Towards a Global Strategy on the KNETWORKS

1. Towards a Global Strategyonthe KNETWORKS Towards a Global Strategy on the KNETWORKS Project Cardiff Project Meeting 19th October 2010 Francisco Ramos University of A Coruña Foundation

2. Our Institution • What is FUAC ? • FUAC is a private non-profit foundation set up to promote and develop the activities of the University of A Coruña, and its relationship with society.

3. The foundation’s aims and objectives general objective collaborate with the University of A Coruña in all the activities it carries out, and thus consolidate its position both in academic and research areas, or in any other of its activities. specific objectives To increase awareness on aspects related to the transference of scientific-technical and social knowledge, and thereby to assist innovation. To promote and facilitate cooperation by establishing individual contact or collective actions of a varied nature. To create frameworks for ordered and coordinated collaboration between organisations in different environments.

4. Our sponsors • Institutions • The University of A Coruña. • La Coruña City Council. • Ferrol City Council. • The County Council of La Coruña. • The La Coruña Chamber of Commerce and Industry. • Companies • Caixa Galicia. • Metalúrgica Galaica, S.A. • Promotora Industrial y Comercial Subel, S.A. • Conservas Calvo. • Gallega de Distribuidores de Alimentación, S.A. (GADISA) • Urbanizadora Inmobiliaria Fadesa, S.A. • Group INDITEX • Epifanio Campo, S.A. • BancoGallego • The La Coruña Port Authority • SUTEGA

5. Our Services Related with Students Work experience programmes with national and international companies. Support and guidance in looking for employment. Training through courses, masters, etc. Support for the creation of businesses. University The promotion of joint university-business projects Information on the demands of business Support in technology and knowledge transference The search for financing for its activities Collaboration in postgraduate training Business Technology and knowledge transference Cooperation projects with other companies European projects R+D contracted Other: Technical services and tests. Industrial and intellectual property. Forums and business meetings. Business/training courses. University students on work experience

6. MAIN FIGURES OF R&D IN GALICIA • R&D Expenditure on GDP (2008) 1.04% (Spain 1,35%) • Total Expenditure in R&D 584,21 Million € • (private & public) • R&D Expenditure in Higher Education 225,67 Million € • R&D Human Resources in Higher Education(FTE) 4.654 • About 700 research groups (small average size; 40% of them in Social Sciences and Humanities)

7. R&D IN HIGHER EDUCATION (2008) Galician Universities represent almost 50% expenditure and 70% personnel. They are the main actor in the Galician Innovation System, but the previous policies failed to transform such capacities in value. • 3 Public Universities (main research domains): • University of A Coruña: Civil and Sea Engineering, Social Sciences. • University of Santiago de Compostela: Biomedical, Agro-food, Environmental Sciences, Humanities. • University of Vigo: Engineering and Sea Sciences.

8. MAIN ISSUES OF R&D POLICY IN GALICIA • 1993. Galician Law for Research and Development. • 1996-1999. RIS exercise (Regional Innovation Strategy). Funded by the European Commission. • 1999-2001. First Galician Plan for R&D. • 2002-2005. Second Galician Plan for R&D and Innovation. • 2006-2010. Third Galician Plan for R&D and Innovation

9. NEURONA. Main Technology Platform Network in Galicia http://www.redeneurona.org

10. Our projects As a young and dynamic institution, FUAC seeks to anticipate demand in meeting the needs of the different actors which make up the fields of science, technology and the market itself, facilitating relevant and appropriate information, with an emphasis on the provision of support in the making of decisions. Our foundation is undertaking a number of projects directed towards providing a wider audience for the skills of our research groups, pinpointing and solving the needs of manufacturing, marketing research results, promoting cooperation between SMEs and the international projection of these companies, enabling new businesses to start up, etc. These actions have been realized to regional, national and international scale, as a priority with Europe and with other spaces as Latin America and Caribbean region.

11. Our projects MAIN EUROPEAN PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE EC IN THE AREA OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESEARCH GROUPS , TECNOLOGICAL CENTRES & COMPANIES The technological innovation as a cohesion and strengthening element of the European South-East: promotion of the cooperation among agents and development of a common strategy of RTD and transference of technology, SURTEC (Lead partner). www.surtec.org New routes in the management of the cooperation between agents of European innovation del Southwestern: to advance from the scientific research towards the technological service specialized for companies and the creation of companies of technological base, AVANTEC (Lead partner). www.proyectoavantec.org Actions in innovation management of institutions in regions SUDOE, for the impulse and the improvement of the innovation and its total integration in the general strategy of the small and medium companies, GESTINN (Lead partner). www.gestinn.eu University and Enterprise Transregional Network to the innovation and knowledge market organization in SUDOE, REDOMIC (Lead partner). www.redomic.eu

12. An Example: REDOMIC PLATFORM TOOL Technology Supplies Providing Services ICT’s Area Possibilities of matching between a specific supply and different demands

13. Specific Outcomes In the development of these refered projects as a Leader and in others as a partner, Fuac has obtained the following results:

14. Towards a Global Strategyonthe KNETWORKS FUTURE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA FOUNDATION C/ Paseo de Ronda 47, 2º floor 15011 A Coruña (Spain)