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DLR-PT.de • Chart 1 • Andreas Suthhof

Innovative sustainability solutions:

Facilitating implementation & market dissemination of R&D project results MED-SPRING Training on Innovation, Naples, Nov. 2015


Summary/Proposals for action at the regional level … “There are also potential synergy opportunities in problem areas or common fields of expertise such as mobility, water management or urban development and there is a pool of skilled workers willing to develop innovative projects in collaboration with Europe and the Mediterranean.” …

ANIMA Investment Network 2012


Innovation: process consideration (linear)

Innovation* idea + invention diffusion

Technology- transfer*

basic research

applied R&D

demon-stration

market launch

market penetration

* After: Ford & Ryan, 1981 ; Müller-Prothmann & Dörr, 2009 ** : Dahlmann, 2007

Innovation is the (first) application of knowledge in practical use Innovation in is not necessary at global frontier, but also new to local

context; in this case, the process steps could be labeled:

(creation) acquisition adaptation dissemi-nation use Catching-up

process**


More basics … (compare C. Dahlmann, 2007)

To improve the innovation process, different facilities & measures are required:

Policies/ instruments

Institutions Capabilities

Creating and commercialising knowledge

• Public policies for R&D

• …

• Public R&D labs and universities

• Private firms • …

• High level human capital for R&D

• …

Acquiring and adapting global knowledge

• Openness to outside • Setting up R&D

antennae abroad • …

• Universities • Firms • …

• Global scanning • Technology (needs)

assessment • …

Diffusing and Using knowledge

• Standards • IPR • …

• Technical information services and support institutions

• ….

• Communication skills • Job and technology

specific skills • …

Broader enabling environment

• Effective regulatory framework

• ….

• Effective governance • …

• Capabilities to ensure … - Economic stability - …


Today‘s focus regarding the improvement of the innovation process:

Technology- transfer/ catching-up

R&D promotion

Development/environment cooperation

Economic cooperation

There is a possible link between R&D, DEVCO & Economic cooperation:

Bi- and multi-lateral co-operation

basic research/ creation

applied R&D/

acquisition

demon-stration/

adaptation

market launch/ dissemination

market penetration/

use


The role of governmental strategies

Demand-orientation of R&D projects Deepening the conceptual coverage of the entire innovation process Use of potential synergies between different cooperation instruments

covering different phases of the innovation process

Demand in social and economic infrastructure as well as environmental issues: National Regulative Framework and policies/strategies

R&D promotion

Development/environment cooperation

Economic cooperation

basic research/ creation

applied R&D/

acquisition

demon-stration/

adaptation

market launch/ dissemination

market penetration/

use


• R&D Collaboration potential in each of these fields

• Integrated approach to res-pond to societal challenges (‘nexus’)

transdisciplinary research

projects

trans-sectoral management (e.g. water + energy + …)

trans-institutional approach, e.g. universities + enterprises + VET institutions + local authorities

Relevance of R&D (&I) cooperation for MPC Energy

renewables efficiency

Nutrition agriculture

land use

Urbanisation Climate

Water (IWRM)

FP7: financial contribution to MPCs: € 55.7 m H2020: E.g. ERANETMED Joint Call 2014/2015

Health


Relevance of development/economic cooperation for MPC

FY 2015 for, e.g., • Egypt

Approved: 1.04 bill. $ Total lending: 5.02 bill. $

• Tunisia Approved: 300 mil. $ Total lending: 3.02 bill. $

ENPI 2007 – 2013: 1.5 bill. € ENI 2014 – 2020: 1.5 bill. €

EuroMed-programme; e.g., business development and industrial cooperation, transport infrastructure, environment, water and energy

More from multilateral (AfDB, IsDB, GCF …) & bilateral funding institutions (KfW, …) Topical interference with R&D cooperation esp. on social & economic infrastructure

Ain Beni Mathar Integrated Combined Cycle Thermo-Solar Power Plant. Photo: © Dana Smillie / World Bank Photo ID: DS-MA111 World Bank

Topics: Predom. social and economic infrastructure

E.g.,


Related opportunity for MPC: Exploiting the intersection

National/ sectoral

development plan

National innovation system (NIS) development

plan

Internat. development

strategy/ finance

Country partnership

strategy

R&I funding

programmes

(1) R&I for public goods/ infrastructure

(3) Direct support of NIS

Case studies: (2) incl. capacity

development


Scientific guidance for good governance

Scientifically grounded justification for investment

Options and analysis of costs and benefits

Know-how transfer and capacity building

Development of exemplary solutions (demonstration projects and pilot plants) for scaling-up at commercial scale

Climate change impact assessment and downscaling of climate models to infrastructure areas

Development, testing and promotion of innovative solutions for resource efficiency gain

Contribution potential of R&D projects to infrastructure planning


Possible contribution of R&D projects to the investment project cycle

Specialised instruments of development/ economic cooperation

Development plan

Pre-feasibility study/ project

structuring

Feasibility study

Financing concept

Project implementation

Operation & maintenance

Innovative conceptual and technical solutions from R&D

Options Priorities

(national, local, …)

