Policy instruments
Discover the policy instruments that the partners of this project are tackling.
A means for public intervention. It refers to any policy, strategy, or law developed by public authorities and applied on the ground to improve a specific territorial situation. In most cases, financial resources are associated with a policy instrument. However, an instrument can also sometimes refer to a legislative framework with no specific funding. In the context of Interreg Europe, operational programmes for Investment for Growth and Jobs as well as Cooperation Programmes from European Territorial Cooperation are policy instruments. Beyond EU cohesion policy, local, regional, or national public authorities also develop their own policy instruments.
The Law tackled as policy instrument responds to the following objectives:
To establish the rights and duties of the business-government relationship model, in a digital by default environment
To define the digital relation between businesses and the administration, as well as the new tools that the OSS must incorporate to make possible the digital by default principle
To facilitate change in the working model of Catalan administrations, transitioning to manage and analyse data in an interoperable system to deliver personalised, proactive services
To promote a new governance model that ensures the engagement and collaborative work of all stakeholders, enabling data and information sharing
To work towards timeframe reduction of the different procedures and public service proactivity.
The Law, which gives continuity and consolidates the OSS as a model of business-government relationship across the territory, is the result of a collaborative work of the Department of Enterprise and Labour, led by the Office, with an array of territorial economic agents (municipalities, provincial councils, business federations, etc.).
It is further remarkable that the Law is expected to benefit 89% of the Catalan companies, which employ 2.8 million people (84% of the total). It is estimated that the timeframe reduction, increased transparency and simplification of the procedures, and the waiting time to start economic activity will result in cost savings of 38.4 million euros per year.
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Operational Programme (OP): The MRCC Regional Masterplan “Sustainable county 2021-2024”: The OP is based on UN Sustainable Goals, and seeks to solve common challenges and missions like environmental issues, social inclusion, the green transition and value creation. The OP contains 4 main goals with subgoals to provide actions and implementation of policy. For this project it is Goal 4 that is relevant, thus the Policy Instrument we wish to influence.
Goal 4 “Møre and Romsdal will have a leading business community and an innovative public sector”
MRCC has ambition to initiate and facilitate the green transition for the business community and contributes to set the premises for national business policy. The public and private sector develop good solutions together, and the development is based on digitalisation and sustainable business models.
Axis 1: Have a resilient business community that identifies the opportunities in the green shift and maintain and strengthen its international competitiveness.
Axis 4: Strengthen the ability to adapt and innovate, exploit digital opportunities, and increase the use of research, international cooperation and innovative procurement.
This goal will not be reached witin the OP period. To become a leading business community with an innovative public sector is a continuous work. PROACTsme will bring valuable knowledge when the County Council will set the regional priorities and goals for the following OP period (2024-2027).
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The policy instrument addresses National Progress Plan task 1.5 "Promote the development, deployment and diffusion of advanced technologies and innovations". In particular, it addresses three core issues: lack of digital skills and knowledge; digital technologies are under-deployed in enterprises; lack of qualified and specialised digitisation public support services. The target groups under this policy instrument include SMEs; innovation and technology transfer hubs; organisations providing public innovation support and innovation advisory services; professionals providing innovation support and innovation advisory services. The activities of the measure are foreseen to be implemented throughout the territory of Lithuania. Foreseen activities under the instrument include financial incentives for start-ups and spin-offs to develop products and solutions for AI, blockchain technologies, robotics process automation; promotion of the digitisation of SMEs; promotion of production processes automation and the introduction of digitisation technologies in industrial SMEs; promotion of business processes automation to encourage SMEs involvement in the global value chains. The issues, target groups and activities addressed by this policy instrument are also in line with the project objectives. The potential application of big data and AI-driven solutions within the learning experiences of the project will complement the policy instrument and its implementation
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Regional program will support the implementation of the objectives of the cohesion policy, including: a more competitive and smart Europe, a more environmentally friendly, low-carbon Europe, a better connected Europe, a Europe with a stronger social dimension and a Europe closer to citizens. The program will support R&D, implementation of e-services and the entrepreneurship.
At the regional level, there will also be co-financing for the development of the labor market, education and social inclusion. The program covers the area of NUTS 1: Mazowieckie Voivodeship, including two NUTS 2 units: Warszawski stołeczny and Mazowiecki regionalny.
In the project, we plan to address specific objective (ii) reaping the benefits of digitisation for citizens, companies, research organisations and public authorities, including support for digital availability and reuse of information by enterprises, which is an integral part of digital transformation.
The above will be connected with specific objective 1 (iii) enhancing sustainable growth and competitiveness of SMEs and job creation in SMEs, including by productive investments, assigned to Priority I European Funds for a more competitive and intelligent Mazovia.
The solutions developed under the project will be particularly important for improving the scope of intervention related to providing digital resources and business enabling services helping SMEs in the modification or introduction of new business models.
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The Policy Objective 1 of the RCM ROP 2021-2027 is ‘’A more competitive and smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and regional ICT connectivity’’. The relevant specific objectives are:
RSO1.1. Developing and enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies
Priority. Strengthen the administrative and operational capacity of regional innovation support structures and entrepreneurship of the region
RSO1.2. Reaping the benefits of digitisation for citizens, companies, research organisations and public authorities
Priority: Acceleration of digital transformation business practices and supply sector services from the public to citizens and businesses.
RSO1.3. Enhancing sustainable growth and competitiveness of SMEs and job creation in SMEs, including by productive investments
Priority. Creating capable horizontal structures aimed at excitation and support for all SMEs. Support business activity versus unforeseen risks.