Transcript OECD demand-led innovation policies: some challenges for

How to Strengthen the Demand for
Innovation in Europe?
Warsaw, 2 December 2010
Dr. Henriette van Eijl
DG Enterprise, Policy Development for Industrial Innovation
Email: [email protected]
Overview:
1. Demand-side policies are (nearly)
everywhere
2. Lead Market Initiative: lessons learnt in
doing demand-side policies across EU
3. Demand-side 2.0: future actions
Demand – side policies feature in
many ‘Flagships’ of EU2020
Smart Growth
developing an economy based
on knowledge and innovation
Innovation
« Innovation Union »
Education
« Youth on the move »
Sustainable
Growth
Inclusive
Growth
more efficient, greener and
more competitive economy
Climate, energy and
mobility
« Resource efficient
Europe »
Competitiveness
« An industrial policy
Digital society
for the globalisation
era »
« A digital agenda for
Europe »
Employment and
skills
« An agenda for new
skills and jobs »
Fighting poverty
« European platform
against poverty »
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What policies have had a positive effect on
innovation in your company?
New environmental
regulations or standards
“Demand-side”
New requirements from other
regulations or industry/
technical standards
Services provided by
intermediaries (tech transfer)
Changes in public financial
support (grants etc)
Changes in taxation (R&D or
innovation tax credits)
Innobarometer 2009 study
2009 Trendchart survey:
Debate is beginning to consider the need for demand side
innovation policies:
Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland,
Cyprus, Portugal
Debate has focused on related demand-side aspects:
Austria, Denmark, Spain
Strong and ongoing debate on linking demand side policies
to innovation policy:
Belgium, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, UK,
Ireland, France
See http://www.proinno-europe.eu/
Main trends in demand-side policies in Member
States:
1. Sectoral focus: environmental technologies,
ICT, health, transport and construction
2. Public procurement is increasingly used
3. Most demand-side measures are implemented
by innovation-related organisations
Overview:
1. Demand-side policies are (nearly)
everywhere
2. Lead Market Initiative: lessons learnt in
doing demand-side policies across EU
3. Demand-side 2.0: future actions
The Lead Market Initiative (LMI) is
complementing supply-side innovation policy
Demand-side measures
- regulation
- procurement
Package = LMI
- standardisation
- Fiscal measures
for buyers
- Clusters
Supply-side measures
LMI in 6 sectors
Lead Market Areas
Standardisation
Labelling
Certification
Legislation
Public
Procurement
Complementary
Actions
e-Health
eHealth action plan
Sustainable
construction
Sust. Construction action plan
Protective
textiles
Protective Text. action plan
Bio-based
products
Bio-based products action plan
Recycling
Recycling action plan
Renewable
energies
Renewable Energies action plan
New networks
New tools:
first results of 3 networks of public procurers
1/ “ENPROTEX”: Firebuy (UK) (lead)
• A web-portal for public procurers and SMEs
• Innovation mapping in textile research on protective clothing
• Providing industry with forward procurement needs
2/ “SCI-NETWORK”: ICLEI (lead - local governments)
• 90 organisations in the pilot phase
• topics: sustainable renovation, whole-life costing, environmental standards
• website engages market to identify the best solutions: eulab.viadesk.com
3/ “LCB-HEALTHCARE”: Dep. Business Innovation and Skills BIS (UK)
• Develop a sustainable, self-funding, trans-national network of public sector
and related organisations
• Survey of barriers to investment in low carbon solutions in hospitals
Lead Market in Bio-Based Products:
mapping – some - policy targets:
Horizontal policies: SCP-SIP, industry, standards, research-innovation
Integrated Biorefinery Process
RRMs
including crops
waste, straw,
wood, etc.
+
Biofuels =
bioethanol,
-diesel, -gas
Oils, starch,
cellulose,
other sugars,
etc.
+ syngas
+ bio-based
intermediates
C3-, C4-, C5-type
substances (e.g.
