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TAFTIE ACADEMY 2015 PROGRAMME
TOPICS TO BE FINALIZED BY THE EWG
TITLE HOST DETAILED DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE?
STAFF TRAININGS (2-3 must be selected)
1. Insight into the Innovation Process
FFG √
2. Evaluation Advanced
IWT √
3. Are you puzzled with ERA? Multilateral Funding Programmes in the European Research Area.
IWT √
NETWORKING WORKSHOPS (max 4 must be selected)
1. IT platforms for open innovation : an effective way to support enterprise development
BPI √
2. Sharing practices and experiences on supporting and developing RTO’s
DASTI √
3. Promotion of the human capital, measures & actions at the national level
FFG √
4. Measuring Innovation Capability
FFG √
5. Increasing coordination of internationalization activities of TAFTIE Agencies
FFG √
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6. Effective Customer & Stakeholder Management for Innovation Support Agencies
FFG √
7. City Innovation Funds as Smart Regional Development Model
TTGV √
WEBINARS (max. 3 must be selected)
1. Design Innovation and Industrial Property Rights
FFG/LUXINNOVATION? ?
2. New sources- Ways of Financing
PARP √
3. Gender Equality in ERA and H2020
FFG √
4. Execution / Implementation of Fiscal R&D programmes
RVO √
5. State aid rules
TEKES -
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DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS
A. STAFF TRAININGS
A1- Insight into the Innovation Process
Host: FFG
Proposed Date & Place: October 2015, Vienna
Length: 1,5 Days
Speaker: Prof. Christopher Mandl
Moderator: none
Brief Description: Modern understanding of innovation has surpassed the classical linear
innovation model. Research, experimental development and innovation are recognized as
interdependent yet distinct processes. These insights have profound consequences for
backing innovation, i.e. for designing effective innovation programmes, for evaluating such
programmes, and for assessing innovation projects.
The differences between the 7th Framework Programme and Horizon 2020 regarding
innovation will also be explored. The workshop "Insights into the Innovation Process" will
address these issues through inputs by the trainer as well as through sharing experiences
among the participants.
Content: The purpose of innovation is to create something new that becomes economically successful and earns profits. But some enterprises achieve this purpose easily and regularly while other enterprises fail. Understanding the innovation process as a systemic process brings new insights into the dynamics of innovation processes. Based on recent innovation research, we will look at the innovation process from a systemic point of view to identify more effective innovation programmes and innovation project evaluations. Emphasis will be on
Difference between successful research processes and successful innovation processes
Diffusion of innovations, tipping point and adoption risk
Valley of death, open innovation and blue ocean strategy
Implications for designing effective programmes and project evaluations will be discussed
Learning outcomes/benefits for the participants: Participants will expand their knowledge about possibilities to design innovation programmes, to evaluate innovation programmes as well as innovation projects, and to support enterprises applying for Horizon 2020. Who should Attend?: Persons involved in program design, in the design of project evaluations, and in supporting enterprises applying for Horizon 2020
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A2- Advanced Evaluation Training
Proposed Date: 2 successive days to be agreed with TAFTIE during 2015. By assumption, this should be in May/June to match past courses, but given a couple of months notice we can be reasonably flexible.
Length: 2 days.
Speakers: Erik Arnold, Cristina Rosemberg
Brief Description/Content:
Evaluation principles: a swift recapitulation
Innovation systems: theory and heuristics of the roles of research and innovation in economic development and the rationales for state intervention
Intervention logics: traditional and more advanced logic charting for evaluation and intervention design
Ex ante evaluation
Overview of qualitative methods, with focus on …
- Case study and the use of detailed qualitative study
- Methods for long-term evaluation and impact analysis
- Meta-analysis for evaluation and policy design
Quantitative economic approaches
- The uses and limits of econometrics in innovation evaluation
- Quantitative approaches to counterfactual analysis
- Cost-Benefit analysis
- Using experiments in evaluation
How evaluation interacts with behaviour: performance-based funding systems
Peer review and its uses
Systems evaluation and the systemic approach
The course will comprise a mixture of lectures, discussion and practical examples of the issues discussed in each session. We will provide two evaluation examples ahead of the training course – one qualitative and one quantitative – to form a basis for discussion during the course.
