The document proposes establishing an Interregional Observatory for the Lisbon Strategy to monitor the impacts of the strategy at a regional level, support regional policymaking, and promote prospective work. The Observatory would gather and analyze data on topics like innovation, R&D, education, and social inclusion across 12-15 regions. It would be based in Lisbon and Brussels with antennas in each region, and financed initially through EU programs over 3 years to provide regular analysis and reports on progress under the Lisbon Strategy.

1. INTERREGIONAL OBSERVATORY
FOR THE LISBON STRATEGY
Paula Cristina Cunha
CCDR-LVT
Lisbon Regions Network General Assembly
Amsterdam, 3 July 2009
C C D R L V T
Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional
de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo
INTERREGIONAL OBSERVATORY FOR THE LISBON STRATEGY

2. 1. Why an Observatory ?
• Lisbon Strategy +
• Future of the Economic Growth Strategy post-2010
• Linkage of the Lisbon Strategy with EU Cohesion Policy, present and
future
• Economic crisis
• The Barca Report: Post-2013
• Bottom up approach to monitoring and policy design
• Added- value to existing regional and European monitoring systems:
INTERREGIONAL DIMENSION
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3. 2. Objectives
• Follow up the main impacts at a regional level of the
implementation of the Lisbon Strategy – its policies, instruments,
results.
• Support policy-making and policy-design of areas such:
• Internationalisation
• Knowledge creation
• Innovation
• Social inclusion and innovation
• Promote prospective work for future trends in the field of economy,
regional development and job creation
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4. 3. Our Vision
Become an independent body of reference for the
study of structural adjustment in the European
Regions, following the Lisbon Strategy and the
reorientation of territorial policies in Europe and
elsewhere.
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5. 4. Main activities
• Facilitate and promote circulation of critical information for tighter
relations between the main participants of the Regional Innovation
System (RIS)
• Undertake prospective studies in crucial areas of the Lisbon
Strategy, including future job creation
• Incorporate construction of a quantitative information system, to
allow production of dynamic and quantified analyses
• Benchmarking analysis, comparing the dynamics of regional
innovation
• Disseminating information critical to tighter relations between the
main participants in the form of the “triple helix” (universities –
industry – government)
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6. 4. Main activities
• Gather and process qualitative information, so that the information
can be incorporated into sustained analyses of the Regional
Innovation Strategies, identifying strengths and weaknesses,
opportunities and threats;
• Produce diagnostics, relevant instruments in outlining the regional
R&D policy in the spirit of the Lisbon Strategy;
• Monitor the application of public policies directed at technological,
ecological, social and cultural innovation, job creation, social
inclusion.
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7. 5. Dimensions of the Analysis
• Human Resources Training capabilities for Innovation and R&D
activities
• University R&D
• R&D technological services in the business context and
entrepreneurial R&D
• Investment in innovation
• Social innovation and creativity
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8. 6. Instruments
• Measurement and identification of trends through the collection of key-
set of quantitative indicators
• Study-case identification
• Trend-analysis and prospective studies, in the following areas (non-
exclusive):
• Training capabilities of people for R&D and Innovation• University R&D
• R&D in technological services in the business context • Entrepreneurial
R&D
• Innovative investment
• Technological-based Entrepreneurship
•Social innovation and creativity
• Linking with monitoring activities in the context of the Structural Funds
Programmes
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9. 7. Outputs
• Every 3 or 6 months: Synthetic analysis with a selection of indicators
and with relevant events for the Regional Innovation Systems;
•Once a year: Report on all information gathering for each dimension of
the study, case studies, relevant events (ex: structuring foreign
investment)
•Thematic reports on the different dimensions / innovation cycles
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10. 9. Regions and partners to be involved
• Regions interested in knowing the real effects of the Lisbon
Strategy and in stimulating the cooperation between the main
national, regional and local stakeholders
• Group of regions (12-15) that would create a permanent
observatory on the Lisbon Strategy based on international expertise
and synergies
• Partners interested in cooperation among European regions
• Encouragement of exchanges with regional bodies of non-EU
states with similar growth agendas.
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11. 10. Functioning Points
• Lisbon
• Brussels
• One or two antennas in each Region
(Universities and/or Regional Bodies)
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12. 11. Financing
• INTERREG IV-C (Next Call November 2009)
• 7th Framework Programme
• Other EU funding possibilities
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13. 12. Next Steps and Launch
•Presentation of the Project to the EU Commission and Committee
of the Regions
• Launch: Start of the New European Commission (End of 2009)
• Initial phase: 3 years
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14. INTERREGIONAL OBSERVATORY FOR
THE LISBON STRATEGY
Thank you for your attention
paula.cunha@ccdr-lvt.pt
C C D R L V T
Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional
de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo
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