Brandenburg Economic Development Board

1. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Instrumenty polityki innowacyjnej w Brandenburgii Rolf Banisch ZukunftsAgentur Brandenburg Im Technologiepark 1 D-15236 Frankfurt (Oder) +49 335 557 1604 rolf.banisch@zab-brandenburg.de www.zab-brandenburg.de „Innovative Wielkopolska“, Poznań17.12.2003

2. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. • Innovation Culture • science and latest knowledge • experience and measures to solve the identified problems • education and qualification of specialists • motivated and risk assuming people, that means entrepreneurs and freelancers • political support • social environment, wich is open for new and challanges the status quo • Dougles North, Nobel laureate 1993

3. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. RIS – what we are doing in Brandenburg - concentration on key clusters, so called technology platforms • new media, information and communication technologies • enabling technologies (microsystems, nanotechnologies, new materials) • life sciences and biotechnologies • mobility and resource management - one-stop-agency supporting enterprises and start ups - financial support for innovative enterprises - coaching programs new management technologies - coaching and financing offers for promising start ups - TT centers have to meet companies needs - enhanced competitiveness of small enterprises by creation of company networks

4. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Brandenburg 20 incubabators & technology parks (100 000 m², 80% occupied: 550 enterprises, 3 000 employees) investment supported by the state of Brandenburg: 80 % Concentration on selected technology fields: ► information and communication technologies & new media ► microelectronics ► biotechnology ► optical technologies ► renewable resources ► engineering and automation closed collaboration with Technical Universities/High Schools and R&D units

5. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Risk Partnership in Financial Periods risk high financjal sources private (public) private middle public (private) low public risk periods seed expansion start-up first expansion

6. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. BRANDENBURG CAPITAL – private-public-partnership • enhancement of the capital resources of young technology-oriented enterprises, intellectual property (patents etc.) belong to the company • start up to consolidation on the market • 0.1 – 5 mio €, public share by BC; better access to private sources • industrial sectors: • new media, information & telecommunication technologies • life sciences & biotechnology • microsystems & enabling technologies • automatisation investment: 50 mio €, 60 enterprises

7. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Overview of Available Technology Subsidies in the State of Brandenburg: • PuV-Produkt und Verfahrensinnovation • (Product Innovation and Process Innovation) • Special feature promotion of trade marks • IuK-Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien • (Information and Communication Technologies) • WT-Wissenstransfer • (Knowledge Transfer) • IA-Innovations Assistent • (Innovation Assistant -Scientific Assistant)

8. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Formal Prerequisites • the applicant is a small and medium sized enterprise (SME) • with less than 250 employees and • an annual turnover of maximum 40 Million € or an annual balance sheet sum of maximum 27 Million € • no non SME has a share of more than 25% in the company • the industrial premises must be in the state of Brandenburg • the venture must not yet have begun • the total funding must be secured

9. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Subsidising innovative technology projects • definable venture (lasting 6-24 Months) • development of a new product or new production process (innovation level) • own R&D staff or collaboration agreement with R&D institution • verifiable potential nationwide market • no specialised orders • no subsequent funding • non re-payable grant • max. 200.000 EURO • max. 75% of the eligible costs

10. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Information and Communication Technologies development, implementation and application of modern ICT technologies (new and economically utilisable products, services and processes right through to market implementation) Priority is given to technological projects in the following fields: - knowledge based information systems for business and tourism - electronic data transmission applications - applications for innovative networks - multimedia and media technologies - data protection and data security - non re-payable grant - max. 200.000 EURO - max. 75% of the eligible costs

11. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Applicant Project Idea Initial Contact Project Outline Ministeriumfür Wirtschaft Preparation Project Application Initial consultation App. 3 fold Application Tech. verification Viability verif. Polit. Verification Recommendation Decision of the „Technologieinitiative Brandenburg“ Project Start Authorisation

12. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Scientific Assistant The employment of up to two graduates from a polytechnic, institute of higher education or university with the following specialisations: - management of; (i) innovative projects (ii) manufacturing (iii) the environment - marketing with a technological emphasis - product development including preparation and design - business management The workplace must be in the state of Brandenburg SME, manufacturing trades and service industries A grant for the taxable gross salary for at least 24 months per graduate - in the first year: 50% maximum of 20.000 Euro - in the second year: 40% maximum of 10.000 Euro

13. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Knowledge Transfer Consultations and training sessions carried out by external aptly qualified experts. With the following characteristics: - The development and implementation of technologically new or improved manufacturing processes or products, with respect to their market viability. (This can involve all phases of the innovative process from the development of prototypes to the final introduction to market). - The necessary economical aspects with reference to technology management - The consultations or training sessions must differ from the daily business operations. SME, manufacturing trades and service industries in the state of Brandenburg. A grant to the amount of 50 % of the eligible costs for consultations or training sessions, up to 25,000 € per eligible company per year.

14. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Innovation award Berlin-Brandenburg since 1984, 2003: 220 applicants companies with strong position on the market 2002 industry employment decreased in the region – 2.2% innovative enterprises employment increased by 9.4% The winner 2002: Smart container for segregation of used glass Institute of Logistics and Warehousing Poznan Technische Fachhochschule Wildau Richsteig GmbH Eisenhüttenstatt

15. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. Brainshell - Patent Utilization (started in 2002) Transforming good ideas into successful products - utilization of university intellectual property rights. Assistance to scientists at Brandenburg universities in obtaining profitable commercialization of their research results Generation, utilization and market targeting of intellectual property rights. Offering enterprises utilization of patented scientific know how for innovative products and new markets Promoting transfer of scientific knowledge. results (November 2003): - 80 projects - 47 patent applications - 3 license agreements, 2 further under preparation - 3 options agreements, 4 further under preparation

16. Brandenburg Economic Development Board Wir fördern Wirtschaft.. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!