SEE_INNOVA Innovation Voucher - the SEE_INNOVA Innovation Voucher - the model and experiences – broader model and experiences – broader

strategy forstrategy forRegional GrowthRegional Growth

Sara Pasquali, SVIM Spa

Budapest, November 11, 2014

SVIM – Sviluppo Marche SpADevelopment Agency of MARCHE REGION

FIGURESKm2 9.366 in surface1.545.155 populationGDP M€ 41.612,2GDP pro-capite € 26.652

16 enterprises per 1000 inhabitantsHistorical districts

Low R&D 0,7% PIL25% enterprises are MICROLow cooperation for innovation

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Political mandate for SVIM:

Boosting Innovation for the development of ambient intelligence technologies for the

Elderly

MARCHE REGION S3MARCHE REGION S3MECHATRONICSMECHATRONICSMECHATRONICSMECHATRONICSHOME AUTOMATIONHOME AUTOMATIONHOME AUTOMATIONHOME AUTOMATION

HEALTH AND HEALTH AND WELL BEINGWELL BEING

HEALTH AND HEALTH AND WELL BEINGWELL BEING

SMART AND SUSTAINABLE SMART AND SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURINGMANUFACTURING

SMART AND SUSTAINABLE SMART AND SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURINGMANUFACTURING

Marche Region – S3

Strategic Vision

MARCHE REGION S3: STRATEGIES AND INSTRUMENTS FOR ACTIVE AGEING

KEY SCIENCES AND ENABLING TECHNOLOGIESKEY SCIENCES AND ENABLING TECHNOLOGIESNew

MaterialsICT and

ElectronicsMechanics and Energy Biotechnologies Social

Sciences

Economic Specialization

Economic Specialization

Mechanics and Electronics

Mechanics and Electronics

FurnituresFurnitures

Home ApplicationsHome Applications

FashionFashion

Smart SpecializationSmart Specialization

DomoticsDomotics

Mechatronics Mechatronics 

Sustainable Manufacturing

Sustainable Manufacturing

Health and WellbeingHealth and Wellbeing

ChallengesChallenges

Demographical ChangeDemographical Change

Manufacturing declineManufacturing declineInternational CompetitionInternational Competition

Brain Drain RiskBrain Drain Risk

Environmental Challenges

Environmental Challenges

EU TC projects funded in AAL for ELDERLY related sectors

GOVERNANCEGOVERNANCEGOVERNANCEGOVERNANCE

SMEsSMEsSMEsSMEs

RESEARCHRESEARCHRESEARCHRESEARCH

END-USEREND-USEREND-USEREND-USER

WHY INNOVATION VOUCHER?WHY INNOVATION VOUCHER?

•Clear focus on regional needs & challenges with a wider market in mind => EU grand societal challenges

•Stimulate Innovation

new products/service development

•Stimulate Cooperation knowledge providers & SMEs/young researchers

•Easy and quick process

SVIM’S ESPERIENCES in INNOVATION SVIM’S ESPERIENCES in INNOVATION VOUCHERSVOUCHERS

REGIONAL PILOT ACTION

•TRANSNATIONAL PILOT ACTIONS

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INNOVATION VOUCHER INNOVATION VOUCHER asas PPIPPI: : the experience of INNOVAGEINNOVAGE PROJECT PROJECT

NEEDSNEEDS IDENTIFICATION IDENTIFICATIONNEEDSNEEDS IDENTIFICATION IDENTIFICATION

DEVELOPMENT OF A DEVELOPMENT OF A DEMANDDEMAND MAP MAPDEVELOPMENT OF A DEVELOPMENT OF A DEMANDDEMAND MAP MAP

MARKET CONSULTATION MARKET CONSULTATION ROUNDROUNDMARKET CONSULTATION MARKET CONSULTATION ROUNDROUND

IDENTIFICATION OF THE TARGET OF THE INNOVATION VOUCHER CALL:IDENTIFICATION OF THE TARGET OF THE INNOVATION VOUCHER CALL:Typology of products listed in the call for innovation voucher Typology of products listed in the call for innovation voucher

(technologies available in the market but that needs to be improved or shaped on the identified need)

IDENTIFICATION OF THE TARGET OF THE INNOVATION VOUCHER CALL:IDENTIFICATION OF THE TARGET OF THE INNOVATION VOUCHER CALL:Typology of products listed in the call for innovation voucher Typology of products listed in the call for innovation voucher

(technologies available in the market but that needs to be improved or shaped on the identified need)

OBJECTIVES:OBJECTIVES:REPOSITIONING OF ECO-INDIPENDENT LIVING FOR ELDERLY RELATED SMEs STIMULATE LOCAL ECONOMY THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MARKET ORIENTED TECHNOLOGIES/SERVICESTEST NEW INSTRUMENTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT AND STRENGTHENING OF A RDC IN THE SECTOR

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INNOVATION VOUCHER INNOVATION VOUCHER forfor RESEARCHERSRESEARCHERS : :

the experience of SEE-INNOVASEE-INNOVA PROJECT PROJECT

OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVE::•TRANSFER of NEW SCIENTIFIC, TECHNOLOGICAL or INNOVATION NEW SCIENTIFIC, TECHNOLOGICAL or INNOVATION

KNOWLEDGE KNOWLEDGE to REALIZE and/or EXPERIENCE a PROCESS, a PRODUCT or a SERVICE for the DESIGN, PROTOTYPE and MARKETING of DESIGN, PROTOTYPE and MARKETING of

PRODUCTS or SERVICESPRODUCTS or SERVICES related to ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY for the ELDERLY

BENEFICIARIESBENEFICIARIES:•YOUNG RESEARCHERS

•YOUNG WILLING ENTREPRENEURS•YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

