Recommendations by a Business Panel on future EU innovation policy Supported by an online debate at http://blogs. ec. europa. eu/innovationunlimited/We propose to base EU action around compelling social challenges
, to fi nance venture and social innovation funds, to incentivise large scale community level innovations, to transform the public sector
and to unlock the potential of new infrastructure and new types of partnerships REINVENT EUROPE THROUGH INNOVATION FROM A KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY TO AN INNOVATION SOCIETY 2 The Business Panel on future EU innovation policy was established by DG Enterprise
Diogo Vasconcelos (Chair), Distinguished Fellow, Cisco systems International Dr Anne Stenros, Design Director (Vice president, Design), KONE Corporation Gianfranco Corini, President, NEXT
http://blogs. ec. europa. eu/innovationunlimited/3 Innovation has been a central EU priority over the last decade.
Information technologies and web 2. 0 tools are transforming how people interact. Open innovation is based on the power of networks and access to knowledge across Europe and globally.
Innovation unlimited at http://blogs. ec. europa. eu/innovationunlimited/./These discussions were an inspiration for us,
especially in the public sector. Information technologies and the future internet provide new tools to achieve this.
and require data to be published in web-enabled formats, to allow new combinations and empower citizens to co-create new services.
and citizen engagement and encouraging new ways for people to use the web to support one another.
including social networks across boundaries. European society is developing rapidly as new countries join the Union
it will enable next generation internet, radical new services and business models. It will transform how people work
Information technologies and web 2. 0 tools are transforming how people interact, not withstanding the necessity of physical space and meetings for the exchange of ideas and collaboration.
Information technologies and web 2. 0 tools give new opportunities to increase cross innovation between companies
http://blogs. ec. europa. eu/innovationunlimited/,where citizens can cocreate policy ideas and exploiting the potential of Web 2. 0. We as individuals
and collectively must move to come up with creative solutions to the major challenges facing us. We urge businesses, researchers, public servants, NGOS, students, retirees,
The members are Diogo Vasconcelos (Chair), Distinguished Fellow, Cisco systems International Gianfranco Corini, President, NEXT-Ingegneria dei Sistemi S. p. A Jan Lamser, Member
http://blogs. ec. europa. eu/innovationunlimited
Research and Innovation Strategy for the Smart Specialisation of Catalonia Contents Executive summary...3 1. Framework...
electrochemistry, nanomaterials, Internet, mobile telephony...Fine chemicals, pharmaceutical preparations, medical technology industry, insurance industry and hospital system.
The World Mobile Congress has generated a growing community of start-up companies that develop mobile solutions, mainly in the following four areas:
P. 1. 3. Broadband Deployment The deployment of industrial broadband is essential to ensure that companies located on industrial sites around the country have access to high-capacity infrastructure.
electrochemistry, nanomaterials, Internet, mobile telephony...Fine chemicals, pharmaceutical preparations, medical technology industry, insurance industry and hospital system.
The World Mobile Congress has generated a growing community of start-up companies that develop mobile solutions, mainly in the following four areas:
P. 1. 3. Broadband Deployment The deployment of industrial broadband is essential to ensure that companies located on industrial sites around the country have access to high-capacity infrastructure.
In the age of the Internet, the analysis of the past and the present primarily requires the interpreted processing of written and spoken texts,
the Register has been available in English and Hungarian on the web since April 2011. It contains 63 Research Infrastructures of Strategic Importance (SRIS)
The Register is available in its current format in Hungarian and English languages from April 2011 on the internet, on the address https://regiszter. nekifut. hu.
and more specifically for the Central and Eastern European region, that after Hungary, together with the Czech republic and Romania has won the site tender invited related to the ELI project,
FAIR FAIR is a legally independent, extreme intensity heavy-ion and antiproton accelerator and storage ring system under construction in the GSI site of Darmstadt with the cooperation of 8 EU member states
at the site of GANIL centre will enable the production of radioactive beams of rare isotopes.
TRANSFAC The TRANSFAC database contains the binding sites of transcription factors in promoters and enhancers in case of eukaryotic genes.
TRANSFAC is one of the largest databases collecting the binding sites of transcription factors and transcription factors that are updated regularly and several times a year.
The TRANSFAC database can be considered the most extensive database of a wide range of species with detailed information on numerous transcription factors, promoter regions, binding sites and other related information.
-25 april 2012 Science in Society website: http://ec. europa. eu/research/science-society Research and Innovation policy DOI 10.2777/11739 European union, 2012 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged Cover image Doudou,#40440446,2012.
