.
• Infrastructures and buildings in universities.
• Consolidation of technology centres and
  technology parks.
• Information Society for SME.
• No sector or technology approach.
• Training of human resources in companies.
• Business creation and development.
• International technology transfer.

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The Regional RDI Strategy 2007-2013
New activities launched

• Support to research groups activity (not
  individual projects).
• Contracts for young researchers (instead of
  grants).
• Preparation of proposals for FP7 and National
  RDI Plan.
• RD projects in effective co-operation, including
  strategic ones.
• Innovation projects by novel firms.
• Aid for young innovative enterprises.
• Loan of highly qualified personnel.
• Risk-capital technology fund.
• IEB-financed loans.
• Technical support personnel in labs.
• Regional University-Enterprise Strategy
  2008-2011.
• Regional Science Technology telecommunications
  network.

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The Regional RDI Strategy 2007-2013
Strategic goals
Last information published by the National
Statistics Institute (INE) when making the
Strategy Statistics on RD activities. Survey on
Technological Innovation in Companies. High
Technology Indicators.
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Thank you for your attention
Gregorio Muñoz Abad Deputy Commissioner for
Science and Technology munabagr_at_jcyl.es