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Second International Workshop of the BRICS Project Rio de Janeiro - 25-27 April 2007

FINEP The Brazilian Innovation Agency Ministry of Science and Technology Science, technology and innovation policies in Brazil. Odilon Antônio Marcuzzo do Canto President. Second International Workshop of the BRICS Project Rio de Janeiro - 25-27 April 2007. The Brazilian ST&I System

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Second International Workshop of the BRICS Project Rio de Janeiro - 25-27 April 2007

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  1. FINEP The Brazilian Innovation Agency Ministry of Science and Technology Science, technology and innovation policies in Brazil Odilon Antônio Marcuzzo do CantoPresident Second International Workshop of the BRICS Project Rio de Janeiro - 25-27 April 2007

  2. The Brazilian ST&I System Recent Brazilian ST&I System achievements The National ST&I Policy Ministry of Science & Technology FINEP: The Brazilian Innovation Agency FINEP Programs for firms’ innovation Framework of the presentation

  3. Evolution of the Brazilian Industrial Policy Industrial Policy Based on foreign technology lack of policy S&T Policy Funtec/ BNDES CNPq Capes FNDCT FINEP MCT 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Individual grants Institutionalisation of research & post-graduation Policy stagnation

  4. Total of public HEI: 207 (83 federal, 65 state and 59 locals) Total of private or community IHE: 1,650 Graduation courses: 16,000 Master courses: 1,833 Doctorate courses:986 Research institutions: 335 Researchers: 77,600 (48,000 Ph.D.) Research teams: 19,500 Qualified HR: 65% within universities 30,9% within industry Brazilian ST&I System: global framework

  5. Brazil Source: OCDE, MSTI, 2004

  6. Brazilian investment in S&T and percentage of GDP R$ billions * Source: MCT * Estimated

  7. Federal University System Ministry of Education UFCG UFTO

  8. Technological Institutes

  9. Papers/Year PhD Graduates/Year

  10. Brazilian Technological Innovation Survey* (PINTEC/IBGE, 2002 & 2005) Universe researched in 2003: 84.300 firms (10 or more employees) Increasing the firms innovation rate from 2000 (31.5%) to 2003 (33.3%) Decreasing of internal R&D activities as percentage of the revenue: 0,64% (2000) to 0,53% (2003) Low innovation rate compared to other countries Innovative pattern: high concentration in machine and equipment acquisition * Methodology based on EUROSTAT – Community Innovation Survey (CIS III) 1998 - 2000 Brazilian industrial firms innovation

  11. Brazilian firms innovation activities: main constraints 79,7 High innovation costs 82,8 74,5 High economic risks 76,4 56,6 Lack of financial resources 62,1 47,5 Lack of highly qualified HR 45,6 35,8 Lack of technology information 36,6 32,9 Technical standards adjustment difficulties 25,1 30,5 Lack of market information 33,9 29,6 Lack of cooperation opportunities 32,2 25,5 Lack of technical services 28,2 24,0 Consumers’ weak interactions 25,6 17,9 Organisational rigidity 21,2 0,0 10,0 20,0 30,0 40,0 50,0 60,0 70,0 80,0 90,0 1998-2000 2001-2003 Source: IBGE (www.ibge.gov.br) 3ª CNCTI

  12. Recent Brazilian ST&I System achievements • National ST&I Policy: innovation became a government policy priority • Industrial, Technological, Foreign Trade Policy (2004) – re-insertion of these issues within the Governmental Policy Agenda • Sectoral Funds (since 1999): innovative economic engineering to complement, expand and secure the financialsources for ST&I • Transversal Actions (2004): utilizing more than one Sectoral Fund • New regulatory and legal environment (2005): Innovation, Informatics and Bio-security Laws; grants for R&D HR in companies; regulation of FNDCT; and MSEs Law • Decentralisation of federal governmental ST&I policies and their integration to the state and local levels • Emphasis on MSEs’promotion,regional development and social inclusion

