1. P.Ignatiadis and A.Saitakis Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas Region of Crete IRE Annual Conference Shannon 24-25/05/2007 Streamlining regional innovation strategies with ERDF funding in the Region of Crete: 10 years experience

3. REGION BASIC CHARACTERISTICS

4. CRETE: Competitive Region based on a)culture and history, b) sea and sun destination, c) the Mediterranean Cuisine During the last 30 years : A high number of HEI’s and Research Centres were established: Univ. of Crete (1977), FORTH (1983), Technical Univ. of Crete (1984), MAICh (1985), Inst. Marine Biology of Crete (1987) Crete has a high capacity in R&D , but lacks the critical mass of quality research infrastructures and SMEs collaboration to become a region of knowledge

6. RITTS METHODOLOGY/ SWOT ANALYSIS 1998-2000

8. INNOVATION AND STRUCTURAL FUNDS 2000-2006 ERDF

9. GROWTH AND JOBS IMPROVING BUSINESS ACTIVITIES CRETE AS A TECHNOLOGICAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE - RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES -ICT -TOURISM -INNOVATION NETWORKS -NEW TECHNOLOGIES INDUSTRIAL ZONES -HUMAN POTENTIAL -INNOVATION MANAGEMENT INNOVATION AND STRUCTURAL FUNDS 2000-2006 3 PRIORITIES

10. INNOVATIVE ACTIONS 2000-2006 CRINNO (CRETE AS AN INNOVATIVE REGION)

14. Users’ profile

16. News validation and delivery YPAITHROS ATTENTION : A DANGEROUS PESTICIDE HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED News Validation ATTENTION : A DANGEROUS PESTICIDE … GSM / mobile / fixed internet / public telephone network Routing of Information through the delivery channels Delivery Time: 1-10 minutes ATTENTION : A DANGEROUS PESTICIDE HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE MARKET. IT CAUSES HARMFUL EXHALATIONS WHEN MIXED WITH… TO : AGRICULTURALISTS HERAKLION PREFECTURE

17. Ypaithros architecture

18. Submitting information to Ypaithros web portal

21. Project funding / consortium FORTHnet SA AgroDevelopment of Heraklion National Agricultural Research Foundation Prefecture of Heraklion ΤΕΙ of Crete (Coordinator) Consortium: Co-funded by the EC ( 5 0 % - DG Regio – Innovative Actions Program) and the Greek Government ( 25% - Part of the “CRINNO: Crete Innovative Region” program)

22. CRETE INNOVATION POLE (2007-2008)

23. MUTUAL LEARNING PLATFORM SPIN OFF CREATION AND TECH/TRANSFER RTD COLLABORATION IT TECHNOLOGIES BIOTECHNOLOGIES MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INNOVATIVE SERVICES ENERGY IT REGIONAL FORESIGHT REGIONAL BENCHMARKING MANAGEMENT OF THE GROWTH POLE INNOVATION POLE IN CRETE (2007-2008)

24. INNOVATION , TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER & BUSINESS SUPPORT NETWORKS IRC HELP-FORWARD (2000- ….)

25. Local IRC Network CLIENTS / COMPANIES T HREAT/ O PPORTUNITY MARKETING CONTACT STEP 1 COMPANY VISIT TECHNOLOGY AUDIT IDENTIFYING TECHNOLOGY PROFILES STEP 2 TECHNOLOGY NEED TECHNOLOGY OFFER FINDING EUROPEAN PARTNERS STEP 3 V I A T H E N E T W O R K V I A B R O K E R A G E E V E N T S V I A S M E M I S S I O N S OFFERING SUPPORT STEP 4 A D V I S E / S I G N P O S T I N G I N N O V A T I O N F I N A N C I N G A D V I S E / S I G N P O S T I N G I P R ASSISTANCE WITH CONTRACT NEGOTIATION STEP 5 B USINESS P ROCESS I MPROVEMENT

26. INNOVATION AND STRUCTURAL FUNDS 2007 -2013 ERDF

28. LEVERAGING 10 YEARS (1998-2007) EXPERIENCE WITH REGIONAL INNOVATION : TOWARDS A REGION OF KNOWLEDGE

29. 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH REGIONAL INNOVATION INNOVATION STRATEGY INNOVATION IN TOURISM AND ICT ECO INNOVATION RESEARCH IN AGROFOOD BIO HEALTH INNOVATION POLE RITTS (1998) Vorwettbewerbliche Forschung & Entwicklung Innovative Actions 2000-2006 STRUCTURAL FUNDS (2000 - 2006) STUDENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP REGIONAL VC FUND FOR SPIN OFF CREATION INNOVATION OBSERVATORY REGIONAL INNOVATION COUNCIL GROWTH AND JOBS ICT AND TELEMATICS RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES BUSINESS SUPPORT Innovation Pole (2007-08) CRETE: REGION OF KNOWLEDGE R&D CLUSTERS IN ICT, BIO/HEALTH REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS SPIN OFF CREATION INNOVATION MANAGEMENT STRUCTURAL FUNDS (2007 - 2013) BUSINESS SUPPORT RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL FOCUS TOURISM AND SERVICES REGION OF ECONOMIC CHANGE