Cluster and Network Cooperation for Business Success in Central Europe

Programme 2007 - 2013 Central Europe

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

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Description (EN):

Clusters are one of the most important instruments for economic development and innovation policy. They play an active role in reinforcing the competitiveness of the regions by contributing to the creation of an attractive regional profile and encouraging application-oriented research and supporting SMEs. The project CNCB focuses on the development of cluster initiatives. Its aim is to target specific challenges of the participating regions related to the cluster management qualification and working on elaboration of a standardized transferable module that is not available so far.

Achievements (EN):

The CNCB project (Cluster and Network Cooperation for Business Success in Central Europe) aims to support clusters in enhancing their competitiveness and innovation capacities by providing a 'tool-kit' for successful cluster management valid throughout Central Europe. In this respect, the major success factors for cluster management are dealt with. CNCB’s research on cluster management focuses on three pillars: cluster manager’s training, cluster optimization and cluster internationalization, which is consistently followed in all activities carried out in the course of the project. The CNCB team has conducted a two-tiered survey to analyse the status quo of cluster management today, which encompasses both a quantitative as well as a qualitative perspective. The quantitative online survey provided a basic data base (97 respondents), which was followed by face-to-face interviews (32 interviews) with cluster managers across Europe. In a selection process according to their maturity and suitability, six cluster organisations outside the partnership were selected to participate in the project as cooperation partners. Three of them employed measures for optimisation, guided by project partners and external experts, in the pre-defined areas of optimisation (i.e. Organisation & Structure, Products & Services, Strategy & Planning, HR & Skills / Qualification and Finance & Funding) to identify gaps and potentials for improvement. The other three clusters were selected as suitable cooperation partners who dispose of the necessary maturity level, organizational structure and general cluster strategy (among other factors) to be "internationalized", i.e. supported to develop an international market approach, in the areas of Strategy, Framework Conditions, Barriers, Potentials, Needs/Interests and Solutions in order to define the feasibility and the “fit” of a going-international strategy for clusters. The third pillar “Cluster Manager Qualification”, i.e. what characterizes a successful cluster manager, included the development of specific training modules for cluster managers. A transnational training manual defines the “must-haves” for cluster managers in terms of background and experience. The direct sustainable result of the project are the pilot clusters that were "optimized' and "internationalized" as well as the modular training course to be included into a Cluster Academy's programme. In a nutshell: 275 clusters were mapped in the survey, with 97 respondents and 32 interviews, 15 European regions to be affected by project results, 6 permanent co-operation were established with 6 pilot clusters, who comprise of a network of 194 member companies benefitting from the improved service and consulting given by the project team.

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Clustering and economic cooperation SME and entrepreneurship

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: ICS Internationalisierungscenter Steiermark GmbH

Address: Körblergasse 117, 8010 Graz, Austria

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Provincia di Milano

Name: Provincia di Milano

Address: 20159 Milano, Italy

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SGPPL Dolina Lotnicza

Name: SGPPL Dolina Lotnicza

Address: 35959 Rzeszów, Poland

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OBRTNO PODJETNIŠKA ZBORNICA SLOVENIJE

Name: OBRTNO PODJETNIŠKA ZBORNICA SLOVENIJE

Address: 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

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1. slovenský strojársky klaster

Name: 1. slovenský strojársky klaster

Address: 962 12 Detva, Slovakia

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Unione Regionale delle Camere di Commercio del Veneto

Name: Unione Regionale delle Camere di Commercio del Veneto

Address: 30175 Marghera Venezia, Italy

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Gornoslaska Agencja Przeksztalcen Przedsiebiorstw S.A.

Name: Gornoslaska Agencja Przeksztalcen Przedsiebiorstw S.A.

Address: 40-405 Katowice, Poland

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Pécs-Baranyai Kereskedelmi és Iparkamara

Name: Pécs-Baranyai Kereskedelmi és Iparkamara

Department: Innovation

Address: Majorossy u., H7625 Pécs, Hungary

Legal status: private

Website: www.pbkik.hu

Západočeská univerzita

Name: Západočeská univerzita

Address: 306 14 Plzeň, Czech Republic

Legal status: n/a

BIC Bratislava, spol. s r.o.

Name: BIC Bratislava, spol. s r.o.

Address: 811 03 Bratislava, Slovakia

Legal status: n/a

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Province of Milan

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ICS Internationalisierungscenter Steiermark GmbH

Cluster and Network Cooperation for Business Success in Central Europe

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SGPPL Dolina Lotnicza

Cluster and Network Cooperation for Business Success in Central Europe

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Obrtno podjetniška zbornica Slovenije

Cluster and Network Cooperation for Business Success in Central Europe

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1. slovenský strojársky klaster

Cluster and Network Cooperation for Business Success in Central Europe

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Unione Regionale delle Camere di Commercio del Veneto

Cluster and Network Cooperation for Business Success in Central Europe

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Gornoslaska Agencja Przeksztalcen Przedsiebiorstw S.A.

Cluster and Network Cooperation for Business Success in Central Europe

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Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pécs-Baranya

Cluster and Network Cooperation for Business Success in Central Europe

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Západočeská univerzita

Cluster and Network Cooperation for Business Success in Central Europe

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BIC Bratislava, Ltd.

Cluster and Network Cooperation for Business Success in Central Europe

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Summary

Project name (EN): Cluster and Network Cooperation for Business Success in Central Europe

Project acronym: CNCB

Project start date: 2009-10-01

Project end date: 2013-09-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 129 158.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 715 630.00

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2007 - 2013 Central Europe

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2014-10-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

124 / 124 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 331 / 1 331 (100%)

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Cluster and Network Cooperation for Business Success in Central Europe

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