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INDUSTRIAL AND INNOVATION POLICY IN PORTUGAL

INDUSTRIAL AND INNOVATION POLICY IN PORTUGAL. Ana Isabel Serralha Rita Costa. PORTUGAL. Area: 92072 km ² 10 million inhabitants Capital: Lisboa Member of EU since 1986 Currency: Euro. PORTUGUESE ECONOMY 2003. Expected GDP growth: - ¾% Reduction of consumption and investment

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INDUSTRIAL AND INNOVATION POLICY IN PORTUGAL

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  1. INDUSTRIAL AND INNOVATION POLICY IN PORTUGAL Ana Isabel Serralha Rita Costa

  2. PORTUGAL • Area: 92072 km² • 10 million inhabitants • Capital: Lisboa • Member of EU since 1986 • Currency: Euro

  3. PORTUGUESE ECONOMY 2003 Expected GDP growth: - ¾% • Reduction of consumption and investment • Budget deficit • International incertenty with Iraq conflict • Summer fires – total impact still to determine

  4. INDUSTRY AND INNOVATION GENERAL PERSPECTIVE POLICY MEASURES

  5. PORTUGUESE INDUSTRY • No industrial revolution • Industrial development started in the 1950’s • EFTA • Focus in products of low added value: sardines, wine, cork, textiles, shoes and automobiles components

  6. INDUSTRY’S PROBLEMS • Low productivity • Low level of education and know-how • Low level of technological and organizational innovation • Lacking spirit of entrepreneurship • Burocracy • Regional disparities

  7. INNOVATION

  8. PPCE: Programme for Productivity and Economic Growth POLICY MEASURES • Improvement of legal and regulatory environments • Competition • Investment • Taxation • Protection of intelectual and industrial property • Stimulation of R&D

  9. PROINOV: Integrated Programme for Innovation MAIN OBJECTIVE: attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to help creating new jobs in technology-intensive activities Example of PROINOV’s actions: Promotion of clustering and co-operation for innovation

  10. POSI: Operational Programme on Information Society • AND • POCTI: Operational Programme for Science, • Technology andInnovation • MAIN OBJECTIVE: supporting the development of university-industry research consortia including firms and Science and Technology organisations • Important role in : • the strengthening of research carried out by companies

  11. IDEIA: Applied Research and Development in Companies • MAIN OBJECTIVE: developing university-industry research consortia • Important role in : • the strengthening of research carried out by companies • the intensified co-operation between research, universities and companies • the strengthening of companies’ ability, particularly SME’s, to absorb technologies and know-how (creation of R&D teams in companies) • The participants of the programme IDEIA can benefit from financial and fiscal incentives.

  12. NEST: New Technology-Based Firms • MAIN OBJECTIVE: supporting new technology-based firms (NTBF’s) through venture capital investment • Important role in : • the strengthening of research carried out by companies • the start-up of technology-based companies • the increase of the larger public’s awareness to the relevancy of an active Innovation Policy • The support given to NEST companies includes: • financial support • recruitment of doctors and masters • venture capital investments up to 90% of a NEST companies’ capital

  13. QUADROS PROGRAMME • MAIN OBJECTIVE: improving the level of technical skills in SME’s through financial support for the wages of young engineering, economics, management and scientific graduates recruited by SME’s. • Important role in : • the mobility of students, research workers and teachers • the fostering of innovative organisational and management practises in enterprises • the strengthening of research carried out by companies • the strengthening of companies’ ability, particularly SME’s, to absorb technologiesand know-how

  14. MTTQS: Measure for Supporting the Dynamisation of Technology, Training and Quality Systems • MAIN OBJECTIVE: promoting pre-competitive research projects developed between technology, training and quality infrastructures organisations and companies. • Important role in: • the encouraging of R&D activities • the strengthening of research carried out by companies • the intensified co-operation between research, universities and companies

  15. EDUCATION RELATED MEASURES • The Portuguese Government has tried toimprove the Educational Policy by: • giving scholarships to the best students in different fields • creating a new Ministry for Science and Higher Education • creating a Comission on the Teaching of Mathematics and Science • promoting life-long learning • supporting the recruitment of graduates by companies

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