European Approaches Supporting Emerging Industries and Cross Cluster Development

Dr. Gerd Meier zu KöckerDirectoriit – Institute for Innovation and Technology

Vienna, 22 October 2014

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Where are we today?

1990 – 2000

Understanding clusters

2000 – 2010

Identification of clusters

2010 – 2015

Creating better clusters

2015ff

Making better use of clusters

What is new ?

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The Drivers behind the New Apporaches

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Current trends:

Industrial transformation processes, increasing convergence of technologies and the ermergence of new industries require

• new policy frameworks• new supporting industruments• systematic policy approach

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From Cluster Management Excellence towards Cluster Policy Excellence

Trend 1

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New Generation of European Cluster Observatory

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New Generation of European Cluster Observatory

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New Policy Tools: The Peer Review of Policies

Workshop „Best Practice“: Learning from peers

Drafting recommendations

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Improving Regional Policy Making

Policy level Cluster level Company level

Framework conditions, coordination, incentives

Project development, assistance to industry and

academia

Product/service development, marketing, etc.

Model CC Bavaria„Development from within the industry“

Model Spitzencluster„R&D driven – focus on a

specific topic““

Role models:Well-performing regions

Learning region

What can be learned?

Involvement of industry: strategy development

What actors are missing

Where can cluster policy be improved ?

Aligning cluster policies with other regional innovation

and economic policies

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Poly4EmI:Example for Peer Review of Regional Cluster Policies

Further Model Demonstrator Regions selected under der European Cluster Observatory will conduct further Peer Reviews

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From Cluster (Initiatives) towards Cooperative Regions

Trend 2

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The Reality….

Cluster Initiatives

Collaborative R&D project

Associations or regional networks

Regional initiative to increase innovation

Networks of business development agencies

Cluster Games, Geday, Koczy, Zombori, Meier zu Köcker, 2013

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..Towards Cooperative Regions

• Global actors

• SMEs

• Universities

• Research institutions

• Incubators

• Technology Transfer Centres

• Business development agencies

• Governmental institutions, ministries

• Associations

• Chamber of Commerce

• Municipalities

Cluster initiatives can act as co-ordinator

of co-operative regions

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Future Focus: Emerging Industries

Trend 3

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Examples for an Emerging Industries

16Sources: gerber and Limmatdruck Zeiler

Food

SensorsPackaging

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10 Emerging Industries Selected under ECO II

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Linkages between Clusters and Emerging Industries

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Supporting Cluster Managers to Design New Services for SME in Emerging Industries

Trend 4

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The Ideal Service Portfolio of Cluster Managers to Promote Cross-cluster Cooperation

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From Internationalisation towards International Strategic Partnerships

Trend 5

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From Internationalisation Towards International Strategic Partnerships

Sustainablestrategic

partnerships

Looking for external partners

Among cluster actors

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Aligning and Syncronising National and Regional Funding Schemes to Initiate Transnational Cross-Cluster

Cooperation within Europe

Trend 4

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Innovation Express Call Under BSR Programme

BSR Innovation Express is a joint call for proposals implemented within the framework of the BSR Stars programme. The call is funded by national/regional funding agencies to initiate, develop or enhance transnational cluster cooperation activities – leveraging cluster organisations (or similar) to develop proposals for their SME members

Matching Event in Berlin

• 230 cluster managers• 27 countries• 50 transnational co-operation

projects expected• 8 regions / countries joint

Innovation Express Cal

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Cluster will play an important role in Renewing European Industry……

Cluster policy makers have to learn how to make better use out of clusters

Custer policy is much more than only funding of cluster initiatives

What Remains the same…