Observatorios Regionales de Innovación, instituciones de interfaz

Abstract

[EN] The present paper aims to study Innovation Observatories. In order to do so, it ana lyses relevant aspects to be taken into account when including them within Innovation Systems, as well as the most common activities they perform. For the first purpose, a „classification table‟ is proposed as a tool to make their study easier, as it highl ights characteristics such as the territorial dimension in which they act, the network of collaborations, whether they are sectorial or not, the sector‟s theme and the „type of innovation‟ they come from, the type of funding and the approach of their analy ses. For the second purpose, the Observatories‟ activities are compiled and analysed in order to classify them into several types. Lastly, throughout the paper, the limited role of a culture of innovation within the Innovation Observatories‟ tasks is also taken into account

[ES] En este trabajo se pretende realizar un análisis de lo que se entiende por observatorio regional de innovación en el ámbito español y europeo. Para ello, se intenta analizar las tipologías de observatorios regionales de innovación existentes, prestando especial atención a las actividades que desempeñan o los diferentes tipos de objetivos a los que responden. Por último, se presentarán algunas de las redes de observatorios que se están desarrollando en el ámbito europeo.