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6 th Progress Report on Social and Economic Cohesion. The debate on Territorial Cohesion & Regional Creativity and Innovation. 6 th Progress Report. Focus is on creativity and innovation and how they contribute to regional development
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6th Progress Reporton Social and Economic Cohesion The debate on Territorial Cohesion & Regional Creativity and Innovation
6th Progress Report • Focus is on creativity and innovation and how they contribute to regional development • The report also includes a short summary of the consultation on the Territorial cohesion Green Paper
Regional creativity and innovation Generating a new and useful idea and putting it into practice
Creativity • Creativity is fuelled by interaction of different, talented people • Stimulate local talent • Attract foreign talent • Encourage tolerance • Boost ICT
Boosting local talent • Education and training can stimulate creativity • Large differences remain in terms of secondary and tertiary educational attainment • Capitals tend to score high due to proximity to universities and (internal) migration of graduates
Women are gaining more education • On average, women now have almost the same education level as men. • In one out two regions, women have a higher educational level than men • Women aged 25-34 are in virtually all regions more educated than those aged 55-64 • Women aged 25-34 now tend to be more educated than men in the same age group
Tolerance is fairly high, but decreasing for ethnic minorities • In the EU four out five are comfortable with a woman, or someone with different ethnicity, a different religion or a disability or a homosexual in the highest elected political position or as a neighbour • Comfort levels are lowest for people with a different ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation • But most people thought ethnic discrimination had increased over the past five years.
Core Creative class • Core creative class is high in capitals and other urban regions especially in high-tech regions with many tertiary educated and foreign born residents • The core creative class are likely to be innovative and entrepreneurial leading to more jobs and growth • They like tolerant places
Innovation • New Firms • Start-ups • New Foreign Firms • In existing firms • R&D • Technological innovation • Non-technological innovation
Only six EU MS are in the World Bank top 20: Ireland, UK, France, Denmark, Finland and Belgium At least 100 countries score better than Germany, Austria, Greece, Spain and Poland Easing the creation of start-ups and allowing them to grow fast will improve innovation, growth and jobs Ease of starting a business, World Bank 2009
Convergence regions Embed FDI Boost educational attainment and training Stimulate tourism Transition regions Shift from efficiency to innovation Boost training Increase R&D Attract more FDI RCE regions Invest in innovation Speed up transition idea to market place Integrate migrants in labour market All regions Facilitate start-ups, especially high-growth Reduce discrimination Invest in education and human capital Conclusion
Territorial Cohesion: the debate • Support for the three Cs (concentration, connections and cooperation) • Functional approaches are endorsed • Local development is highlighted • Some raise the geographic specificities but little support for separate policies of funds for each specificity
Cooperation • Territorial cooperation is an excellent example of European value added and should be reinforced • Crossborder cooperation: one budget? More eligible actions? • European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation • Transnational cooperation: Baltic Sea, Danube… • Interregional cooperation
Impacts and measurements • European policies with a strong territorial impact should be better coordinated by fine-tuning existing instruments • The understanding and measurement of territorial trends and dynamics should be enhanced • Favourable mention of ESPON and the Urban Audit