1. 11 FINANCING AND SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS FOR INNOVATION AND ECO-INNOVATION IN ANDALUSIA & MAIN FINDINGS FROM ANDALUSIAN PLATFORM FOR ECO-INNOVATION Ms. Cecilia Gañán de Molina General Director for Environmental Participation and Information Regional Ministry of Environment Junta de Andalucía Milano, 14th december 2007

2. 22 SOME FACTS ABOUT ANDALUSIA

3. 33 SURFACE AREA: 87.597 square Km. 2,24 % of EU25 territory 17,3% of Spanish surface area THE REGION OF ANDALUSIA POPULATION: 7,5 millions 1,7% of EU25 population 18% of Spanish population PROTECTED SURFACE AREA 20% of the total surface of Andalusia 29,8% of the Spanish protected surface

4. 44 STEPS IN THE CONTEXT OF ECREIN PROJECT

5. 55 CONSTITUTION OF THE REGIONAL PLATFORM FOR ECO-INNOVATION PRE-ANDALUSIA 20 Institutions 30 Members BUSINESSES & IPSFL RESEARCH (6) Association of Andalusian Environmental Enterprises & 3 leading companies & Foundation (1) Spanish National Research Council FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (3) Banesto, Caja Granada, UNICAJA PUBLIC VENTURE CAPITAL CORPORATION (1) INVERCARIA TECHNOLOGY AGENTS (5) RETA, CITANDALUC Í A, CANP, IAT, CTA ANDALUSIAN ENERGY AGENCY REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF ANDALUSIA (3) CMA, CICE, IDEA PRE-Andalusia Constitution of PRE-Andalusia (23 April 2007)

6. 66 ACTIVITIES PRE- ANDALUSIA PRE MEETINGS (5) 23 rd April 2007 First meeting Constitution 3 rd May 2007 Work session: Group discussion First proposal of measures 23 rd May 2007 Second meeting Validation of Initial Executive Summary (discussion) & Questionnaires (Q1 & Q2) 8 th October 2007 Third meeting Validation of 2nd Executive Summary (discussion) & Questionnaires (Q1 & Q2) 30 th November 2007 Fourth meeting Validation of the Summary and Proposals (discussion)

7. 77 ACTIVITIES PRE- ANDALUSIA PLATFORM OUTCOMES TWO EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES 1ST. Initial R&D stages 2ND. Innovation, market access, marketing and exportation THREE CONCLUSION REPORTS PRE- ANDALUSIA FOURQuestionnaires

8. 88 SUMMARY FINANCING OF R&D&I ACTIVITIES IN ANDALUSIA

9. 99 SUMMARY Main innovation financing programmes A) UE Programmes 7PM -Seventh Framework Programme for R&D (7PM) CIP -Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) -LIFE + Technological Fund for Spain -Structural and Cohesion Funds (Technological Fund for Spain) CENTRAL GOVERMMENT B) CENTRAL GOVERMMENT Programmes CÉNITNEOTEC & NEOTEC RISK CAPITAL -INGENIO 2010 Programmes (CÉNIT, NEOTEC & NEOTEC RISK CAPITAL, CONSOLIDER and AVANZ@) -National Scientific Research, Technology Development and Innovation Plan 2008-2011 REGIONAL GOVERMMENT C) REGIONAL GOVERMMENT programmes PAIDI 2007-2013 -Andalusian Plan for Research, Development and Innovation Plan (PAIDI 2007-2013) Global Innovation-Technology-Business Subsidy -Andalusia Global Innovation-Technology-Business Subsidy 2007-2013 (within ERDF Andalusia) Order of incentives for the promotion of innovation and business development in Andalusia 2007-2013 - Programme of Incentives for Business Innovation and Development: Order of incentives for the promotion of innovation and business development in Andalusia 2007-2013 - Basis of Action for the Andalusian Technology Fund

10. 10 Main innovation financing programmes MANAGED BY ANDALUSIAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT (2007-2013) ProgrammeR&D&i Budget Andalusian Research, Development and Innovation Plan (PAIDI 2007- 2013) 25.402 M€ Regulation law of incentives for the promotion of innovation and business development of Andalusia (2007-2009) 1.000 M€ Andalusian Technology Fund (structural Funds)800 M€ ERDF OP- Andalusia (structural Funds)1.672 M€ SUMMARY FINANCING OF R&D&I ACTIVITIES IN ANDALUSIA

11. 11 INVENTORY INNOVATION AND ECOINNOVATION FINANCING AND SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS IN ANDALUSIA

12. 12 INVENTORY INNOVATION AND ECOINNOVATION FINANCING AND SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS IN ANDALUSIA document containing the existing regulations of the current R&D support framework.  Inventory: document containing the existing regulations of the current R&D support framework.  Creation of a database: all the regulations having been identified and classified according with different criteria ( promoting body, source of the fund, nature of the fund, type of instrument, budget, identification of environmental objectives, type ofpromoted/supported eco-innovation, etc).  44 instruments have been identified (at national, regional and local level) including incentives addressed to the SME's for the promotion of eco- innovation.

