Innovative SMEs by Gender and Age IGA Conference in Belarus IGA is a flagship Project for the EU Baltic Sea Strategy Dr. Jürgen Hogeforster Minsk, 05. November 2013 Chairman Hanse-Parlament Hanse Parlament
Innovative SMEs by Gender and Age
IGA Conference in Belarus
IGA is a flagship Project for the EU Baltic Sea Strategy
Dr. Jürgen Hogeforster Minsk, 05. November 2013 Chairman Hanse-Parlament
Hanse Parlament
Hanseatic Parliament
The Hanseatic Parliament has been working actively in the interests of small and medium enterprises since 1994 and was officially established as an association in St.Petersburg in 2004. The registered office is located in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.
Network of more than 50 chambers of commerce, industry and crafts as well as similar associations around the Baltic Sea, representing more than 470.000 SMEs
Objectives of the Hanseatic Parliament are: to develop a strong, innovative economic region of world standing
to promote small and medium-sized businesses
to initiate outstanding qualifications
to deepen networking and co-operation
to strengthen sub-regions and their diversity
to establish a Hanseatic identity beyond national borders
1. Strengthening of SMEs best way to strengthen european regions
2. SMEs are the economic, cultural and social backbone + 99% of all companies in BSR + up to 70% of all jobs + 80% of all training positions + Family owned + responsible management
Significance of SMEs
"I would like to thank you
especially for your initiative to involve
the academic community in the
promotion of SMEs."
Seminars on “International Business”
Seminars for start ups
Business Forums, Country Reports…
Study courses
Trainings
Support measures for SMEs
» language courses (English – Polish / German / Russian for SMEs)
» Design Workshop (Baltic Amber)
» Matchmaking Events, Publications
» virtual company register / EEN (www.eubizz.net).
Support measures for SMEs
All european countries are facing a lack of qualified personnel and managers ;Growing competition for young talents, increased by demographic development
Increasing level of qualifications is required; High need for innovative solutions asks for qualified people = Qualification is most important task for SMEs to stay competitive versus LLC
SMEs need closer cooperation and exchange with unviersities to stay competitive
Risk for SMEs that best talents stay at university or go to major companies
Future needs of SMEs
Baltic Sea Academy
Foundation of a Baltic Sea Academy as a link between SME organisations and academic institutions
22nd of February 2010
Started with 10 members, 16 members in 2012
Innovation & Qualification
Innovation
- Product Innovations - Process Innovations - Concrete solutions
Qualification
- Dual study courses (simultaneous practical training
and studies) - further training courses
- vocational training
Energy Construction Personnel
Hanseatic Parliament & Baltic Sea Academy
Hanse Parlament : Network of 50 SME insitutions, mainly Chambers of Crafts, Commerce, Industry etc. in the BSR Baltic Sea Academy: Network of 15 Universities doing R&D and Qualification for SMEs
Map of Partners
Satakunta University
Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences
University Bialystok Foundation
University Gdansk
Work and Future Brest
Chamber
Hanse-Parlament
Minsk Chamber
Schwerin Chamber
Hamburg Institute of International Economics
Nordic Forum of Crafts
Norden Association
Education Centre (VISC)
Business
University
Education
Research
Lead Partner
North-South
Transfer
13 Partners from 8 states Project duaration: Nov 2011 – March 2014 Project budget: 1,6 Mio €
Białystok Brest Budapest Bydgoszcz Cottbus Dresden Danzig Hamburg Helsinki Kaliningrad Kopenhagen Łódź Lublin Lübeck Lüneburg Malmö Minsk Moskau
Olstzyn Oppeln Oslo Rostock Panevėžys Pori Riga Schwerin Słupsk Stockholm St.Petersburg Szczecin Tallinn Tampere Trondheim Vilnius Warschau Wrocław
65 IGA associated Partners for Transfer
15 Uni-versities
50 Chambers
Lack of qualified staff is a) main reason for SMEs to not being enough innovative. b) limited growth of SMEs.
At the same time the available human resources are not fully employed.
The employment rate of women ranges from 53% in Poland
to 74% in Norway, the rate of older people from 32% in Poland to 70% in Sweden.
