Innovation Indicators across Innovation Agencies

TAFTIE Policy Forum, 25 November 2014

Benchmarking Innovation

Benchmarking Impact, Effectiveness and Efficiency 14 participating agencies chaired by Netherlands Enterprise Agency research and support by Technopolis

Relevance public budgets cuts evaluation plan State Aid

Results so far evaluation methods for mutual learning benchmark (primarily for learning purposes) choice of indicators (work in progress)

Choice of indicators

Purpose: international alignment of indicators

Deliverables focused common indicator list (voluntary use) case descriptions for good practices/inspiration

Approach logical structure innovation programme survey on use operationalization along RACER-criteria

Common indicators

Common indicators

Some examples of important indicators

Input: EUR net annual budget Activities: number of firms supported Outputs: EUR private investment in

the supported project Impact: EUR/% increase in turnover

resulting from the supported project

Logical structure

Good practices

Purpose: mutual learning and inspiration by sharing good practices choice and operationalization of indicators data sourcing Setting up monitoring systems

Some examples of lessons Integral portfolio and client-based monitoring system Smart timing in data sourcing Interdependent relation between statistical and innovation agencies