Innovation Value Chain in Outermost Regions (OR) Reunion Island RIS3

2. Innovation Value Chain in Outermost Regions (OR) Reunion Island RIS3 Seizing all the dimensions of the cooperation to build innovation value chains • Philippe Jean-Pierre, Regional Committee of Innovation of La Reunion and Regional Council

3. The Reunion Island RIS3 More than a strategy, a paradigmshift !

4. RIS3 : A collective ambition • Overcome the island « handicap lament » • Turnconstraints & challenges intoopportunities • Develop «glocal » solutions • Increaseregionalresilience • Become the Europeanplatform for ecological transitionin the IndianOcean

5. ReunionIsland S3 : how much ? • 140 millions € (6,3% ESIF 2014-2020) • A mutualized cross cutting action plan • 5 thematicpriorities

6. ReunionIsland S3 : How much for what? ? • 140 millions € (6,3% ESIF 2014-2020) • R&I infrastructures • Calls for R&I proposals • Doctoral & post-doc scolarships • Innovation cluster funding • Public aid for innovativeprojects in privatecompanies

7. ReunionIsland S3 : How ? • A mutualized cross cutting action plan • Developing the culture, skills and capacities for innovation • Strenghteningproximityamongststakeholders • Offering a clear, structured and integrated support system • Connectingworldwide (H2020; global value chains)

8. Reunion Island S3 : How ? • 5 thematicpriorities • Solutions for a tropical bioeconomy • Energy transition in islands • Regionalhealthcare solutions hub • Experentialeco-tourism • Social innovation for a responsive and smart territory

9. Reunionisland S3 : How ?

10. La Reunion RIS3 : From Evaluation To Evolution

11. RIS3 Evaluation & Evolution address some objectives • Regarding Thematic priorities : • Has the Reunion RIS3 revealed regional comparative advantages ? • On which priorities should we bet to consolidate/build relevant competitive advantages ? 2. At the Regional Level : • What are the obstacles to the R&I strategy implementation ? To the development of the R&I system ? • Which policy recommendations should we formulate for the future strategic programmations (cohesion policies, European structural and R&I competitive funds programmations, national convergence plan, overseas innovation strategy, …) ?

12. RIS3 Evaluation : Methodology • Step 1 : State of play and diagnosis (may – september 2019) - Thematic priorities evaluation • Critical analysis : achievements, impacts assessment, european and global positioning, • Regional R&I system evaluation • Measurements of progress and objectives’ achievements : • evaluation of eachstakeholderof the system • evaluation of public policies impacts • Assessment of the regional innovation scoreboard / regional ecosystem scoreboard • Comparative analysis of the R&I system performance through the analysisof the performance’s determinants • Data base exploitation • Semi-oriented interviews with 70 stakeholders : • 40 knowledge producers • 15 knowledge transfer organizations • 15 public decision makers • Online survey targeting private companies

13. Regional innovation scoreboard (RIS)

14. RIS3 Evaluation : Methodology • Step 2 : Adjustingmarket niches and priorities (May-September) • Prospective on global economic and technologictendencies • Evaluation of the comparative advantages of La Réunion • International & Europeanbenchmarkingatregionallevel • Interview of experts • Prospective workshops on : • Thematicpriorities • On R&I system

15. RIS3 Evaluation : Methodology • Step3 : Action plan definition (october-november 2019) • Strenghten La Reunion’s positioning in thematic priorities • Improve the R&I system performance and the efficiency of public policies Collective workshops

16. Comment évaluer l’innovation régionale ? RIS3 Evaluation & Evolution : Methodology A team led by Regional Innovation Agency Nexawith the help of 2 consultants’s cabinet :

17. La Reunion S3 : A Review

18. Highereducation

19. R&I capacities

20. R&D expenditure

21. Island and outermostregions

22. Horizon 2020 participation

23. Island and outermostregions

25. CONCLUSIONS FOR AN EVOLUTION • At first, Implementing RIS3 in Outermost Region (OR) was a good idea to speed up the transformation of these economies • A an evaluation process and a project « FORWARD » useful to address some challenges • Thus, After a 6 years trail period, real change of dynamics requires to go beyond some issues : • Innovation ecosystem have been implemented but real transformation not yet ! • Change is a long and slow path : • The failure of implementing real Innovation Value Chain in OR at a local and international level. Intregation within EU innovation area stay a priority • If Cooperation is a major tool to increase the mass critic issue, it has to be reviewed to boost its impact • At a Regional level : cooperation is too asymmetric. OR have to reinforce their key roles. • At a continental level : cooperation with other mainland regions is fundamental to avoid to reinforce the innovation gap due to the cooperation only with lagging areas. • Cooperation funds should not be seen only from a development point of view at the regional/continental level : we should increase the visibility of OR as area where some key elements of the global value chain exist and can be useful at the EU level • Some solutions could be put on the table for the next program : • Conditionality should be strongly reaffirmed as central to avoid misbehaviors : Using cooperation funds should be consistent with the RIS3 priorities to avoid circumvention strategies • Feder should allow to implement tools to facilitate innovation stakeholders to cooperate with external actors • Support the path to ERANET • Mobilizing of Interreg5 • Put on the table the debate of the belonging to different custom unions

26. Thank You pjp@philippejeanpierre.fr Philippe.jeanpierre@cr-reunion.fr philippe.holstein@nexa.re