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Rural Economic Development – Incentives attracting Enterprises

Rural Economic Development – Incentives attracting Enterprises. AER Conference Exeter 20th Oktober 2005 Johannes Maier. Figures:. 9 536 squ/km 559.404 inhabitants GDP (PP): 105,6 of EU25-level (2002) Greatest town: Klagenfurt (94.000 inh.). Mountains.

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Rural Economic Development – Incentives attracting Enterprises

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  1. Rural Economic Development – Incentives attracting Enterprises AER Conference Exeter 20th Oktober 2005 Johannes Maier

  2. Figures: • 9 536 squ/km • 559.404 inhabitants • GDP (PP): 105,6 of EU25-level (2002) • Greatest town: Klagenfurt (94.000 inh.)

  3. Mountains ... • 6,5% of population still working in agriculture (some Nuts III: 10,5%), 59% forest • 12% organic farming, • 95% are handicaped areas (mountainous)small and long valleys, surrounded by peaks up to 2.500 m (typical for south and western Austria) • question of transport infrastructure

  4. Rural area at the whole ... Klagenfurt Villach

  5. Integrated approach • About 900 local initiatives and small projects for businesses, farmers, municipalities, local groups, etc • Stimulating co-operation and innovation • Bottom up – utilizing local potentials • Overarching aim: Creating jobs and income

  6. Business and Tech-centres • 7 business (Tech-) Centres • main measure for economic incentives • hard and soft infrastructure • i) Founder monitoring and services strategic planning processes and implementation mechanisms

  7. provide ... • ii) Encouragement of clusters • iii) Support for marketing initiatives • iv) Training and skills facilities „Economic Promotion Institute” “Technikum Kärnten“

  8. Technikum Kärnten • Decentralised technical colleges • Situated in 4 locations • Co-operation in projects with local enterprises • Delivering new technologies and innovation • New discussion: regional policy versus cost efficiency !

  9. Business centres cover ... the whole region

  10. Tasks are changing ... • 1990: Provide solely for business premises and (hard) infrastructure • 1995: extension to (soft) „services“ (founders) • since 2000: know-how transfer and innovation with networking and clustering > „Lake side Park“ Klagenfurt

  11. Summary conclusions: • Particular public services are needed > keep alive economic activities in rural areas (founders) • Business parks and local projects • Modernisation, innovation, structural reforms demand reacting in time towards globalisation – earlier to Lisbon • No rural development without strengthening agglomerations (towns) • Rural areas: call for accessibility to innovation and research funds • Successfuldevelopments are build on the regional strengths

  12. Thanks for your attention johannes.maier@ktn.gv.at www.europa.ktn.gv.at Entwicklungsagentur Kärnten GmbH office@entwicklungsagentur.at www.entwicklungsagentur.at

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