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VINNVÄXT at the Halfway Mark VINNOVA REPORT VR 2010:09 VINNVÄXT AT THE HALFWAY MARK - Experiences and lessons learned GÖRAN ANDERSSON, KRISTIN LARSEN & ANNA SANDSTRÖM Title: VINNVÄXT at the halfway mark - Experiences and lessons learned Author: Göran Andersson, Kristin Larsen & Anna Sandström - VINNOVA Series: VINNOVA Report VR 2010:09 (English version of VR 2010:05) ISBN: 978-91-86517-06-9 ISSN: 1650-3104 Published: March 2010 Publisher: VINNOVA - Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems/Verket för Innovationssystem About VINNOVA VINNOVA, Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems. VINNOVA´s mission is to promote sustainable growth by funding needs-driven research and developing effective innovation systems. Through its activities in this field, VINNOVA aims to make a significant contribution to Sweden´s development into a leading centre of economic growth. VINNVÄXT aims to promote sustainable development in regions by developing internationally competitive research and innovation environments within specific growth fields. This will be done by funding needs-driven R&D to strengthen the cutting-edge competence of the respective environments and by means of strategic efforts for the development of effective innovation systems. The objective is that the winners will become internationally competitive in their fields within 10 years. • VINNVÄXT takes the form of a competition in which the best submissions win. • A limited number of regions will receive up to SEK 10 million per year. • The focus is on creating strong regional centres in specific fields. • The programme presupposes the active participation of players from the private, public and research sectors and from the political sphere (i.e. the Triple Helix). • Long-term: funding will be provided for 10 years. • A number of support activities (seminars, training/education, the exchange of experience, and the extension of knowledge/research). The VINNOVA Report series includes external publications and other reports from programmes and projects that have received funding from VINNOVA. Research and Innovation for Sustainable Growth. VINNOVA´s publications are published at www.vinnova.se I VINNOVAs publikationsserier redovisar bland andra forskare, utredare och analytiker sina projekt. Publiceringen innebär inte att VINNOVA tar ställning till framförda åsikter, slutsatser och resultat. Undantag är publikationsserien VINNOVA Policy som återger VINNOVAs synpunkter och ställningstaganden. VINNOVAs publikationer finns att beställa, läsa och ladda ner via www.vinnova.se. Tryckta utgåvor av VINNOVA Analys, Forum och Rapport säljs via Fritzes, www.fritzes.se, tel 08-598 191 90, fax 08-598 191 91 eller [email protected] VINNVÄXT at the halfway mark - Experiences and lessons learned by Göran Andersson, Kristina Larsen & Anna Sandström VINNOVA Foreword The objective of the VINNVÄXT programme is to promote sustainable regional growth based on international competitiveness within a chosen area of strength. Its purpose is to advance the functionality, dynamics and efficiency of the regional innovation system. This report presents a compilation of results from the monitoring carried out by VINNOVA for the VINNVÄXT programme in the financial year 2008. Each initiative must compile an annual written situation report for VINNOVA consisting of various sections. These are: An annual report; a web questionnaire with profit and loss statement; and an Excel file listing such things as contributing organisations and researchers, projects funded and scientific publications. Based on this material, the authors of this report visited all bar one of the VINNVÄXT initiatives and interviewed representatives of various sections of their operations so as to gain an in-depth insight into their activities, the challenges they face and the results they have achieved. The reason for this report is demand for an overall study examining the VINNVÄXT initiatives’ operations and how they contribute to sustainable growth, plus a general discussion on experiences of policy development during programme activity to date. This demand relates to VINNOVA but also other players working to promote growth in Swedish regions. VINNOVA in February 2010 Charlotte Brogren Anne Lidgard Director General Director Head of Innovation Actors Division Contents 1 Introduction ....................................................................................... 7 1.1 The VINNVÄXT programme ............................................................... 7 1.2 VINNOVA’s definition of monitoring .................................................. 9 1.3 Situation report 2009 ........................................................................... 10 1.4 About the report .................................................................................. 11 2 The initiatives’ operations .............................................................. 13 2.1 Regional and national strategic processes ........................................... 15 2.2 Regional meeting arenas ..................................................................... 18 2.3 Communication and marketing ........................................................... 19 2.4 Competence supply ............................................................................. 20 2.5 Funding ................................................................................................ 21 2.6 Internationalisation .............................................................................. 23 2.7 Integration of gender perspective ........................................................ 25 2.8 Needs-driven research ......................................................................... 27 2.9 Newly established enterprises ............................................................. 30 2.10 Development of existing industry and/or the public sector ................. 31 2.11 Activities for individual learning, monitoring and evaluation ............ 33 2.12 Initiatives’ impact on their regional innovation systems .................... 34 3 Prospects for policy development ................................................. 36 Appendix A: VINNVÄXT winners 2003 .................................................. 46 Robotdalen ..................................................................................................... 46 Skåne Food Innovation Network / Innovation at Interfaces .......................... 55 Uppsala BIO .................................................................................................. 65 Appendix B: VINNVÄXT winners 2004 .................................................. 75 Fiber Optic Valley ......................................................................................... 75 GöteborgBIO / Biomedical Development in Western Sweden ..................... 87 New Tools for Health .................................................................................... 97 ProcessIT Innovations ................................................................................. 102 Triple Steelix ............................................................................................... 110 Appendix C: VINNVÄXT winners 2008 ................................................ 123 Biorefinery of the Future ............................................................................. 123 Peak Innovation ........................................................................................... 133 Printed Electronics Arena ............................................................................ 144 Smart Textiles .............................................................................................. 153 Appendix D: Quantitative results ........................................................ 165 VINNVÄXT winners 2003 and 2004 .......................................................... 165 VINNVÄXT winners 2008 ......................................................................... 169 Appendix E: List of interviewees ........................................................ 176 1 Introduction 1.1 The VINNVÄXT programme VINNOVA’s VINNVÄXT programme aims to promote sustainable growth in functional regions1 by developing internationally competitive research and innovation milieus within specific growth areas. Henceforth in this report, these will be termed “focus areas”. The selection process was in the form of a competition with the winning regions awarded 10 years’ funding of up to SEK 10 million per year. This funding may be used for a broad spectrum of projects and activities, depending on what capabilities and shortcomings exist in the regional innovation system. The programme target is for at least 50% of the funding to go to needs-driven research and development (R&D). The objective is for the winners to become internationally competitive in their respective fields within 10 years. VINNVÄXT assumes the active involvement of players in industry, research, politics and the public sector. The programme has run since 2001. - In 2003, three winning initiatives were selected. These were: Innovation at Interfaces based in Skåne (foods) now branded as Skåne Food Innovation Network; Robotdalen in Västra Mälardalen (robotics); and Uppsala BIO (life science). - In 2004, a further five winners were selected: ProcessIT Innovations (IT in the process industry) based in Luleå/Umeå/Örnsköldsvik; Biomedical Development in Western Sweden (biomedicine); Triple Steelix (steel) in the Bergslagen region; Fiber Optic Valley (fibreoptics) in Hudiksvall; and New Tools for
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