Technology, Social media; Creative and Cultural Enterprise ICT including next generation internet and computing, information security, software, gaming, social networking, digital media, digital content, e-learning;
Creative and cultural enterprise. Innovative Processes for Enterprise (Advanced Manufacturing and Business Services) Advanced manufacturing (including applications in ICT, pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, bio processing, medical technologies, food and drink etc.;
and service delivery and business processes, requires companies to respond to global megatrends such as the cloud, web based delivery, big data, mobile commerce, cost of energy, technology pace and globalisation/localisation.
Technology, Social media; Creative and Cultural Enterprise ICT including next generation internet and computing, information security, software, gaming, social networking, digital media, digital content, e-learning;
Creative and cultural enterprise. Innovative Processes for Enterprise (Advanced Manufacturing and Business Services) Advanced manufacturing (including applications in ICT, pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, bio processing, medical technologies, food and drink etc.;
and service delivery and business processes, requires companies to respond to global megatrends such as the cloud, web based delivery, big data, mobile commerce, cost of energy, technology pace and globalisation/localisation.
astronomy Integrated in a network with other scientific and technological sites (university campus, observatories, etc) Excellence+differentiation:
large scale questionnaires (web-based or surveys) and personal interviews (face-to-face, telephone, or in working groups). A key feature brought in by these European union-sponsored exercises was the introduction of external experts in this analytical phase.
The benefits of bringing in an external view to address sensitive issues such as redundancies and overlaps,
existing and planned technology infrastructures (broadband networks) and other telecom-and internet-related services are presented in the Digital Agenda Scoreboard. 21 Human resources:
see more details on the FOREN website. For RIS3, foresight studies would ideally combine regional expertise with international expertise able to put regional assets in perspective with wider trends. 22 Neffke F. and Svensson Henning M. 2009
attractive and dynamic web pages, including parts in English for wider dissemination; newsletters and leaflets to complete the information with traditional communication tools;
visiting the sites, marketing of the participants to the project; press conferences (various with different scenarios;
At the end of the day regions contributed to producing a system with too many small sites doing the same things
in service or cultural industries Small-scale cluster support with an orientation towards connection to global networks Innovation vouchers,
and intervention logic. 38 For further guidance, please look at Inforegio website: -Monitoring and evaluation of European Cohesion policy ERDF and Cohesion fund, Concepts and recommendations, Guidance document.
and is available at the website of the Platform 69 demonstrators for promoting Key Enabling Technologies
http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/policy/lead-market-initiative/48 http://www. europe-innova. eu/web/guest/home 49 http
Regional Partner Facilities (RPF) 61 which are associated facilities with pan-European single site or distributed Research Infrastructures,
and outermost regions, do not often have ambitions to host the site and/or to coordinate a large multidisciplinary infrastructure.
instrumentation and high-speed computer networks linking research centres) and centres of competence in a specific technology, technology transfer.
'Available on the website of the Smart Specialisation Platform, 72 University Business Forum: A platform to promote cooperation between HEI and businesses at European level, 73 Marie Curie Initial Training Networks Industrial doctorates:
sustainable and inclusive economic growth through the realisation of the digital single market and the exploitation of the potential for innovation of fast and ultra fast internet and interoperable services and applications.
DAE has set ambitious targets for high speed internet infrastructure across the Union by 2020: 100%coverage of EU households at 30 Mbps minimum+50%take-up subscriptions
at 100 Mbps minimum) and for wide deployment and more effective use of digital technologies, applications and services.
together with an affordable high speed internet infrastructure, are essential components of these ambitious goals.
Barriers and challenges Europe is facing an investment challenge in the financing of high speed internet infrastructure
because the benefits for society as a whole appear to be much greater than the private incentives to invest in faster internet network infrastructures.
80 Estimated by the EC between EUR 180 and 270 billion. 81 See EU Broadband good practice site:
and take-up targets of next generation networks (over 30 Mbps), assessing the most suitable investment models, 89 etc.
or promoting specialisations in specific market segments or niches (such as micro-or nanoelectronics, photonics, embedded systems, smart integrated systems and complex systems engineering, next generation computing and future Internet, einfrastructures;
mobile apps and social networks apps, etc.;c) include measures in support of the regional capacity to plan,
to support web entrepreneur camps, good practices exchange, peer review, studies, regular mapping of infrastructure, monitoring
http://ec. europa. eu/information society/digital-agenda/scoreboard/index en. htm 85 Plan for high speed Internet Infrastructure (Next Generation Networks) The Guide
Provided that these investments respect the relevant regulation (telecom framework, State aid guidelines, etc. they can benefit from a wide range of EU funding instruments from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and from cohesion (in less developed regions) or rural development policies.
and Media supporting the exchange of good practice in the planning and the deployment of broadband and high speed internet infrastructure.
