Forum for Innovation IND-AGRO-POL CLUSTER

Forum for Innovation IND-AGRO-POL CLUSTER Innovation for Development and Competitiveness through Clusters in the field of bio- economy CORNELIA MURARU-IONEL VERGIL-MARIAN MURARU SEBASTIAN-LUCIAN MURARU OANA DIANA RADU UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST, 24.05.2018

Investing in innovation ecosystems, cluster Policy, review of KETs Source: Dr Ulla Engelmann Head of Unit Clusters, Social Economy & Entrepreneurship, European Commission, European Cluster Policy Towards Joint Cluster Initiatives, 6th Romanian National Cluster Conference, Bucharest, 22 November 2017

Source: Dr Ulla Engelmann Head of Unit Clusters, Social Economy & Entrepreneurship, European Commission, European Cluster Policy Towards Joint Cluster Initiatives, 6th Romanian National Cluster Conference, Bucharest, 22 November 2017 Investing in a smart, innovative & sustainable Industry: A renewed EU Industrial Policy Strategy Strengthening Innovation in Europe's Regions: Strategies for resilient, inclusive & sustainable growth Europe's next leaders: The Start-up & Scaleup Initiative EU Policy Framework for Clusters

Source: Dr Ulla Engelmann Head of Unit Clusters, Social Economy & Entrepreneurship, European Commission, European Cluster Policy Towards Joint Cluster Initiatives, 6th Romanian National Cluster Conference, Bucharest, 22 November 2017 Using clusters to facilitate value chain innovation and industrial transformation Promoting collaboration and innovation across regional and sectoral platforms accelerating industrial change and smart specialisation synergies & Cluster facilitated projects for new industrial value chains (Horizon2020, ca. 130 million) European Strategic Cluster Partnerships for smart specialisation investments (COSME 2017, 2.8 mio proposed) Resource efficiency: Green Action Plan for SMEs (European Resource Efficiency Excellence Centre, Low Carbon Business Action with Mexico and Brazil & more) European Observatory for Clusters and Industrial Change (COSME 2016, 2.8 million)

2 years 10/2017-10/2019 European Observatory for Clusters & Industrial Change To help regions & countries in designing cluster policies to accelerate industrial modernisation To promote the development of world-class clusters with competitive industrial value chains across sectors To boost entrepreneurship in emerging industries with growth potential To provide SMEs with favourable regional ecosystems with better support for innovation & entrepreneurship To facilitate SMEs' access to clusters in order to boost strategic inter-regional collaboration & investments in the implementation of smart specialisation strategies To help SMEs to take up advanced technologies, digitalisation, new business models, creativity, service innovation & eco-innovative solutions Source: Dr Ulla Engelmann Head of Unit Clusters, Social Economy & Entrepreneurship, European Commission, European Cluster Policy Towards Joint Cluster Initiatives, 6th Romanian National Cluster Conference, Bucharest, 22 November 2017

PREPARING CLUSTERS4.0 STRATEGY FOR EUROPE Cluster organisations play key role in delivering innovation and regional development objectives. The function of clusters consists in: supporting industrial modernisation and interregional collaboration in the context of 3 S (Bioeconomy = smart priority of Romania); driving innovation, for example through the creation of new industrial value chains; connecting technology providers and technology adopters across regions. Interreg Europe projects (ClusteriX2.0, ClustersS3 and CREADIS3) help regions make use of the expertise and knowledge found in cluster ecosystems to support cross- collaboration. Source: https://www.interregeurope.eu/policylearning/news/464/preparing-clusters4-0-strategy-for-europe/

Source: Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform Research and Innovation Policy Brief The role of Clusters in supporting the Smart Specialisation Thematic Platforms: Focus on Industrial Modernisation CLUSTERS AS DRIVERS OF REGIONAL INNOVATION Clusters are using to drive innovation; Clusters provide strong framework conditions for allowing SMEs to be more innovative and become more competitive.

