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Working Day - Track: Modern cluster policy Enhancing growth from an EU perspective

Michel Catinat

European Cluster Strategy

for growth

European Cluster Strategy for growth

Michel Catinat

Head of Unit GROW.F2 – Clusters, Social Economy & Entrepreneurship

Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs TCI Global Conference 2016 10 November 2016, Eindhoven

Cluster firms…

• - are more innovative than non-cluster firms

• - register more trademarks and apply for more patents

• - cooperate more

Source: European Commission 2006 Innobarometer on clusters‘ role in facilitating

innovation in Europe and 2008 Staff Working Document on the concept of clusters and

cluster policies and their role for competitiveness and innovation: Main statistical results

and lessons learned. See

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/policy/clusters

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SMEs are more innovative!

Focus areas of European Cluster Policy

1. Creating new sources of growth and new industrial strengths

Promotion of greater linkages between different sectors and value chains

2. Interregional cooperation and smart specialisation

Acceleration of convergence of the less developed regions while providing more developed regions with the possibility of expanding business opportunities, knowledge sharing and value chains

3. Support for the internationalisation of EU firms through clusters

Pooling of resources, knowledge, competences, critical mass for joint internationalisation strategies towards third markets

4. Support excellence in cluster management

European cluster strategy for growth

Clusters accelerators for innovation and

industrial change

Cluster excellence

International cluster

cooperation

PME

Supporting cluster excellence

Cluster Excellence Programme for SMEs (COSME, €8.25m)

Supporting capacity building through benchmarking, training, twinning and labelling of cluster management

2010-2016

• 811 (in 40 countries) BRONZE label

• 47 (in 10 countries) SILVER label

• 69 (14 countries) GOLD label

https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/cos-cluster-2015-3-02-clusters-excellence-programme

Cluster Excellence Programme in COSME

Assist managers of cluster and business networks organisations to enhance management skills and improve quality of the services to SMEs through benchmarking, training activities and development of a comprehensive strategy

• Calls for proposals addressed to cluster organisations engaged in

collaboration to improve cluster management and develop strategic collaboration with regional authorities

2014 call (1,4 mio €) – six projects started in January 2016 2015 call (1 mio €) – five projects started in November 2016

• 2017 calls (1,2 mio €): Ad Hoc Grant to improve and consolidate the

cluster excellence initiative in support of industrial modernisation and smart specialisation (300,000 €) + Open call to further develop cluster excellence (900,000 €)

Phase II of the initiative will start in 2017 to improve and consolidate this initiative on the basis of new European principles, the reinforcement of expertise across the EU and a sustainable governance structure

Supporting SME internationalisation through clusters

Cluster Internationalisation Programme for SMEs (COSME, €19m)

European Strategic Cluster Partnerships – Going International (ESCP-4i)

• "Clusters Go International" call promoting SME internaliationalistion towards 3rd countries

• 1st call 2014 (3,75M€): 24 partnerships established (incl. 15 co-funded projects)

• 2nd call – end 2016 or early 2017 (5,8M€)

European Cluster Collaboration Platform

• Re-launched in March 2016 – Renew your cluster profile !!!

• The European hub for cluster cooperation & internationalisation

International cluster matchmaking events in third countries and Europe

• 6 Events in 2016 with: US, Taiwan, Iran, Mexico, Brazil & EU stakeholders

• 5 events planned in 2017

Promoting cluster cooperation for industrial leadership in global markets

European Strategic Cluster Partnerships – Going International (ESCP-4i)

Others: Korea, Taiwan, North & West Africa, ASEAN, Gulf/Middle East

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Main target countries

Overall, 24 EU Cluster Partnerships "Go international" (incl. 15 co-funded)

involving: 138 European cluster organisations

17,000 SMEs across 23 European countries

The European Cluster Collaboration Platform -ECCP The Platform Connecting Cluster Organisations

ECCP is a service facility aiming to provide cluster organisations modern tools to:

• map and profile cluster organisations across Europe (and beyond) - currently over 400 organisations

• make efficient use of networking instruments (search/find potential partners and opportunities)

• develop collaboration trans-nationally (within Europe) and internationally (beyond Europe)

• support the emergence of new value chains through cross-sectorial cooperation

• access the latest information on cluster events and development in Europe and third countries

• support policy dialogues with third countries (eg. EU-US Cluster Cooperation Arrangement)

2016

• EU-USA Event, Hannover Messe, 25-26 April 2016

Focus: Advanced manufacturing, industrial automation, environmental technology, etc.

