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KTN is hosting a briefing for this £8m competition looking for research and technology projects aimed at delivering world leading civil aerospace technologies.
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), in partnership with Innovate UK and Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI), will invest up to £8m in research and technology projects aimed at delivering world leading civil aerospace technologies. Projects must be collaborative and include a UK SME or micro business.
Proposals must align with the UK Aerospace Technology Strategy, ‘Accelerating Ambition’, which is split into the following areas:
• Vehicles
• Advanced systems
• Aerostructures
• Propulsion and power
• Cross-cutting enablers
The competition will open on the 9th November, and on behalf of Innovate UK and ATI, KTN will host an online competition briefing on Monday 2nd November. Companies wishing to apply for the competition will be given the opportunity to give a two-minute elevator pitch and pre-schedule video 1:1 meetings after the briefing. More details on these opportunities will be sent to you after registering.
Economic Development
Chapter 8
Definitions of Economic Growth
Common sense definition:
Economic growth is concerned with wealth enhancement, that is, increases in financial value (or loss).
Classical definition
Economic growth is the increase in the value of goods and services produced by an economy.
It is conventionally measured as the percent rate of increase in real gross domestic product, or GDP.
A couple of perspectives on real GDP growth:
Notes: See the effect of the Great Recession; see how China and India are the largest contributors to economic growth but the US is also a major contributor
Economic Growth & Quality of Life
Economic growth is a very important factor related to quality of life in society, but it is not the sole important factor.
Other important factors include:
Democratic equality
Equality under the law
Equal opportunity (e.g., for education, employment, etc.)
The environment
Quality of public spaces, and so on
Economic Development
Economic development refers to the concerted efforts of government, business, and communities to promote economic growth, but also the overall economic and social well-being of people in a specific area.
Question
As defined by the text, economic growth and economic development define two separate aspects of well being; economic growth refers solely to the financial aspects of social well being and economic development refers solely to the non-financial elements of social well being.
True
False
Government policies and actions related to economic development: three areas
Overall policy framework to enhance market stability and sustainable growth (e.g., tax policies)
Economic policies and practices to enhance employment, increase the tax base, and improve people’s level of living (e.g., business retention practices)
Programs and projects that provide critical infrastructure and services (e.g., affordable housing programs)
Theories of growth and economic development
Classic growth theory: Smith’s three factors—land, labor, and capital; underlying notion that capital will move to where land and labor are cheaper in a dynamic economic environment
Neoclassical economic theory: It is critical to reduce all barriers to the free flow of capital and a moderate or small government in terms of services is preferred
Question
A typical example of classical economic principles is when low-end manufacturing or services not reliant on location shift from one country to another based on labor costs.
True
False
Location theory
In contrast to classic and neoclassic growth theory (which focuses on the proper running of the overall economic system), location theory seeks to explain growth in terms of ALL the factors that contribute to it from a LOCATIONAL (or bottom-up) perspective.
Examples of factors that affect local economic growth:
Costs of transportation—distance from suppliers and markets where applicable
Storage c ...
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State Aid workshop AURIL2015 06.10.2015
1. Dealing Effectively with State Aid in
Knowledge Exchange and Innovation
8th October 2015
Dave Bembo & Christine Reid
2. “ State Aid. It’s a fairly innocuous sounding term, which
belies its importance and the potential consequences for
those who ignore its implications.
State Aid doesn’t represent a glittering, enticing
opportunity for universities and it certainly isn’t the sort of
topic that animates and enthuses researchers,
administrative staff and Vice-Chancellors.
That said, we suggest that the sector should be paying
more attention to this issue and an understanding of the
basic principles is likely to facilitate improved decision
making by academics and senior managers who are
active in the innovation space. ”
3. Background
Early 2014 State Aid sounding board session was organised
by AURIL and PraxisUnico for BIS and HEFCE.
Lots of confusion, even among ‘experts’!
One outcome – how can we generate new, updated
guidance for the HE sector on State Aid in an R&D context?
October 2014 AURIL, in partnership with PraxisUnico,
awarded grant by HEFCE to deliver a Guide to State Aid for
Universities. [Grateful thanks to Alice Frost, Head of
Knowledge Exchange, Subjects and Skills, HEFCE.]
