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COORDINATION OF INNOVATION STRATEGIES/SCHEMES IN METROPOLITAN
AREAS.THE ROLE OF PUBLIC POLICIES.
WHY OUR INNOVATION MANAGEMENT SCHEMES ARE APPOPRIATE FOR OUR
AREA?
MART REPNAUBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Tallinn, June 07.-08, 2002
TALLINN – ECONOMIC ENGINE OF ESTONIA
ESTONIA: 15 COUNTIES, 247 LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, incl. 42 cities & towns. STATUS OF TALLINN??
1/3 OF THE POPULATION, ½ COMPANIES & EMPLOYMENT, ½ OF GDP, 2/3 OF CORPORATE PROFITS IN TALLINN
80% OF FOREIGN INVESTMENTS ARE MADE IN TALLINN AND IN TALLINN`S HINTERLAND
EXPORTS OF TALLINN MAKE CA 60% OF THE TOTAL EXPORTS OF ESTONIA AND 70% OF THE TOTAL VOLUME OF IMPORTS
ECONOMIC SITUATION (1)
Active entrepreneurs by legal form (National Tax Office – June 2001)
Estonia TallinnCOMPANIES 48 213 (408 404 empl.) 25 363 (193 369)
Micro I 13 597 (0) 8 136 (0)Micro II 21 832 (74 825) 11 054 (36 489)Small 6 193 (122 677) 2 735 (53 352)Medium 1 148 (110 060) 479 (46 852)Large 155 (100 842) 75 (56 666)
Companies per 1000 ca 35 ca 64
+ SOLE TRADERS (FIE) 27 096 7 479
ECONOMIC SITUATION (2)
Gross Domestic Product
60.3% of GDP produced in Northern Estonia (Harju County +Tallinn), 1998 GDP per capita: ca 90,000 EEK in Tallinn, ca 60,000 EEK in Estonia.
Service & trade make up 57% of Regional gross value added in North Estonia.
GDP by economic activity, 2000: manufacturing 16.6%; wholesale & retail 16.1%; transport, storage & communication 14.9%; real estate & business services 11.9%.
Major sectors in Tallinn: transport, transit & logistics services; tourism; traditional industries (metal&machinery, food, textile, furniture); innovative industries (ICT, engineering, automation).
STRENGTHS OF TALLINN
FAST-GROWING ECONOMY
WIDE RANGE OF INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
LOW RISKS, LOW COSTS, LOW TAXES
A HIGHLY SKILLED WORKFORCE
FIRST-CLASS COMMUNICATIONS
A PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT TO LIVE AND WORK IN
ONE OF THE MOST LIBERAL ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD
ECONOMIC POLICY
CORNERSTONES OF ESTONIA’S ECONOMIC POLICY since 1992 LIBERALISM & ECONOMIC FREEDOM STABILE & BALANCED FISCAL POLICY
THAT MEANS FREE MOVEMENT OF CAPITAL AND GOODS BALANCED BUDGET AND CURRENCY BOARD SYSTEM MINIMUM INVOLVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR
BUT IT ALSO MEANS BALANCING TRADE DEFICIT WITH RELATIVELY BIG FDI REDUCED PUBLIC SECTOR ROLE IN DIRECT BUSINESS SUPPORT
PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS
ENTERPRISE ESTONIA
ESTONIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ESTONIAN EXPORT PROMOTION AGENCY ESTONIAN TECHNOLOGY AGENCY ESTONIAN TOURISM BOARD ESTONIAN INVESTMENT AGENCY EE REGIONAL AGENCIES (IDA-VIRU & SOUTH-ESTONIA)
CREDIT AND EXPORT GUARANTEE FUND (KredEx)
OTHERS
REGIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTRES
TARTU SCIENCE PARK
TALLINN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY INNOVATION CENTRE
CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE (recently established)
TALLINN TECHNOLOGY PARK (planned)
INDUSTRY BRANCH UNIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS
FIELDS OF STATE SUPPORTNational SME Policy
HUMAN RESOURCES SUPPORT FOR TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY
FINANCES START-UP AID AND LOANS (VENTURE CAPITAL) CREDIT GUARANTEE SUPPORT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
BUSINESS SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS INCUBATION AND TECHNOLOGY PARKS
BUSINESS INFORMATION BUSINESS PORTAL www.aktiva.ee EUROINFO CENTERS
FIELDS OF INNOVATION SUPPORTNational RD&I Policy (1)
FIRST DOCUMENT TO DEFINE PRIORITY INDUSTRIES information technologies and information society biomedicine materials’ technologies
DEFINES THE ROLE OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT the main investor in creating the pool of knowledge, ensuring
reproduction of new knowledge and skills the catalyst of innovation process, accelerating the reproduction of new
knowledge and skills and encouraging enterprises to develop and implement new technologies
the regulator that creates a favourable environment for the development of RD&I
FIELDS OF INNOVATION SUPPORTNational RD&I Policy (2)
DEFINES SEVERAL SPECIFIC ACTIONS. The main ones are: setting strategic targets in order to acquire and apply new knowledge integrating activity plans (economy, education, RD&I) creating favourable policies and legislation for the private sector financing fundamental and applied research, and necessary infrastructure develop integrated mechanisms between R&D and the business sector launching national programs to implement priorities
STATE FINANCING OF R&D: TARGETED FINANCING R&D GRANTS SUPPORT PROGRAMMES FOR INNOVATION (enterprises) MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE NATIONAL R&D PROGRAMMES FOR INNOVATION (general)
SOME ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION
HISTORICAL : broken tradition of innovation
SOCIAL-CULTURAL : Scandinavian influence and mentality
INSTITUTIONAL : limited capacity and financing
BUSINESS RELATED : orientation, awareness and authority
NATIONAL vs REGIONAL
ACTIVITIES IN LOCAL LEVEL
RITTS ??
EVALUATION & ANALYSIS
INCUBATION
NETWORKING ??
AREA CLUSTERS
INFORMATION
AWARENESS RAISING
CAPITAL GRANTS
CONCLUSIONS
There exists Research & Development Policy in Estonia There exists Regional Development Policy in Estonia (Tallinn??) There are govenmental measures for R&D activities in Estonia There are governmental measures for entrepreneurial development
in Estonia (Tallinn??)
There is no established Industrial and Research & Development Policy in Tallinn
There are local measures for entrepreneurial development, some plans for innovation infrastructure development
There is support for technology transfer between university and enterprises