URBACT Summer University 2013 - Labs - Open Innovation - Thematic Input, Interreg's CliQ project

Co-Financed byEuropean Regional Development Fund

Made possible by the European Union and the INTERREG IVC Programme

Creating Local Innovation through the Quadruple

Helix

Local Steps

Co-Financed by European Regional Development Fund


Interregional exchange and learning

to influence Innovation policy



State of the artState of the Art



City of Detmold

Gilde Zentrum

Universities(local and regional)

Regional Authorities

Established companies

(tenants, risk prevention

programmes, others…)

Start-ups (tenants)

Chamber of commerce

Regional savings bank

Understanding the local ecosystem:

Insight-Strategy-Stakeholder Maps



Top level insights

How does knowledge transfer work? The role of Universities as exclusive knowledge

generators is changing Are we progressing towards 4 helix?

Slowly, but it has potential to supersede 3 helix in relevance

Is there a best model to promote innovation? In a word, no! There is a rich context and high

complexity to analyse first What are the right conditions for innovation?

The rules are changing, and CLIQ partners can take advantage



Interesting examples/pilots

Sussex Innovation Centre: SuperincubationMakeBrightonRock.Cadiz: School EntrepreneurshipJyvaskyla: Co-creation in re-developing old

Mill (games, open days, competitions)Leeuwarden: Water clusterUlm: Civil society inclusion in innovation



CLIQTOOLKIT



Facilitating inclusion of citizens

“interactive delivery of public services to

include citizens”




“Corporate Social Responsibility provides a

platform for business, civil society, education and

research to work together.”




“technology is key to connecting people in

peripheral areas”




“unique approaches to including civil

society in innovation”



Communicating innovation

“social media tools and competitions are

powerful tools in the creation of new ideas.”



Communicating innovation

“Open Innovation Days bring different actors of civil society together to talk about innovation.”



Supporting Access to Finance

“Leeuwarden’s work with banks and foundations to

improve access to finance at different stages of business start up and growth gave

me lots of ideas.”



Providing infrastructure and services

“physical space and good design is

important to the open innovation

process.”



Developing knowledge and competence

“the concepts of innovation and

entrepreneurship should be embedded in education from an

early age.”



Orchestrating activity

“clustering research and education resources around large and small companies

contributes to the innovative potential of a region.”



Orchestrating activity

“Opening doors with major buyers is one of the best

types of support incubators can give to SMEs.”



Formulating policy and regulation

“user driven city development pilots new and innovative methods

of engaging users in service development.”



Quadruple Helix is more of a continuum or ’space’ for innovation, rather than one discreet model

Public authorities can develop environments which both support and utilize citizen centred innovation activities

Research Result I



Roles for local-regional authorities

Enabler finances, infrastructure, interfaces

Decision maker steering, policies, incentives

Supporter development, linking, information, education, empowerment

Utilizer develop own services and organisation

Developer renewing public institutions

Marketer raising awareness

Quality controller “quality checks” in co-creation



Top Tips

Plan for enough time to engage different

user groups

Establish and continue dialogue with

stakeholders to create new ideas

Work with banks and foundations to improve

access to finance at different stages of business

start up and growth



Top Tips

Pay attention to the choice and design of

physical spaces where innovation takes place

Train staff in networking and matchmaking

skills

Maintain credibility with businesses – kudos and reputation are important

- keep the bar high!

Develop skills and practices for innovative

procurement



Be open, be proactive

Top Tips

Create the rightclimate and

culture

Identify expertise in the ecosystem and

use itDevelop a common

vision and path

Be willing to break some rules

along the way

Walk the talk - do what you say the others should be doing



Top TipsCelebrate success and good ideas

Invest in staff training to improve procurement skills

Get it done, make it happen, don’t always do it

yourself

Foster strong leadership

Connect, coordinate

Learn from failure by acceptingand understanding it



For more information:

For the full archive of CLIQ project results:research, pilot and exchange reports, case studies and bulletins, please visit:

www.cliqproject.eu

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