West Midlands Innovation Programme phase 2

西米德兰兹创新计划第二阶段（WMIP 2.0）解决了西米德兰兹创新加速器 ** 的 ** 能力和能力 ** 链，** 支持跨部门，需求导向的创新，并加强该地区创新生态系统的连通性和运作。WMIP 2.0巩固并扩展了非常成功的试点阶段（WMIP 1.0），独立评估发现，它有效地协调了创新支持生态系统的发展，并增加了不同部门的创新专业知识，从而产生了超过2800万英镑的额外GVA。WMIP 2.0由西米德兰兹联合管理局领导和管理，使其能够加强其他WM创新加速器项目和更广泛的区域创新活动，并与其他区域增长杠杆（如技能）进行建设性互动。WMIP 2.0的核心将是虚拟创新团队（VIT），该团队由10-12个不同的集群/部门机构中的部门创新专家组成，带来强大的私营部门的声音和能力，以确定和解决业务创新的障碍和推动因素。WMCA交付团队和VIT将继续运作和发展一系列多样化和包容性的主题工作组和部门不可知的活动，围绕创新建立网络、分享良好做法、建立联系和伙伴关系，从而在财富管理创新生态系统中建立跨集群能力和能力。这些网络与其他利益相关者活动（但不是WMIP资助的）一起，都在“西米德兰兹创新联盟”的旗帜下运作。在WMIP 2.0中，灵活创新试点基金将再次使VIT能够与创新生态系统利益相关者一起开发约15种新颖的合作干预措施，以克服行业内和行业间需求导向创新的障碍并利用其机会。WMIP 2.0还将更加注重支持大约5个成功的试点干预措施（来自WMIP 1.0或2.0），以在其他行业内扩大规模，吸引投资并加速对WM增长的影响。WMIP 2.0将在WM增长计划中确定的所有集群中工作，并将为WM创新加速器提供额外资源，并专注于将区域工程、制造和先进计算优势应用于健康/医疗技术和清洁技术的战略重点。WMIP 2.0预计将产生比WMIP 1.0更大的GVA影响，例如通过业务支持，创造就业机会，吸引公共和私人资金，但在西米德兰兹郡建立一个更强大，更好地连接的创新生态系统将产生更广泛，持续的影响，这将继续推动需求导向和跨部门的创新。

The West Midlands Innovation Programme phase 2 (WMIP 2.0) addresses the **Capability and Capacity** strand of the West Midlands Innovation Accelerator**,** supporting cross-sector, demand-led innovation and enhancing the connectedness and operation of the region's innovation ecosystem. WMIP 2.0 consolidates and scales a highly successful pilot phase (WMIP 1.0) which independent evaluation found to have effectively _'coordinated development of the innovation support ecosystem'_ and grown _'expertise in innovation in different sectors',_ leading to generation of additional GVA of over £28m.WMIP 2.0 is led and managed by the West Midlands Combined Authority, enabling it to enhance other WM Innovation Accelerator projects and wider regional innovation activity, and constructively interact with further regional growth levers, e.g. skills. Central to WMIP 2.0 will be the Virtual Innovation Team (VIT) of sector innovation experts embedded in 10-12 diverse cluster/ sector bodies, bringing a strong private sector voice and capacity to identify and address business innovation barriers and enablers.The WMCA Delivery Team and the VIT will continue to operate and develop a diverse and inclusive series of thematic working groups and sector agnostic events that enable networking, good practice sharing, connections and partnerships around innovation, thus building cross-cluster capacity and capability across the WM innovation ecosystem. Together with other aligned (but not WMIP funded) stakeholder activity, these networks all operate under 'Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands' banner.In WMIP 2.0 a Flexible Innovation Pilot Fund will again enable the VIT to develop, with innovation ecosystem stakeholders, around 15 novel, collaborative interventions that overcome barriers to and exploit opportunities for demand-led innovation within and between sectors. WMIP 2.0 will also have a stronger focus on supporting about 5 successful pilot interventions (from WMIP 1.0 or 2.0) to scale within or into additional sectors, to attract investment and accelerate impact on WM growth. Whilst working across all the clusters identified in the WM Plan for Growth, WMIP 2.0 will support the WM Innovation Accelerator with additional resource and focus on the application of regional engineering, manufacturing and advanced computing strengths to the strategic priorities of Health/ Med Tech and Cleantech.WMIP 2.0 is expected to yield even greater GVA impact that WMIP 1.0, e.g. through business support, job creation, attraction of public and private funding, but there will be wider, sustained impact of a stronger, better connected innovation ecosystem in the West Midlands that will continue to enable demand-led and cross-sector innovation.