  13. Ministry of Science and Technology National S&T Council 15 Research Institutes

  14. The National ST&I Policy Designed and implemented by the Ministry of S&T 1. Strategic axes Industrial, Technological & Foreign Trade Policy National strategic objectives Social inclusion Expansion and consolidation of National System of Science Technology and Innovation 2. Strengthening of agencies programs (CNPq and FINEP) 3. Broadening of sources of financial resources

  15. Sectoral Funds for Supporting Scientific and Technological Development • Creation: from 1999 onwards • Financial sources: financially fed from selected productive sectors through the contributions of companies’ invoicing and/or from the earnings arising from the exploitation of natural resources belonging to the Federal Government • Aeronautics; Agro-business; Amazon Region; Biotechnology; Energy; Informatics; Infra-structure; Mineral; Oil & Gas; Transportation; Health; Space Activities; Telecom; University-Industry Cooperation; Water Resources; and Water Transportation and Ship Building.

  16. New regulatory and legal environment • Innovation Law (2005): strengthening the interaction between university and industry; promote the shared use of S&T infrastructure by firms and S&T institutions (emphasis on MSMEs); stimulate the creation of new technology based firms by researchers; create new financial mechanisms for grants to R&D and innovation in firms • ‘Do Good’ Law (2005): create new financial mechanisms for grants to HR (M.Sc./Ph.D.) in innovation activities in firms • MSEs Law (2006): invest minimum of 20% in MSEs • Regulation of FNDCT (2007): resources flexibility and diversification of instruments

  17. Creation in 2004 Re-insertion of industrial and technological issues within the Governmental Policy Agenda Innovation is crucial for competitiveness Pioneering convergence of industrial and technological policies PITCE is one of the strategic axes of the ST&I Policy FINEP: responsible for PITCE implementation The Industrial, Technological, Foreign Trade Policy (PITCE)

  18. FINEP 2003-2006: crucial importance within the Brazilian industrial and technological policy • Investing more than US$ 500 million in PITCE actions • Investing more US$ 400 million in S&T infrastructure • Designing new instruments and programs for innovation • Inducing and financing firms’ R,D&I activities • Establishing synergies with other financial institutions and relevant organisations • Working on the strategic sectors defined by the Federal Government

  19. FINEP Publicly owned company subordinated to the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT) Mission To encourage and finance innovation, and scientific and technological research in business, universities, institutes of technology, research centres, and other public or private institutions, mobilizing funds and combining the (financial) instruments for the country’s economic and social development.

  20. FINEP’s main roles Financing Agency for S,T&I • Research grants to non-profit R&D institutions • Bank • Loans at low interest rates for R&D in firms • Investments

  21. FINEP: modalities of financial support Grants Grants provided through FNDCT for public R&D institutions or non-profit organisations,and more recently, for private firms Support includes every stage and dimension of the S&T development cycle: basic research, applied research, product, service, and process innovation. Incubation of technology-based businesses, implementation of technology facilities, structuring and consolidation of research processes, development and innovation in established firms and market development.

  22. FINEP: modalities of financial support • Loans • Credit granted to firms for their innovative activities. • Resources emerge from FINEP’s own funds or • through on-lending from other financial sources. • Loans may assume different shapes: • standard loans; • low interest rates and • loans with profit sharing • Investment • Venture capital funds related to innovation • Seed capital

  23. FINEP Programs Reimbursable & non-reimbursable resources I. Supporting firms’ innovation activities (credit, venture capital, economic subvention, RH, incubators, technological parks) II. Supporting cooperation between firms and scientific and technological institutions (R&D and technical assistance) III. Supporting scientific and technological institutions (modernisation of scientific and technological infrastructure, research in strategic areas) IV. Supporting S&T for social development (health, sanitation, housing technologies, popular cooperatives, family agriculture, etc.)