Regions are reminded to closely coordinate their plans with the actions included in the national plans for high speed internet (national broadband plans) with a view to exploiting synergies
For support under the Connecting Europe Facility see the guidelines for trans-European telecommunications networks. 92 91 EBP:
These might include pilot plants and demonstration sites, proof of concept and early stage financing incubation facilities, applied research,
Vertical Priority 4-IT&C sector In the IT&C field 2147 companies were operating in 2011 (software, telecommunications, hardware),
irrespectively on the 2nd place for telecommunication subsector, being evident a concentration of these activities in the area of producing personalized softwares, especially in municipalities of Iasi, Suceava, Botosani and Piatra 5 Neamt.
From the perspective of the academia and research composition, the region has a PHD school inside the Authomatics and Computer Faculty of the Gheorghe Asachi University, another one inside the Electronics, Telecommunications and Information technology Faculty, a Research
telecommunications and software, computer programming, mecatronics, security, e-health, ITC for transport, new media, irrespectively networks of the future, internet services, software and visualization, media network and 3d
internet, integrated systems design, personal health systems, ITC for energy efficience and accessibility, informatics and artificial inteligence.
artificial intelligence, WEB technologies (web mining), robotics, integrated systems, producing systems and planning production systems, calculation systems, voice recognition, images'processing, graphics processing, telemonitoring
Development of the smrt phones games sector An example of relevant project comes from priority sector IT&C,
which assista at presents at a explosion of games for smart phones, stimulated by the success of applications like Angry Birds or Plants vs.
IT&C Telecommunication and Software/Computer programming, Mechatronics, New Media, Application Development Automotive Industry and Other Transport Equipment Materials, Components and Fabrication, Ship Building, Aerospace
Life science, Health Scientific domain Specialisation area IT&C Networks of the future, internet and services, software and visualization, networked media and 3d internet, flexible organic and large area
ICT Analysis, management and security of big data Future internet Software development technologies, instruments, and methods High performance computing and new computational models A3.
Actors were identified through‘knowledge maps'(social network analyses of the Romanian RDI ecosystem based on data collected from projects, publications, patents;
and R&i programs include/assume KETS Biotech, ICT (Big data, future internet etc.),Advanced and nano-materials The R&i program fiches in the smart specializations fields provide where pertinent arguments pro/against the relevant KETS.
extensive data8 on scientific productivity and on the concentration of scientific competences assembled in a format styled‘knowledge maps'(social network analyses with a visual and geographical (GIS) component.
, Romania, lavricvictor@yahoo. com 718 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8th INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE"MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT",November 6th-7th, 2014, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA (4
In the tourism cluster, promotion and management of archaeological sites, promotion of regional spas as cross-border medical tourism destinations,
that aims to deliver sustainable economic and social benefits from a digital single market based on fast internet applications
the way in which the region is connected with the global networks. The majority of ICT firms interviewed as part of the World bank report Smart Specialization Case studies develop software exclusively for the headquarters of amother company or for a single foreign firm that outsources this task to the firm in the West Region.
Web portals; Computer programming activities; networks of the future, networked marketing and media and 3d internet, flexible organic and large area electronics, personal health and preventive care systems, research and innovation IT network, etc.
Agro food Collection, Marketing, Processing and Preserving of Meat, Fruit and Vegetables; Crop science and food biological science, food procession bio technologies, etc.
important cultural and historical sites Develop integrated tourism packages Use of national resources and regional brand products Develop eco-tourism
The important cultural and archeological sites located in this part of the country need to be included in a common integrated thematic itinerary
including the historical urban centers and sites, and the specific tourism assets. By investing in this direction,
introduction of digital Marketing and Web 2. 0; and development of low cost software management systems of for small 166.
cultural and historical assets, including mountainous regions and thermal waters as well as important historical sites and monuments.
and promote projects to rehabilitate the historical sites and to modernize medical facilities in spa resorts.
promoting and developing cultural and national heritage Improvement of natural sites with tourism potential Valorization of touristic potential in mountainous areas by construction of the necessary infrastructure:
and spas List of preselected projects identified in the Regional Development Plan for more than 5 mil Euro Call for projects for a budget under 5 mil Euro Number of visits at supported sites 3
, Daimler, Deutsche Post DHL, Deutsche telekom, Evonik, Qiagen, RWE Innogy, Tengelmann and Carl Zeiss. Its main goal is to provide a high tech Seed Fund aiming to enable start-ups to take their R&d plans through to the preparation of a prototype,
and iii) significant number of archeological sites. In order to exploit their potential with a view of promoting economic growth in the region,
and the local administration where the archeological sites are located; o Draft of strategies for the two types of clusters
on the rapid development of communications and IT technologies as well as on telecom markets liberalization. In a global society undergoing a significant transformation process in the beginning of the 3rd millennium,
concentrated round the creation of an information society for all by extending the access and use of Internet,
of Internet benefices depends more and more on Internet high speed access availability for citizens and companies,
which is based only on the quantitative dimension of the Internet connections, emphasizing the transfer speed of 144 kbps as a threshold for delimiting connections in broadband as compared to those in narrowband.