Problems to be addressed
Demographische Prognosen 2006 - 2030
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-10,4
-9,4
-4,0
-1,8
2,0
2,8
3,3
3,8
9,6
-18,4
-16,6
-14,9
-13,9
-11,9
-6,8
-5,1
-5,4
-9,8
0,4
-20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10
Lettland
Estland
Litauen
Polen
Deutschland
EU25
Dänemark
EU15
Finnland
Schweden
Gesamt 15-64-jährige
Working and organizational forms that enhance innovation capacities encourage the employment of women and elders vice versa.
This project supports the development of working and organisational structures in SMEs in order to increase the employment rate of women and elderly and concurrently increases innovation capacities
Largest reserves of productivity: human resources + organizational development!
Problems to be addressed
The most important innovation field!
Indicators of Innovation Innovation
European Scoreboard₁
GDP share of R&D₂
expenditures
Share of R&D employees at labour forces
Patents per 100.000
inhabitants
Labour force share of
HRST₃
2009 2008 2007 2007 2009 Rating % EU 27 - 1.9 1.5 11.7 42.1
Sweden 2 3.8 2.4 29.8 51.2 Finland 3 3.7 3.0 25.1 52.5 Germany 4 2.6 1.7 29.1 47.5 Denmark 6 2.7 2.4 19.4 53.0 Estonia 13 1.3 1.4 1.7 49.2 Poland 26 0.6 0.7 0.4 36.4 Lithuania 27 0.8 1.2 0.2 45.3 Latvia 30 0.6 0.9 0.8 43.3 Russia - 1.0 1.1 0.2 - 1) 33 countries by comparison 2) R&D – Research and Development 3) HRST – Human Resources in Science and Technology Sources: Eurostat (2010); HWWI
IGA Overall Goals
leveling of equal opportunities for women of south of the Baltic
Sea with the ones of northern countries approximation of the productivity in the countries south of the
Baltic Sea to the much higher level in Scandinavia strengthening the promotion of innovation in SMEs by
developing working cultures and structures, which explicitly improve the equal opportunities for women
IGA Overall Goals
promotion of equal opportunities and provision of qualified
personnel for SMEs supporting the regional development in order to optimally
develop the human capital and competitiveness of SMEs in the regions through gender and education policy
Mehr Software
Größte Produktivitätsreserven: Personal- und Organisations-Entwicklung!
Wichtigstes Innovationsfeld!
Produktivitäts-Unterschiede südlich und nördlich
der Ostsee Mehr Frauen + Ältere Hervorragende Personal- und
Organisations-Entwicklung: Vorteile Frauen und Ältere
Hanseatic Parliament
IGA Target groups and levels
Four Levels Individually: boost motivation and workability, thus increasing the
rate of women participating in work-life, through qualification of consultants and the development of a manual.
Enterprises: supporting working conditions suitable for womens’ needs and personnel development through the transfer of Best Practice, qualification and coaching.
Organisations: Competences and commitment of 50 chambers and 15 universities to support innovation and equal opportunities.
Policy: development of a strategy programme, 5 regional agreements and 2 action programmes to promote equal opportunities and innovation in SMEs.
TOP 2: Goals and Tasks
Specific Goals Developing and transferring working cultures and structures that supports the
labor participation of women and elders and increases the innovation capacities of SMEs
Adjusting the employment rate of women and elderly in BSR regions. Implementing identified Best Practice solutions -adapted to specific regional
conditions- in the BSR regions and realization of a north-south transfer. Developing further education and coaching programs for SME-promoters as
well as a handbook for the promotion of innovation through improving the working work environment for women and elderly.
Elaborating a BSR wide strategy for strengthening the innovation capacities of SMEs through higher labour participation of women + elderly
As part of the BSR-QUICK flagship project this strategy programme will be proposed for the EU strategy for BSR.
Transfer of promotion measures to 45BSR regions.
IGA Specific Results
1. Fundamentals, basic data, studies Economic analysis in the BSR countries and regions:
economic structure, level of innovation of SMEs, labour force participation of women and elders
Analysing regional education and labour markets: labour participation, attractive education programmes, diversity in labour market, sector, future prospects etc.