  24. FINEP total disbursements (reimbursable & non-reimbursable resources) R$ millions

  25. FNDCT - Disbursements in 1970 - 2006

  26. FNDCT - Disbursements in 1970 - 2006 Sectoral Funds

  27. FINEP investments in firms’ innovative activities (2003-2006)

  28. Ex-post evaluation survey (IPEA, 2005) The benefited firms of FINEP’s financial support present better performance, on average, related to R&D activities (50 to 100% more). Brazilian firms invest 80,8% more in R&D/GDP, than MNC subsidiaries in Brazil. Revenue, exporting value, salaries, job quality and productivity have been above average. Evaluation surveys on the performance of firms

  29. FINEP results 2006 • Record budget: over US$ 750 million • Broadening sources of financial resources capable of supporting an unforeseen portfolio of R&D project – 1,000 projects, totalling US$ 460 millions (demand of 5,300); • Broadening credit portfolio for firms innovative activities - 67 projects, totalling US$ 290 millions; • Broadening and improving FINEP’ programs and financing R&D cooperative projects established between scientific and technological institutes and firms, focusing on the priorities of the Industrial, Technological and Foreign Trade Policy.

  30. Modality Programs Programs’ focuses Line 1 - Firms’ innovative activities Loans to firms and investment Pro inovação R&D projects, innovation and technological capability (Reimbursable funds) Juro Zero SMEs, production to commercialisation, under special conditions PPGFOR Consultancy engineering activities for the energy sector MDL Entre preneurial pre - investment and financial support to cooperative projects related to the reduction of pollution emission FINEPSUL Support to infrastructure projects of Brazilian firms of consultancy engineering within the context of South America countries Grants PAPPE R&D projects, business plans and market studies, focused on researchers and their activities within firms; (Non - reimbursable funds) creation of technologically intensive small and medium - sized firms by researchers Economic Subvention PAPPE Subvention - Firms’ innovative activities in line with the Industrial, Technological and Foreign Trade National Policy and strategic sectors (partnership with other regional and state agents) Subvention for Innovation - Firms’ innovative activities in li ne with the Industrial, Technological and Foreign Trade National Policy and strategic sectors. Incubator National Plan (PNI) Business incubators and Tech Parks FINEPs’ Programs Investments Inovar (Incubator - Funds) Venture capital Inovar (Forum) Capitalization of tech nologically intensive small and medium - sized firms Inovar (Seed Money) Structuring of local seed money funds

  31. Modality Programs Programs’ focuses Line 2 - Cooperation between firms and scientific and technological institutions (STIs) Grants to STIs Coopera R&D projects and innovation acti vities PPI - APLs R&D projects focusing on technological assistance and services to firms RBT Suppliers and STIs (import substitution in selected productive sectors) Assistec PROGEX E PRUMO - Assistance and tech consultancy to MSMEs Line 3 - Scientifi c and technological institutions (STIs) Grants Proinfra Public scientific and technological institutions’ infrastructure modernization. Modernit Qualification and modernization of public technological institutes Promove Promotion and modernization of the Brazilian engineering Line 4 - Scientific and technological support to social development PROSAB FINEPs’ Programs Grants Sanitation technology (low costs and easy applicability) HABITARE Housing technology (low costs and easy applicability) PRONINC Tech incubator s on popular cooperatives PROSOCIAL Development and diffusion of technologies with social contents and interests, low costs, easy applicability and social impact

  32. Challenges • To cope with the complexity and diversity embodied in the innovation issues (nature, policies, politics, etc.) • To expand human, material and financial resources • To stimulate firms to be engaged in innovative activities • To improve partnerships, decentralising resources and operation • To explore potentialities of new regulatory and legal environment • To improve national and international strategic alliances • To consolidate FINEP’s participation in the design and implementation of S,T&I policies • To improve the internal organizational development.

