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Regional Advisory Group meeting 14 March 2012 Policy Audit Tool Eco-Innovation Component Lauri Kuukasjärvi Päijät-Häme

Regional Advisory Group meeting 14 March 2012 Policy Audit Tool Eco-Innovation Component Lauri Kuukasjärvi Päijät-Häme Regional Council Lauri.kuukasjarvi@paijat-hame.fi. Forwarding Regional Environmental Sustainable Hierarchies (0499 R2 FRESH);

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Regional Advisory Group meeting 14 March 2012 Policy Audit Tool Eco-Innovation Component Lauri Kuukasjärvi Päijät-Häme

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  1. Regional Advisory Group meeting 14 March 2012 Policy Audit Tool Eco-Innovation Component LauriKuukasjärvi Päijät-Häme Regional Council Lauri.kuukasjarvi@paijat-hame.fi

  2. ForwardingRegionalEnvironmentalSustainableHierarchies(0499 R2 FRESH); Interreg IVC; approvedunder the 2nd call. Duration: 5.11.2009-28.2.2013 Budget: 2 010 312,95€ Partnership: Kainuun Etu OY-LP (FI); JointAuthority of Kainuu Region (FI); RegionalCouncil of Päijät Häme (FI); Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lahti School of Innovation (FI), MidWestRegionalAuthority (IE), South West RegionalAuthority (IE), University of Limerick (IE), Veneto Region (IT), University of Padova (IT), London Thames GatewayDevelopment Corporation (UK; 5.11.2009-30.6.2011), West RDA (RO), LubelskieVoivodeship (PL). Website: http://freshproject.eu FRESH Profile

  3. Objectives overallobjective: StrengthenSustainable Value Creation(SVC) development in the regions, by: Subobjective1: Address SVC in the regionaldevelopmentplan Subobjective2: Strengtheneco-innovationaddressing SVC in the regionalinnovationstrategies of the partnerregions (formulation of the ecoinnovation component) Organisation of the work 11 policythemes; 3 addressing SVC in the regionaldevelopmentplan and 8 addressingSVC in the regionalinnovationstrategy. Goodpracticecollection and analysis (until 16.11.2011) 51 contributions; 14 partnersprioritised’betterpractices’; 10 of the betterpracticesincluded in the Intereg IV C data base (13.1.2012) FRESH Profile

  4. Policy Audit Tools • What and Why • Policy Audit Tools arethere to help partnerregions to evaluate the performance of eco-innovation component after the end of FRESH project • Specialised, targetedpolicyaudittoolsareusuallymissingfromregionalactors • Activity wasintegrated in FRESH action planunder Component 3, Activity 3.5. • Common costssharedamongthe regionalauthoritypartners.

  5. Policy Audit Tool • Background: the prioritiesfrom the original FRESH approach + the synergiesthatresultedlater (1) Original FRESH approach • Environmental Technologies Action Plan, revised EU SDS • Lead Market Initiative • Demand led innovation (standards and publicprocurement) (2) Synergiesthatresultedlater • Affinity with the SmartSpecilisationstrategy • In conclusion: FRESH introduces & emphasises a • veryfocusedapproach to sustainabledevelopmentand • as suchitrequirescorrespondingvaluationtools

  6. Policy Audit Tool • State of the art • International competition: • planning of tenderSpring 2011; • tenderpublicationautumn 2011; • selection of expertduring the 5th InterregionalSteeringCommittee in Lublin, PL 15th & 16th.11.2011 • Expertcontracted in January 2012, • Consultwork • Reviewedmaterialfrom the regions and interviewedallpartners • Data collectionfrompartners • availablealsothrough the FRESH website

  7. Policy Audit Tool • Nextsteps • Regions to givecommentsto the tool • Consultant to develop the policyaudittool; • toolis adjusted for eachpartnerregion • willbepresented in the next international FRESH meeting in May 2012

  8. Eco-Innovation Component • What • Main purpose of FRESH is to strengthen the RIS of the partnerregionsbyintegratingEco-Innovation into RIS of the region • FRESH proceeded in 2 ways: • first: regionalinteresttowardsectorbasedapproach on innovation – wheredo the regionswant to focus? • Second: through the exchance of goodpractices • to identify the methods and toolsthat • could help the eco-innovation component to happen

  9. Eco-Innovation Component • Selection of the sectorwas made by the fourcriteria: • Competitivecriterias plus catchingupcriteria • Structure / form • The ecoinovation component wasoriginallyconceived in a verystraightforwardway, comprisingfourparts: • justification, standards, competencies, and projects in the field • Eachregion, supportedby PP3, wouldbemakingowncontent (of ecoinnovation) based on thisstructure • Turningpoint: FRESH synergy with the Smartspecialisationstrategy

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