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Estonian Innovation Policy Trends

Estonian Innovation Policy Trends. Helena Rozeik 8 May 2009. The Estonian R&D and innovation policy governance system. Estonian Parliament and Government. Policy foresight and design. Estonian Development Fund. Academy of Sciences. R&D Council. Innovation Sub-Committee.

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Estonian Innovation Policy Trends

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  1. Estonian Innovation Policy Trends Helena Rozeik 8 May 2009

  2. The Estonian R&D and innovation policy governance system Estonian Parliament and Government Policy foresight and design Estonian Development Fund Academy of Sciences R&D Council Innovation Sub-Committee Research Sub-Committee Programme design Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication Ministry of Education and Research Other Ministries Science Competence Council Programme administration Enterprise Estonia KREDEX Science Foundation Archimedes Foundation Foundation Innove Projects Firms R&D institutions Universities Science / technology parks Competence centers

  3. Main innovation policy challenges

  4. The innovation policy mix • Three main policy areas: • Technological innovation, growth of productivity and development capacity of enterprises • Inflow of new innovative business ideas and their transformation into enterprises • Transfer of knowledge and technology

  5. Main changes • A number of policy measures have been created or redesigned in order to counteract the impact of the present crisis – the technology support for industrial enterprises, a programme launched in 2008 but amended in March 2009 in order to match changing needs. • Problem: insufficient added value in manufacturing, which has become increasingly obvious when the financial and real estate sectors have faced meltdown. • the cluster development programme • the innovation voucher programme • support programme to involve innovation staff in Estonian companies

  6. Summary innovation performance in EU

  7. Innovation performance per dimension

  8. Convergence in innovation performance

  9. Estonian innovation performance and growth per dimension

  10. Selected documents related to Estonian innovation • INNO-PolicyTrendchart - PolicyTrends and AppraisalReport (http://www.proinno-europe.eu/extranet/upload/countryreports/Country_Report_Estonia_2008.pdf • Estonian National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) 2007-2013 (http://www.struktuurifondid.ee/public/Estonian_NSRF_21June07_ENG.pdf) • Evaluation of Estonian RTDI Policy Mix. Results of OMC Peer Review Report 2007. Country Report for Estonia – Innovation Studies (http://www.mkm.ee/failid/p_3.2_OMC_Country_Report_Estonia.pdf)

  11. Thank you! http://www.praxis.ee e-mail: praxis@praxis.ee

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