IMPACTSCAN

A policy intelligence tool
for regional innovation policy
 

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Questions on policy context and M1

  • How much budget is being spent on innovation in the different regions? Which part is EU money?
  • How is the regional innovation budget designed?
  • What is the strategy and evolution in policy objectives for the support of the Intermediaries and Services in the other region and why? (eg. Top down-bottom up, increase-decrease, centralised-decentralised services, …)
  • How far do the intermediaries depend on public money? What is the model of cooperation/dependence between intermediaries?
  • What are the main innovation support mechanisms and services in the other regions? What were the reasons to chose such mechanisms?
  • Which ones are effective? Are there methods in place to measure effectiveness? What are the tools in place for monitoring implementation of the RIS concerning innovation services?
  • Etc.

Caveat : an outcome from bilateral discussions between Flanders and Lower Silesia

We should keep in mind that the data in IMPACTSCAN exclude all actions that are not innovation-specific, and that the data only include regionally-managed money. So, all interpretations should always bear in mind that this does not represent all innovation money available FOR the region. The difference can be considerable! And we should be careful not drawing the conclusion that some functions are missing, because they might be taken in charge by national level.

Example: Flanders is looking for foreign experiences to support NTBFs

In bilateral workshops, Flanders took a particular look at experiences in Brittany and Limburg, which have a support system with high priority on Start-ups and NTBFs development.

M1: Support to creation of NTBF in Madrid

In Madrid the Administration does not spend high amounts of funds directly in financing the creation of new innovative companies, in comparison with the other IMPACTSCAN partner regions. This is because the Regional Government supports the development of this function by other institutions such as universities, research centres and technology or science parks.