Difference compared with previous year:
Addition of a module on Ex Ante Evaluation
Reduced length of the ‘Qualitative methods overview’ section
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Provision of two evaluations in advance of the course, to be discussed as specific examples in the course and in breaks
We note the comments on the evaluation forms and will provide presentations in advance. [The reason we did not do this in 2014 was that Erik had pneumonia for several weeks just before the course.]
Expected learning outcomes:
• Understand the roles and uses of evaluation in the context of current innovation theories and policies
• Overview important methods in innovation evaluation
Extending the traditional tool-kit
Considering uses and limitations of methods
• Anticipate systemic roles and effects of evaluation
Opening the question of the influence of evaluation on behaviour
Moving beyond programme evaluation towards systems evaluation
• Prepare to be able to ask the next set of (more) interesting and difficult evaluation questions
Who should attend: Mid-career officials from the TAFTIE organisations with some experience of – or need to understand – programme design and evaluation in the wider context of the agency’s work.
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A3- Are you puzzled with ERA? Multilateral Funding Programmes in the European Research Area.
Host: IWT
Proposed Date & Place: Brussels, late October 2015
Length: 2 days
Speaker: Michalis Tzatzanis, Nicole Schmidt (tbd), as well as invited speakers/panellists from
the EC and other stakeholder organisations
Brief Description: The training will focus on the European research policy in a broader
context including multilateral programmes such as ERA-Nets, Joint Programming, JTIs, EIT,
etc. interlinks and commonalities with other European programmes, their roles and
contributions to realization of ERA as well as recommendations on working with these
different instruments at the agency level.
Participants will get an overview of key political events in European RTI policy, and contextual knowledge to European funding. The development of the European Research Area, as well as relationships with relevant funding programs and initiatives are developed and discussed together.
Content:
The basic course will provide the participants with a broad overview of the different aspects of the European Research Policies. The participants will work interactively and exchange experience with trainers and other participants in an international environment, as well as discuss relevant issues with EC Experts and practitioners. The course will not go in depth into specific practical issues concerning - for instance - evaluation methods or the management of Horizon 2020 projects.
Day 1
- Pre-frame/Introduction to the Training
- Time travel through the ERA creation (incl. group exercise)
- Secrets of ERA (Guest speaker from DG RTD)
- European Programmes & Horizon 2020
Day 2
- More about EIPs, ERANETs, and co. (group exercise & plenary presentation/discussion)
- Discussion with EC officials and practitioners (panel discussion with invited guests)
- Closing sessions (knowledge consolidation and feedback)
- Certificate awarding
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Learning outcomes/benefits for the participants:
Participants will get familiar with the background and content of the current EC policy in
research and learn practical implementation and support structures. The participant’s ability
to work together across borders will be raised, enhancing their overall qualification.
Participants will understand how the very complex European landscape of research funding
instruments evolved and how are its main current components characterised. Such
an overview will help junior managers of TAFTIE agencies understand the place of their own
national programmes in this European landscape and make cooperation opportunities and
synergies apparent
Who should Attend?
Junior project officers keen on receiving an overview of the European Research Area (ERA), its political and historical background and the most important European multilateral Programmes.
IF you are puzzled with the plethora of European jargon acronyms and are curious of how the ERA can interfere with your daily work, THEN join us and get enlighten! You WILL see the big picture afterwards!
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B. NETWORKING WORKSHOPS
B1- IT platforms for open innovation: an effective way to support enterprise development
Host: BPI France
Proposed Date & Place: March 2015, Paris
Length: 1 day
Speaker: Speakers from Taftie members (best practices), DG ENT?
