Smart Specialization Strategy for manufacturing Dr. Maurizio Bergamini Riccobon
Manufacturing in South Tyrol ~4.800 enterprises 3500 micro (<10 employees) 512 small (10-50 employees) 75 medium (50-250 employees) 14 big (>250 employees) ~30.200 employees Manufacturing/processing of food, beverages, wood, chemicals, plastics, textiles, metal, glass, stone, electronics, optics, machines, other Value creation:1,9b 10,8 % BIP Source: camber of commerce, 2013 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto Adige 2
Strategy and governance Policy and strategy Enterprises Action plan and implementation Abt./Rip. 34 In house Stakeholder R&D institutions Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto Adige 3
Strategy and governance Action program Strategy Implementation Adjustment of the strategy Monitoring Involvement of stakeholder Corrective actions Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto Adige 4
Smart Specialisation Strategy for South Tyrol food alpine creativity green ICT/automation Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto Adige 5
R&D projects Development of new products/technologies/processes - Description of economic situation and motivation of the company - Description of the innovation/technology relative to the state of the art - Detailed plan of R&D-activities - Timeline - Financial plan Who can apply Small and medium enterprises, big enterprises with R&D capability Eligible costs Personal costs, external service, investment costs, general costs Timeline Can be presented anytime Answer 4 months after proposal presentation Financing after conclusion and documentation of activities Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto Adige 6
Cofunded R&D projects by company size (2012) R&D projects Micro enterprises Small enterprises Medium enterprises Big enterprises Total Accepted R&D projects Average cofinanced amount Percentage of cofinancing 55 41 26 37 159 88T 126T 173T 265T 153T 42% 40% 39% 25% 34% Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto Adige 7
Cofunded R&D projects by economic sector (2012) Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto Adige 8
Cofinanced R&D projects by Key Enabling Technology (2012) Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto Adige 9
Call: Monitoring of alpine environment for science and application Cooperation project between scientific and industrial partners 5 research partner, 4 industry partners Who can apply All companies Eligible costs Personal costs, external services, Investment costs, general costs Percentage of cofinancing 100% for research partners Up to 50% for industrial partners Timeline Respect the deadline of the call Budget Research funding: 2.000.000 (100%) Industry cofunding: 500.000 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto Adige 10
Call: Employment of high qualified collaborators Employment of new collaborators Highly qualifies collaborators (engineers, mathematicians, physicists, chemists), with job experience Who can apply All companies Eligible costs Personal costs Percentage of cofinancing Up to 50% Timeline Respect the deadline of the call Results 1st call: 1.600.000 24 proposals (2014) 10 proposals (2015) 27.11.2014: 11 proposals accepted Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto Adige 11
Innovation Voucher Consulting by external experts for - structuring and optimizing of the innovating process - study of the innovation potential of the company - innovation management - technology coaching and technology transfer - intellectual property management - market research for new products/technologies - use of laboratories, test and certification of products Who can apply Small and medium enterprises Eligible costs Up to 40T external service costs (experts) Percentage of cofinancing Up to 65% for SME Timeline Can be presented anytime Answer 4 months after proposal presentation Financing after conclusion and documentation of activities Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto Adige 12
Call: European fund for regional development 2014-2020 Operational program: Investments in employment and growth Priority 1: Research & Development Fields of action Budget ( ) Actions in favour of infrastructure for research activities of scientific institutions and enterprises 17.706.108,00 Support actions for cooperation in the field of R&D for the development of new, sustainable technologies, new products and services 9.836.724,00 Actions in favour of qualification services, which create knowledge intensive and high tech jobs 5.246.256,00 Total 32.789.088,00 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto Adige 13
NOI TechPark Nature of innovation yesterday tomorrow Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto Adige 14
The driver for innovation C O M P A N I E S Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto Adige 15
Timeline Construction Baulos unit Time period Hauptbereich Main area Erweiterungsbereiche Extended area Planning Tender Construction Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto Adige 16
The best strategies are those, who don t remain on paper. Dr. Maurizio Bergamini Riccobon Direktor der Abteilung 34 Direttore della Ripartizione 34 maurizio.bergamini@provinz.bz.it maurizio.bergamini@provincia.bz.it