ADE – ENTERPRISE PLC - ZENIT TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1 1. REGIONAL INNOVATION POLICY IN EUROPE .............................................................................. 3 2. EVALUATION METHODOLOGY................................................................................................ 10 2.1 OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF THE EVALUATION .....................................................................................................10 2.2 METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH ...............................................................................................................................12 3. BASELINE SITUATION ............................................................................................................. 22 3.1 SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION AND INDICATORS..................................................................................................22 3.2 RTDI REGIONAL PROFILES AND INDICATORS........................................................................................................30 4. THE IMPORTANCE OF RTDI IN OBJECTIVE 2 PROGRAMMES..................................................... 33 4.1 PROGRAMME DESIGN MECHANISMS AND THE INTEGRATION OF RTDI............................................................33 4.2 RTDI AS A PRIORITY THEME ....................................................................................................................................35 4.3 THE SCALE OF FUNDING.............................................................................................................................................46 5. PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT................................................................................................. 57 5.1 REGIONAL INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS AND OBJECTIVE 2 PROGRAMMES.....................................................57 5.2 SELECTION CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES...............................................................................................................65 5.3 EVALUATION AND MONITORING..............................................................................................................................72 6. EFFECTIVENESS OF RTDI ACTIONS ......................................................................................... 83 6.1 IMPACT SURVEY..........................................................................................................................................................83 6.2 HOW DOES RTDI AFFECT REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS? .................................................................................89 6.3 RTDI AND HUMAN RESOURCES IN OBJECTIVE 2 ZONES.......................................................................................94 6.4 SYNERGIES....................................................................................................................................................................97 7. ENHANCING THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF RTDI ACTIONS UNDER OBJECTIVE 2 - KEY MESSAGES FOR 2000+ ....................................................................................................104 LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1.1: Division of Responsibilities Regional/National Levels ..................................................... 8 TABLE 2.1: The Seven key issues identified by the TOR ............................................................... 10 TABLE 2.2: Five Key Aspects of the Comparative Analysis........................................................... 12 TABLE 2.3: Sources of information............................................................................................... 14 TABLE 2.4: Categorisation of measures........................................................................................ 16 TABLE 2.5: List of case study regions and members of evaluation team.......................................... 19 TABLE 3.1: Objective 2 and Total Unemployment Rates per country.............................................. 23 TABLE 3.2: Summary of socio-economic and RTDI situation in Objective 2 zones........................... 24 TABLE 3.3: possible RTDI Priority Baseline Indicators.................................................................. 28 TABLE 4.1: SPDs with RTDI identified as a priority...................................................................... 36 TABLE 4.2: Categorisation of the evolution of RTDI activities........................................................ 40 TABLE 4.3: A Comparative Assessment Of Objective 2 Programme Structures In 1989-1999 Programmes ........................................................................................................... 43 TABLE 4.4: RTDI spending planned in Objective 2 SPDs (1994-1996)............................................ 48 TABLE 4.5: Trends in RTDI share of SPD budget 1994-96 / 1997-99 ............................................. 52 TABLE 4.6: Evolution of the share of S,T,I categories in planned RTDI resources ........................... 53 TABLE 4.7: Breakdown of planned, committed and actual expenditure by category of RTDI expenditure in a number of case study regions............................................................................. 55 TABLE 5.1: Partnerships and programme management - a qualitative assessment ........................... 58 Thematic Evaluation RTDI in Objective 2 – Synthesis Report 1 ADE – ENTERPRISE PLC - ZENIT TABLE 5.2: Selection criteria - Austrian Industrial Research Promotion Fund.................................. 68 TABLE 5.3: Evaluation culture and techniques in case study regions ............................................... 73 TABLE 5.4 : indicators for evaluating RTDI actions – some examples ............................................ 80 TABLE 6.1: Structure of survey and respondent firms .................................................................... 83 TABLE 6.2: R&D budget in percent of total turnover..................................................................... 85 TABLE 6.3: Actual outcomes as compared to expectations ............................................................ 88 TABLE 6.4: Types of RTDI actions financed through ESF – Auvergne and Nord-Pas de Calais...... 94 LIST OF BOXES BOX 1: Efficiency and effectiveness - the arguments for Regional Innovation Policy......................... 8 BOX 2: Difficulties in Identifying RTDI content ............................................................................ 18 BOX 3: Socio-economic and innovation monitoring system............................................................. 26 BOX 4: Towards indicators for the knowledge-based economy ...................................................... 27 BOX 5: Developing a Regional Innovation Profile - the case of RTP Limburg................................. 32 BOX 6: The Bremen WAP and Objective 2.................................................................................. 34 BOX 7: Illustrative structure of typical RTDI priority in Italian SPDs.............................................. 37 BOX 8: RTDI Priority in West Midlands SPDs 1989-99 ................................................................ 37 BOX 9: The budgetary logic in the SPD design process ................................................................. 38 Box 10: Examples of "drivers and barriers" to meeting spending targets ......................................... 54 BOX 11: MEDILINK Yorkshire & Humberside ........................................................................... 61 BOX 12: Development of RTDI Strategies in Dutch Objective 2 regions ........................................ 62 BOX 13: IRISI in Piemonte – strategic planning and the information society ................................... 63 BOX 14: Mechanisms for monitoring RTDI actions – client monitoring.......................................... 75 BOX 15: Good and bad practice in monitoring and evaluation ......................................................... 77 BOX 16: Thematic evaluation of RDTI in Aquitaine ..................................................................... 81 BOX 17: CORTECHS – introduction of technicians in SMEs......................................................... 95 BOX 18: New master's programme of the University of Jyväskylä ................................................. 96 BOX 19: Developing a research environment on pulpwood and Paper in Finland ............................. 99 BOX 20: Synergies of Objective 2 RTDI Measures: TELERISE...................................................100 BOX 21: Using Innovation As a promotional hook for inward investors..........................................101 BOX 22: Five Main Messages for Policy Makers.........................................................................104 LIST OF DIAGRAMS DIAGRAM 1: Employment Weight of three main industries ‘87-93.................................................. 23 DIAGRAM 2: RTDI planned budget share in 1994-1996 SPD......................................................... 49 DIAGRAM 3: ALLOCATION OF RTDI FINANCIAL RESOURCES ....................................................... 50 DIAGRAM 4: Science (S), Technology (T) and Innovation (I) shares in 1994-96 RTDI budget per country................................................................................................................. 51 DIAGRAM 5: Evolution of RTDI resources in Objective 2 programme............................................ 53 DIAGRAM