Clusters matter in Europe - 3043 strong clusters account for more than 54 million jobs - Gazelles in strong clusters employ 35 staff compared to 24 elsewhere - Wages in strong clusters are 3% higher than elsewhere - 40% of activity in emerging industries concentrated in 20% of regions European Cluster Panorama 2016 Source: Dr Ulla Engelmann Head of Unit Clusters, Social Economy & Entrepreneurship, European Commission, European Cluster Policy Towards Joint Cluster Initiatives, 6th Romanian National Cluster Conference, Bucharest, 22 November 2017

ESCA - CLUSTER with Management Excellence label, Nov.2017 Estonia Latvia Lithuania, Poland Czech Slovakia Hungary Romania IND-AGRO-POL Silver label until January 2018 Source: Innovation performance of European countries and regions. A comparative analysis, Luc Schmerber, Bucharest, 22. November 2017

Cluster initiatives Registered at Ministry of Economy Members CLUSTERO November 2017 (see figure) Reconized clusters Bronze medal Cluster ESCA Silver medal cluster ESCA CLUSTERO May 2018: 26 Bronze 3 Silver 1 Gold

Romania: a "Modest Innovator" Source: Daniel W. BLOEMERS, European Commission, GROW.F1, 6th Romanian National Cluster Conference, Bucharest, 22 November 2017

EIS 2017: EU country ranking (Summary Innovation Index) Since 2010: EU +2.0% (15 MS, 13 MS ) LT +21.0%, MT +12.2%, UK +11.7%, NL +10.4%, AT +8.9%, LV +8.5%, SK +8.0% RO -14.1%, CY -12.7%, FI -5.1%, DE -3.7%, EE -3.6%, CZ -3.5%, HU -3.5% Source: Daniel W. BLOEMERS, European Commission, GROW.F1, 6th Romanian National Cluster Conference, Bucharest, 22 November 2017

EIS Overview Source: Innovation performance of European countries and regions. A comparative analysis, Luc Schmerber, Bucharest, 22. November 2017

EIS 2017: strengths and weaknesses of the Romanian innovation system Source: Daniel W. BLOEMERS, European Commission, GROW.F1, 6th Romanian National Cluster Conference, Bucharest, 22 November 2017 Romania Performance relative to EU 2010 in 2010 2016 Change 2010-2016 SUMMARY INNOVATION INDEX 47.9 33.8-14.1 Human resources 42.3 49.8 7.4 + New doctorate graduates 100.0 96.4-3.6 Population with tertiary education 17.1 44.1 27.0!! Lifelong learning 2.1 0.0-2.1 Attractive research systems 23.4 30.0 6.5 International scientific co-publications 23.4 47.6 24.2 Most cited publications 31.1 40.1 9.0!! Foreign doctorate students 12.3 9.0-3.4 Innovation-friendly environment 74.9 89.8 14.9 ++ Broadband penetration 122.2 144.4 22.2 Opportunity-driven entrepreneurship 41.5 51.2 9.7 Finance and support 52.6 18.1-34.6!! R&D expenditure in the public sector 27.1 21.8-5.3!! Venture capital expenditures 84.8 13.3-71.5 Firm investments 64.4 11.9-52.5! R&D expenditure in the business sector 13.3 15.9 2.6!! Non-R&D innovation expenditures 209.4 21.3-188.1!! Enterprises providing ICT training 0.0 0.0 0.0 Innovators 38.5 0.0-38.5!! SMEs product/process innovations 26.4 0.0-26.4!! SMEs marketing/organizational innovations 50.8 0.0-50.8!! SMEs innovating in-house 38.0 0.0-38.0 Linkages 52.3 29.4-22.9!! Innovative SMEs collaborating with others 10.7 5.8-4.9!! Public-private co-publications 39.3 15.0-24.3!! Private co-funding of public R&D exp. 97.5 61.1-36.4 Intellectual assets 15.9 24.9 9.0 PCT patent applications 21.1 26.7 5.6 Trademark applications 16.6 31.3 14.8 Design applications 8.5 17.5 9.0 Employment impacts 21.0 37.0 16.0 Employment in knowledge-intensive activities 3.8 19.2 15.4 Employment fast-growing enterprises 33.6 50.0 16.4 Sales impacts 84.8 62.2-22.7 + Medium and high tech product exports 87.1 93.4 6.4! Knowledge-intensive services exports 56.0 54.7-1.3!! Sales of new-to-market/firm innovations 115.9 33.2-82.7