Moderator: Tbd - C Dubarry (+ D.Golding?)
Brief Description: As known, the boundaries between a firm and its environment have
become more permeable; and innovations can easily transfer inward and outward, open
innovation paradigm is therefore central to many TAFTIE agencies’ activities. The
proposed topic intends to bring together best practices from the members, in the
specific domain of IT platforms, and determine if there is ground, interest and proposed
approaches towards enhanced horizontal collaborations between initiatives and vertical
collaboration between national and European ones.
Content:
Open innovation is a paradigm that assumes that firms can and should use external ideas
as well as internal ideas, and internal and external paths to market, as the firms look to
advance their technology”. Alternatively, it is "innovating with partners by sharing risk
and sharing reward." The boundaries between a firm and its environment have become
more permeable; innovations can easily transfer inward and outward.
The open innovation paradigm is therefore central to many TAFTIE agencies activities
including the promotion and financing of collaborative R&D, outsourced R&D, innovation
clusters/networks and technology transfer…
On the other hand, open innovation is by nature largely transnational, and has been
positively impacted in the recent years by the communication channels offered by
modern ICTs and the internet ecosystem (including social networking, on-line databases,
video-conferencing, on line collaborative platforms etc.).
The EC has been addressing this issue through various projects and initiatives including
specific projects (eg clusters), CORDIS, the EEN, and others, assisting cross-border
connection between SMEs and counterparts in foreign innovation ecosystems, the latest
being the call INNOSUP-6-2015 ‘Capitalising the full potential of online collaboration for
SME innovation’.
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At national/regional level, Taftie members have developed tools to facilitate
collaboration, in particular through own IT platforms and networks, including
matchmaking with private financial partners.
The proposed academic topic intends to bring together best practices from the
members, in the specific domain of IT platforms, and determine if there is ground,
interest and proposed approaches towards enhanced horizontal collaborations between
initiatives and vertical collaboration between national and European ones.
Learning outcomes/benefits for the participants
Who should Attend?
B2- Sharing practices and experiences on supporting and developing RTO’s
Host: DASTI
Proposed Date & Place: February, March or April 2015
Length: One day
Speaker: Mainly workshop participants themselves, if possible supported by academics,
representatives from EARTO or the commission
Moderator: Head of Innovation policy, DASTI
Brief Description: This is a proposal for a one-day workshop in the first half of 2015,
offering participants an opportunity to focus on the issue of Research and Technology
Organisations (RTOs) which play a key role in improving companies’ ability to innovate
and improve competitiveness. Hence, the workshop aims to further an important part of
TAFTIEs mission, namely “to share expertise and experience on design and/or
implementation of public innovation policy to enhance the cumulative performance of the
individual member organisations towards private enterprises and governments”.
RTO’s play the roles as agents of innovation in the private sector and linking private
sector with public research across European countries. However the methods of which
they are supported differ widely between the Taftie members. This workshop will
provide insight into different approaches to development and support of RTO’s as well as
an opportunity to discuss and reflect on roles of RTOs, and the effects of different
support methods.
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Content:
Exploring the Role of Research and Technology Organisations
RTOs are generally non-profit organisations. Their revenues from dissemination and
deployment are re-employed to fund new innovation cycles. Most countries have several
national or regional RTOs that are typically financed partly by public core funding, partly
by public competitive funding and partly by private commercial funding. The weight of
the different kinds of funding differs between countries. The tasks that the RTOs are
asked to perform vary to a minor degree from country to country.
Despite the differences between RTOs, they seem to perform more or less the same key
role as agents who should help deliver the results of innovation policies across Europe.
The RTOs also develop their own competencies as they build bridges between university
research and private companies.
Because the RTOs are often private non-profit organisations, or in some cases public
institutions, the interaction between government and the institutions is often long-term
making it somewhat different from for example the development of a specific support
programme.