13. 13 MAINPROPOSALS PRE- ANDALUSIA

14. 14 MAINPROPOSALS PRE- ANDALUSIA RECOMMENDATIONS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT- ORIENTED MEASURES BUSINESS SERVICE- ORIENTED MEASURES TECHNOLOGY “TAKE UP” AND COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION- ORIENTED MEASURES SME, ECO-INNOVATION OTHER PROPOSALS

15. 15 MAINPROPOSALS PRE- ANDALUSIA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT- ORIENTED MEASURES Dissemination of useful and strategic information and the enhancement of an easy access to are key factors for promoting innovation within SMEs: Multiplicity of existing aid schemes. Difficulties in managing the volume of information available on support instruments. Lack of knowledge of innovation-supporting policies and instruments by SMEs.

16. 16 MAINPROPOSALS PRE- ANDALUSIA PROPOSALS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT- ORIENTED MEASURES To co-ordinate and simplify information mechanisms and transmitters, both players (public and private promoters and intermediaries) and formats, support elements and channels. To increase (technical, financial and human) resources allocated for disseminating information on existing instruments, measures and support programmes. To redesign existing dissemination programmes, adapting them to SME profiles. To ensure efficient co-ordination between different mechanisms and dissemination channels. To simplify existing aid schemes.

17. 17 MAINPROPOSALS PRE- ANDALUSIA BUSINESS SERVICE- ORIENTED MEASURES In general, SMEs lack of mid and long-term vision when assessing the profitability of technology innovation projects. There is a lack of assessments of technological requirements. SMEs are unaware of the competitive advantages of commitment to business innovation.

18. 18 MAINPROPOSALS PRE- ANDALUSIA PROPOSALS BUSINESS SERVICE- ORIENTED MEASURES To increase the resources allocated for integral business consulting on innovation-related activities. To encourage entrepreneurship.

19. 19 MAINPROPOSALS PRE- ANDALUSIA TECHNOLOGY “TAKE UP” AND COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION- ORIENTED MEASURES Most existing instruments (including CIP) do not cover a critical stage of the process: the initial commercial exploitation. The programmes supporting technological innovation projects are usually finished before its first commercial application. The demonstration stages are not sufficiently supported. Technologies and innovations which have been successfully proven by SMEs find it difficult to obtain financing for the initial stages of production on an industrial scale. SMEs depend on large enterprises for the development of eco-innovations.

20. 20 MAINPROPOSALS PRE- ANDALUSIA PROPOSALS TECHNOLOGY “TAKE UP” AND COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION- ORIENTED MEASURES To increase instruments and financial support for “take up” technology and initial commercial (and industrial) exploitation of new technologies and innovations. Technology “take up” measures Best practices: for users First-users Assessments Support nodes

21. 21 MAINPROPOSALS PRE- ANDALUSIA PROPOSALS OTHER PROPOSALS AND CONTRIBUTIONS With regard to eco-innovations, additional economic measures need to be undertaken in order to introduce signals in relative prices. Support instruments focusing on improving processes, products and services are inadequate compared to instruments supporting the creation of new products, processes and services. Private-public partnerships focusing on increasing funding opportunities for innovation by financial institutions and intermediaries should be strengthened. The weak venture capital activity in Andalusia places our region at a disadvantage position.

22. 22 MAINPROPOSALS PRE- ANDALUSIA REGARDIND THE ECREIN PROPOSAL ANDALUSIAN REGIONAL PLATFORM CONCLUSIONS Interest of Andalusia in a common position in relation with the suitability of current instruments, and more specifically of the financial instruments for SMEs proposed by the CIP itself. ECREIN project, through its platforms, could contribute to guide the Commission about the current instruments` suitability and feasibility for the regions.

23. 23 MAINPROPOSALS PRE- ANDALUSIA REGARDIND THE ECREIN PROPOSAL ANDALUSIAN REGIONAL PLATFORM CONCLUSIONS  The creation of Financial mechanisms for SMEs on eco- innovation must go together with one or more “accompanying measure/s” focusing specifically on the dissemination of the information about the considered instruments. insufficiency of financial mechanisms for technological assimilation stages  The Andalusian Platform would like to highlight the insufficiency of financial mechanisms for technological assimilation stages. Therefore, we would propose the explicit consideration in CIP of this aspect, when supporting SMEs.

24. 24 GRACIAS THANK YOU MERCI BEAUCOUP DANKEGRAZIEDZIEKUJE