Transcript Competitiveness clusters in Rhône-Alpes

Competitiveness clusters in Rhône-Alpes
(Pôles de compétitivité)
An important part of the French policy to encourage
partnerships in industrial innovation and reinforce
competitiveness
Bruxelles, September 19, 2007
Hedi Ben Brahim
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Specifics
Regional based
3 pilars : firms, training centres and public research
units
Innovation and R&D
Invitation to tender
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Rationale of the policy
strengthen industrial innovation capacity and competitiveness ;
To be seen as being at the leading-edge of key technologies ;
offer new opportunities of economic development to regional
areas ;
A new public policy based on supporting partnerships
and innovative co-operative projects
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Timetable
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Beginning of December 2004 : Large-scale call launched
Budget Act 2005 (December 2004, 31st), which includes specific tax & social
contributions exemptions
End of February: Call closed
Mid of May : Report by the inter-ministerial working group
June : Recommendation from a high-level expert group
July 2005, 12th :
 Decision by the CIADT on clusters to receive stamp of approval
 Beginning of the review of the clusters’ R&D projects
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Autumn-Winter 2005 :
With each selected cluster, frame-contract on the roadmap
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2006 : 2 national calls for R&D projects. First projects are launched
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Main criteria to select clusters
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National or international visibility : the cluster had already (or within a set
timeframe) to be of a sufficient size in industrial and/or technological terms.
Evaluation of rising competitive markets based on critical and innovative
technologies
Common development strategy of the cluster
The reliability of the partnership and its governance. The quality of the
partnerships established between the cluster’s stakeholders and its governance
have been major criteria to label clusters
105 proposals
66 chosen + 5 in summer 2007
71 competitiveness clusters
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1,5 bill. euros dedicated on 2006-2008 period
i.e. doubling the initial budget, due to the success of the call for proposals
 promoting industrial R&D subsidized mainly by the Enterprise Directorate General
and the new Agency for Industrial Innovation (A.I.I.), established on August 2005,
30th, in compliance with the community framework for state aid for R&D ;
 involving public research centers to stimulate partnerships with private research
(French National Agency for Research - ANR) ;
 bringing specific support to SMEs (OSEO-Anvar) ;
 including :
- international promotion : UbiFrance
- seeding funds : Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations
- training : Ministry of Education
through a mix of subsidies, grants, loans, tax and social contribution exemptions
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Respective Aims Of The Four Structures
Project size
Industrial Innovation Agency
(A.I.I.)
Crolles II
To innovation and market
To fundamental research
Ministry of Industry : Enterprises
Competitiveness Fund (FCE)
( Eurêka Clusters, French clusters ...)
National Research
Agency
(ANR)
OSEO
(=ANVAR
+ BDPME)
Increasing implication of public laboratories
Private/public partnership
Non cooperative
research
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Public research
Rhône-Alpes
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2nd region of France
10% of France
6 M inhabitants
2,61% of GDP in R&D
A success in Rhône-Alpes
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19 proposals, 15 clusters
2 global clusters : Minalogic et Lyon Biopole
1 global contender : Axelera
12 pôles
TENERRDIS
Techtera
Arve
Lyon Urban Truck and Bus
Sporaltec
Imaginove
Viameca
Plastipolis
Trimatec
Parfums, arômes, senteurs et
saveurs
Viande et produits carnés
Fruits et légumes
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15 pôles
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Minalogic : micro and nanotechnologies, embedded software
Lyon Biopole : health safety, virology and infectiology
Axelera : chemistry and environment
Arve Industries : undercutting and mechatronics
Imaginove : video games, cinema and animation
Lyon Urban Truck and Bus : transport solution in the urban environment
Plastipolis : plastics processing
Sporaltec : sport and leisure industry
Techtera : technical and funtionnal textiles
Tenerrdis : renewable energies (solar, biomass, hydraulic, hydrogen)
Trimatec : transfer of nuclear technologies
Viameca : mechanical engineering
PASS (Perfumes, Aromas, Smells, Savors): Aromatic industries: perfumes,
cosmetics, food aromatics
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The implication of local authorities
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Local authorities implication is a necessity, at all level
Local authorities are fully involved in the process
Agreement between cluster management, local authorities
and central government
Implication of local authorities in the management
committee, the selection committee and the financing
committee
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Local authorities are financing competitiveness
clusters
Territorial marketing
Coodination with regional clusters
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Structuring policy
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Regional development and innovation agency
ERDF
INTERREG
7 year State-Region contract
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R&D : a success
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Every pôle has proposed R&D projects
More than 900M€ projects
More than 470M€ of State financement
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 Strategy
 Participation of SMEs
 International
 Human resources, training
 Industrial Property
 Relationships between clusters
 Evaluation
2008
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What to expect at international level:
 Improvement of cooperation,
 Improvement of innovation efficiency
and added value
creation
 Foreign companies joining Competitiveness Clusters
enjoy an international environment that provides unity
and efficiency.
 International teams of researchers working on specific
projects
 Technological cooperation between companies and
research centers of clusters from both France and foreign
countries, based on win/win projects.
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CONCLUSION …
… Wishing European and French clusters to be ready
for partnerships !
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