Moreover the business of the RTOs is rapidly being internationalised, meaning that
public support for a national RTO results in the assistance of foreign companies within
the RTOs area of expertise. Some European RTOs are also promoting the idea that rather
than national “polytechnic” RTOs the future lies in specialised pan-European RTOs.
However, given the different approaches to the interaction between government and
RTOs among TAFTIE members there could be a lot to learn from the idiosyncrasies of
both national practices and national ways of organising the area. DASTI therefore
suggests pursuing an inspirational exchange of knowledge and practices on RTOs in the
member states at the workshop, to be held in Copenhagen as a one-day event in the first
half of 2015.
DASTI invites participants to provide input on the themes they wish the workshop to
cover. The following list may serve as inspiration to the participants:
a) Internationalisation – Which international collaborations and platforms are emerging and which are missing? What are the barriers for such collaborations? How does the internationalisation of the RTOs businesses impact on the legitimacy of national RTO funding?
b) Governance of RTOs – Which instruments and incentives have proven successful, which have not, and why? How is EU policies being addressed and matched with national interests?
c) New trends – What new technologies and trends are emerging and what are the needs of companies and society for new technological services?
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d) Rationale of RTOs – What should the raison d’être of the RTOs be (e.g. increasing system learning, addressing market failures, de-risking innovation) and how does it match current societal needs?
e) Configuration of the RTO system – What should be the coherence, quality and density of services and organizations within the national system of RTOs? What should be the technological and knowledge level of the organizations in relation to the rest of the knowledge society (e.g. universities)?
f) Economic optimization vs. national interests – How do we address the tensions there are between RTOs need for private commercial funding and their responsibilities as public service providers?
g) Evaluating and benchmarking RTOs – What evaluation methods and indicators are employed among TAFTIE members? And are TAFTIE members performing systematic benchmarking exercises?
h) Branding of RTOs – What is the relation between the brand profile of the individual RTOs and that of the RTO system in TAFTIE member countries?
Based on the expressed interests and suggestions from participants we will limit the focus of
the workshop :
Sessions will run at 45 minutes (10-15 minutes presentation followed by discussion among
participants) .
Learning outcomes/benefits for the participants:
After attending the workshop, participants should be able to:
- Describe their own RTO system in relation to those of other countries. - Consider possibilities of increasing effects of national RTO support. - Reflect on future developments in the innovation landscape and their consequences
for RTO strategies, both from the viewpoint of policy-makers and RTOs. - Provide input to the design of evidence-based policy. - Consider engaging in a (possibly) TAFTIE-based network of government officers
responsible for development and running of national support for RTO’s.
Who should Attend?
In order to get the optimal learning outcome of the workshop, participants should have:
- Experience in working with the funding of RTOs. - A curiosity about other RTO systems. - Knowledge of evidence production (data, evaluations etc.) concerning RTO
performance. - Be willing to take an active part in discussions and presentations.
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B3- Promotion of the human capital, measures & actions at the national level
Host: FFG
Proposed Date & Place: May or October 2015, Vienna
Length: 1 Day
Speaker: Sabine Mayer (FFG), experts from other TAFTIE Agencies
Moderator: FFG (tbd)
Brief Description: Human capital plays a fundamental role in a knowledge-based
economy as being a key element for reducing the gap between European regions and
improving regional competitiveness and labor force quality. This workshop will focus on
different support measures and actions implemented at the national level; exchange of
good practice examples that can be useful for all agencies.
Content:
How human capital is integrated in national programmes, focuses and instruments for
different target groups.
Learning outcomes/benefits for the participants:
Learn about concrete measures and instrument on how human capital is being promoted
Exchange of experience and networking possibilities at the European level
Who should Attend?
Program managers, experts from the strategy units
B4- Measuring Innovation Capability
Host: FFG
Proposed Date & Place: October/November 2015, Vienna?
