The Mega Regional Scope
The Baltic Sea
Region in general
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Real GDP Development Over Time
Baltic Sea Region Countries, 1993 - 2004
Real GDP, PPP-adjusted,
1993 = 100
180%
Sorted by CAGR,
1993 – 2004:
160%
Latvia
Estonia
Poland
Lithuania
Iceland
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
Russia
140%
120%
100%
80%
EU 25
60%
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Source: Groningen Growth and Development Centre and The Conference Board (2005), authors’ calculations
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Prosperity
Selected Regions and Countries
Real GDP per Capita 2004,
PPP-adjusted, $-US (2002)
$40,000
$35,000
Baltic Sea Region
Other EU countries
Other countries
USA
Norway Iceland
Sweden
Austria
Singapore
Germany
Finland
Japan Denmark
$25,000
EU-25
Taiwan Baltic Sea
$20,000
Slovenia
$30,000
S Korea
Czech Rep.
Hungary
Estonia
Slovak Rep.
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Russia
China
India
Central Europe
$15,000
$10,000
Region
Mexico
Brazil
$5,000
$0
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
Growth of Real GDP per Capita (PPP-adjusted), CAGR, 2000-2004
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Source: EIU (2005), authors’ calculations
8%
9%
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Cluster Composition
Baltic Sea Region Export Performance by Cluster
World Market Share,
2002
BSR overall: +0.031%
20%
Forest Products
Fishing Products
15%
Furniture
Petroleum/Chemicals
Marine Equipment
Prefabricated Enclosures
10%
Telecommunication
Power Generation Equipment
Heavy Machinery
Metal Manufacturing
Biopharmaceuticals
BSR overall: 5.55%
Production Technology
Analytical Instruments
Aerospace Vehicles & Defense
Tobacco
Automotive
5%
Chemical Products
0%
-0.6%
-0.4%
-0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
0.6%
0.8%
1.0%
Change in World Market Share, 1997 - 2002
Source: WTO (2005), Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, author’s analysis.
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R&D Expenditures
Selected Regions and Countries
R&D Expenditures in %
of GDP, 2003
4.5%
4.0%
Baltic Sea Region
Other EU countries
Other countries
Sweden
3.5%
Finland
Japan
3.0%
USA
2.5%
Germany
2.0%
Iceland
Baltic Sea Region
Denmark
Austria
Norway
EU-25
Central Europe
Slovenia
Czech Rep.
1.5%
1.0%
0.5%
Poland
Slovak Rep.
0.0%
-5%
0%
Lithuania
China**
Hungary
Estonia
Latvia
5%
10%
15%
20%
Growth of R&D Investments, annual average growth rate, 1998-2003
Source: Eurostat (2005), DG Research (2005), World Bank KAM, authors’ calculations
* data for China, Japan, Iceland and EU-25 from 2002
** annual growth rates in China have exceeded 10%; total R&D expenditures, in real terms, have grown by almost one-fifth each year
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Business Competitiveness Index
Ranking of European Regions Over Time
Rank
10
Baltic Sea Region
20
Central Europe
BCI – Overall Index
NBE – Business Environment Quality
COS – Company Sophistication
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2003
2004
2005
Source: Global Competitiveness Report (2005), author’s analysis.
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Four 2004 initiatives on Cross-National Cooperation in
the Baltic Sea Region
With Baltc Development Forum, the launch of the
Baltic Sea Initiative 2010
With Tekes and Innovation Norway, the launch of the
Northern Cluster Alliance
Launched the Northern Dimension Working Group on Innovation
Policymakers’ network
And
was launched supported by
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Baltic Sea Initiative 2010
A mega regional focus on increased prosperity
• Cross-national promotion of a mage regional
concept
• Benchmarks with peer regions
• Identify and develop potentials (innovation)
• A global proactive perspective
• Stakeholder involvement, bottom-up
BSI Core Group of key stakeholders: Nordic Council of
Ministers, chair, Innovation agencies, TEKES and VINNOVA,
Scanbalt, Council of the Baltic Sea States’ Advisory Business
Council , “Invest in” organisations of the Baltic Sea Region
(BIPA), and Baltic Development Forum
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Northern Cluster Alliance
• A network of innovation structures with national
operative responsibility for innovation in Germany,
Poland, Lithuenia, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Finland,
Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Denmark
• Focus on Innovation System Performance and
Facilitation of Cluster Development
Based on experiences so for, in August 2005 the Network and the Nordic Council of
Ministers decided to set up a joint Pro Inno Net application.
