The File Names below are a direct link to the described document. 
If you have any documents which may be of interest to the other Boosting Baltic partners please contact Lise Vinkel Clausen (lv@scanbalt.org) with the relevant details.


Title:Life Sciences and Biotechnology in Poland. Research, Industry and Transnational collaboration
Date: 2006
Pages: 32
Description: The report contains an overview of both the economic situation in Poland and of Biotechnology in Poland. Several sectors are adressed:
- Agrobiotech
- Biotech in nutrition
- Biotech in envronmental engineering
- Molecular diagnostics
- Education and research
- Pharmaceutical biotech
The report includes description of and links to Biotech companies and research institutions in Poland
Report: Life Sciences and Biotechnology in Poland, the report
Publisher: BioCon Valley


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Title: State of the Region Report 2005: Competitiveness and Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region
Date: 2005
Pages: 75
Description: An overview of the Baltic Region's competitiveness, illustrates the cluster basis of the region, indicates existing and unused potentials and general performance
File Name: StateoftheRegionReport2005.pdf
Author: Dr. Christian Ketals and Prof. Örjan Sölvell
Publisher: Baltic Development Forum 2005
Target Countries: Baltic Countries

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Title: Innovation Policy in Six Candidate Countries: The Challenges (Estonia, Poland)
Date: September 2001
Pages: 189
Description: This was part of a larger study to examine framework conditions for innovation in the new member states. It includes information on:
· Environment for innovation
· Assessment of innovation performance
· Legal and administrative environment for innovation
· Human resources
· Business environment
· Policy Challenges
It also includes innovation scorecard analysis, taxation information, ISO information, GDP info, enterprise creation rate, and VC investment rates.
This is an extensive document that contains useful background information.
File Name: Innovation_policy_in_Estonia_Poland
Publisher: European Commission, DG Enterprise, Innovation Directorate.

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Title: Innovation Policy in Six Candidate Countries: The Challenges. Final Report, Volume 1.
Date: March 2003 (Latvia, Lithuania)
Pages: 181
Description: This document focuses on innovation policy in the new member states. It includes information on:
· Innovation Policy
· Innovation rates
· Business environment status
· Knowledge based economy growth rate
· Government support
· Improvement of innovation performance
Statistics are provided on labour productivity, GERD, GDP, scorecard analysis, patent information and opinion surveys.
File Name: Innovation_Policy_in_Latvia_and_Lithuania
Publisher: European Commission, DG Enterprise, Innovation Directorate.

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Title: Innovation Policy in Six Candidate Countries: The Challenges. Final Report, Volume 2.2
(Latvia)
Date: March 2003
Pages: 112
Description: This is a more focused document with information on Latvia’s:
· Innovation Policy Framework
· Measures to improve the innovation framework
· Business innovation interfaces and support measures
The document has a conclusion regarding the development of innovation policy in Latvia. It includes numerous references to Latvian data sources, agencies and actors.
File Name: Latvia_final_report_march_2003
Publisher: European Commission, DG Enterprise, Innovation Directorate.

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Title: Innovation Policy in Six Candidate Countries: The Challenges. Final Report, Volume 2.3
(Lithuania)
Date: March 2003
Pages: 97
Description: This is a document focused on the innovation environment in Lithuania. It includes information on:
· Innovation policy framework
· Teaching and training initiatives
· Business innovation interfaces and support measures
The document concludes with a discussion of the development of innovation policy in Lithuania.
File Name: Lithuania_final_report_march_2003
Publisher: European Commission, DG Enterprise, Innovation Directorate.

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Title: Innovation Capabilities in Seven Candidate Countries: An assessment
Volume 2.8 (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland)
Date: March 2003
Pages: 97
Description: This document analyses the innovation capabilities of the new member states. It includes information on:
· Markets, finance and output
· Human resources
· Knowledge creation and investment
· Transmission and application of knowledge
· Innovation scorecard analysis
The analysis also contains development levels, GDP analysis, VC investments, and various indicators of innovation.
File Name: slavo_final_report_march_2003
Publisher: European Commission, DG Enterprise, Innovation Directorate.

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Title: S&T Institutions and S&T Policies in the EU Acceding Countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland)
Date: February 2004, Draft
Pages: 140
Description: For each of the new member states, this includes information on:
· Indicators of investment and performance of knowledge based economy
· Institutional capacity
· Policies and strategies
It also includes information on relevant information sources.
File Name: RD_in_New_Europe
Publisher: European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre
Target Countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland

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