Length: 1 day
Speaker: Prof. John Bessant (University of Exeter Business School)
Moderator: FFG Brief Description: Innovation is not simply about having a good idea - it is creating value (commercial or social) from that idea. And whether this takes place in the context of a small start-up of inside an established organization the challenge is learning how to
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manage this process. Individuals and organizations differ in their skill and experience in this process of managing innovation and this workshop is designed to explore and share experiences around what we know about how to measure/assess this innovation management capability (IMC). This is of value to any agency interested in helping organizations develop innovation capability since a clear understanding of the current level of capability can help focus efforts and support to improve and build on that capability.
Content:
Overview model and shared understanding of what makes for successful innovation. Key dimensions of innovation management capability (IMC) Ways of assessing IMC Using an assessment/development approach to build IMC Experiences with this approach Learning outcomes/benefits for the participants:
By the end of this workshop participants should have a good understanding of the key components of innovation management capability and how this might be assessed within an organization. They will have had an opportunity to share experiences around this topic and to explore how using an assessment framework can help shape and direct support activities aimed at strengthening innovation capacity within client organizations
Who should Attend?
Experts dealing with innovation management, mentoring.
B5- Increasing coordination of internationalization activities of TAFTIE Agencies
Host: FFG
Proposed Date & Place: February 2015, Vienna
Length: 1 day
Speaker: Experts from TAFTIE Network.
Moderator: FFG (name tbd)
Brief Description: In a rapidly evolving global context, stepping up the cooperation
between Europe and partner countries outside the European Research Area contributes
to Europe's research excellence and economic competitiveness and helps to tackle
commonly global societal challenges in specific fields of research. The EU Framework
Programme for Research and Innovation „Horizon 2020“ is open to participation from
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across the world, but countries such as the emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India,
China, Mexico) and industrialized countries (USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Australia,
…) do not receive automatic funding by the EU. In order to sustain STI cooperation with
these countries through EU programmes complementary approaches by individual EU
countries (respectively STI funding bodies) and their international counterparts should be
envisaged. To assure multilateral/collaborative research cooperation between EU and
international partner countries in a flexible and variable manner the approach of setting-
up an international platform of STI funding agencies is foreseen within various BILAT
Projects of the EC within the 7th FP and H2020. Projects that aim to support the
enhancement of research and innovation cooperation with some of the Union’s key
international partner countries are called Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs).
These projects will implement measures to promote and support the cooperation and
linkages of EU STI funding agencies with their counterpart in targeted international
partner countries in order to initiate joint funding of collaborative research projects.
This workshop is recommended to be the first occasion for agencies to get together and explore possibilities in this direction.
Content:
Objectives:
to increase common and better understanding of ways (agreements, joint calls, joint programming, etc.) for addressing the common cooperation focus in line with EU priorities (e.g. H2020), target country priorities as well as individual Member State (MS) priorities seeking to achieve best leverage effect through joint international actions;
to increase the coordination of the EU Member States (and Associated Countries) and international countries activities and strengthening synergies between respective activities and programmes;
to promote/enable mutual opening of national/regional research funding programmes.
Expected outcomes
identification of common topics of interest, exchange of good practices;
practical recommendations for achieving better cooperation and coordination between STI funding agencies in Europe and international countries;
recommendations for planning future funding of multilateral joint calls respectively collaborative research projects.
Learning outcomes/benefits for the participants:
This workshop will enable national STI funding agencies to discuss possibilities of joining forces on their international activities, learn from each other’s experience, built a
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common framework and standards for more effective cooperation with targeted international countries;
Who should Attend? Experts and heads of international cooperation/outreach activities, experts dealing with alignment of funding programmes.
