Download Spain`s innovation performance

Informe sobre España
2016
Investigacion e
Innovacion
European Semester 2016
"Spain's Research and Development intensity
(public and private spending) is losing ground
(lowest level since 2007) with Spain's innovation
performance also falling”
"Available evidence also points to weak cooperation
between the public and business R&I sector with
poor incentives for research performance, and to
duplications and gaps between national and
regional research and innovation programmes."
Spain's R&I performance
Indicators
Spain
EU28
Rank EU
R&D intensity (GERD as % of GDP)
2014
1,20
2,03
18
Innovation Output Indicator
2016
83,70
103,60
19
Innovation Union Scoreboard
2015
0,39
0,56
19
Business expenditure on R&D as % GDP
2014
0,63
1,30
17
Public expenditure on R&D as % of GDP
2014
0,57
0,72
15
Researchers (FTE) per million of population
2014
2626,60
3487,96
20
Share of pop. 30-34 with tertiary education
2014
42,30
37,90
13
Scientific publications within 10% most cited
2010
10,66
11,41
12
International co-publications per M pop
2013
700,44
518,33
16
PCT patent applications per billion GDP €PPS
2013
1,46
3,53
13
Sales new-to-market/ -firm innov % turnov.
2012
14,34
12,29
2
Share of innovative entreprises (%)
2012
33,60
48,90
22
"Spain's Research and Development
intensity is losing ground"
•
Source: EUROSTAT
"R&D intensity and E2020 target "
"Spain's innovation performance "
index
Innovation performance
in Spain is also falling,
with the country’s gap
with the EU average
increasing
0.60
0.55
0.50
0.45
0.40
0.35
0.30
0.25
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
ES
Source: Innovation Union Scoreboard, 2015
EU28
"Weak coordination of central and regional
government policies"
• Fragmented
regional landscape
of bodies and
programmes to
foster innovation
activities
• Need for more
effective coordination
of central and regional
government policies,
including on the
implementation of
their RIS3
"Incentives for research performance
are also weak"
• Most of Spain's
science funding is
not reliant on
international peer
review
• Funding to
universities and
public research
organisations is not
based on
performance
"Weak Public-Private cooperation"
Public expenditure on R&D financed by business enterprise as % of
GDP, 2013 (2)
CSR5
Public expenditure on R&D (government expenditure on R&D plus higher education expenditure on
R&D) financed by business enterprise as % of GDP (1) versus BERD intensity (business enterprise
expenditure on R&D as % of GDP)
0.12
DE
LT
0.11
0.10
0.09
NL
0.08
0.07
FI
BE
SI
0.06
EU
0.05
LV
0.04
RO
0.03
EL
0.02
0.01
ES
PL
CY
EE
AT
HU UK
SE
FR
HR
DK
CZ
SK
BG
MT
LU
IT
PT
IE
0.00
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
BERD intensity, 2013
(2)
2.0
2.5
"Weak Public-Private cooperation"
Share of public-private co-publication in total number of publications(1) vs business expenditure on R&D as % of
GDP, 2013
Share of public-private co-publications in total publications, 2013
5.0
DK
4.5
4.0
NL
3.5
FR
3.0
BE
LU
SE
2.0
EL
ES
MT
CY
BG
HR
LT
0.5
RO
EE
SI
HU
PT
PL
LV
FI
EU
IT
1.5
DE
UK
2.5
1.0
AT
IE
CZ
SK
0.0
0.0
0.5
1.0
Business expenditure on R&D (BERD) as % of GDP, 2013
1.5
(2)
2.0
2.5
European Semester 2016
Positive Developments
Recent policies take on board some
recommendations of the 2014
independent review of Spain's research
and innovation system
ES 2016 - Positive Developments
-Recruitment policy to fill out 100% vacancies for civil servants
in public research organisations
-"Industrial PhD" scheme
-Priority of available public funding towards global societal
challenges
-State Agency for Research was legally incorporated Dec 2015
-Agreement between the central and regional administrations on
the Map of Scientific and Technological Infrastructures (ICTS)
-Slight increase of R&I funding in central government's budget
law for 2016
Some recommendations of the independent
review still pending of a specific follow up.
• “Changes to the structure and management of research
careers to attract and retain talent and foster mobility
between research institutions and between these and the
private sector”
• “Linking resource allocation for research institutes and
universities to results and to increase the proportion of
competitive funding”
• AND
A MARKET AND A CULTURE FOR INNOVATION
"Fostering innovation should be a part of the formal
mission statement of all ministries."
"This goal needs to be shared by the ministries with
procurement budgets and their equivalents in the
Autonomous Communities."