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I3U “Investigating the Impact of the Innovation Union“Kick off meeting - 10 March 2015

Venue: ISIS – Institute of Studies for the Integration of SystemsLargo dei Lombardi, 400186 Rome, Italy

This project is co-funded by the European Union

Workpackage 6 Social and Territorial Cohesion

Commitments 24/25: Maximizing Social and Territorial CohesionCommitment 26 European Social Innovation PilotCommitment 27 Public Sector Innovation Scorebord//Research programme on Public Sector and Social Innovation

Commitment 28 Consult social partners on interaction between the knowledge economy and the labour market

WP 6 Commitments 24/25: Maximizing Social and Territorial Cohesion

Mapping the institutional system of EU support

for R&D&I through the

European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund (Part

1)

Structural

Funds

resources

for

R&D&I

over

three

Multi-

annual

Financial Frameworks

(MFF) 2000-2006

; 2007-2013;

2014-2020;

What

has

changed

and

what

has

remained

of

the

respective

institutional

systems

?

Variation

by

Member States (MS):

-

What

explains

the

differences

across

MS in

propensity

to

spend

EU

resources

on

R&D&I?

-

EU

support

for

R&D&I in MS at

the

technology

frontier

vs. MS

behind

the

technology

frontier

–

any

justified

difference

?

WP 6 Commitments 24/25: Maximizing Social and Territorial Cohesion

Mapping the institutional system of EU support

for R&D&I through the European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund (Part

2)

EU budgetary support for R&D&I

apart

from the Structural Funds:

-

From

the

‘

Competitiveness

for

Growth

and

Employment

’

chapter

of

the

MFF

- The

new European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) – the € 315 billion ‘

Juncker

initiative’

WP 6 Commitments 24/25: Maximizing Social and Territorial Cohesion

Territorial cohesion and innovation (1) Understanding territorial patterns of innovationRegional pattern of innovation/propensity to innovate might depend on the regions’ characteristics (e.g. degree of urbanisation, sectoral structure, skill endowments)

Analysis of regional innovation patterns and the role of regional characteristicsCohesion in innovationAnalysis of the convergence/cohesion in innovation across regions (for all regions, as well as within specific groups of regions – groups defined via the regions’ characteristics)

WP 6 Commitments 24/25: Maximizing Social and Territorial Cohesion

Territorial cohesion and innovation (2) The effects of ERDF expenditures on cohesion in innovationRelation of cohesion in innovation and economic cohesion.Data: NUTS-2 forInnovation/knowledge output and input indicators: e.g. R&D expenditures, employment, patents, employment by skills/occupation etc.

Data on ERDF and CF expenditures on innovation for 2000-2013 (2007-2013 currently being collected)Supplemental regional data

Commitment 26 European Social Innovation Pilot

To be clarified

Workpackage 6 committment 27

Public Sector Innovation Scoreboard//Research Programme on Public Sector and Social Innovation

Defining the problems and addressing potential impact channelsPrimary impact channels:NEED FOR LEARNING: Naming and shaming, public pressure as a driver for reforms

EASIER LEARNING: Benchmarking, identification of best practices and what should be avoided

Secondary impact channels:

Effective, cheaper state

Better business environment

Better quality services for citizens

Workpackage 6 committment 27Immediate actions

Workpackage 6 committment 27Open points

quantification in the case of qualitative assessment or dummy variables

Workpackage 6

committment 28: Consult social partners on interaction between the knowledge economy and the labour market

Mapping of already launched activities between the European Commission and social partners (commitment started with delay - 2013) – numerous actors/intentions (State of Innovation

Union - Report)

Role

of national social partners in the process

Direction

of further actions planned by social partners (interviews

)

Contributions

literature review (not explicitly required)

report

data collection (LFS - knowledge intensive (business) services KI(B)S at 2-digit level NACE Rev. 2 or knowledge intensive manufacturing industries)

Question:

what exactly is needed ?

Deliverables

Literature review and data collection (M10)State of implementation and impact assessment (M22)Integration in the Eco-System (M30)

Question: deliverables for the whole workpackage or for each commitment?Responsible organisation:

wiiw

Relation with other workpackages

Inputs to WP 10, others?

Inputs /assistance needed from other workpackages ?

Resources

wiiwWERI

Immediate actions

Activities planned for the next 6 months Literature survey …..

Open points

Quantification of information (e.g. qualitative assessments)

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