  33. Thanks for your attentionOdilon Antonio Marcuzzo do Cantoodilon@finep.gov.br

  34. PROINOVAÇÃO • Loans for projects focusing on product, process and service innovation, aiming at contributing to the improvement of entrepreneurial competitiveness. • Standard financing: TJLP (9%year) + spread (2 - 6% year) • Reduced taxes financing: up to TJPL – 5% year (up to 4% year) Reduced taxes application: • Priorities and PITCE’s strategic options Capital goods; pharmaceuticals & medicines; software & semiconductors; biotechnology; biomass; nanotechnology • Broadening the research team • Recruitment of masters and PhDs (at least 10% of the R&D team) voltar

  35. 20 out of 27 units of the federation 606 research projects developed by researchers 11% in biotechnology, 12% in health, 13% in energy, 18% in agro-business (related to Sectoral Funds) 46% in other sectors supported by the University-Industry Interaction Fund.  549 MSMEs all over the country, being: 62% micro, 21% small, 14% medium and 3% of large firms 37% incubatees and 63% not incubatees. PAPPE voltar

  36. Innovative firms (any size) Strategic sectors (pharmaceutical, ICTs) Calls for proposals in 2006 (US$ 150 million): 1.100 firms’ proposals Micro and small firms Decentralizing the operation and application of resources in partnership with state foundations, regional development banks, Sebrae, etc. Calls for proposals in 2006 (US$ 75 million) for selection of states partners. HR absorption Subvention of part of the salaries of doctors and masters employees in firms’ innovative activities Economic Subvention - R&D activities and HR voltar

  37. Juro Zero Credit granted to MSEs for their innovative activities • no interests rates • no firms guarantees • no burocracy voltar

  38. Non-reimbursable financing for projects focusing on PITCE priorities (pharmaceuticals & medicines, capital goods, semiconductors, software) and potential areas (biotechnology, nano-technology and biomass). Total 2003-2006 600 research cooperative projects US$ 300 millions (FINEP) + US$ 100 millions (firms) Coopera: STIs and large/medium-sized firms voltar

  39. Non-reimbursable financing for projects focusing on innovation or technological diffusion of interest of MSEs (APLs, PITCE’s sectors and strategic options) Calls for proposals (2005 - 2006) Value of the call: US$ 38 millions (Finep + Sebrae) for supporting projects between US$ 100 and 250 thousands, with firms’ counterpart of 5 to 30% (according to size and region) Approved: 167 projects, involving more than 700 MSEs Coopera: STIs and MSEs (partnership FINEP/Sebrae) voltar

  40. Partnership MCT and Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MDIC) Technological assistance, consultancy and services provided by technological institutes for supporting MSMEs exporting activities More than US$ 16.5 millions driven to more than 650 firms for the improvement of more than 1,000 products Evaluation: increasing of 153% exporting performance from a sample of 270 firms Increasing of 36.5% yearly compared to 18.5% from those not supported firms. PROGEX voltar

  41. INOVAR Program • Incubator of Funds: Since 2001, 24 Funds implemented in Brazil, 12 invested by FINEP/IDB-MIF • Seed money - Inovar Semente: 24 local seed-funds, R$ 300 millions, (40% FINEP, 40% other investors, 20% private), private management, incentives to private investor • Portal Venture Capital Brazil – Firstwebsite of venture capital in Brazil (2000) - 2.372 entrepreneurs registered and 635.941 consultations. • Venture Capital – training of 100 professionals for the market • INOVAR Network for business prospecting and development (FINEP, SEBRAE, CNPq, IEL, ANPROTEC e SOFTEX) voltar

  42. FINEP – Investment in social development 2003-2006 (US$ 150 million) Value Areas Projects (R$ million) 1. Health and nutrition 108,70 81 2. Sanitation 24,26 93 3. Housing technologies 11,84 61 4. Education 7,56 20 5. Coop economies 11,35 55 6. Family agriculture 11,55 30 7. Local and regional development 5,22 9 8. Water resources 12,82 38 9. TICs for social development 74,42 42 10. Culture 1,36 6 11. Sports 4,18 14 12. Assistance technologies 11,38 27 13. Social technologies 5,28 26 14. Others 5,62 12 Total 295,54 514 VOLTAR

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