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问题，支持跨部门、需求主导的创新，并加强了该地区创新生态系统的连通性和运营。WMIP 2.0巩固并扩展了一个非常成功的试点阶段（WMIP 1.0），独立评估发现，该阶段有效地“协调了创新支持生态系统的发展”，并增长了“不同领域的创新专业知识”，从而产生了超过2800万英镑的额外GVA。WMIP 2.0由西米德兰兹郡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的核心将是由10-12个不同集群/部门机构的部门创新专家组成的虚拟创新团队（Virtual Innovation Team， VIT），为识别和解决业务创新障碍和推动因素带来强大的私营部门声音和能力。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专题工作组和行业不可知活动，以实现围绕创新的网络、良好实践分享、联系和伙伴关系，从而在WMCA创新生态系统中建立跨集群的能力和能力。这些网络与其他一致的（但不是WMIP资助的）利益相关者活动一起，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的利益相关者一起开发约15种新颖的协作干预措施，以克服部门内部和部门之间需求导向创新的障碍并利用机遇。WMIP 2.0还将更加注重支持约5项成功的试点干预措施（来自WMIP 1.0或2.0），以便在其他部门内或扩展到其他部门，以吸引投资并加速对WMIP增长的影响。在与WM增长计划中确定的所有集群合作的同时，WMIP 2.0将以额外的资源支持WM创新加速器，并将重点放在将区域工程、制造和先进计算优势应用于卫生/医疗技术和清洁技术的战略重点上。WMIP 2.0预计将产生比WMIP 1.0更大的GVA影响，例如通过商业支持、创造就业机会、吸引公共和私人资金，但西米德兰兹郡更强大、更紧密联系的创新生态系统将产生更广泛、持续的影响，这将继续推动需求主导的跨部门创新。

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.