Pilot project »Cluster Support Environments« (CSE):
Overview:
Cluster development is mainly concerned with encouraging networking & collaborations. The effective exchange of information and the building of trust between individuals and organisations are crucial.
• As the cluster grows there can be a demand for certain types of infrastructure:
• Premises where businesses can locate
o Incubators and science parks
• Facilities for use on a short term basis (Business Technology Centres)
o Pilot plants and demonstrators
• Businesses using the infrastructure will need generic and specialised business support
• Businesses will benefit from collaborations with the other businesses using the infrastructure
Goal:
The purpose of this pilot project is to develop a generic model for the physical infrastructure which might be needed by the businesses within a cluster and to develop checklists for individual types of infrastructure based on best practice from facilities in the partner regions for the project and other regions. The generic model and the checklists will help cluster initiatives and policy makers to determine the integrated infrastructure requirements of an emerging or existing cluster.
Result - CSE Model:
Cluster Support Environments (CSE) Model describes the physical infrastructure options which need to be considered but very few clusters seem to require all the different types of infrastructure. The Biomedical cluster in Northwest England is one example where all types of infrastructure are present.
Beside CSE Model the Final Report presents also some models of collaborating Slovene partners.
CLUNET partners in PP CSE:
- NWDA (Great Britain)
- RDA LUR (Slovenia) in collaboration with High Technology Products Manufacturers’ Cluster (GIZ VTG), Technology Platform I-TECHMED and Technology Park Ljubljana
- Madrimasd (Spain)
- ITA Aragón (Spain)
- LAKES – Lahti Regional Development Company (Finland)
- Méditerranée Technologies (France)
- Wirtschaftsförderung Karlsruhe (Germany)
- Etruria Innovazione (Italy)