In order to monitor the development of broadband access availability we must complete the general definition with quantitative indicators that can be changed gradually depending on the demand modification at the level of the end-user,
by means of a multitude of available technological options, ensures permanent access to Internet, at a transfer speed of at least 1 Mbs (value increasing progressively) and a monthly availability degree of at least 98,
%providing the maximum interactivity and access degree to the full on-line applications and digital content possible to be accessed by Internet.
and digital content possible to be accessed by Internet. 6 The value of the transfer speed of minimum 1 Mbs is applied to connections on broadband for the residential segment,
000 inhabitants at most, where at least one internet services provider is present. I. 2 Anticipated advantages for the development of broadband communication services Benefits of broadband communication access do not materialize by means of activities performances.
Motorola, Nokia or Ruwel in research-development centers in Romania are relevant for illustrating the potential of research-development sectors and ICT in Romania.
CURRENT SITUATION ANALYSIS II. 1 Overview on the existing situation on broadband communication services market During the last two years we noticed a remarkable evolution at the level of electronic communications market as regards internet services providing.
and the information available at the level of internet networks as well as the continuous development of services using as support the internet created a trend for young people and even a way of life.
indicate an annual rhythm of growth of broadband access connections to internet. According to data reported by internet providers
in June, 2008, in Romania, there were approximately 2, 27 million broadband access connections to the internet provided at fixed points, with 760,000 more than in the similar period of 2007 (1, 51 millions) and 1,
42 millions broadband access connections to the internet provided on mobile points, with 420,000 more than the corresponding period of 2007 (1 million).
Table 1: Dynamics of the total number of access connections to the internet, depending on the connecting means
and access speed during 30.06.2006-30.06.2008 Source: ANC Indicators 30.06.06 31.12.06 30.06.07 31.12.07 30.06.08 Fixed points connections Broadband access connections at fixed points (dial-up ISDN access, dedicated access
for internet access and f mobile phone users on subscription basis with internet access by EDGE, CDMA, EV DO, 3g50 Narrowband access connections at mobile points subscriptions for internet access and mobile phones users
GPRS Broadband access connections at mobile points prepaid cards for internet access and mobile phone users on prepaid cards with access to internet by EDGE, 3g12 Narrowband access connections
at mobile points mobile phone users on prepaid cards basis with access to the internet by GPRS43 abs. mil) abs. mil) abs. mil) abs. mil) abs. mil
Dynamics of the number of broadband access connections to the internet provided at fixed points,
Abs evol. mil(%)Total no. of broadband access connections to the internet at fixed points out of which:
%The greatest value in the total number of dedicated access internet broadband connections at fix points still belongs to the UTP/FTP cable connections (52,5),
Structure of the total number of dedicated access internet connections, depending on the support used, on 30.06.2008 Source:
broadband internet development continued at EU level with an increase of 19,23%during July 2007-July 2008.
Evolution of the penetration rate of broadband internet dedicated access connections during 31.12.2003 30.06.2008 Source:
ANC 31.12.2003 31.12.2004 31.12.2005 31.12.2006 31.12.2007 31 12.2008 Total no. of broadband internet dedicated access (mil) Penetration rate for 100 inhabitants66(%)Number broadband
internet dedicated access provided to clients, natural persons (mil) Penetration rate for 100 households67(%)0, 01 0, 10 0, 38 1, 09 1
0, 91 1, 69 1, 98 0, 04 1, 05 4, 34 12,49 23,02 27,04 66 Penetration rate for broadband internet
dedicated access for 100 inhabitants=no. of broadband internet dedicated access connections/Romania's population*100;
) 1 European commission country report 14 67 Penetration rate of broadband internet dedicated access connections for 100 households=no.
Of broadband internet dedicated access connections/no. of Romania's households*100; no. of households=7. 320.202 (source:
Evolution of the penetration broadband internet dedicated access connections during 31.12.2003 30.06.2008 Source: ANC Penetration rate for 100 inhabitants Penetration rate for 100 households Out of the total number of internet dedicated access connections a significant percentage belongs to natural persons
, approximately 87%,the remaining percentage, but not one to be neglected, is represented by connections of legal persons.
