Open Days 2006: Fostering Regional Innovation

From the network to the competence service provider

12 October 2006

Finpiemonte SpA

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An overview

Introduction

BackgroundPiedmont: the context and the public interview

The system- Tecnorete/Finpiemonte: structures and services

Research, innovation and competitiveness: a new context, a new strategic approachA new approach, a new model to act

Final remarks

A new tool: from the network to the competence service provider

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Introduction

Paola Bazzoni

Finpiemonte

Tecnorete

Since 1977, the regional financial body (public controlled company) plays an institutional roll to promote complex investment projects and supply service to the regional administration

Founded by Finpiemonte in 2001, it’s the no-profit consortium of the 7 PST, 3 Universities and entrepreneurial associationTo promote research, technology transfer and high level education

Graduated in electronic engineer, she worked during 8 years in a PST; she works in Finpiemonte in the group for developing the new regional strategies and tools for innovation and competitiveness

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Piedmont: the context

innovative capability (R&S expense):1,69% PIL (1,16% national)

employees in R&S (x 1.000 inhabit.): 4,4% (2,9% national)

3 universities and 91 research centers

7% of Italian population8,6 % of Italian PIL8,3 % of Italian export

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Piedmont: the context

350.000 manufacturer and services enterprises

29 industrial districts

4,66% of companies for actions (6,25% national)

Enterprises classes

% % empl.

big 0,1% 25,9%

middle 0,6% 13,4%

small 4,4% 18,6%

micro 94,9% 42,2%

Total 100,0% 100,0%

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Finpiemonte: the financial body as the regional agency for development

56 companies (participated or controlled670 M € in capital

SPD Programmes:

several tools crossing several topics

Piedmont: the public interview

507 M€ of public funds

7 companies for 7 PST:

40% owned by Finpiemonte (9 M €)

60% owned by local public authorities, entrepreneurial associations, universities, enterprises, banks…

Tools to innovate, to internationalize, to foster local development

… and 2 Incubators, special agencies, research foundation

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Since 1993 to today

7 PST …

• 205 million Euro invested (of which 173 publicly financed)• 120.000 m2 built on• approx. 150 companies resident• over 47 business start-ups• 1.100 jobs created (of which 650 new jobs).

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A SWOT analysis

Opportunities

– large and qualified competence offer (public and private)

– structures for support TT and enterprise creation

– started transformation towards knowledge economy

– strong input from the new regional policy

Threats

– lack of skilled people, specialized in “transferring”

– lack of structured tools among several actors

– small dimension of several actors

– reduced trend to internationalization

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Research, innovation and competitiveness: a new context

Following Lisbon and Copenhagen remarks:

− a “wide” concept for innovation

− focus on human resources

− public and private integration and collaboration:

build the operative network

− large strategic and multidisciplinary projects

Facing the global (and regional) economic and social changes

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A new strategic approach: : the “think tank”a working group

– between public administration and agency for development

– with adaptable and opened composition

– composed by high skilled experts

– to face complex problems and projects

with the mission

– to support the Regional Ministry of research and innovation

– to integrate initiatives, projects, structures and founds

– to propose innovative methods and tools

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A new tool: from the network to the competence service provider

Objective and goals

– make efficiency of the offer system

– create a “critical” mass to face EU market

− fostering innovation through demand support

Actions

– real estate assignment

– increasing of company capitalization

– investments in high level education and technological

specialization

– create an opened intermediation platform

to connect different actors of the innovation process

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A new tool: from the network to the service provider

Services

– know–how transfer and IPR support

– enterprise creation and support

– access to UE market and opportunities

– projects promotion, management and financing

Tools

– an informatics and contractual platform

– a network of “commercial” agent for innovation,

specially skilled in know-how transactions

– innovative financial tools and technical services

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A new tool: from the network to the service provider

legal competence economic - financial comp.technological competence

informatics’ comp.communication/marketing comp.

commercial comp.

comp. …. selected suppliersmanagement comp.

services

contracts/agreements

public bodies

people enterprises customers

SERVICE PROVIDER

REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION through FINPIEMONTE

monitoring and control

strategic guidelines

data

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Final remarks

Expected Results

– an opened platform for supplying public tools to

SME market

– reduced costs and time in know–how transactions

– increasing mass of the whole system,

to efficiently face European opportunities

Paola Bazzoniproject manager

bazzoni.tecnorete@finpiemonte.it

Finpiemonte SpA Galleria S. Federico 54

10121 Torino – Italytel ++39 +11 5717711fax ++39 +11 545759

www.finpiemonte.it