B6- Effective Customer & Stakeholder Management for Innovation Support Agencies
Host: FFG
Proposed Date & Place: April 2015, Vienna
Length: 1 day
Speaker: Experts from FFG and other TAFTIE Agencies
Moderator: tbd. Brief Description: The overall goal of the national innovation support agencies across Europe is to strengthen their national economy, to support creation of high quality jobs and increase competitiveness of their country by investing and supporting the research and innovation actors in their countries. Considering the wide variety of services and opportunities available for existing and future customers with varying capacities, customer relations management becomes more and more important. In order to provide the most effective services to different customer groups and increasing not only the customer satisfaction but also the economic value created though these support measures, agencies are expected to develop effective strategies, means and tools to deal with these challenges. Within this context, customer relationship management (CRM) is not just a technical tool, but is a strategy to learn more about customers' needs and capacities in order to develop stronger and more effective relationships with them. An effective CRM will help innovation support agencies to gain an insight into their customers and modify their own operations to ensure that customers are served in the best possible way.
Content:
The goal of this workshop is to exchange knowhow and practices on improving CRM
towards SMEs and other research entities with the purpose of unlocking their potential
and increasing their performance through various targeted actions such as core
customer concept and new customer acquisition. The workshop will focus on the ways
for designing, evaluating, and improving costumer and management including effective
communication strategy and tools with stakeholders and customers, demand
management.
Topics to be covered in the workshop:
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1. Internal coordination of processes on how to deal with customers and guarantee a smooth support along the funding and innovation chain (among the teams, within FFG) 2. External coordination of stakeholders concerning customers (e.g. how to coordinate activities with the Federal Economic Chamber, regional funding agencies, etc. for the benefit of clients) 3. Support actions for customers (general support activities and new concepts): New concepts: - C3 (companies)
- Universities (ERA dialogue, strategy talks, coordination with TTOs)
Learning outcomes/benefits for the participants:
At the end of the workshop participants will be able share their experiences (what works what does not) and increase their knowledge on how to
- develop better relations with existing customers by identifying the needs more effectively through various examples and practices focusing on
Providing targeted marketing communications aimed specifically at customer needs
Providing a more individual approach and to develop new or improved services
Increasing customer satisfaction
- improve better results in terms of increasing effectiveness of the services by focusing on the high capacity customers and dealing with the low capacity customers in more cost effective ways
- improve communication with stakeholders and manage their demand effectively
Who should attend?
Experts involved in the strategic set-up of customer management processes as well as experts implementing them.
B7- City Innovation Funds as smart Regional Development Model
Host: TTGV
Proposed Date & Place: May 2015, Izmir or Istanbul
Length: 2 days Speakers:
High status professionals from
EIB from JESSICA/JEREMIE
EIF for funding regional initiatives
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several city fund initiatives of London (Britain), New York (USA) of European
Union countries (such as France, Germany, Poland or countries from continental
Europe) who have a wide-array of experience on the implementation process of
city funds
Ministry of Development
Development Agencies
Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology who has experience on regional
development initiatives of Turkey
Moderator: Oltaç Ünsal (Consultant, World Bank)
A. Mete Çakmakcı (General Secretary, TTGV)
Brief Description:
In the last few decades we have seen increasing appreciation of how important
innovation is to the economy and the development of innovation policies by national
governments to increase the performance of National Innovation Systems. The main
reasoning is that technology development is the result of a complex set of relationships
among actors in the system, which includes enterprises, universities and government
research institutes.
However, national policies are not enough. While national and state policies create a
platform for innovation, the locus of innovative activities is at the regional, or
metropolitan area level, where the actors interface most directly. Innovation occurs, not
just through research and development infrastructure, but in city life, where random
collisions transform old work into new work, solve problems and create value1. City
leaders are trying to attract best researchers, entrepreneurs and investors. Mayors are
developing city policies and programmes in addition to national programmes. The
competition between cities has already started for getting better share of the innovation
economy.
City funds are tools used during this competition. These tools are designated to fill the
gaps in the innovative ecosystem of the cities by providing sustainable funds to the city
infrastructure and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Among such initiatives, “smart” cities
are more likely to attract private sector investment with the introduction of coherent
policy measures. City funds represent a brand new approach for policy tools of
innovation with their sustainability and impact.