Policy challenge: Governance Structural shortcomings of R&I system: Insufficient and unpredictable funding Institutional fragmentation Weak public-private collaboration NEED TO BUILD SYNERGIES BETWEEN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (CLUSTERS) Sources: European Semester Country Report 2017 Research and Innovation Observatory Country Report 2016 Source: Daniel W. BLOEMERS, European Commission, GROW.F1, 6th Romanian National Cluster Conference, Bucharest, 22 November 2017

Clusters Financing in the RO National RDI Plan 2015-2020 Based on synergy with EU good practices identified within CLUSTERIX 2.0 project Objective: strengthen clusters RDI capacity and management National Funds: National RDI Plan III 2015-2020 Programme 2: RDI to support economic competitiveness: increase of productivity in enterprises Project type: Cluster Organization and Development Innovative Cluster Beneficiaries: Cluster organizations Smart specialization priorities addressed (including bioeconomy)

Clusters Financing in the RO National RDI Plan 2015-2020 Project Activities: Develop the Strategic R&D agenda specific to the cluster: products/ technologies/ services to innovate by cluster R&D effort R&D objectives for the above categories Develop the Implementation plan associated to the agenda (set of projects portfolios, with clearly assumed responsibilities for the achievement) Develop Strategies for market expansion (domestic&foreign), for the above categories ESCA Bronze label as one of minimum eligibility criteria 3 clusters per region financed, for 8 Romanian regions Launching : 29 of November 2017

IND-AGRO-POL CLUSTER MISSION: To stimulate the innovation and collaboration in the sector of technologies & technical equipment for agriculture and food industry and in related sectors in order to strengthen the competitiveness and sustainable development of these sectors, of regional development and intelligent growth, sustainable and favorable to social inclusion. MAIN SECTOR: Agro-industry RELATED SECTORS: Bio-economy, renewable energy, environment and climate changes, ecotechnologies and advanced materials, information technology and communications VALUE CHAIN: LAND CIRCULAR ECONOMY

IND-AGRO-POL CLUSTER REGIONAL COVERAGE: All Romanian Regions HEADQUARTER: Bucharest (INMA) BRANCHES (REGIONAL PILLARS): Cluj-Napoca (INMA), Timisoara (INMA), Iasi (RANCON SRL), Pitesti (ICD Pomicultura), Ploiesti (Camera de Comert si Industrie Prahova), Calarasi (FDCL Calarasi), Craiova (Universitatea din Craiova), Buzau (Activ Expert Consultanta si Servicii SRL) CLUSTER MEMBERS: 107 (quadruple model: Business, RDI, Regional Authorities, Catalysts), from which 31 are members of the cluster organization (IND-AGRO-POL Association) www.inma.ro/indagropol EU LABEL: Silver labeled (until January 2018) by ESCA European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis https://www.cluster-analysis.org/

ROMANIAN NETWORKS: IND-AGRO-POL CLUSTER Romanian Cluster Association CLUSTERO (Vicepresident Cluster M ananger) Network of Clusters from Bucharest-Ilfov Region (Coordinator) Romanian Eco-Innovation Network EUROPEAN NETWORKS: The Balkan & Black Sea Cluster Network AdPack Network - Future materials and products for advanced smart packaging, coordonator BalticNet-PlasmaTec (BNPT) Germany; Agro4Industry Network in the Danube Region; Working Group Cluster of Excellence, Danube Strategy

THANK YOU! e-mail: cornelia.muraru.ionel@gmail.com virgil.muraru@gmail.com