Bio-based
Products:
lactic acid, fumaric acid,
sorbitol) + Hydrogen,
Polymers,
Alcohols, Fischer
lubricants,
-Tropsch Liquids
surfactants,
+ Aromatics &
fine chemicals
via phys-, chem-, bio-approaches
& applying a process/by-product
/energy/heat-Cycle
CAP Aid Schemes,
Energy Package –
Aid for Non-Food Crops,
Renewables,
Aid for Energy Crops,
Near-ZeroEU-Strategy-Biofuels
Emissions, Energy
(COM(2006)34 & 2003/30/EC)
Technol.Plan
Polymers
Packaging & packaging waste
(2005/20/EC-91/692/EEC),
Landfill (99/31/EC),
Integrated Pollution & Prevention
Control Directive (96/61/EC)
National Action
Plan on GPP,
“Handbook”,
ECO-Label,
Market based &
Voluntary
approaches
4 key lessons learnt in the Lead Market
Initiative:
1) Building bridges takes time
2) In practice, few tools for demand-side policy exist
3) Greatest impact may be medium-long term
4) Obtaining good visibility is essential for success
Overview:
1. Demand-side policies are (nearly)
everywhere
2. Lead Market Initiative: lessons learnt in
doing demand-side policies across EU
3. Demand 2.0: future actions
Innovation Union demand-side policies:
 15. Screen regulatory frameworks linked to Innovation
Partnerships
 16. Reform EU standard setting & link to R&D projects
 17. Member States to set aside procurement budgets for
innovation, with EC technical/ financial support
 Innovation Partnerships: demand+supply-side
 Policy learning: Member State Enterprise Policy Group
 Developing metrics and policy evaluation tools
IU committment 17: Procurement budgets for innovation
EU actions so far:
• Studies
• Guidance (good practice, pre-commercial procurement,
green public procurement)
• Networks (Lead market initiative, pre-commercial
procurement, environment…)
Member State actions so far:
• Launch of schemes on pre-commercial procurement/
“SBIR” with promising results
• Some attempts at joint procurements
• But only in some countries, limited scale, and
primarily national/regional based, weak link with R&D
funding actions
IU commitment 17: Procurement budgets for
innovation
Member States and regions:
 Could set aside budgets for pre-commercial
procurements and public procurements of innovations
EC helps:
 provide guidance, such as on implementing joint
procurements between contracting entities
 set up a (financial) support mechanism for buyers
groups: to pool demand, to draw up common
specifications, and to promote SME access.
How a support mechanism might work
Commission call
Grant agreement
Public procurer
Procurements
Suppliers
Public procurer
Suppliers
Public procurer
Suppliers
Benefits to other
procurers + single market
+ better public services
Innovative
solutions
Benefits: Innovations
+ reference clients +
markets
Pilot actions in 2011
• Calls under Competitiveness and Innovation
2011 work programme (innovative procurement
+ eco-innovation)
• Call under FP7 ICT 2011 work programme
(pre-commercial procurement)
Which areas for innovative
procurement pilot call?
• European Innovation Partnerships:
 Bringing together supply and demand side policies to
address societal challenges
 Themes: active, healthy ageing, raw materials,
transport, water, smart cities, sustainable agriculture …)
• Other areas to be considered:
 lead markets
 other public sector priorities: transport, health, etc
Overview:
1. Demand-side policies are (nearly)
everywhere
2. Lead Market Initiative: lessons learnt in
doing demand-side policies across EU
3. Demand-side 2.0: future actions
The bottom line:
"Well-designed demand-side
policies are less expensive than
direct support measures"
OECD Innovation Strategy 2010
Thank you for your attention!
References:
Homepage Lead Market Initiative &
procurement:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policie
s/innovation/policy/lead-marketinitiative/public-proc_en.htm
“Innovation unlimited” blog:
http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/innovation
unlimited
Innovation Union:
• http://ec.europa.eu/innovation-union/
[email protected]