Content
1 http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2013/11/09/why-cities-are-our-most-important-innovation-
platform/
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The meeting content is composed of three main parts: the representation of city fund
methodologies such as JESSICA and JEREMIE, the representation of different country
examples on city fund and finally, an open discussion for the host country. The draft
agenda is roughly offered as follows:
1st day
09.00 Welcome speeches
10.00-12.30 The representation of city fund methodologies (JESSICA, JEREMIE, etc.)
Speakers: EIF and EIB professionals
12.30-14.00 Networking lunch
14.00-17.00 Country examples on City Funds
Speakers: City fund professionals from USA, Britain and EU
2nd day
09.30-12.00 The representation of regional government initiatives on development
Speakers: Professionals from Ministry of Development, Development Agencies and
Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology
12.00-13.30 Networking lunch
13.30-16.30 A Workshop on the development of city fund initiatives throughout
developing countries
Learning outcomes (benefits for the participants)
A participant may enhance its knowledge on the concept of city fund as follows:
The broader definition of city fund concept by the important institutions such as EIB and EIF which have deeper expertise and structured methodologies about the topic.
The introduction of best practices in the USA, UK and EU.
The introduction of regional initiatives in Turkey which is a growing economy over the last decade.
A workshop with the participation of high status professionals to develop a deeper understanding of city fund concept for developing countries.
Who should attend?
All professionals throughout Europe, who are from the institutions such as EIB, EIF,
World Bank, development agencies, city fund or other funding ventures and
governmental bodies such as ministries, municipalities; and who needs to enhance
their knowledge about city fund concept, are kindly welcomed to the meeting.
Speaker candidates
A high status professional of EIB from JESSICA/JEREMIE
Bastiaan de Laat (Senior Evaluator – EIB) Stephen Richards (Senior
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Evaluator – EIB) Ivory Yong Prötzel (Head of Operations Evaluation – EIB) Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen (EIB Group – Vice President) Thomas Barrett (Head of Technical and Financial Department, EIB) Gianni Carbonara (EIB)
A high status professional of EIF for funding regional initiatives
Graham Cope (EIF) Jean-Marie Magnette (Deputy Chief Executive – EIF)
A high status professional from several city fund initiatives of London (Britain) who have a wide-array of experience on the implementation process of city funds
Nigel Aitchison Foresight Group LLP Leo Bedford or Jenny Curtis Amber Infrastructure Ltd Fenella Edge The Housing Finance Corporation Ltd
A high status professional from several city fund initiatives of New York (USA) who have a wide-array of experience on the implementation process of city funds
Mario Gotsch (NYC Partnership Fund, CEO) Jahan Ali (Senior Vice President) Laurie Giddins (Senior Vice President)
A high status professional from several city fund initiatives of European Union countries
Ewa Wnukovska – (Ministry of Regional Development, Poland)
A high status professional from Ministry of Development
A high status professional from Development Agencies
A high status professional from Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology
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C. WEBINARS
C1- Design Innovation and Industrial Property Rights
Host: FFG or LuxInnovation?
Proposed Date : May 2015
Length: 1,5 h
Speaker: From the European Design Innovation Platform (Lux Innovation?)
Moderator: tbd.
Brief Description: The Commission is co-financing the implementation of the European
Design Innovation Platform (EDIP) as an instrument to deliver its Action Plan for Design-
Driven Innovation. The Platform aims to boost the adoption of design in innovation
policies and support the creation of capacity and competencies to deliver these policies.
Along with the activities targeted to policy makers, enterprises and the public sector, the
project will provide a web-based platform to support peer-learning, networking and
partnerships. The webinar aims to provide basis information on design innovation and
introduce the platform and its activities.
Content: tbd.
