VINNVÄXT Strategy for Learning

Göran Andersson & Moa Eklund, Vinnova

TCI Cluster Evaluation Workshop, Barcelona, 19-20 May 2016

Workshop TCI Cluster Evaluation Group

Barcelona May 2016

Göran AnderssonMoa Eklund

Vinnova, Sweden

Questions to be answered1. What did you do to capture the value of the whole clusters policy/programme for the region?

2. Breifly explain the results (if any).

3. What can be learned from the experience? In particular, what challenges did you encounter and what issues still need to be solved?

Yearly monitoring all initiatives, quantiative and qualitative

International evaluations initiative level (every third year)

Impact analysis 2015 program level, after 10-12 years

How we work in VINNVÄXTStrategy for Learning

Quantiative results 2003-2014

Indicator 2011 2012 2013 2014 2003-2014New goods 44 72 71 57 558New services 38 53 25 18 282New prototypes 74 122 153 170 839New processes 35 25 29 29 251Scientific articles 135 121 247 137 1162

Patent applications (requested from 2012)   15 58 13 86

New patents 20 7 4 17 159New companies 63 51 28 35 352

New establishments/ expansion investments 36 24 15 22 152

Participating profitmaking companies (cat. 1-2) 828 1026 924 1231 X

Participating researchers 527 384 429 495 X

Investments and Dynamics

Layer 4 – key positive and negative events in the region which are linked to the initiative's area of strength. Investments, establishments, closures, new educational programmes, etc.

Layer 3 – funding of projects where the initiative have been supportive and other actors get the money

Layer 2 - Other funding directly to the initiative

Layer 1 - VINNVÄXT + Regional financing

VINNVÄXT example of results 2014

64 + 64 million SEK

126 million SEK

VINNOVA

Industry

Structural Funds

Public sector

Other national funding

Membership fees

Universites

Research institutes

FP7/H2020

Funding sources

European funding

National funding agencies

Public Sector

Industry

Foundations

Approximately 600 million SEK

Receivers of the funding

Universitites

Research institutes

R&D-platforms & centres

Industry

Science parks & incubators

Testbed organisations

Other intermediates

GeoStar Europe AB establish an office in

Gävle

New strategic investment for Linköing university –

The Challenges for existing Wellfare system

Construction of a Biofuel (biojet)-tank at Karlstad

airport

Cooperation between forest & chemistry gets full national

impact

World Championship Biathlon 2019 in

Östersund

County Council testbed in Västmanland

Preparation of a national strategy and innovation process for Health robotics

Vocational training within new food

entrepreneurship

Business Research Academy ProWood

established - University of Jönköping and Linnaeus

University

The hospital Södra Älvsborgs sjukhus has

Smart Textiles as one of three research profiles

2016-04-18

http://www.vinnova.se/sv/Aktuellt--publicerat/Publikationer/Produkter/Effektanalys-av-Vinnvaxt-programmet/

http://www.vinnova.se/sv/Aktuellt--publicerat/Publikationer/Produkter/Vinnvaxt---ett-innovativt-program-i-takt-med-tiden/

http://www.vinnova.se/en/Publications-and-events/Publications/Products/This-is-about-Change/

Questions in the impact analysisImpact analysis will highlight / study:• 1. whether, and if so how, VINNVÄXT initiatives have affected the "region" (ie leading

regional players) work with innovation and growth strategies and their implementation. An important aspect is to shed light on the ability of a more systemic action developed.

• 2. whether, and if so how, VINNVÄXT initiatives have affected the "region" (ie leading regional players) overall ability to manage rapid structural change (unforeseen events, closures, etc.). Displays regional actors up a greater "trust capital" and the ability to act quickly and collectively.

• 3. whether, and if so how, VINNVÄXT initiatives contributing to the creation of national and international development platforms / networks within its strategic areas. (Such as SiO (BIO Innovation, Mrs, etc.)

• 4. whether, and if so how, VINNVÄXT has made the attractiveness of the region as “development node" in their chosen area of strength, has increased the industry and / or public activity, regional, national, respectively. international.

• 5. If, and if so how, VINNVÄXT has contributed to the region's innovation actors strengthened its international cooperation in the strategic area.

• 6. whether, and if so how, VINNVÄXT initiatives contribute to gender equality and environmental performance becomes a tool and a driver for driving innovation and renewal in the region and in the strategic area.

• 7. If, and if so how, VINNVÄXT program also affected the regions lacking VINNVÄXT initiative to develop their innovation efforts.

Some results from the impact analysisOVERALLVINNVÄXT initiatives have taken significant steps in the development to be innovation environments which are internationally competitive and long term sustainable

THE INNOVATION SYSTEM• VINNVÄXT has made ”Triple Helix”

common knowledge throughout Sweden• VINNVÄXT has strengthened the

regional innovation systems and regional support structures.

POLITICS/POLICY• Provide new policy tool for dialogue

and collaboration in the form of innovative approaches

• Put the regions ”on the map”

COMPANIES• Companies connected to VINNVÄXT initiatives make better progress than others• Enhances distinctly cooperation with universities and research institutes• Strengthens R&D capacity as well as business and product development

RESEARCHVINNVÄXT initiatives attract the leading researchers• Contribute to the development of research in universities• Put research in a larger context

What can be learned from our experience?

• It’s important for us to push the initiatives to deliver good quality in data

• More specific task for follower researchers to focus on quality in data for results on system level (layer 3 and 4)

• Programme management needs to be a dialogue parter throughout the process of the impact analysis – due to the complexity

• Strategic learning approach in the international evaluations has proven to be successful (not just control)

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