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BSR InnoNet (The Baltic Sea Region Pro Inno Net Project)
Objectives:
• To establish a joint conceptual framework for innovation policy
formation, evaluation and operational activities across national
borders in the Baltic Sea Region.
• To establish one or more joint innovation programmes among
partner countries in the Baltic Sea Region.
• To be one of the core European learning cases on trans-national
development of innovation serving the renewed Lisbon Agenda.
Partners: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia,
Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden, The Nordic Council of
Ministers and Nordic Innovation Centre
Russia will participate in all work packages
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BSR InnoNet
The Triple-Helix concept
Practitioners Policymakers
Researchers
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BSR InnoNet, Principles of design and cooperation
The overall focus is competitiveness
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Key is competition
Build on national strongholds
Identify excellence, best knowledge/models in innovation
Employ cross-regional potentials in chains of valuecreation
Key elements in cooperation: Framework setting,
Measurement and Evaluation
• Multi-dimensional relations, anchored in commercial
opportunities and knowledge (science)
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Policymakers’ network
• Benchmarks of countries of the Baltic Sea Region
in the field of innovation policy (Cluster
Development).
• Representatives from 11 national ministries from
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland,
Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia and
Sweden.
• Forum for policy learning.
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ScanBalt was launched supported by Nordic Innovation Centre
Life Science in 11 Countries of the Baltic Sea Region
ScanBalt, a Network of Networks: – a not for profit association
established initiated co-funded by the Nordic Innovation Center.
11 Regional Tripe Helix Networks Members of ScanBalt: BioTop
Berlin-Brandenburg, Biomedico Forum, Biomobile, Bioforum Oulu,
BioTeam South, BioTurku, BioCon Valley, Estonian Biotechnology
Association, MedCoast Scandinavia, Medicon Valley, Norgenta +
individual companies, universities, hospitals, tech transfer
organisations and public authorities
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ScanBalt Objectives:
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Create corporate identity for ScanBalt BioRegion
• Develop visibility for ScanBalt BioRegion and the members of ScanBalt
• Attract financial, human and industrial resources
• Coordinate joint efforts in research, education, technology transfer,
innovation and economic development
• Provide a platform to facilitate dialogue and collaboration between networks,
academia, hospitals, public authorities, private companies and individuals
• Create a platform to facilitate dialogue with supra-national institutions
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ScanBalt Projects
Mega regionaI identity and
infrastructure
Thematic projects
• ScanBalt Campus (Interreg 111B)
• ScanBalt Network of Networks
(NIC)
• ScanBalt Competence Region (EU
FP6)
• Boosting Baltic FP6 (EU FP6)
• Educational mobility (NIC)
• Economic Barriers for borderless
Cooperation (NIC)
• Biotech, one click away (NIC)
• Communication in ScanBalt
BioRegion
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ScanBalt IP Knowledge Network
(EU FP6)
 ScanBalt Marine Biotech (NorFA)
• ScanBalt Clinical Research
Network (NIC)
 ScanBalt AgroBiotech (NorFA)
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ScanBalt Stem Cell Network
(NorFA)
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Established Knowledge Networks in
ScanBalt Campus
(hub coordinator in brackets)
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Molecular Diagnostics
(University of Gdansk/Medical University of
Gdansk)
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Regenerative Medicine
(University of Rostock and BioCon Valley,
Germany)
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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Environmental Biotechnology
(Göteborg University, Sweden)
▪ Intellectual Property and Bioentrepreneurship
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Informational Biology.
(Åbo Akademi University, Finland)
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Process Analytical Technology (PAT)
(Linköping University, Sweden)
(Chalmers University, Göteborg, Sweden)
▪ Baltic Entrepreneurship Training
(Baltic Entrepreneurship Centre, Rostock,
Germany)
▪ Education and training of leaders for the
life science industry of the future
(Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
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Big Fish – Small Fish Model
Boston
ScanBalt
Singapore
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An European Persepctive
Reflections from the Baltic Sea Region
• No single action or linear thinking will meet complexity of knowledge
creation, diversity of regions or of commercialisation
The key focus should not be on institution building but on
facilitation of performance of excellence and relation building(processes)
• How do we maintain an innovative approach?
• How do we challenge dynamic interactions between commercial
opportunities, academics and financial means?
• How do we maintain focus on excellent innovate performance – not only
technologically but in all dimensions/sectors of society?
• How do we avoid one dimensional/linear/top-down concepts as they do
not support facilitation and relation building (processes)?
• How do we improve pluralism and multi-dimensional thinking – and still
stay focused on excellent performance?
• How do we employ cross-regional potentials in chains of valuecreation?
A competitve performance model based on excellent knowledge and
high quality process facilitation seems to offer interesting possibilities
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