4. First step: contract expert lawyers: Christine Reid
(Northwood Reid) and Emyr Lewis (Blake Morgan LLP).
Steering Group established: universities from England,
Wales, Scotland and N Ireland. Also HEFCE, BIS State Aid
Unit, RCUK and wider inputs from Innovate UK, JISC,
devolved governments & their State Aid teams in N
Ireland, Scotland and Wales and industry via CBI ICARG.
Final draft out for review in summer 2015 – socialised
widely! Publication in hard copy and PDF Q4 2015.
5. Scope for today’s session
Provide an introduction to State Aid issues.
Consider some case studies from the new Guide.
Offer you the opportunity to share your experiences and
discuss any ongoing challenges relating to State Aid.
6. Introduction to State Aid
What is state aid?
The use of state funding or resources to support businesses (in State Aid speak,
undertakings).
The decisive factor is not the nature of the entity itself, but the nature of what it
does.
If it carries out an economic activity, selling goods or services on a market, it is
an undertaking.
Publicly funded institutions, including universities, can be undertakings for the
purposes of State Aid.
7. Introduction to State Aid
Universities and State Aid – Economic and Non-Economic Activities
Funding a university’s core activities - teaching and non-commercial research - is
not State Aid.
A university may be a recipient of State Aid and/or an intermediary through
which State Aid flows to businesses.
If a university carries out an economic activity, e.g. it rents equipment or lab
space or supplies services to businesses, or it carries out contract research, the
funding of those activities by the state or an arm of the state will usually be
State Aid to the university.
If a university uses state funding or resources (including funds received by it for
the purpose of carrying out its core activities) to fund or assist an undertaking
(e.g. it carries research with or for a business at less than market rate), the
undertaking may be a recipient of State Aid.
8. Introduction to State Aid
What is the purpose of State Aid?
The purpose of the State Aid rules is to promote competition by preventing
Member States of the EU subsidising businesses unfairly.
The State Aid rules are designed to help create or maintain a level playing
field within the EU.
Not all aid to businesses is unlawful, but any State Aid which has an anti-
competitive effect within the EU will be unlawful unless the European
Commission authorises that aid (either specifically or through an
exemption) or decides not to raise any objection to it.
9. Introduction to State Aid
The State Aid Tests
Test 1: Is there a transfer of state resources to an undertaking?
Are state resources provided by or through the government of a Member
State, or an arm of the government, either directly or through an
intermediary?
A transfer of resources will happen where money is paid, a resource is
provided or an economic benefit is conferred on terms which are not market
terms.
If an entity carries out an economic activity, it is an undertaking.
Publicly funded institutions, universities, charities (and even local authorities
and government departments) can be undertakings for the purposes of State
Aid.
10. Introduction to State Aid
The State Aid Tests
Test 2: Does the aid confer an advantage on the recipient/beneficiary?
An advantage is an economic benefit which the undertaking would not have
received in the normal course of things.
A transaction which is on terms more favourable than normal market terms
will confer an advantage.
A transaction on normal market terms will not confer an advantage
11. Introduction to State Aid
The State Aid Tests
Test 3: Is the aid selective?
Does the aid favour certain undertakings or the production of certain goods?
Aid is selective if only certain businesses, sectors or regions benefit from it.
Aid which is available to all businesses wanting to take it up is not selective.
12. Introduction to State Aid
The State Aid Tests
Test 4: Does the aid distort competition (actually or potentially) and does the
aid affect trade between Member States?
In almost all cases of selective aid, competition will be distorted, and there
will be an effect on inter-state trade.
Competition is distorted if the aid strengthens the competitive position of
the beneficiary/recipient of the aid in relation to its competitors.
The beneficiary’s share of the market and the size of the distortion are
irrelevant.
It is sufficient to affect trade between Member States if the beneficiary is
involved in an economic activity and operates in a market in which there is
trade between Member States.
Most products and services are traded between Member States.
13. Introduction to State Aid
The Interplay of Charity Law and State Aid Law
Charity law and State Aid law involve different considerations and
compliance with one body of law is no guarantee of compliance with the
other.
Carrying out charitable research for the public benefit will usually not be an
economic activity so there will be no aid to the university when it receives
and uses state funding for that purpose.
The public funding of a university’s economic activities (including contract
research) will usually be State Aid.
A university investing in a spin-out company must comply with both charity
law and state aid law - to avoid the spin-out company and other investors
being recipients of State Aid, the university should invest on the same basis
as a market or private investor would.
14. Introduction to State Aid
Establishing the Market Rate
If the recipient of goods or services pays the full market rate for them, it will
not be in receipt of State Aid.
So there will be no aid to an undertaking where the university charges a market
rate for its services.
While Full Economic Costing is a helpful method of establishing a baseline cost
for charging, it is not necessarily the equivalent of market rate.
For bought in goods/services, the market rate is usually established by
competitive tender.
When providing services or facilities, unless in response to a competitive
tender, the university should try to establish the market rate for the provision
of similar services or facilities.
15. Introduction to State Aid
The Market Rate – Collaborative Research
The Commission deems the price received by the university to be the
equivalent of the market price if one of the following conditions is met:
The price has been established by means of an open, transparent and non-
discriminatory competitive sale procedure.
An independent expert valuation confirms that the price is at least equal to
the market price.
The university can demonstrate that it effectively negotiated the price, at
arm’s length, to obtain the maximum economic benefit when the contract was
concluded.
Where there is a right of first refusal in relation to IPR generated by the
university, the university solicits more economically advantageous offers from
third parties so that the undertaking has to match its offer.
16. Introduction to State Aid
The Market Rate – Contract Research
The university should charge the market price.
If the market price cannot be established the European Commission will usually
accept that the market price has been charged where the price is the result of
arm’s length negotiations in which the university negotiated to obtain the
maximum economic benefit when the contract was concluded, and at least the
university’s marginal costs are covered.
If there is no market price, the price charged by the university should reflect the
full costs of the service and include a margin established by reference to those
margins commonly applied by undertakings active in the same sector.
If the university provides a specific service for the first time on behalf of a given
undertaking, on a trial basis and during a clearly limited period of time, the
European Commission will normally consider the price charged to be the market
price where that contract research is unique and it can be shown that there is no
market for it.
17. Introduction to State Aid
Approved State Aid Schemes
The European Commission can approve schemes put forward by EU Member
States to allow State Aid to be given without prior notification to the Commission
and without being unlawful.
There are few approved schemes in England, but Innovate UK has an approved
scheme which covers its grants for R&D.
The Commission encourages the use of the GBER and the de Minimis Regulation
rather than the submission of new schemes for approval.
18. Introduction to State Aid
‘Exemptions’
The Commission has issued regulations, notices, communications, frameworks
and guidelines which exempt some forms of State Aid from notification to the
Commission before being granted.
Those which universities are most likely to find useful are:
- the de minimis Regulation;
- the General Block Exemption Regulation (the GBER); and
- the Research and Development and Innovation (the R&D&I) Framework.
19. Introduction to State Aid
The De Minimis Regulation
The Commission takes the view that small amounts of aid (de minimis) do not
have a potential effect on competition and trade and are therefore not State
Aid.
It is generally lawful for an undertaking to receive aid not exceeding €200,000
(€100,000 in the road transport sector) over a period of 3 fiscal years.
Before granting any de minimis aid, you should carry out a due diligence
exercise to ensure that the aid (together with any other de minimis aid
received by the undertaking) does not exceed this threshold.
Accurate records of all de minimis aid awarded must be kept and procedures
followed to inform the recipient of the nature of the aid
20. Introduction to State Aid
The General Block Exemption Regulation (the GBER)
This regulation permits 13 categories of aid without the need to notify
the proposed aid to the Commission in advance, provided certain
conditions are met.
It includes aid for research and development and innovation in section 4.
The Commission must be notified within 20 days after the grant of aid
under the GBER unless the aid is awarded under an approved GBER
scheme.
21. Introduction to State Aid
The General Block Exemption Regulation (the GBER)
The aid must be transparent - if the aid is not in the form of a cash grant,
the gross grant equivalent must be calculated.
There must be an incentive effect.
Only eligible costs may be funded.
Only a specified percentage of the eligible costs (known as the aid
intensity) may be funded.
Aid over a certain amount (the maximum amount) must not be granted.
The beneficiary must not be an undertaking in difficulty or subject to an
active order for the recovery of unlawful State Aid.
22. Introduction to State Aid
The General Block Exemption Regulation (the GBER)
The categories of aid include:
Aid to SMEs (investment aid, aid for consultancy, aid for participation
in fairs and aid for costs incurred on participating in European
Territorial Cooperation).
Aid for access to finance for SMEs (risk finance aid, aid for start-ups)
Aid for research and development and innovation (including
investment aid for research infrastructures, aid for innovation
clusters and aid for R&D projects).
Training aid.
23. Introduction to State Aid
The R&D&I Framework
The Framework does not create any exemptions as such.
The Framework’s main purpose is to explain the approach that the European
Commission will take when assessing proposed aid for RD&I which is not
covered by the GBER.
The Framework is also helpful in that it sets out the Commission’s thinking
on State Aid and universities, particularly in the areas of collaborative and
contract research.
24. Case studies
a) Postgraduate research studentships under the RCUK
CASE model
b) Licensing technology to a University spin-out company
c) Providing consultancy advice to SMEs
d) A collaborative industrial research project with part
funding from Innovate UK
e) Establishing a major research infrastructure for shared
use by universities
25. Case study a)
Postgraduate research studentships under the RCUK CASE
model
Scenario: The Department of Engineering has secured an industrial
partner for a PhD studentship in aerospace materials. Project mainly
funded from the University’s EPSRC Doctoral Training Account. Industrial
partner cash support equivalent to one third of the EPSRC funding.
Industrial partner has background intellectual property in broadly the
same technology area as the studentship and is requesting ownership of
project results. The original idea for the PhD project was generated by
the university academic supervisor.
The PhD student will be entitled to publish the project results in the form
of academic papers and in PhD thesis.
26. Case study a)
CASE is a long-established and successful model for university-industry
collaboration. No public money flows to the industrial partner but
resources funded by the state (student time, access to IPRs) provide
competitive advantage.
For CASE, there is no specific State Aid scheme in place which has been
approved by the European Commission. Article 25 of the GBER (R&D
Projects) allows for ‘effective collaboration’ between an undertaking and
a university. Effective collaboration tales place where at least two
independent parties undertake a project where they pursue a common
objective, jointly defined, they both contribute to implementation and
share financial, technological, scientific and other risks, as well as results.
Key considerations: legal arrangements which govern the studentship
should be equitable and reflect the funding proportions. Avoid
disproportionate benefit to the collaborating company.
Note: same recommendations apply to Industrial CASE awards.
27. Case study b)
Licensing technology to a University spin-out company
Scenario: An exclusive licence of patented technology is granted by a
university to a spin-out company.
The technology was developed by the Department of Engineering and
was funded from a mixture of sources, including the UK Research
Councils. The lead academic and investigator on the RCUK awards will
remain an employee of the university and will be a shareholder and non-
executive director of the spin-out company.
The licence to the spin-out is provided on terms that are favourable to
the company, i.e. no royalties are payable and the company will have the
right to take a licence to future IPR (and the development of that IPR will
be funded by Research Councils and other public sources).
28. Case study b)
The arrangements are highly beneficial to the spin-out company, which is
a recipient of State Aid. it is receiving an advantage while not paying a
market rate. Unlikely that an independent company which was interested
in acquiring the rights would be granted a licence on equivalent terms.
Outside investors in the spin-out company also receive an indirect
advantage and State Aid as the value of the company will be enhanced.
If the university had developed the technology solely using funding from
the private sector there would be no State Aid. However, possible
problem under charity law - misuse of charity resources and not in
furtherance of the university’s primary, charitable purposes.
Universities need robust policies which address the conflicts of interest
which can arise in relation to innovation and commercialisation activities.
Academic staff and researchers who have an equity stake or other
personal interest (e.g. consultancy) in a spin-out should not be in a
position to influence the terms between the university and company.
