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FINANCING AND SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS FOR INNOVATION AND ECO-INNOVATION IN ANDALUSIA &

FINANCING AND SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS FOR INNOVATION AND ECO-INNOVATION IN ANDALUSIA & MAIN FINDINGS FROM ANDALUSIAN PLATFORM FOR ECO-INNOVATION. Ms. Cecilia Gañán de Molina General Director for Environmental Participation and Information Regional Ministry of Environment Junta de Andalucía

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FINANCING AND SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS FOR INNOVATION AND ECO-INNOVATION IN ANDALUSIA &

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  1. FINANCING AND SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS FOR INNOVATION AND ECO-INNOVATION IN ANDALUSIA & MAIN FINDINGS FROM ANDALUSIAN PLATFORM FOR ECO-INNOVATION Ms. Cecilia Gañán de Molina General Director for Environmental Participation and Information Regional Ministry of Environment Junta de Andalucía Milano, 14th december 2007

  2. SOME FACTS ABOUT ANDALUSIA

  3. THE REGION OF ANDALUSIA SURFACE AREA: 87.597 square Km. 2,24% of EU25 territory 17,3% of Spanish surface area POPULATION: 7,5 millions 1,7% of EU25 population 18% of Spanish population PROTECTED SURFACE AREA 20% of the total surface of Andalusia 29,8% of the Spanish protected surface

  4. STEPS IN THE CONTEXT OF ECREIN PROJECT

  5. 20 Institutions 30 Members BUSINESSES & IPSFL (6) Association of Andalusian Environmental Enterprises & 3 leading companies & Foundation RESEARCH (1) Spanish National Research Council FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (3) Banesto, Caja Granada, UNICAJA PUBLIC VENTURE CAPITAL CORPORATION (1) INVERCARIA (5) RETA, CITANDALUCÍA, CANP, IAT, CTA TECHNOLOGY AGENTS ANDALUSIAN ENERGY AGENCY REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF ANDALUSIA (3) CMA, CICE, IDEA CONSTITUTION OF THE REGIONAL PLATFORM FOR ECO-INNOVATION PRE-ANDALUSIA Constitution of PRE-Andalusia (23 April 2007)

  6. ACTIVITIES PRE-ANDALUSIA PRE MEETINGS (5) 23rd April 2007 First meeting Constitution 3rd May 2007 Work session: Group discussion First proposal of measures 23rd May 2007 Second meeting Validation of Initial Executive Summary (discussion) & Questionnaires (Q1 & Q2) 8th October 2007 Third meeting Validation of 2nd Executive Summary (discussion) & Questionnaires (Q1 & Q2) 30th November 2007 Fourth meeting Validation of the Summary and Proposals (discussion)

  7. ACTIVITIES PRE-ANDALUSIA PLATFORM OUTCOMES TWO EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES 1ST. Initial R&D stages 2ND. Innovation, market access, marketing and exportation THREE CONCLUSION REPORTS PRE-ANDALUSIA FOUR Questionnaires

  8. SUMMARY FINANCING OF R&D&I ACTIVITIES IN ANDALUSIA

  9. SUMMARY FINANCING OF R&D&I ACTIVITIES IN ANDALUSIA Main innovation financing programmes • A) UE Programmes • Seventh Framework Programme for R&D (7PM) • Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) • LIFE + • Structural and Cohesion Funds (Technological Fund for Spain) • B) CENTRAL GOVERMMENT Programmes • INGENIO 2010 Programmes (CÉNIT, NEOTEC & NEOTEC RISK CAPITAL, CONSOLIDER and AVANZ@) • National Scientific Research, Technology Development and Innovation Plan 2008-2011 • C) REGIONAL GOVERMMENT programmes • -Andalusian Plan for Research, Development and Innovation Plan (PAIDI 2007-2013) • Andalusia Global Innovation-Technology-Business Subsidy 2007-2013 (within ERDF Andalusia) • Programme of Incentives for Business Innovation and Development: Order of incentives for the promotion of innovation and business development in Andalusia 2007-2013 • Basis of Action for the Andalusian Technology Fund

  10. MANAGED BY ANDALUSIAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT (2007-2013) Programme R&D&i Budget Andalusian Research, Development and Innovation Plan (PAIDI 2007-2013) 25.402 M€ Regulation law of incentives for the promotion of innovation and business development of Andalusia (2007-2009) 1.000 M€ Andalusian Technology Fund (structural Funds) 800 M€ ERDF OP- Andalusia (structural Funds) 1.672 M€ SUMMARY FINANCING OF R&D&I ACTIVITIES IN ANDALUSIA Main innovation financing programmes

  11. INVENTORY INNOVATION AND ECOINNOVATION FINANCING AND SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS IN ANDALUSIA

  12. INVENTORY INNOVATION AND ECOINNOVATION FINANCING AND SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS IN ANDALUSIA • Inventory: document containing the existing regulations of the current R&D support framework. • Creation of a database: all the regulations having been identified and classified according with different criteria ( promoting body, source of the fund, nature of the fund, type of instrument, budget, identification of environmental objectives, type ofpromoted/supported eco-innovation, etc). • 44 instruments have been identified (at national, regional and local level) including incentives addressed to the SME's for the promotion of eco-innovation.