Participation of over 75 EU and US clusters / EDOs with 250 face-to-face meetings scheduled

• Taiwan -EU Event, ICT Fair Computex, Taipei, 30 May-3 June 2016

Participation of 23 EU clusters - 120 one-to-one meetings with Taiwanese organisations

• Iran – EU event, EU Economic Mission led by Commissioner Bienkowska, 17-19 Oct. 2016

Focus: automotive and mobility, tourims and sports, textile, biotech and green tech

Participation of 14 EU clusters and 60 Iran organisations – 7 industrial site visits

• Mexico – EU event, Green Expo, 25-27 October 2016

Focus: Renewable energy, Energy efficiency, Waste management, Wastewater management

Participation of 38 EU clusters and Mexican organisations - in cooperation with the Low Carbon Business Action (funded under FPI, EEAS)

• EU – Brazil Event, Pollutec, Lyon, 28-30 November 2016

Participation of 35 EU clusters and Brazil organisations – Green technologies

• EU Cluster Event, Brussels, 30 November 2016 - prior to the European Cluster Conference 2016

Participation of 120 EU clusters

International Cluster Match-making Events

Using clusters to facilitate value chain innovation and industrial transformation

• Cluster facilitated projects for new industrial value chains (Innovation actions under Horizon2020 by promoting cross-sectoral and cross-regional collababoration, INNOSUP-1 with ca. €130m until 2020 - 5 projects selected in 2015, 3 new projects to be selected early 2017 with €15 million – Next call deadline April 2017 with €18,5 million)

• European Cluster Observatory (European Cluster Panorama, European Cluster Trend report, advisory support to model demonstrator regions…)

New service contract in 2017 – open call end of 2016

Promoting collaboration and innovation across regional and sectoral silos & accelerating industrial change and smart specialisation synergies

http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/cluster/observatory/

https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/6084-innosup-01-2016-2017.html

Priority on Investment, Growth and Jobs and Role of Clusters:

1. A new boost for Investment, growth and jobs is a priority of the European Commission.

- Currently investment in Europe is 15% below pre-crisis levels

(source: EIB)

- Investment is €260 billion below (long term) trend

(source: Bruegel org)

The challenge is to contribute to investment, innovation across clusters in the regions:

clusters in cooperation with technology centres focusing on

smart specialisation strategies

acting as

integrators and facilitators for SMEs investment projects!

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http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/industrial-modernisation www.clustercollaboration.eu/news/call-expression-interest-towards-european-strategic-cluster-partnerships

Strategic interregional collaboration

How to get involved

Call for expression of interest to establish

thematic areas, matchmaking and interest

handling by Joint Research Centre/ S3Platform

Regions

http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/industrial-modernisation

Call for expression of interest and partner

search towards European Strategic Cluster

Partnerships for smart specialisation

investments (S³)

Cluster organisations,

business networks,

technology centres,

science parks

Businesses

www.clustercollaboration.eu/news/call-expression-interest-towards-european-strategic-cluster-partnerships

European Investment Advisory Hub, regional

managing authorities, regional cluster

organisations & business networks, and

Enterprise Europe Network partners

Call for expression of interest

Towards European Strategic Cluster Partnerships for smart specialisation investments

• aims to strengthen industry participation and inter-regional collaboration in implementation of smart specialisation strategies

• addressed to cluster organisations, other business network organisations, technology centres and science parks

• focuses on industrial modernisation

• open partnering process until end of 2016 via

• preparing for a call for proposals (2.8 million) for early 2017

http://www.clustercollaboration.eu/news/call-expression-interest-towards-european-strategic-cluster-partnerships

EUROPEAN CLUSTER CONFERENCE 2016

CLUSTERS 4.0: Shaping Smart Industries 1-2 December 2016, Brussels

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• European Cluster Manager of the Year 2016

• The contest is still open – deadline for application set to 11 Nov. 2016,

• European Strategic Cluster Partnerships Award 2016

• rewarding 'Cluster Go International' (ESCP-4i) Projects’ partnering and communication activities

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