Brandenburg Economic Development Board

1. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. SUPPORT of INNOVATION in BRANDENBURG Rolf Banisch RIS Mazowia: Workshop on best practice in creation and implementation of Regional Innovation Strategies, Warszaw, 24.11.2005

2. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. ZukunftsAgentur Brandenburg InvestitionsBank (Industry Division) ZAB Inc. Brandenburg Capital • 85 employees • € 6.3m budget • 6 ServiceCentres in the state • 19 employees • >€ 50m share capital • shares in 60 companies • 100 employees • € 300m investment grants (2004) • mobile consultancy teams RIS Mazowia: Workshop on best practice in creation and implementation of Regional Innovation Strategies, Warszaw, 24.11.2005

3. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. ZAB Brandenburg Economic Development Board Innovation – Investment – Cooperation We develop innovative start-ups & clusters We attract and service investors We promote trade and international cooperation RIS Mazowia: Workshop on best practice in creation and implementation of Regional Innovation Strategies, Warszaw, 24.11.2005

4. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Structure of the ZAB Industry Teams Service Teams • International Business • Marketing, Services & Communication • Projects for Start-ups • Research & Support • Patent Marketing (brainshell) • Personnel, Admin & Controlling • Media, IT & Communication • Life Sciences • Micro-/Enabling Technologies • Manufacturing/Automotive • Services & Logistics • Energy & Environment • Aerospace RIS Mazowia: Workshop on best practice in creation and implementation of Regional Innovation Strategies, Warszaw, 24.11.2005

5. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Germany´s capital area • Inhabitants: Berlin: 3.5m, Brandenburg: 2.6 Mio • Size: Berlin: 890 km2, Brandenburg: 29,500 km2 • GDP (2001): 121.6bn € • GDP-growth (´92-03) +7.3% • Exports (2002): 13.7bn € • Imports (2002): 11.7bn € • Starts-ups: 224,000 (net, since 1991) • Overnight tourist stays: 18m (2002) Schwedt Brandenburg Frankfurt/Oder Cottbus 3 12 RIS Mazowia: Workshop on best practice in creation and implementation of Regional Innovation Strategies, Warszaw, 24.11.2005

6. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Brand Innovativ - Brandenburg Innovation Scheme • Objectives and goals: • Transfer Brandenburg's technological strategy into an innovation strategy • Identification of regional innovative fields and analysis of potentials in areas of different technologies and their application in an international context • development of measures for implementing an innovation strategy • Integration in the collaboration with Berlin and in the European co-operation duration: 19/ 12/ 1998 – 10/ 05/ 2001 but RIS should not be perceived only as a project but A CONTINUOUS AND LONG-TERM PROCESS! RIS Mazowia: Workshop on best practice in creation and implementation of Regional Innovation Strategies, Warszaw, 24.11.2005

7. Brandenburg Economic Development Board regional innovation Mgmt. networks Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. „Brand Innovativ“ - project progress Catalogue of measures for the innovation concept of Brandenburg start-ups • Innovative technology fields, e.g. • product technology • biotechnology • material technology • microelectronic • management technology • IT-technology innovation financing potential analyse of the technological sphere of fields Recommendation to the EU, Federal and states government • Innovative political strategy fields • technology transfer • financing of innovation • effects of innovations on the number of workplaces • entrepreneurship • innovation management • public innovation support potential analyse of the innovative technology and political strategy fields technology transfer labour- market Launching regional innovation initiative definition of the strategy for obtaining the targets success analyse of the LTK lessons learned from best practice in Europe Formulating the Innovation strategy for Brandenburg definition of the strategic targets and guidelines regional innovation profils sectoral development RIS Mazowia: Workshop on best practice in creation and implementation of Regional Innovation Strategies, Warszaw, 24.11.2005

8. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Measures to develope regions Political measures Economical measures • Elaboration and implementation of a regional long-term strategy based on an in-depth analysis. • Attractive the region in general. • Creation of fruitful environment and conditions for SME, R&D and trusts. • Support entrepreneurs and maintain the already existing enterprises. • Networking and arrangement of international business relations. • Public and semi-public supporting programs for investments and projects. • Creation of technology and founders parks/centres. • Granting of tax and legal benefits for active enterprises. • Establishment and stabilisation of private financing institutions for each step of company’s lifecycle. RIS Mazowia: Workshop on best practice in creation and implementation of Regional Innovation Strategies, Warszaw, 24.11.2005

9. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Brand Innovativ Summary of recommendations 1 a target-specific and inter-department development of the technology platforms:- media, information and communication technology- life sciences - enabling technologies - mobility and the management of resources starting-up strategic guiding projects as pillars for the technology competence in Brandenburg at short notice flanking promotion and consulting services for the enterprises at a one-stop-agency that combines all offers promotion programs must consider the marketing strategy for creating effects on the job market combined financing of the location and the innovations for a regional focus creation coaching programs for manufacturing enterprises integrated financing and coaching offers for promising start-up projects activation of technology transfer centers for customized service offers transferring networks into system associations to make small enterprises more competitive a closer co-operation between Berlin and Brandenburg by coordinating the innovative technology fields or combining the technology foundations 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 RIS Mazowia: Workshop on best practice in creation and implementation of Regional Innovation Strategies, Warszaw, 24.11.2005

10. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Brandenburg ►established an own strategy for innovation ►network of incubabators&technology parks ►centres for technology transfer on Technical Universities/High Schools ►state supporting programs for development of new technologies/products for SME ►financing support for start ups and young enterprices (seed capital, VC, sureties for loans) ►coaching, marketing support …. RIS Mazowia: Workshop on best practice in creation and implementation of Regional Innovation Strategies, Warszaw, 24.11.2005

11. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Brandenburg 20 incubabators&technology parks (100 000 m², 80% occupied: 550 enterprices, 3 000 employees) investment supported by the state of Brandenburg: 80 % Concentration on selected technology fields: ► information and communication technologies & new media ► microelectronics ► biotechnology ► optical technologies ► renewable resources ► engineering and automation closed colaboration with Technical Universities/High Schools and R&D units RIS Mazowia: Workshop on best practice in creation and implementation of Regional Innovation Strategies, Warszaw, 24.11.2005

12. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Brand Innovativ Example 4: Establishment of an Institute of Lightweight Construction at the BTU Cottbus • target • The establishment of an inter-disciplinary Institute for Lightweight Material which should serve as a Germany-wide model. • Formation and utilization of a network of material technology in order to develop a regional material competence • Stimulation of education and researchtarget group • Brandenburg‘s SMEs, investors for Brandenburg, scientific and research environmentcosts • 17 Mio. DM for building and equipment RIS Mazowia: Workshop on best practice in creation and implementation of Regional Innovation Strategies, Warszaw, 24.11.2005

13. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. At present:evaluation of the results of Brandenburg Innovation Strategy with the aim of creating a new one RIS Mazowia: Workshop on best practice in creation and implementation of Regional Innovation Strategies, Warszaw, 24.11.2005

14. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Future oriented supporting system Placement of strong enterprises Location factor: Innovative business climate Developing innovative SMEs Building networks and Centres of Competence Support of technology oriented incorporations RIS Mazowia: Workshop on best practice in creation and implementation of Regional Innovation Strategies, Warszaw, 24.11.2005

15. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. RIS Mazowia: Workshop on best practice in creation and implementation of Regional Innovation Strategies, Warszaw, 24.11.2005

16. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Dziękuję za uwagę! Kontakt: Rolf Banisch ZukunftsAgentur Brandenburg Im Technologiepark 1 D-15236 Frankfurt (Oder) +49 335 557 1604 rolf.banisch@zab-brandenburg.de www.zab-brandenburg.de RIS Mazowia: Workshop on best practice in creation and implementation of Regional Innovation Strategies, Warszaw, 24.11.2005