aspects of competitiveness
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Aspects of competitiveness. Karin Hallerby Head of departement International affairs www.tillvaxtverket.se Phone +46 8 681 91 00. Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth today. 11 offices in nine places around Sweden Sixty programmes/service schemes SEK 2.5 billion ( app.: 250 000 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Aspects of competitiveness
Karin HallerbyHead of departementInternational affairswww.tillvaxtverket.sePhone +46 8 681 91 00
SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMICAND REGIONAL GROWTH
• 11 offices in nineplaces around Sweden
• Sixty programmes/service schemes
• SEK 2.5 billion ( app.: 250 000
million euro per year
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Swedish Agency for Economicand Regional Growth today
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Option
Placebased or placeless?
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Placeless
• Regulations
• Entrepreneurship
• Innovation
• Sustainable development and business growth
• Internationalisation
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Better regulation
• Identify rules that create difficulties for enterprises
• Database where government agencies can see what the effect will be in monetary terms if they change a regulation
• Support government agencies through methods development, advice and training
• SWEGovernment target: a 25 per cent reduction in the administrative costs for enterprises by 2010
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Facilitating entrepreneurship
• Information services
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Points of single contact : Service sector : EU-member states
• obtain all the information about the procedures you need to complete for your specific services activity
• deal with all formalities needed to carry out your activities (without the need to approach various public bodies one by one)
• complete the necessary steps by electronic means.
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Verksamt.se
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Complaints
• SOLVIT centres in every EU Member State
• SOLVIT is an on-line problem solving network.
• Solve problems caused by the misapplication of Internal Market law by public authorities.
• Handling complaints from both citizens and businesses.
• Providing real solutions - within ten weeks
• Free of charge.
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Facilitating innovation
• Triple – Helix : University-Industry-Society
• Clusters
• Incubators
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Financial support 2009
- The Packaging Arena
- Future Position X (GIS)
-Georange-(minerals/mining)
- Heavy Vehicles
- Sustainable Sweden South East
- Stockholm Cleantech Business Network
- Uppsala energy
- EcoRub
- Green design/furniture
- Marine technology
- Moving images
GrowingEarlyDevelopment checkEnvironment
- Space port
- Gothia Innovation Games
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One common
focus!SocietyCompetence,
academia
Business
The regional clusterprogram
Källa: Tage Dolk
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Facilitating sustainable growth
• Programmes adressing needs/market failures
• Financing
• Internationalisation
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Sustainable growth
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EXAMPLES from Sweden:
• Integration: Entrepreneurs with foreign backgrounds
• Environment : Entreprenuers with product/services
• Gender : Women entrepreneurs
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Other examples
• Tourism- Creative industries
• Health care sector
• Commercial and public services in rural areas
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Facilitating internationalisation
• Trade – services for export/import
• Inward investment- services for regions/industry
• Transnational Cooperations
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Direct services to industry
• Invest in xxx agencies: placebased marketing
• Export/import services for trade:
–consulting services.
–Additional serviceses free of charge
– Industry marketing packages Enterprise can relate to
• Financing services
–Quarantee instruments; loans: entering emerging markets
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DemoEnvironmentDemoEnvironment
A unique opportunity for a cleaner environmentA unique opportunity for a cleaner environment
CIS: Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, MoldaviaCIS: Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldavia
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Noise & Noise & Urban TransportUrban Transport
Sectors eligible for supportSectors eligible for support
Air Air environmentenvironment
Water & Water & SanitationSanitation
Waste ManagementWaste Management
Energy savingEnergy savingRenewable Renewable energyenergy
Soil PollutionSoil Pollution
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Pilot studyPilot study
Two types of supportTwo types of support
Demonstration projectDemonstration project
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””Biogas Production for Sustainable Biogas Production for Sustainable Development in Rural Georgia” example Development in Rural Georgia” example
Ÿ Ÿ Problems to be solved:Problems to be solved: lack of lack of energy,deforestration, pollutionenergy,deforestration, pollution
Ÿ Ÿ Aim of the project:Aim of the project: To upgrade Georgian To upgrade Georgian Biogas DigestersBiogas Digesters
Ÿ Ÿ Buyer:Buyer: Bio Energy NGO and Green Movement Bio Energy NGO and Green Movement in Georgiain Georgia
Ÿ Ÿ Supplier:Supplier: SWECO AB, Sweden, experts in SWECO AB, Sweden, experts in waste and energy systemswaste and energy systems
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• EU
• 600 offices in 50 countries
• 15 offices in Sweden, 20 cities;50 experts
• Thematic groups• Aerospace Marine ; Automotive
• Materials;Agrofood;Textiles
• Medical technology; Biotechnology
• Nano & microtechnology
• Renewable energy/Environment
• Sercurity and defence
• ICT
Enterprise Europe Network
www.enterpriseeurope.se
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Enterprise Europé Network
• Develop your business in new markets
• Source or license new technologies
• Access EU finance and EU funding
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16 Projects with Belarus partnersEx.: services to SME:s
• BSR QUICK: Qualification, Innovation, Cooperation and Keybusiness for Small and Medium Enterprises in the Baltic Sea Region
• IBI Net :Intercountry Business Incubators’ Network
• Egoprise, E-GOvernment solutions as instruments to qualify the public sector for the specific needs of small and medium sized enterPRISEs (SMEs) in the rural BSR
• AGORA : Heritage Tourism for increased BSR Identity
• ImPrim Improvement of public health by promotion of equitably distributed high quality primary health care systems
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Transports
• Baltic.AirCargo.Net : Improvement of the air cargo transport sector by service oriented ICT-methods and processing logistic network
• EWTC II: East West Transport Corriodor II - a green corridor concept within the Northern Transport Axis approach
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Energy, climate
• Baltrad : aims at developing an innovative ICT system for collecting, exchanging, and processing weather radar data designed to improve weather forecasting activities dependent on such information
• Pure :Project on Urban Reduction of Eutrophication
• Bioenergy promotion:sustainable use of bio-energy.
• Urban energy :Energy Efficient and Integrated Urban Development Action
• BERAS : Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Society Implementation
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Belarussian ideas to be developed in BSSSC conference on 13 October 2010 in Tallinn
• Cross-border region development
• Sewage treatment of rural eco-tourist
• National aquaculture centers
• Energy bus (efficient energy technologies)
• Logistics development for transport communications
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Summary :Placebased and Placeless policies
• Regulations/simplification are key!
• Information services!
• Direct services national/abroad to Invest or Trade
• Partnerships in productdevelopment/market introduction
• Cooperations, a path to investments!
• Transnational project participation will expand networks , leading to……