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INNOVATION VOUCHER INNOVATION VOUCHER for for SMEs REPOSITIONINGSMEs REPOSITIONING::the experience of WIDERWIDER PROJECT PROJECT

•OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVE::ALLOW the SMEsSMEs REPOSITIONING on the MARKET

TOWARDS the ECO-SMART-HOUSING FOR ELDERLY

•PREPARATORY ACTIONS:PREPARATORY ACTIONS:

INNOVATION WORKSHOPS to raise innovation awareness and favour user driven innovation

KNOWLEDGE PROVIDERS launch of EoI to create a transnational list of knowledge providers (n. 139)

SCENARIO WORKSHOPS to show specific innovation and growth potentials

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A COMMON TRANSNATIONAL SCHEME A COMMON TRANSNATIONAL SCHEME

•COMMON/SHARED RULES

•FLEXIBLE to the 9 DIFFERENT PILOT REGIONS’ NEEDS

•MANAGED AT REGIONAL LEVEL

•SPECIFIC PROJECT TIME CONSTRAINT

•UNDER THE FRAMEWORK OF ERDF RULES (Need to select KP with public procurement)

AIM AND RESOURCESAIM AND RESOURCESThe Innovation Voucher are aimed at the design, prototyping and marketing of

products or services related to the assistive technology for the elderly

TOTAL Budget: € 60.000,00

ENTITYENTITYThe voucher has a value of € 7,500.00, VAT and all other charges included

BENEFICIARIESBENEFICIARIES Researchers aged up to 35 years with a degree and having their residence or domicile in the

territory of Marche Region; Willing entrepreneurs aged up to 35 years; Professionals aged up to 35 years, registered for VAT and entered in the relevant register of one of the Marche Region provinces.

SELECTION OF KNOWLEDGE PROVIDERSELECTION OF KNOWLEDGE PROVIDER

A unique call for expression of interest for knowledge providers was opened from March to End of April, promoted and managed at local level. (No. of 24 EoI received from the SEE area)

DURATION OF FUNDING DURATION OF FUNDING

Voucher projects are to be completed within 4 months from the date of voucher issue.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

The innovation projects will be assessed according to the main following criteria:

Experience and expertise of the beneficiary in the field of interests of the notice 10% Innovation, originality and transferability. Technical / scientific quality of the project and originality of the idea 15% Methodology for the development of the project 20% Consistency of the project with the challenges related to the assistive technology for the elderly 20% Adequacy and adherence of the service provided by the Knowledge Provider with respect to the objectives of the innovation project 20% Financial sustainability - Realistic and consistent Budget 10% New collaborations between the beneficiary and the

Knowledge providers of other nationalities 5%

Launch date March 5, 2014

Closing date April 30, 2014

Assessment and contracting phase

May 2014

Implementation June – September 2014

Final Service Report October 2014

Payment November 2014

TIMING

6 PILOT REGIONS6 PILOT REGIONS6 ecosystems6 ecosystems6 approaches to 6 approaches to AAL for elderly AAL for elderly

MarcheRM-SVIM

TrentinoCREATE-

NET

AustriaClusterland

BulgariaSofia

Municipality

RomaniaGeron

HungaryInnoskart

FIRST FIGURES: APPLICATIONS ARRIVEDFIRST FIGURES: APPLICATIONS ARRIVED

  NUM. OF SMALL INNOVATION PROJECTS PRESENTED

NUM. OF EoI from Regional KNOWLEDGE PROVIDERS

ITALY  7  16

HUNGARY  3  1

ROMANIA  1  1

BULGARIA  1  3

AUSTRIA  4  3

…LESSONS LEARNT

•Transnational scheme is useful to stimulate and support SMEs to internationalize and get in contact with international advanced systems and business environment.•Transnational scheme is considered easy and quick.•Transnational scheme as PPI with involvement of end users is a good instrument for the application of a quadruple helix approach.•The Voucher gave the chance to young researchers who want to build up something new to: get in contact with new players, meet others with similar ideas, merge them and raise with something better , build first prototypes.•It is an opportunity to connect different people to help them work together in the future.•It is an opportunity to use different eligible services that are not available in the region •The Voucher pushed pushed SMEs SMEs to work in the specific sectors of S3.•The Voucher helped Regions to: establish a new open market centralized mostly to SMEs and boost active cooperation among all involved actors, offer high-quality knowledge facilities or services that probably would not have been available in the region.

•SMEs need support to develop innovation and deal with foreign KP POSSIBLEPOSSIBLE SOLUTIONSOLUTION: Have an expert/facilitator that help SMEs in the application and in the choice of foreign KP•Regions are different, the call should be UNIFIED but FLEXIBLE and built on common EU standard/regulationPOSSIBLEPOSSIBLE SOLUTION: SOLUTION: Draft a common framework that can be tailored to local needs and economic situation within a EU label of innovation voucher scheme•Knowledge providers need to be “certified”POSSIBLEPOSSIBLE SOLUTION: SOLUTION: Use existing platform for certification•Voucher scheme linked to specific sectorial needs has to be managed by specialized managersPOSSIBLEPOSSIBLE SOLUTION: SOLUTION: Contract expert to support the scheme•Voucher scheme as it is does not stimulate itself innovation and may have a limited impactPOSSIBLEPOSSIBLE SOLUTIONSOLUTION: Plan a process of support for innovation capacities

Sara PASQUALISVIM – Sviluppo Marche SpAVia Raffaello Sanzio, 85 60125 Ancona - Italyspasquali@svimspa.it

For more INFO on: WIDER project WIDER project www.wider-project.euINNOVAGE projectINNOVAGE projectwww.innovage-project.euSEE-INNOVA projectSEE-INNOVA projectwww.seeinnova.eu