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Aspects of competitiveness

Aspects of competitiveness. Karin Hallerby Head of departement International affairs www.tillvaxtverket.se Phone +46 8 681 91 00. Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth today. 11 offices in nine places around Sweden Sixty programmes/service schemes SEK 2.5 billion ( app.: 250 000

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Aspects of competitiveness

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  1. Aspects of competitiveness Karin Hallerby Head of departement International affairs www.tillvaxtverket.se Phone +46 8 681 91 00

  2. Swedish Agency for Economicand Regional Growth today • 11 offices in nineplaces around Sweden • Sixty programmes/service schemes • SEK 2.5 billion ( app.: 250 000 million euro per year

  3. Option Placebased or placeless?

  4. Placeless • Regulations • Entrepreneurship • Innovation • Sustainable development and business growth • Internationalisation

  5. Better regulation • Identify rules that create difficulties for enterprises • Database where government agencies can see what the effect will be in monetary terms if they change a regulation • Support government agencies through methods development, advice and training • SWEGovernment target: a 25 per cent reduction in the administrative costs for enterprises by 2010

  6. Facilitating entrepreneurship • Information services

  7. Points of single contact : Service sector : EU-member states • obtain all the information about the procedures you need to complete for your specific services activity • deal with all formalities needed to carry out your activities (without the need to approach various public bodies one by one) • complete the necessary steps by electronic means.

  8. Verksamt.se 8

  9. Complaints • SOLVIT centres in every EU Member State • SOLVIT is an on-line problem solving network. • Solve problems caused by the misapplication of Internal Market law by public authorities. • Handling complaints from both citizens and businesses. • Providing real solutions - within ten weeks • Free of charge.

  10. Facilitating innovation • Triple – Helix : University-Industry-Society • Clusters • Incubators

  11. Financial support 2009 Growing Early Development check Environment - Space port • Georange • (minerals/mining) • EcoRub - Future Position X (GIS) • Uppsala energy - The Packaging Arena • Stockholm Cleantech Business Network - Marine technology - Heavy Vehicles - Gothia Innovation Games - Green design/furniture - Sustainable Sweden South East - Moving images

  12. Business One common focus! Competence, academia Society The regional clusterprogram Källa: Tage Dolk

  13. Facilitating sustainable growth • Programmes adressing needs/market failures • Financing • Internationalisation

  14. Sustainable growth • EXAMPLES from Sweden: • Integration: Entrepreneurs with foreign backgrounds • Environment : Entreprenuers with product/services • Gender : Women entrepreneurs

  15. Other examples • Tourism- Creative industries • Health care sector • Commercial and public services in rural areas

  16. Facilitating internationalisation • Trade – services for export/import • Inward investment- services for regions/industry • Transnational Cooperations

  17. Direct services to industry • Invest in xxx agencies: placebased marketing • Export/import services for trade: • consulting services. • Additional serviceses free of charge • Industry marketing packages Enterprise can relate to • Financing services • Quarantee instruments; loans: entering emerging markets

  18. DemoEnvironment A unique opportunity for a cleaner environment CIS: Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldavia 18

  19. Sectors eligible for support Air environment Renewable energy Energy saving Noise & Urban Transport Water & Sanitation Soil Pollution Waste Management 19

  20. Twotypes of support Demonstration project Pilot study 20

  21. ”Biogas Production for Sustainable Development in Rural Georgia” example Ÿ Problems to be solved: lack of energy,deforestration, pollution Ÿ Aim of the project: To upgrade Georgian Biogas Digesters Ÿ Buyer: Bio Energy NGO and Green Movement in Georgia Ÿ Supplier: SWECO AB, Sweden, experts in waste and energy systems 21

  22. Enterprise Europe Network • EU • 600 offices in 50 countries • 15 offices in Sweden, 20 cities;50 experts • Thematic groups • Aerospace Marine ; Automotive • Materials;Agrofood;Textiles • Medical technology; Biotechnology • Nano & microtechnology • Renewable energy/Environment • Sercurity and defence • ICT www.enterpriseeurope.se

  23. Enterprise Europé Network • Develop your business in new markets • Source or license new technologies • Access EU finance and EU funding

  24. 16 Projects with Belarus partnersEx.: services to SME:s • BSR QUICK: Qualification, Innovation, Cooperation and Keybusiness for Small and Medium Enterprises in the Baltic Sea Region • IBI Net :Intercountry Business Incubators’ Network • Egoprise, E-GOvernment solutions as instruments to qualify the public sector for the specific needs of small and medium sized enterPRISEs (SMEs) in the rural BSR • AGORA : Heritage Tourism for increased BSR Identity • ImPrim Improvement of public health by promotion of equitably distributed high quality primary health care systems

  25. Transports • Baltic.AirCargo.Net : Improvement of the air cargo transport sector by service oriented ICT-methods and processing logistic network • EWTC II: East West Transport Corriodor II - a green corridor concept within the Northern Transport Axis approach

  26. Energy, climate • Baltrad : aims at developing an innovative ICT system for collecting, exchanging, and processing weather radar data designed to improve weather forecasting activities dependent on such information • Pure :Project on Urban Reduction of Eutrophication • Bioenergy promotion:sustainable use of bio-energy. • Urban energy :Energy Efficient and Integrated Urban Development Action • BERAS : Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Society Implementation

  27. Belarussian ideas to be developed in BSSSC conference on 13 October 2010 in Tallinn • Cross-border region development • Sewage treatment of rural eco-tourist • National aquaculture centers • Energy bus (efficient energy technologies) • Logistics development for transport communications

  28. Summary :Placebased and Placeless policies • Regulations/simplification are key! • Information services! • Direct services national/abroad to Invest or Trade • Partnerships in productdevelopment/market introduction • Cooperations, a path to investments! • Transnational project participation will expand networks , leading to……

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