Project results

Financing

Infrastructure investment-programme

Development/ investment banks

Tested solutions

Financing/ tech-nical assistance

Frame-work

conditions

“Investment Project Cycle” after CDIA, 2011


Possible input of R&D results into the project cycle of development/economic cooperation

To be acknowledged

Well-founded scientific bases for investment (programmes) Cost-benefit-analysis; Justification of investment needs for projects ( feasibility studies) Adoption of technology Know how transfer and capacity building Creation of best practice solutions for regional dispersal

Country partnership

strategy

Identification

Preparation

Appraisal

Approval

Implementation & supervision

Completion

Evaluation

Project cycle

1-3 yrs.

Start:


Specific measures to improve the innovation process considering potential synergies of R&D stimulation and development/economic cooperation

Policies/ instruments

Institutions Capabilities

Creating and commercialising knowledge

• Coupling of R&D funding to sectoral strategies of the respective ministries/ departments and their economic cooperation

• Promoting technology transfer and innovation in economic cooperation

• Using investment programmes for validation

• Including companies, esp. SME

• Openness for inter-ministerial/ departmental cooperation on different planning levels

• …

• Technology assessment

• Technology negotiation

• Adaptation to domestic conditions incl. financing & costs (O&M, life-cycle etc.)

Acquiring and adapting global knowledge

Diffusing and using knowledge

Broader enabling environment

• Modernisation of regulative framework via TA measures and inter-ministerial cooperation

• See above • …


- Acknowledgement of the relevant sector development plans and national/local strategies

- Exploration of the possibility to include into funded project consortia some R&D under governmental ministries or agencies managing investment in the sector

- Availability in the consortium of adequate financial/economic and institutional expertise adapted to science based “implementation facilitation” tasks

- Desirability of an “implementation facilitation plan” as part of the R&D project application and realisation work programme

- Need to develop project reports comparable to “pre-feasibility” study to guide and prepare implementation

- Desirability for continuous dialogue and information sharing with implementation decision makers

Possible implications for R&D programming


Necessary phases of infrastructure related R&D

Piloting • Essentially technical

R&D to test innovative solution

• Domestic policies might be bypassed or ignored for the sake of the research objective

Demonstration • Scientific proofing of

applicability of technical solution when embedded in national policy framework

• Scientific underpinning of recommendation for policy enhancement for investment facilitation

Mainstreaming • (Promotion of) practical

and widespread dissemi-nation of R&D results application through a “mainstream” investment programme

• Not necessarily facilitated/ accompanied by R&D

Innovation takes time! Demand for sufficient project duration Mainstreaming needs to be facilitated as far as possible during the

demonstration phase


Sustainable Management of Available Water Resources with Innovative Technologies; incl. decentralised WWTP for wastewater reuse in Jordan: • Inclusion of universities & SME from both countries and of Jordanian authorities • Realisation of 3-phases concept incl. demonstration under real world conditions

and capacity building

Case study social infrastructure: SMART project


SMART cont‘d

• Early collaboration with German development cooperation

• Introduction of DWWT to Jordan’s water strategy • Pre-feasibility study for dissemination • Introduction of possible investment to bilateral

governmental consultations • Project office in the MWI and facilitation of a National

Implementation Committee for Effective Decentralised WW Management composed of a number of senior decision makers of different related ministries & agencies

• Relevant creation of value for Jordanian SME and JV in case of dissemination

Clusters of Decentralized Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Systems; Source: UFZ

Source: UFZ; License: CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/)


• Five hubs in the 5 African regions - Water and Energy Sciences (including climate

change) (Algeria) - Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation

(Kenya) - …

• Network of about 50 satellite institutes planned

Case study capacity building: Pan-African University

• Germany is key thematic partner for the hub in Algeria - Establishment of master courses and management structures (BMZ) - Development of a research agenda for the institute (BMBF)

• Based on a decision of the African Union in 2009 to create excellence in higher education and research in Africa for African challenges


100 M US$ World Bank loan (IDA conditions) to the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST, + 10 M$) for

• Knowledge & policy development (13.5 M$) - Attract overseas talented experts - Measure science, technology and innovation (STI) statistics

• Support Government Research Institutions (GRI) reform & enterprises innovation (90 M$)

- GRI reform: From state-funded to self-financed model - Innovation project financing: Newly established technology enterprises &

consortia of enterprises, research institutes and universities - National Lab: pioneer a government-owned/company-operated arrangement

• Project management (6.5 M$) - Strengthening the institutional capacity of MOST - Carry out policy research programmes on project activities

Case study: Direct NIS support


Summary

There are potential synergies between instruments of R&D (stimulation/cooperation) and development cooperation which can be used to direct R&D programmes/projects early and systematically towards implementation and diffusion of the innovative solutions to be developed

Using these synergies provides potential benefits for the improvement of the national innovation system as well as the society

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