Spain Best Practices in Entrepreneurship Policies Design and Delivery. Jaime del Castillo

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1 Strengthening entrepreneurship innovation and economic development at local level in Croatia LEED Programme - OECD Spain Best Practices in Entrepreneurship Policies Design and Delivery Jaime del Castillo 25 May 2007 Zagreb, Croatia

2 GEM SPAIN 2006

3 GEM SPAIN 2006 Socioeconomic profile of the Spanish entrepreneur The entrepreneur's average age (42 to 37 years old) go down. The entrepreneurs monthly average income is medium-high (almost 2000 ) Increase of the percentage of university entrepreneurs and reduction of the entrepreneurs without studies The rate of closing of new companies goes down

4 GEM SPAIN 2006 In 2006, the 60,9 % of the entrepreneurs were men and the 39,1 % women The ratio woman / man in Spain of 0,68, corresponds to the international average (position no. 19 of 42 countries and 1st of the European Union) The great majority of the initiatives are micro enterprises Major contribution of the immigrant population to the Spanish TEA (Total Early Stage Entrepreneurial Activity), which has passed from 0,3 % in 2005 to 0,5 % in 2006

5 GEM SPAIN 2006 The percentage of entrepreneurial initiatives classified as no innovative is very significant

6 GEM SPAIN 2006 Funding of the Spanish Entrepreneur Process The average seed capital to start an enterprise is around 66,157 The funds contributed by the own entrepreneur, represent between 64 and 71 % depending on the year Increase of the percentage of entrepreneurs who contribute the totality of the capital (from 28 % to 40 %)

7 CETPAR PROGRAMME FOR TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CREATION Pilot project developed in 2006 The Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio supported the Association of Science and Techonology Parks of Spain (APTE) to start 52 companies with high innovative component, in 5 Spanish parks: Boecillo (Valladolid), Malaga, Zamudio, Orense, Vallés The support to the selected new creation companies consists on: Support in business management in the charge of EOI (Business School), Financial support up to 24,000 non recoverable funds Participation loans from ENISA (Innovation National Support to Invercaria with seed capital funds

8 CETPAR PROGRAMME FOR TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CREATION In 2007 it has became into a support programme to the Technology Parks to: Promote the creation of technological base innovative enterprises. Creation, amplification and improvement of incubators Support the enterprises located in the incubators. The grants range between 34,000 and 18,170 for each participant enterprise, that besides can receive participation loans 22 parks have been implied and the creation of 150 companies is foreseen

9 SME General Directorate of the Spanish Government PROMOTION OF THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP INITIATIVE 1. Promotion within the training area: Elaboration of didactic material, workshops. 2. Promotion and social recognition Entrepreneur Day, European Enterprise Awards 2007 BUSINESS CREATION Improvement of the juridical procedure and of the constitution and proceedings. CIRCE: Centro de Información y Red de Creación de Empresas Advising services and support in the business creation process via Internet

10 SME General Directorate of the Spanish Government FUNDING Development of Funding Instruments (Seed Capital and Risk Capital), Microcredits and Business Angels INFORMATION RELATED TO: Recruitment of labor Social responsibility of the enterprise INTERACTIVE TOOLS Autodiagnosis of entrepreneurial attitudes Business plan Simulate business models Autodiagnosis for access to new markets

11 ANCES (Spanish Network of Business Innovation Center) Stimulated by Regional Government, by Local Governments or by Associations 21 BICs 250 staff people (more than 170 advisor project technicians) 400 enterprises located in the BICs. Yearly: 1000 established enterprises, 9500 entrepreneurs attended

12 ANCES (Spanish Network of Business Innovation Center) Services: Business motivation Project identification Guidance and information Enterprises Plan Training Start-up Accommodation in the BIC Support services to the new entrepreneur Financial Plan, contact with the financial services Entrepreneurial development Cooperation Net Search ; BIC s European Network:

13 BIC SUCCESS OR FAILURE? Very different according to specific experiences Positive when it is inserted in global policy, with institutional support, carries out actuations of entrepreneurial culture promotion and looks for possible entrepreneurs in an actively way. Negative when there are isolated projects, without an institutional support that are mainly concerned about looking for financing to survive

14 Basque Country Entrepreneurial Society: STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES To extend the entrepreneurial dynamism to all the Basque Society To contribute to improve the competitiveness and dynamism of the Basque Country society with activities of major added value Transform the knowledge in new products and enterprises Join public and private forces Positive social regard of the entrepreneur figure Establish and develop a political, fiscal, normative, economic and social context that stimulates the development of the entrepreneurial capacity

15 Basque Country Entrepreneurial Society: STRATEGIC LINES LINES ACTIONS P.1. EXTENSION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE Communication plan Dissemination of interactive and support materials P.2 PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRHOUGH THE TRAINING Training to be entrepreneur P.3. INTEGRAL SUPPORT IN THE PROCESS OF BUSINESS CREATION, AND MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXISTING ONES Support to business creation and development. Tools for financing entrepreneur activities. Support programs for entrepreneurial activity in existing enterprises. Accompaniment system to the business creation and growing

16 Basque Country Entrepreneurial Society: STRATEGIC LINES LINES ACTIONS P.4. GENERATIONAL CHANGE AND BUSINESS GROWING The generational change as an opportunity of innovating Sensitization Training Support services Financial support and accompaniment in the business succession and business transfer P.5. BOOST, FOLLOW UP AND MONITORING OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY Integral support system of the entrepreneurial activity configuration Definition of a standard and legal framework Boosting, following up and monitoring of entrepreneurial activity

17 Balearic Islands Region: PARC BIT INCUBATOR BACK GROUND Action 3 of the Regional Program for Innovative Actions of the EC (INNOBAL XXI), ERDF Funds: promote Knowledge-based Enterprisess in a dominated by tourism region OBJETIVES Detect business development possibilities at the University by the means of personal visits Diffusion and training in entrepreneurial culture Facilities for new innovative business, with convenient space and common services Integral services network in all the business creation process. Contact network for stimulate the business growing and the internationalization.

18 Balearic Islands Region: VIRTUAL INCUBATOR Developed in the SAITUR framework, a new innovative action OBJETIVE Facilitate the appearance and development of innovative and/or scientific and technology-based business vinculated to the Balearic tourism sector and related sectors. SERVICES: ADVISE TO SET UP BUSINESS CREATION IN THE TOURISM SECTOR ON LINE CONSULTATION AND ADVISE USEFUL INFORMATION FOR THE BUSINESS CREATION AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES ON LINE BUSINESS TRAINING BUSINESS COOPERATION FORUM

19 PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IMADE (Regional Development Agency of Madrid Region) IMADE gives: 1.- Agreement with Foundation for the Innovation Bankinter - financing ( by year) - space for incubators The Foundation, profiting of its international entrepreneurial network, n gives : technical advice for the new entrepreneurs (supported by an israeli team specialised in supporting hi-tech new enterprises) contacts for market developments advise from experimented and successful entrepreneurs private funds that supplement public financing in the critical points.

20 PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IMADE (Regional Development Agency of Madrid Region) 2.- Agreement with La Salle Technological Park and Incubator In Madrid Region normal incubators are managed by the Employment Department. The Regional Development Agency is focused in the Innovation oriented Incubators For the management of these Incubators there is an agreement with the La Salle Technological Park, that profiting of its international experience and international network, will supply a professional management and support for the New Technological Based Enterprises (NTBE)