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Stairway to Excellence (S2E) Achieving better synergies between ESI Funds and other EU Funding Programmes www.jrc.ec.europa.eu Serving society Stimulating innovation Supporting legislation Objectives The smart specialisation platform supports MSs & Regions to design and upgrade their RIS3 by identifying a limited number of priorities with high innovation potential. This innovation potential may be further reinforced by using ESIF in order to make catching-up MSs & regions more competitive in place-blind & excellence-based H2020 calls. Beyond a stronger innovation generation capacity, there is room for increasing the innovation absorption capacity by new MSs in the context of past FP projects. The S2E project would have two main objectives, namely: The provision of assistance to EU13 to enhance the value of these two EU funding sources for R&I by promoting their combination; Stimulating the early and effective implementation of national and regional Smart Specialisation Strategies. General macro-economic indicators Source: Compiled and calculated by using Eurostat 2013 * EU13 aggregate not available in EUROSTAT ** R&D personnel refer to the number of FTE R&D personnel. ***Unemployment uses latest available figures for 2013 age group 15 years and over. Where do we Stand? Share of EC FP7 contribution received between 2007 and 2014 (starting from FP6) Funding Distribution of 7th FP and ESIF FP-based R&D Intensity as a % of GDP SF-based R&D Intensity as a % of GDP 5 Country Groups 5 Country Groups (.3347408,1.386083] (.0791989,.3347408] (.0287191,.0791989] (.012995,.0287191] [0,.012995] (.0627039,.2028661] (.0342434,.0627039] (.0173042,.0342434] (.0086971,.0173042] [0,.0086971] No data Source: JRC/IPTS Source: JRC/IPTS S2E Rationale & Case Studies What are the biggest policy problems? • The vision thing: National authorities often lack strategic vision and broad/holistic approach to R&I, which is further hampered by the system instability and political changes • Off the beaten track: Mistrust on the part of the population towards EU institutions due to negative messages that can be sent by national politicians • Building bridges: In most of the EU13 countries there is lack of policy coordination across the knowledge triangle policies; tension between the Ministries / Agencies dealing with ESIF and national funds for R&D • Penelope’s web: Instability of administrative structures of the EU13 Member States; constant fluctuation in staff and changes of institutions in charge of the management of EU funding programmes 8 What can be done quickly, what over a decade? • Make the EU policy process more inclusive (as entrepreneurial discovery process for the RIS3) • Increased intervention in the policy mechanism of countries facing low quality of governance with more ex ante conditionalities • Identify good practices for evaluation mechanisms of institutions, funding schemes, programmes and a set of common criteria and rules for the distribution of funds for R&I 9 S2E & Eye@RIS3 • Research & Innovation Capabilities • Business Areas & Target Market • EU Priority What can be affected at EU level? Inclusiveness (as a goal, not as a side-effect) • It is an open issue whether schemes focused on excellence will actually increase the innovation gap; EU13 researchers complain that it is difficult to enter the "club" of successful applicants • ‘It’s-me-or-him’ dilemma: Competition between various sources of funding (H2020 and ESIF particularly) • Investment in tools for monitoring the quality of governance, efficient use of EU funds and enhancement of national / regional administrative capacity is needed 11 What can be advocated at EU level but delivered only locally? • Breaking down barriers - Better communication between different governmental departments and national agencies – reduce silo thinking • Learning - Allow the knowledge exchange among the authorities in charge of similar tasks in different MSs (especially MAs, NCPs, H2020 programme committees etc.) through monitoring tools, joint events and disseminating best practices. 12 Consensus for Better Coordination & New Opportunities 2. Upstream activities 3. Downstream activities 4. The Way Forward 1. Thank you! http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu [email protected] [email protected]