The objective of the context setting element is to provide the framework for
the regional situation, enlightening specific characteristics and typical
particularities of drivers and providers of innovation in the regional
environment. The context setting is a starting point for the explanatory
analysis stage in the interregional benchmarking exercise: differences in
outcomes of the matrix system need to be put in perspective with the regional
situation.
Using a mix of qualitative and quantitative indicators, IMPACTSCAN provides a
visual summary of the regional context in which innovation policy is deployed.
This approach was inspired by a previous EU-funded project, the STRINNOP project
(www.strinnop.net), and
adapted to the needs of IMPACTSCAN. The pragmatic self-assessment tool is based
on a common indicator set and a common scoring methodology resulting in
graphical picture (radar diagram) of each region. Harmonisation in collection
and interpretation of the indicators allow comparisons between the regional
profiles of several regions (as the example below shows).
The list, definitions, sources and scoring of indicators follow below. Users
enter their own data and the system calculates minimum, maximum and average
values based on the range of regions having completed the context setting part.
Data from the pilot phase of IMPACTSCAN are presented as examples. The scaling
0-10 is representing the relative position of a region within the 7 regions
currently included in the tool.
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Context
setting: Categories and indicators |
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0.
0 Size and density |
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0.1 Size
(population 2005 - Eurostat |
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0.2 Density
of population (2004) - Eurostat |
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0.3 Share of
the region in national GDP (2004) - Eurostat |
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1. 0
Policy context (general position of regional in knowledge economy) |
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1.01 GDP per
capita (2004) - Eurostat |
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1.02 Growth
rate of GDP per capita (2004) - Eurostat |
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1.03
Revealed Regional Summary Innovation Index European Innovation Scoreboard
2006 |
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1.04 Health
of the labour market (2005) Inverse of the Unemployment rate - Eurostat |
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1.05 Total
R&D expenditures on GDP (2003) - Eurostat |
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1.06 Share
of the region in national R&D expenditures (2003) - Eurostat |
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1.07 Public
R&D expenditures on GDP (GERD - BERD) (2003) - Eurostat |
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1.08 EPO
patents per million population (2003 - provisional value) European
Innovation Scoreboard 2006 |
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1.09
Population with a tertiary education (% of 15 and over) (2005) – Eurostat
|
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1.10 Human
resources in S&T - core (% of active population) (2006) - Eurostat |
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1.11
Participation in life-long learning (% of 25-64 years age classes) (2005) -
Eurostat |
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1.12 Brain-drain or brain-gain situation (attractiveness for talent) - own
regional analyses |
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2.0 Regional Innovation policy governance |
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2.1. Degree
of autonomy of the region in RDTI matters- own
regional analyses |
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2.2 Total
amount of "regional budget for innovation" per capita – M1-M2 budget |
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2.3 Share of
"regional budget for innovation" on the overall regional budget under the
responsibility of the Regional government (regional government's budget) –
M1-M2 budget |
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2.4 Share of
"regional budget for innovation" on GDP– M1-M2 budget |
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2.5 Share of
the regional government's innovation budget on the overall regional
innovation budget (Influence of the regional government on the global
innovation policy on the regional territory) - own
regional analyses |
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2.6
Existence of coordination platform/management infrastructure for innovation
policy (steering committee) - own regional
analyses |
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2.7
Existence of holistic regional innovation strategy - Existence of a regional
plan/document stipulating the regional innovation support strategy and
infrastructure (objectives, instruments, intermediaries, activities)
- own regional analyses |
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2.8 Strength
of monitoring and evaluation efforts for
innovation policy- own regional analyses |
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2.9
Perspectives and plans for reinforcement of innovation policy-
own regional analyses |
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3.0
Supply side (innovation support) |
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3.1
Assessment of the scope coverage of M2 service typology
existence of a comprehensive regional innovation support
- own regional analyses, M2 |
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3.2
Dissemination activities on the innovation support offer - communication
platform to facilitate firms'access to intermediaries and support schemes
- own regional analyses, M2 |
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3.3
Cooperation and networking culture on supply side
- own regional analyses |
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4. 0
Demand side |
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4.1 Business
R&D expenditures on GDP – Eurostat |
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4.2 Share of
employment in medium-high and high-tech manufacturing (% of total work
force) – Eurostat |
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4.3 Share of
employment in high-tech services (% of total work force) – Eurostat |
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4.4 Quality
of innovation culture and attitude towards risk-
own regional analyses – Global Entrepreneurship Monitor |
