Unlocking Regional Potential: Digital Agenda in the Atlantic Area

1. PIA Building – San Sebastian 13 March 2014 Colm Mc Colgan - ERNACT

2. Background to Digital Atlantic Project • Smart Specialisation • Platforms

3. Consultation Area Identify the future Digital Agenda needs of regions in the Atlantic Area

4. Benefits of ICTs in a Region SMEs • 2.5 new jobs have been created by Internetfor every 1 job destroyed • SMEs that embrace the Digital Economy grow at least 2 times faster • 75% of value added by Internet is in traditional sectors (productivity growth) • It Improves labour productivity - 10% in services and 5% in manufacturing Economics • The ICT sector represents 5% of Europe’s GDP • But drives 20% of all productivity growth across sectors • It constitutes 25% of total private R&D investment • 10% increase in broadband take-up results in 1.5% increase in GDP Markets • 50% of the world’s population will be connected to the Internet by 2016

5. Public Services Citizens Tourism Business Health eGov Cloud Computing Network Security Language Resources Cultural Assets Innovation & Research Digital Skills KETS R&D eInfrastructure Open Data Portals Living Labs High Speed Broadband Web Entrepreneurship Infrastructure Data Centres ICT for Traditional SMEs Smart Region Power Grid Transport Utilities Foundation

6. 7 Months Structured Discussion Centres of Applied Research & Innovation Deployers of e-service Public Authorities Developers (SMEs) On-Line Atlantic-wide Dissemination & Engagement Plan Workshop 1: e-public services in the Atlantic Area Derry/Donegal Jan Workshop 2: Innovation Platforms and the Development of Atlantic Area Smart SpecialisationClusters San Sebastian/Cardiff Today Workshop 3: Multimodal Transport & High Speed Broadband (Port Hubs) Cantabria/ERNACT April Final Workshop: Final Atlantic Area Digital Agenda Workshop CPMR/ERNACT – 24/25 April

7. Vertical or Horizontal ? Digital Agenda Tourism Advanced Manufacturing Healthcare Agro-Food Digital Agenda

8. Platform? Physical Political Technology Innovation Research

9. ICT 2014 - 2020 Smart Specialisation “Regions to base their development plans on areas in which they have comparative competitive advantage” Digital Agenda “Deliver sustainable economic and social benefits from a digital single market based on fast and ultra fast internet and interoperable applications”

10. Examples of Platforms Place-Based Innovation Plan

11. Innovation Platform • An environment (Place?) strong enough to provide an impetus to innovation • Geographic and/or Sectoral • Sufficient Potential • A competent Plan • Facilitates cooperation between innovation actors (PIA building, website) • Support (money, agreed objectives, public money)

13. Main Features • Smart Specialisation priorities • Digital priorities • Share ProjectIdeas • Funding • Involve Tech companies & research organisations

14. Design Notions • Regions to socialiseon the topic • Icons, pictures of people, region coat of arms, organisation logos • Short conversations • New events messaged • Structured– model links between a region’s economicsectorsand actionplans, organisations, projectideasand funding

15. www.digital-atlantic.eu

16. Territorial Innovation

17. Digital Priorities