EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Regional Policy
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Innovative projects
&
Governance methods for regional
innovation strategies
Marielle Riché,
DG REGIO Evaluation Network
June 2008
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Regional Policy
EN
Innovative projects and
comparative analyses
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Understanding how innovation works (good
practices): new approaches, success factors and
constraints, lessons learned in given contexts
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57 projects (EU 27, Obj 1&2, Interreg C) – on
Inforegio (RfEC)
• From €54 000 to €200 m (average €20m)
• 10 comparative analyses highlighting common
issues and specificities,
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• Methodology for project analysis: case study
manual, workshop
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Regional Policy
EN
Innovative projects and
comparative analyses
• Policy measure themes:
- fostering clusters, growing new business
- science-industry relation, innovation finance,
- ICT for regional development.
• Cross-cutting themes:
- planning and design, sustainability
- project governance (partnership &
leadership)
- value added of ERDF co-funded projects,
lessons for strategic planning.
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Regional Policy
Innovative projects
and comparative analyses:
a new approach
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Extrapolate lessons from a number of projects
- how well they contributed to the
implementation of a regional development
strategy (not the usual programme
evaluation approach adding in a
couple of
examples)
• Source of in-depth contextual knowledge
• Policy learning, complementary to evaluation (limits
to generalisations)
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Regional Policy
EN
Governance methods for Regional
Innovation Strategies
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Innovation governance: different approaches
according to culture, institutional settings,
traditions…
• Strengths and weaknesses in a given context
• Recommendations for regions, Member States,
Commission
• Workshop RfEC - March 2009
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Regional Policy
EN
Governance methods for Regional
Innovation Strategies
• 15 regional case studies (West Sweden, Lowlands and
Uplands, Saxony, Denmark, East of England, Pays de la Loire,
South of Holand, Styria, Piemonte, Prague, Slovenia,
Lithuania, Central Transdanubia, Valencia, Pomorskie).
• Focus on OP 2007-2013 and their link with national
or regional innovation policy
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Going beyond a mere description of procedures
and institutions: looking at perceptions of innovation
governance, analysing if regional approach lead to
an efficient innovation policy
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Learning from each case study and from
comparison
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Regional Policy
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Thank you for your attention!
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