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Cluster Development Artic (T&F)

ClusterLab I : Baseline for Improvements

Gerd Meier zu Köcker, Founding Member ESCA

Tromsö

30 October 2017

www.bmwi.de

Regional Innovation Strategies RIS

Cluster Cluster-Initiatives

Systematic Approach to

Implement RIS3

Regional Strengths in Troms and Finnmark

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Circular

Economy?

Maritime based

ingredients for tourism

applicants

Regional Strengths Lomdardy

Priorisation of Transformative Actions

Why Cluster Management

Excellence Matters

Source: Lämmer-Gamp, Meier zu Köcker, Christensen, Clusters are Individuals, 2012

Quality and Intensity of Business Services vs. Impact on Firms

Higher Intensity of Cooperation within

Clusters Leads to Higher Monetary Added-values

Monetary added values compared to investments of all cluster actors

Cluster Monitor Germany, July 2012, 50 Cluster representing about 5000 company

low similar high

Monetary added values compared to investments of cluster actors, which are actively involved in cooperation

Case Study I

Source: B. Dragomir, Sep. 2017

Economic Impact for Arena Lønnsomme

Vinteropplevelser (ALV) members

Improvement of Cluster Management

Excellence over Time

Key Success Factors for Cluster Organisations

• Critical mass of cluster participants

• Composition of cluster participants

• Legal form

• Clarity of roles / governance of cluster

• Capacity cluster management

• Stability and continuation of cluster management team

• Strategy

• Services for cluster participants

• Degree of cooperation within the cluster

• Sustainability of financing

• Cluster Dynamics

• Embedment in regional innovation system

Key Success Factors for Cluster Organisations

- Status Quo in the Arctic Region -

ESCA is an open pan-European network: people and governance

People: > 100 trained and certified ESCA experts from 60 public and private institutions and from 30 countries www.cluster-analysis.org/esca-experts

Governance: Technical Advisory Board Cluster Management Excellence (TAB) Monitoring and further development of the GOLD label standards Chair: Emma Vendrell (ESP), Lisa Besnard (FRA) Governance: Cluster Excellence Expert Group (CEEG) Award body for the GOLD Label Chair: Per Spindler (DNK), Philip Aldridge (GBR)

Governance: High-level Policy Maker Group Exchange of experience in an informal manner

Hosted by: VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH, Germany

Starting point 2009 on initiative of the European Commission and national authorities

European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis

www.cluster-analysis.org

The “one-stop-shop” for benchmarking and labelling of cluster organisations:

• Independent department within VDI/VDE-IT

• Coordinating body for all cluster labelling activities under ECEI scheme within Europe

• Entrusted by ECEI-consortium and EC

• ESCA involves international pool of benchmarking and labelling experts

• Decisions for Silver- and Gold-Label done by international expert group (no decision making by ESCA)

• Close cooperation with cluster policy makers within Europe to assure international recognition

Interested in Cluster Management Excellence

Committed to Cluster Management Excellence

Proven Cluster Management Excellence

Some Facts about ESCA

959 clusters from 41 countries.

90 clusters from 18 countries

87 clusters from 16 countries

Bronze and Gold Labelling

- Similarities and Differences -

Cluster-Benchmarking Labelling Cluster

Management Excellence

- Self-Assessment - Third party expert assessement

- No documented evidence required - Documented evidence required

- Intended as a tool for continuous - Intended to confirm excellence

improvements

- Comparing characteristics with peers - Absolute quality criteria regarded

- Motivates to do better - No political influence possible

- Facilitates to get the Gold Label

Interested in Cluster Management

Excellence

Committed to Cluster Management Excellence

Proven Cluster Management Excellence

European Set of Quality Indicators (I)

European Set of Quality Indicators (II)

Dashboard Clustermanagment-Services

Networking

Members Regional Development

Human Resource Development

Meet & Greet

Information about cluster

Company visits

Mapping

Business Development

Internationalisation

Business Generation

Cross-Clustering

Match making

Regional Development

Accquisition of new forms

Support of start-up creaton

Visibility, Branding, Public Relation

Cluster Branding/USP Demonstrating Competence of

Members Capability of Members

Regional Branding

Development of Curicula Training / Qualification

Vocational trainin Recruiting

Intended for

New Products, Technolologies, Innovation, Services

Creation of ideas / projects

Knowledge transfer

Brainstorming sessions

Screennig of new topics

Innovation projetcs

R&D projects

Contact

30.10.2017

Dr.-Ing. Gerd Meier zu Köcker

Director ESCA

E-Mail: mzk@vdivde-itde

Tel.: +49 711 123 3034

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