Learning outcomes/benefits for the participants:
Understanding of design’s impact on innovation
Acquire basic knowledge about the design driven innovation, supporting policies and implications at the European level
Who should attend? Experts, managers who
deal with innovation support measures,
apply design methods in research and innovation programmes
are interested in general design driven innovation
C2- New sources/ways of financing
Draft title: New sources/ways of financing
Proposed Date: November 2015
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Length: 1,5-2h
Speaker(s): Jacek Błoński, Managing Partner Zernike Meta Ventures Ingenium Poland,
Partner at META Group; Independent Board Member Business Angels Europe (BAE) at
Business Angels Europe (BAE)
Moderator: tbc
Brief Description:
The speaker will present new ways of financing of young enterprises (preferably start
ups) Including Venture Capital Funds, Business Angels, and other (crowdfunding, co
investment funds).
Content:
1. Overwiew, Fundrising, Investments, Divestments
2. Capital needs of start-ups
3. Choosing best way to finance your enterprise, due diligence
4. Differences between equity and debt capital
5. Pros and cons of letting an investor in
Learning outcomes (benefits for the participants):
Participants will have an opportunity to grasp the knowledge and some experience about
financing enterprises from an experienced VC investor, business angel and mentor. They
will be able to learn about entrepreneurs’ experiences in using external sources of funding,
as well as about new trends in financing.
Who should attend: Taftie Members, unlimited number. We suggest enlarging webinar
target group by inviting also entrepreneurs and beneficiaries of our respective Taftie
member agencies.
C3- Gender Equality in ERA and H2020
Host: FFG
Proposed Date : March 2015
Length: 1 hour
Speaker: Stephanie Rammel
Moderator: Birgit Steininger
Brief Description: Gender is one of the cross cutting issues in HORIZON 2020. Gender
Equality provisions are relevant concerning the three objectives participation of women
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in research, gender balance in decision making and integrating gender / sex analysis in
R& I content.
Content: The webinar will look at following questions:
How are the objectives for gender equality in HORIZON 2020 implemented and
integrated at different stages of the Research and Innovation cycle? We will take a look
at how this is relevant for interested applicants, successfully funded research projects,
for National Contact Points and other experts dealing with R & I funding, including policy
representatives.
Learning outcomes/benefits for the participants:
Increased knowledge on how Gender is relevant in HORIZON 2020, dealing with
information the research cycle as well as on how Gender aspects can be relevant R & I
content. The webinar aims at enabling experts and National Contact Points to offer
better services to clients who are interested in participating in HORIZON 2020. Moreover
it can increase general awareness about what to gain through taking gender equality into
account in R & I funding.
Who should attend?
National Contact Points for HORIZON 2020, experts dealing with R & I funding,
stakeholders and researchers interested in HORIZON 2020.
C4- Execution / implementation of fiscal R&D programmes
Host: Netherlands Enterprise Agency
Proposed Date & Place: November 2015 (not on Tuesdays, Fridays and during weekends)
Length: app. 2 hours
Speaker: Koen Septer, Gerard Schut, Robert Schaart, Eddie Smit
Moderator: FFG
Brief Description: During the webinar the attendees will get an close look at the
implementation of the fiscal R&D-programmes, which are executed by the Netherlands
Enterprise Agency. First the policy context will be sketched during the introduction. Next, the
participant will get a glimpse of the execution process and which (ICT)systems are used. Also
the difficulties of reviewing R&D-projects will be addressed. During the presentation of the
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lean project, examples are given to make the process more efficient. During the intelligence
part, monitoring of the R&D tax incentives will play an central role.
Content: Introduction fiscal R&D programmes (30 min.) Overview execution process - What does the process look like? (45 min.) Reviewing R&D-projects (30 min.) Short brake (10min.) Lean project (30 min.) Monitoring/intelligence (30 min.) Wrap up/conclusions/questions (10 min.)
Learning outcomes/benefits for the participants: The participants will get a broad insight in the implementation process of fiscal R&D tax incentives, including a good notion of the relevant policy context. Also, the participants learn what the main advantages and prerequisites of R&D promotion through tax incentives are.
Who should attend? Anyone who is interested in the execution and working of a fiscal R&D program.
C5- State aid rules
A similar event will be organized by TEKES in October 2014.
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