  13. MAIN PROPOSALS PRE-ANDALUSIA

  14. MAIN PROPOSALS PRE-ANDALUSIA RECOMMENDATIONS OTHER PROPOSALS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT-ORIENTED MEASURES BUSINESS SERVICE-ORIENTED MEASURES TECHNOLOGY “TAKE UP” AND COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION-ORIENTED MEASURES SME, ECO-INNOVATION

  15. MAIN PROPOSALS PRE-ANDALUSIA Dissemination of useful and strategic information and the enhancement of an easy access to are key factors for promoting innovation within SMEs: Multiplicity of existing aid schemes. Difficulties in managing the volume of information available on support instruments. Lack of knowledge of innovation-supporting policies and instruments by SMEs. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT-ORIENTED MEASURES

  16. MAIN PROPOSALS PRE-ANDALUSIA PROPOSALS To co-ordinate and simplify information mechanisms and transmitters, both players (public and private promoters and intermediaries) and formats, support elements and channels. To increase (technical, financial and human) resources allocated for disseminating information on existing instruments, measures and support programmes. To redesign existing dissemination programmes, adapting them to SME profiles. To ensure efficient co-ordination between different mechanisms and dissemination channels. To simplify existing aid schemes. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT-ORIENTED MEASURES

  17. MAIN PROPOSALS PRE-ANDALUSIA In general, SMEs lack of mid and long-term vision when assessing the profitability of technology innovation projects. There is a lack of assessments of technological requirements. SMEs are unaware of the competitive advantages of commitment to business innovation. BUSINESS SERVICE-ORIENTED MEASURES

  18. MAIN PROPOSALS PRE-ANDALUSIA PROPOSALS BUSINESS SERVICE-ORIENTED MEASURES To increase the resources allocated for integral business consulting on innovation-related activities. To encourage entrepreneurship.

  19. MAIN PROPOSALS PRE-ANDALUSIA Most existing instruments (including CIP) do not cover a critical stage of the process: the initial commercial exploitation. The programmes supporting technological innovation projects are usually finished before its first commercial application. The demonstration stages are not sufficiently supported. Technologies and innovations which have been successfully proven by SMEs find it difficult to obtain financing for the initial stages of production on an industrial scale. SMEs depend on large enterprises for the development of eco-innovations. TECHNOLOGY “TAKE UP” AND COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION-ORIENTED MEASURES

  20. MAIN PROPOSALS PRE-ANDALUSIA PROPOSALS • To increase instruments and financial support for “take up” technology and initial commercial (and industrial) exploitation of new technologies and innovations. Technology “take up” measures • Best practices: for users • First-users • Assessments • Support nodes TECHNOLOGY “TAKE UP” AND COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION-ORIENTED MEASURES

  21. MAIN PROPOSALS PRE-ANDALUSIA PROPOSALS With regard to eco-innovations, additional economic measures need to be undertaken in order to introduce signals in relative prices. Support instruments focusing on improving processes, products and services are inadequate compared to instruments supporting the creation of new products, processes and services. Private-public partnerships focusing on increasing funding opportunities for innovation by financial institutions and intermediaries should be strengthened. The weak venture capital activity in Andalusia places our region at a disadvantage position. OTHER PROPOSALS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

  22. MAIN PROPOSALS PRE-ANDALUSIA REGARDIND THE ECREIN PROPOSAL Interest of Andalusia in a common position in relation with the suitability of current instruments, and more specifically of the financial instruments for SMEs proposed by the CIP itself. ECREIN project, through its platforms, could contribute to guide the Commission about the current instruments` suitability and feasibility for the regions. ANDALUSIAN REGIONAL PLATFORM CONCLUSIONS

  23. MAIN PROPOSALS PRE-ANDALUSIA REGARDIND THE ECREIN PROPOSAL • The creation of Financial mechanisms for SMEs on eco-innovation must go together with one or more “accompanying measure/s” focusing specifically on the dissemination of the information about the considered instruments. • The Andalusian Platform would like to highlight the insufficiency of financial mechanisms for technological assimilation stages. Therefore, we would propose the explicit consideration in CIP of this aspect, when supporting SMEs. ANDALUSIAN REGIONAL PLATFORM CONCLUSIONS

  24. GRACIAS THANK YOU MERCI BEAUCOUP DANKE GRAZIE DZIEKUJE

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