1. Analytical evidence, dissemination and networking opportunities Olha Krasovska The Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting Kyiv, April 23, 2015 European Research and Innovation Programmes: fostering the participation of Danube region stakeholders in Horizon2020 with a special focus on SMEs

2. How to develop mechanism of involvement Ukrainian SMEs in European Research and Innovation programs? Starting point: Asses the level of SMEs innovativeness Obvious but not so easy for Ukraine Till 2009 – statistic only on innovations in industrial enterprises Not comparable with EU The Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting www.ier.com.ua

3. Community Innovation Surveys 2010-2012: 72.5% small and 20.8 medium size enterprises Innovative: 16,9% of small, 25% of medium and 43,4% of large firms Size and innovations’ type: SMEs - marketing and organization innovations, large enterprises - technological innovations State support for implementation of technological innovations: Water supply; waste management and cleaning activities Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning The Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting www.ier.com.ua

4. Networking Ukraine (2010-2012) 22.6% of companies with technological innovation collaborated with other companies and organizations, including universities, public research institutes and others for small firms it was 17.2% EU average 11.7 Danube countries (2014) Austria 20.5%, Germany 14.7%, Slovenia 13.6%, Czech Republic 10.3%, Serbia 9.6%, Croatia 9.3%, Slovak Republic 8.3%, Hungary 6.7%, Bulgaria 3.3%, Romania 2.9% The Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting www.ier.com.ua

5. Own studies Business tendency survey outdated technologies as barriers interrelations between general economic development and technology importance Barriers: outdated technologies 5% BUT low demand 62.7%, liquidity issues 57.9%, unstable politic situation - by 43.3% 13% need government support of innovations no interrelation between outdated technologies as a barrier and necessity to have government support of innovations The Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting www.ier.com.ua

6. Business tendency survey machinery building enterprises want to have such support more often than other industries medium sized enterprises want to have government support of innovations more than small and large large enterprises did not mentioned outdated technologies among barriers at all, while small enterprises mentioned this barrier more often than medium sized distribution between industries is not really important because of the low amount of positive answers. outdated technologies is not among top barriers The Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting www.ier.com.ua SMEs have to survive not innovate

7. Own studies Investment attractiveness of the Ukrainian regions Networking level of cooperation between enterprises and S&T institutions from 0 (no cooperation) to 9 (strong cooperation) 3.9 - not strong cooperation high level of standard deviation strong cooperation especially in Vinnitsa, Zaporizzhya, Odessa, Poltava, Kyiv The lowest level of cooperation was identified in Crimea, Donetsk, Zakarpattya and Sumy The Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting www.ier.com.ua

8. How can Danube-INCO.net project contribute to enhancing involvement of SMEs to EU programs 1.to analyze SMEs potential and identify thematic priorities 2.wide information campaign covering all issues for participation, not only perspectives and possibilities, but also problems 3.Networking The Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting www.ier.com.ua

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