1. The Swedish Experience Brics-workshop Aalborg 13 th Feb 2006 Dr Per Eriksson, Director General VINNOVA Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems

2. Knowledge Based Economy and Global Competitiveness The economy is becoming more and more knowledge based and global The European Union has set the goal to become the world's most dynamic knowledge based economy This makes R&D very important, but R&D has to be strongly linked to business need, need-driven R&D Socially sustainable growth is very important in Sweden

3. R&D expenditure in relation to GDP 2001 Source: OECD MSTI, 2004 Per cent of GDP

4. Governmental Funding Agencies Research Council Science driven research VINNOVA Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems Need-driven research and development Nutek Regional development

5. Research and Innovation Research: Money transformation to Knowledge & Competence Innovation: Knowledge & Competence transformation to Money Developing innovation system is to make above efficient, i.e. to make investment in R&D profitable. Identify bottlenecks and possibilities.

6. An innovation system is the network and interplay of public and private institutions in which production, distribution and use of new knowledge and technology take place. Most innovations from interplay, up to 9 of 10! Innovation system

7. Region B Region C Innovation System perspectives Region A Sector I Sector II Sector III National

8. Government Public sector Business University Depending Actor Groups Knowledge based economy From PPP, Public Private Partnership, To Public Private Univ. Partnership, i.e. Triple Helix Triple Helix

9. Different University Culture and History Humboldt university (“old European way”) Priests, Teachers, Lawyers, Civil Servants Entrepreneurial university (“American way”) Engineers, Agricultural, Medicine

10. Swedish National Innovation System Characteristics: The economy strongly internationally linked The big international companies dominates the R&D-system SME invest very little in R&D Universities dominates the public R&D-system and they have a third task, to cooperate with companies and society Small sector of Research-institutes Government invests very little R&D-money in companies outside the military sector

11. Innovations - Process Innovations Often big companies and no new jobs - Product and Service Innovation Often SME and new jobs

12. Mission for VINNOVA Promote sustainable growth by financing need-driven R&D and developing innovation systems

13. VINNOVA’s challenge Long-term economic growth in Sweden is not strong, despite large investments in R&D Increasing returns on Swedish R&D investments is one of VINNOVA’s challenges Matching money from companies, co-operative research, need-driven R&D A new SBIR-like program is needed and introduced From S&T push to more market driven R&D

14. Sectorial Research & Innovation System Programs, matching money from companies Information & Communication Technology Biotech, Life science Manufacturing and Materials Transport system, Automotive Working Life Science Triple Helix Composed Decision Boards

15. National Research & Innovation System Programs Center of Excellence in Research & Innovation Co-financed: VINNOVA – Industry – University SBIR, Small Business Innovation Research Incubators & seed financing, start-ups Universities in Innovation Systems, Key Actors pr.

16. Programs for Regional Research & Innovation Systems VINNVÄXT (WIN Growth) a new program Competitive Regions (by letting the regions compete) Cooperative, Triple Helix and regional based, R&D

17. The Swedish Experience Brics-workshop Aalborg 13 th Feb 2006 Per Eriksson, Director General VINNOVA Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems

18. The Fundament of Growth Work places with a market outside of the region Infrastructure Localprivateservices Localpublicservices Children, eldery people etc Karlskrona

19. Efficient innovation systems Interaction between Business Research Policy/Public Sector Sustainable growth requires interaction between business, research, and policy/the public sector – Triple Helix. Entrepreneurs moves between these actor groups The interactions result in new products, services, and processes.

20. Government Public sector Business University Depending Actor Groups Knowledge based economy From PPP, Public Private Partnership, To Public Private Univ. Partnership, i.e. Triple Helix Triple Helix

21. The Swedish Experience Brics-workshop Aalborg 13 th Feb 2006 Per Eriksson, Director General VINNOVA Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems