Enterprise Europe Network Observatory Supporting Local Innovation, presentation by Jane Galsworthy at the ERC Innovation and Local Growth Workshop Warwick Business School, The Shard, London 28th May 2015

1. Enterprise Europe Network Observatory
Supporting Local Innovation, 28th May 2015

2. What is Enterprise Europe Network?
Enterprise Europe Network seeks to
establish links between people and
companies
 The world’s largest B2B matchmaking network
 600 partner organisations in 54 countries
 2,000 staff on the ground

3. What is Enterprise Europe Network?
• Main activities
– Partnering
– Access to funding
– 1-1 coaching and innovation advice

4. Enterprise Europe Network - England,
Northern Ireland and Wales
• A single consortium led by Innovate UK running the Enterprise
Europe Network in England, Northern Ireland and Wales
• 21 partners - c.130 full time people
• A step change in delivery of services linking local, national,
European and international
• Close alignment with Network partners in Scotland and Ireland

5. Enterprise Europe Network Observatory
Two objectives:
 Provide operational insight that
enables the consortium to maximise
reach and impact
 Provide insight that informs SME
innovation and internationalisation
policy
Working collaboratively
with partners, including
the ERC and others in
the room today!

6. Enterprise Europe Network Observatory
Our first two projects:
 Local innovation benchmarks for UK
(ERC)
 Mapping local innovation and
internationalisation priorities
 Specifically to: ”identify priorities in
innovation and internationalisation for
LEPs in England and Devolved
Administrations in Wales and Northern
Ireland”

7. Initial Headline Findings
Innovation is a substantive priority in the SEPs
 A priority in 44% of SEPs, and part of a broader priority in the rest
Key innovation themes (in SEPs and ESIFs)
 Building on current assets to improve reputation for innovation
 Developing infrastructure
 Knowledge transfer and business networks (B2B, business-research)
 Financial instruments
 Skills for innovation
Somewhat smaller focus on internationalisation
 A priority in 28% of SEPs, and part of a broader priority for 44% of SEPs
 Limited/no priority in 28%

8. Smart specialisation and sector focus
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18
17
17
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13
10
8
6
6
4
1
0 10 20 30
Agri-tech / Agri-science / Agro food
Professional/business services
Aerospace / Aeronautics and space
Information economy / ICT industry and…
Life sciences
Automotive
Generic manufacturing/engineering*
Offshore wind
Construction
Nuclear
Energy/renewable energy/low carbon/shale*
Oil and gas
International education
Number of LEPs
prioritising
sectors in their SEP/ESIF
*Sectors not specifically
part of Industrial Strategy

9. Scale of Investments

10. Scale of Investments

11. Application
Enterprise Europe Network – contributing to 3 of the 5 local innovation
priorities:
 Knowledge transfer and business networks
 Financial instruments
 Skills for innovation
Linking local to national to international by embedding Enterprise Europe
Network into local innovation systems