29. Case study c)
Providing consultancy advice to SMEs
Scenario:The university’s Business School has established a High
Performance Programme to advise SMEs on lean thinking methodologies.
Programme funded by a grant to the university from the regional
government and covers project staff and other direct costs. The project’s
targets require the university to visit 100 SMEs and to provide them with
a report analysing their production processes. The university will follow
up with 25 SMEs via a further agreement, implementing lean
methodologies and improving productivity.
In neither phase will the Programme provide cash support to the SMEs.
The Programme is not research and will not generate new knowledge.
However, it will demonstrate Impact of research, possibly a REF case
study.
30. Case study c)
Typically, the university will be alerted to the possibility of State Aid
issues by the conditions of funding from the regional government. Both
the university and the SMEs may potentially be recipients of State Aid.
Aid to the university: In providing consultancy services, the university is
engaging in an economic activity. If payment by the regional government
is at market rate or less, there will be no State Aid to the university
(market rate could be established if the contract was awarded by tender).
Aid to the SMEs: Although they receive no money, the SME’s will receive
an advantage (and therefore State Aid) through the university report
analysing their production processes. The value of that report is low and
could come within the de minimis Regulation (< €200,000 over 3 years).
The consultancy provided to the 25 SMEs could be handled in in one of
two ways: i) by charging a market rate; or ii) within Article 18 of the GBER
at up to 50% costs.
31. Case study d)
An Innovate UK collaborative R&D project
Scenario: The university’s Department of Geology has links with a
company in the oil and gas industry. The company has established a
consortium to develop new software tools to support the discovery of
new oil reservoirs and subsequently led a successful bid to Innovate UK
for Collaborative R&D project funding.
The companies in the consortium receive cash funding directly from
Innovate UK, based on a % of eligible R&D costs which they each incur.
The university receives gov’t funding at 80% of fEC (hence the university
makes a quantifiable contribution to the costs of the project).
The results of the project will be owned by the company, which will pay a
royalty to the university on sales of any resulting software product.
The academic PI will be entitled to publish the project results.
32. Case study d)
The Collaborative R&D Scheme from Innovate UK operates under the
provisions of the R&D&I State Aids Framework. Approved by the
European Commission through the General Block Exemption Regulation
(GBER) hence these grants constitute State Aid but are offered under a
notified exempt permission. The single scheme covering the whole of the
Innovate UK portfolio is State Aid SA.40761.
Aid intensities are defined under the scheme (for fundamental research,
industrial research, experimental development and feasibility studies).
The expectations around how a collaboration is structured vary according
to the type of R&D carried out, as detailed under the scheme.
The expectation is that the parties should receive benefit commensurate
with their input to the project and that the results should be
disseminated and published by the academic partners (with due regard
to confidentiality and protecting commercial interests). The
arrangements proposed in the scenario would meet these requirements.
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33. Case study e)
A major research infrastructure for shared use by HEIs
Scenario: A university is awarded a gov’t grant of M£20 to procure
supercomputing facilities which will be available to the wider HE
community for the support of research projects.
This aligns with expectations that universities should work together to
deliver and make best use of shared access facilities, often on a regional
consortium basis (Wakeham agenda, maximising utilisation rates).
The university carries out a full OJEU tendering process and awards a
contract for supply, installation and commissioning of the equipment.
The computing facilities will be made available to other universities for
carrying out fundamental research, supported by government grants
through RCUK, the EC and research funding charities. The university is
considering making the facilities available to the private sector.
34. Case study e)
The supplier: Selected following a full tender process, hence will not be
paid more than the market rate; will not be a recipient of State Aid.
The university: Operates the facility in pursuit of a primary purpose
activity (charitable research), the results of which are widely
disseminated. Therefore not be a recipient of State Aid in the form of the
government grant.
If the university allows undertakings to use the facilities, the university
may be carrying out an economic activity. Aim should be to make any
economic activity purely ancillary (≤ 20% of the facility’s annual capacity.)
Other universities: If using the facilities for non-economic activities,
there is no State Aid. (And State Aid has no bearing on the basis on which
the university charges the other universities for access.)
The companies: No State Aid if access is at market rate or if there is
effective collaboration.