Analysing women activities in SMEs in Poland Analysing Women`s Entrepreneurship
Präsentation Dr. Silvia
Stiller
IGA Specific Results
2. Trainings and seminars to promote SMEs Concept and curriculum for a Train the Trainer program for
the permanent implementation of trainings for consultants Concept and curricula for a training and coaching program for
consultants to improve advisory competences on improving work structures in SMEs and permanent implementation
Concept Curricula SMEs Seminar + permanent implementation Train the Trainer in Vilnius + Bialystok Training Consultant in Brest, Riga, Gdansk SME Seminar in Gomel and Brest Laufende Realisierung durch 50 Kammern
und 15 Universitäten; in Belarus a) Minsk, Brest, Gomel, Mogilev b) TU Universität Brest
• 15 Universities of 9 BSR Countries
a) Train the Trainer
• Lecturers from universities and colleges (Trainers for Consultants)
b) Train the Consultant • Staff of chambers and
other institutions: 50 Chambers of 11 BSR Countries
Consultation for SMEs, women,
elders
Innovation Seminars for
SMEs With 50
Chambers 475.000 SMEs
IGA Specific Results
3. Best Practice Transfer and Promotion Tools Transfer and implementation of 10 measures for innovation
promotion by increasing the participation of women and elders from Scandinavia to northern Germany, Pomerania, Lithuania, Latvia and Belarus
BSR-wide information, advice and support internet platform
Electronic Tool for SMEs and Promoters Development and publication of a manual on
promoting innovation through increasing labour participation of women Management Demographic Change in SMEs
IGA Specific Results
4. Politic Change for Promotion SMEs and Women
Development political Strategy to encourage innovation and greater labor participation of women and elders in SMEs and support the EU Baltic Sea Strategy
2 international conference with politicians, administration,
universities, chambers, women and elderly as well as SMEs for implementation political strategy
IGA Specific Results
5. National programs for sustainable funding for 5 countries National Conferences and National Strategic programme and Memorandum of Understanding to promote innovation and labour participation in SMEs and conferences to ensure sustained implementation Chambers, SME Promoters, Universities, Government ect. for long-term support after the project end in the countries Latvia Lithuania Poland Belarus today Germany Febraury 2014
IGA Specific Results
6. Action programs and transfer in BSR 1 action programme for 50 SME promoters (chambers +
associations) in all BSR countries on promoting higher labor participation of women and elders
1 action programme for 15 academies/ universities from 9
Baltic Sea countries on the promotion and qualification of consultants, which support the labor participation of women and elders
3 International Advisory and Transfer Conference with 50
chambers/ associations/ SME-promoters and 15 academies/ universities from all Baltic Sea countries for the transfer of project results and sustained implementation
IGA Specific Results
7. PR and Information
information campaign (TV, press conferences, publications, meetings, news letters, conferences, etc.) to foster innovation in SMEs and to increase the labor participation of women and elders
Evaluation and documentation of all project results in 8 different books
Top 3. Work Plan: WP 5
Realization of 4 Regional Conferences a 25 Persons in different Countries in MS 2 – 4 (PP Education Centre)
Realization of International Conference with 50 Persons (together with Transfer Conference) in MS 5 (PP LP)
Development of 5 regional cooperation agreements in MS 2 – 5 (PP Education Centre)
Development of 2 International Action Programs in MS 5 (PP LP) Preparation 1 book with Results of Project; Transfer International
Conferences: Publication in MS 5 (PP LP)
1. Wachsender Mangel an Unternehmern: Frauen als Existenzgründerinne
2. Wachsender Mangel an Führungskräften: Mehr Frauen in der Führung
3. Wachsender Mangel an Fachkräften: Wachstum mit mehr Frauen
4. Stark veränderte Märkte: Frauen hervorragende Dienstleister
5. Größte Produktivitätsreserven und höchster Innovationsbedarf in der Personal- und Organisationsentwicklung: Domäne der Frauen
6. Zukunft wir bestimmt durch Kooperation: Frauen sind starke Partner
7. Unternehmen mit einem höheren Anteil von Frauen sind produktiver und innovativer: Mischung Frauen und Männer optimal
8. Benötigt werden Pioniere + Bewahrer: Frauen reduzieren Risiko
9. Kulturen wichtiger als Strukturen: Frauen fördern Geist + Kultur
10. Dynamik + Sowohl als auch erfordert vielfältige Talente: Durch Kombination von Frauen + Männer sichern
Warum mehr Frauen?
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