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Südtirol – Alto AdigeApplied Spatial Management

1Co-financed by DG Regional Policy, Innovative Actions Unit

Clusterdevelopment within CANSüdtirol

30.05.2006

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Content

1. The region2. The goals of CAN Südtirol3. Results from the cluster programme4. Methodology of cluster development5. Success factors6. Advantages of the ERDF programme

ORGANIZATION

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Karte

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Südtirol – Statistical data

• Population: 461.000

• Area: 7.400 km²

• Municipalities: 116

• Three officially spoken languages:

a) German: 69 %b) Italian: 27 %c) Ladin: 4 %

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Goals of CAN Südtirol

• Development of clusters

• Benefits for SME

• Regional development

• Internationalization

• Improvement of the management level

• Special support of innovationORGANIZATION

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FM

Planning Platform

Projectmanagement

Wellness

Light & Acoustic

Woodconstruction

Open Source

Strategy

Seal of Qu.

Security

Marketing

IT & SWE Committee

CANSüdtirol

Wood &Technology

FM &Construction

Environ-mental

Committee Committee Committee

Product development

Internatio-nality

Quality Products

Strategy

Marketing

Projects

Projects

Projects

Projects

Projects

Projects

Projects

Projects

Projects

Projects

Projects

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Economic results

• 4 Cluster • 40 Co-operation projects• 300 companies within the Clusters• 16 new products and 12 new services• 73 % partnership with R&D institutions

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Political success

• New Department „Innovation and R&D“

• Cluster defined in law

• Special financing for cluster projects

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Steps within the programm

1) cooperation

2) Analysis of the cooperation

3) wide defined cluster

4) thematically focused

5) internationalization

IT

projects

SWE

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Success Factors for cluster development:

1) Social component

2) Critically mass

3) Theoretically based

4) Using the regions experience

5) Stakeholder approach

6) Budget

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Advantages of the innovative actions program:

• Laboratory character• Flexibility• Bottom up possibility•Long term orientation• Possibility to develop strategies out of action• Integrate stakeholder through actions• Best practice for other regions

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Applied Spatial Management

Innovation Concept Südtirol

A strategically Development Concept to

increase Innovation Activities in Südtirol

Bozen - Innsbruck - Zürich

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Comparison of the current regional situation in Southtyrol

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Analysis of the strength and weaknesses of the region

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Number of Institutions• Companies• R&D Organisations• Qualification• etc.

Innovation level• Market growth• Small number of competitors• High risk• R&D relevance Innovation

seed areaHigh potential

area

Strategically core area

ProblemAreas

•Tourism•wood•construction•food

• ICT• logistics• sport• etc

• print• carpenter• butcher

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vision of ASM

1. Increase the economically dynamism in Southtyrol

2. Create a strategically competitive advantage

3. Place the economically core areas global

4. Huge step forward in innovation, research and development

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Goals

1. More international R&D projects

2. More technology oriented companies

3. More private and public expenditure for R&D and “real Innovation”

4. Consequent use of existing experience and know-how in the Region

5. Improve the human resource situation specially in technology and life science

6. Rejuvenution of products (pacemaking and key technology)

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Strategy

Socialadvancem ent &

Regional ability to compete

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Regional Innovation management

Goal

• Development of a Innovation Concept • Derive a regional management system• Development of a regional management cockpit

Actions

• Evaluation System• Adopting Innovation Funding• Alternative Financing

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del l’innovazioneTirolo 2003; 17 %

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High Potenatial Areas (HPA)

Goal

• Increase the dynamic in Innovation areas• Develop key topics• Develop centre of excellence, cluster and network• Increase the number of high-risk projects• Organise the regional R&D and Innovation interface

Definition of HPA

1. Innovative topics, which are able to be a future core competence in South Tyrol

2. It is necessary that there is a demand for this topics in South Tyrol.

3. At the beginning there is seldom the critical mass for cluster in this areas.

4. Examples: a) Nano Technologyb) Open Sourcec) Renewable energy

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Possible HPA(derived from a trend analysis ETH Zürich on the basis of the Southtyrolean economy)

• Environmental technology and renewable energy

• Information technology and Open Source

• Material science and testing of materials

• Logistic, mobility and traffic infrastructure

• Wellness and health

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Actions within the strategy

• Technology transfer and broker

• Development of a technology park - TIS

• Cluster development

• Development of centres of excellences

• EU orientation

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InnovationGoal

• High potential projects• Increase R&D relevant product innovation• Reduction of the time to market• Cooperating with international R&D organisation• Involving the smallest companies

• reducing risks • increasing liquidity

Actions• Technology transfer• task force “labour market”• special qualification programmes • accreditation of the involved consultants

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Basic research Industrialresearch

Pre-competitive development Production Market

Micro Enterpris

Innovation management

Support within the innovation process

feasibility study support of the early stage in innovation development of Ideas market research intellectual property financing risk capital innovation services

risk management financing project management contacts and partners network and cluster integration in different

market qualification

Improving of products Markteintritt export distributoin Garantiegenossenschaften Insurance of credits export qualification

Support of smallest companies throughout the innovation process

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The learning Region

Goal• Transfer of the learning region into the regional level• Utilisation of regional experience and knowledge• Develop technologically and life science

competence in the HPA• Analysing the needs of the companies• Creating technologically communities

Process1. Personal mastery2. Mental models3. Shared vision4. Team learning5. System thinking

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Management of SME

Working techniques (Computer, statistics, …)

Technology Topics

Innovation and project management

Internationalization

Special topicsS

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