Structure of the total number internet dedicated access connections, depending on customers'category. Evolution during 30.06.2006-30.06.2008 Source:
ANC indicator 30.06.2006<128kbps=128kbps 31.12.2006<128kbps=128kbps 30.06.2007<128kbps=128kbps 31.12.2007<128kbps=128kbps 30.06.2008<128kbps=128kbps Total no. of internet dedicated
, 0007 1, 98 0, 0004 0, 29 As concerns the market of internet dedicated access connections at the level of institutions and companies,
Internet dedicated access connections depending on the type of infrastructure, existing in companies and institutions Source:
most companies and institutions (86%)where we have dedicated internet access connection, have unlimited subscriptions with monthly traffic,
Penetration in ascending tendency of mobile phone (123%coverage; High penetration rate of CATV networks (75%coverage;
The purchase cost terminals (PCS, laptops, mobile phones, mobile smartphone, etc) is rather low as compared to previous years Weak points Low penetration
and use rates of the internet as compared to the average at European level; Major differences between penetration rates of broadband networks in the urban and rural environment;
and Internet-the degree of digital alphabetization of the public administration Based on the objectives formulated before the elaboration of the strategy on the basis of a preliminary analysis (balanced development of infrastructure,
40 80 Access rate of broadband services at the level of the population 10,5 (2008) 20 100 Percentage of persons that use Internet for interacting with public authorities 2. 6
. 2 5 40 Rate of available computers at households level 26 (in 2006) 40 60 Percentage of persons that use the Internet for educational
These actions contribute to the achievement of preconditions for an extensive adoption of broadband connections to the Internet,
Observing the principle of functions separation regulation of broadband communication sector versus operation of telecommunication projects and effective implementation of demarches provisioned for in the strategy A higher degree of visibility of initiatives from the beneficiaries perspective,
by creating a single market for digital, based on quickly and ultra-fast internet and interoperable applications,
universal access to much higher speed internet (30 Mbps or more) by 2020 and subscribing 50%or more of European households to over 100 Mbps Internet connection.
to stimulate investment in an open and competitive infrastructure for high-speed Internet and related services;
and services (i e. secure Web services in EU) to enjoy high levels of security and confidence, a balanced regulatory framework with well defined rights,
promote the access to the Internet for all the European citizens, in particular through measures to support skills and accessibility of digital services.
a European action plan for spectrum and technological neutrality of networks 2. Promoting the use of the Internet,
and to promote the development of mobile broadband as the proper solution for Romania, considering the intense progress of mobile telephony market.
In addition the active mobile broadband connections to access points dramatically increased with about 65%,from 1. 5 million at the end of 2008 to 2. 5 million connections at the end of 2009.
where there is no currently Internet service 7 providers. MCSI is the direct beneficiary of the funds.
MCSI promote projects on the development of broadband communications services, especially Internet services. A first step in this direction was made last year by installing 211 hotspots (wireless network providing free Internet service in a public area) in 34 counties.
In 2010 a number of 300 access points will be installed all over the country. 2. National strategy for implementation of universal service in electronic communications sector In Romania,
Ensuring until 31 december 2012 access to public telephone network, fixed point, for every citizen of Romania;
Ensure access to public pay telephones; Ensure equal conditions for disabled users. 8 The new strategy will focus on the development of both fixed
There is a similar initiative of public consultation on a European level as to identify the best approach to ensure availability of basic telecommunications services for all EU citizens.
Current EU rules on universal service obligations in the telecommunications sector were settled back to 2002
and they guarantee citizens‘access to public telephone networks and services such as basic Internet access. The public consultation is meant to find out
whether to submit new proposals for legislation on universal service obligations in the telecommunications sector by the end of 2010.
The current concept of universal service has been created for traditional telecommunications services, through voice, but is this approach valid in today's dynamic digital environment?
and use basic telecommunications services? Broadband: A comprehensive coverage of broadband is crucial to boost growth and jobs in Europe.
"or open market competition for telecommunications or other policy options would be more effective? A national flexibility and a coordinated approach at EU level:
stage of development of telecommunications markets, availability of broadband, the consumers adoption and governments reactions to so-called"digital division may vary considerably from one country to another.
There should be a financial contribution from the telecom sector to ensure universal coverage of broadband
A first step has already been done by the national telecom authority (ANCOM) by setting frequency division multiplex in the GE06 plan
Legislative Proposal to amend Law No. 92 of 1996 on organization and operation of the Special Telecommunications Service, with subsequent amendments,
Overtext Web Module V3.0 Alpha
Copyright Semantic-Knowledge, 1994-2011