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IT-Offensive Oberpfalz: Stimulating IT Start-ups in Bavaria's Oberpfalz region

Learn about the IT-Offensive Oberpfalz project, a best-practice example in Bavaria, which aims to promote IT activities and stimulate the founding of IT start-ups in the structurally weaker Oberpfalz region. Find out about the objectives, activities, and results of this initiative.

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IT-Offensive Oberpfalz: Stimulating IT Start-ups in Bavaria's Oberpfalz region

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  1. 12th November 20092nd Brussels Workshop on the Future of the European Cohesion PolicyIT-Offensive Oberpfalz as a Bavarian Best-Practice Example Armin RUDOLPHManaging Authority for the ERDF Operational Programme Bavaria 2007 – 2013

  2. ‘Operational Programme Bavaria 2007 – 2013 ERDF’ under the RCE objective • Overall Objectives of the Bavarian OP: • Creation of equal (not uniform!) living and working conditions throughout Bavaria • Strengthening of competitiveness, sustainable growth and employment in particular in the border and structurally weaker areas • Regional Orientation: • 60 % of the budget dedicated to the three administration regions close to the border to the Czech Republic (27 % of population) • Munich region excluded • Structure of the Bavarian OP (EU contribution: 576 million €, total investment: 1 767 million €) • PA 1: Innovation and knowledge-based economy (115 million €; 20 %) • PA 2: Competitiveness and employment of SMEs (174 million €; 30 %) • PA 3: Sustainable urban development (103 million €; 18%) • PA 4: Risk precaution and resource protection (94 million €; 16%) • PA 5:Sustainable economic development of the border areas (84 million €; 15 %) • PA 6:Technical assistance (5,6 million €; 1%)

  3. Operational Programme Bavaria 2007 – 2013 ERDF:Promotion of IT-activities • IT-cluster projects: • IT-cluster is one of 19 Bavarian-wide cluster platforms co-financed with regional funds • ERDF-funds can be used for cooperation projects emerging from the cluster work • Only support of projects in cooperation of SMEs and R&D-institutions outside the Munich area • Initial Funding of applied sciences in research institutions: • Application range: nano, microsystems, information and communication technology • Mainly for university institutions who want to cooperate with especially SMEs • Additional funds for Bavarian technological programmes: • R&D-program IuK (information and communication) – more software-oriented • R&D-program MST (microsystems technology) – more hardware-oriented • only SMEs can benefit • 50 % of the funds must be used in the three eastern administration districts • Promotion of technology-based founders: • Support of regional IT-initiatives • Focus on rural structurally weaker areas

  4. Best-practice examples from Bavaria: IT-Offensive Oberpfalz • Background information: • Administration district Oberpfalz is mainly a structurally weaker area with Regensburg as a growth pole • Existing well-introduced regional IT-cluster in Regensburg (technology and founder center, business support for start-ups, creation and management of IT-networks like the Bavarian IT Security and Safety Cluster) • Funding project: IT initiative Upper Palatinate • Expand the activities of the Regensburg IT-cluster to the whole Oberpfalz and stimulate the founding of IT-start-ups • Total cost: 1.025 mio. € (50 % ERDF funding, 50 % by the city of Regensburg) • Duration: 01.07.2008 – 31.12.2011 (option for prolongation until the end of 2013) • Objectives: • 120 start-ups in the IT-sector • over 1 000 new jobs

  5. Best-practice examples from Bavaria: IT-Offensive Oberpfalz • Main activities: • Recruiting potentail IT-founders • Providing office workspace for students in the pre-seed phase • Business consultancy service • Establishing contacts to experts, investors and clients • Creating IT-networks with founders and established companies • Enabling networks to qualify for nation- or EU-wide programmes • Results: • 15 start-ups already identified • 17 seminars for potential start-ups held • Effects: • Support of a structurally weak area (according to cohesion policy) • Transfer of good-practice from a well-developed to an underdeveloped area • IT-project in line with EU-policy (Lisbon-strategy, innovation etc.) • Promotion of an initiative with little chances of other funding in the early stage

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