By Peter McLean, Development Impacts Pty Ltd, Australia, presented at the 16th TCI Global Conference, Kolding 2013.

1. Tools for fostering collaboration as integral to cluster
ecosystems:
Newly developing approaches and lessons from Australia
Peter McLean
Cluster Lab: Cluster facilitator’s toolbox
4 September 2013

2. Tools for fostering collaboration as integral to cluster ecosystems:
Newly developing approaches and lessons from Australia
Peter McLean, Director, Development Impacts, Australia

3. The Premise
Clusters are frameworks and mechanisms that promote proximate cross sector collaboration
Collaboration Relationship Building, &
Management Tools
Collaboration Connectedness
Evaluation Tools
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4. Clusters are
proximate
collaborations
There are clusters in
Australia but they are
few in number
Australia’s size and
‘synergy density’
determines the form
collaboration takes
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AUSTRALIA

5. Development Impacts
use two sets of tools:
Collaboration
Connectedness
Evaluation Tools
&
Collaboration
Relationship Building
& Management Tools
Two metrics of cluster
policy success involve
measuring the strength
of connectedness and
the extent of
collaboration
between the parties.
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In Australia the desire
for collaboration is growing
with the resource industry
slowdown, the decline
of manufacturing and the
focus moving to
innovation & capacity building

6. Main Content Page Layout
Measuring Collaboration
“Collaboration Evaluation”
In Australia, Development Impacts has
developed an assessment tool to
measure the success of collaborative
initiatives.
And even a fourth level
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7. Collaboration Relationship Building & Management

8. These figures can be moved, deleted, or resized.
Australian Steel Fabricators
Cairns -Townsville - Mackay-
(supply chain fully incorporated)
Brisbane
Steel Alliance
(co-located unincorporated)
CleanTech Innovations
Geelong Alliance
(proximate integrated distributed network)
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Tasmanian Creative
Industries Council
(statewide industry advocacy &
engagement)

9. Questions? Thoughts? Let’s Talk?
Peter McLean
Director, Development Impacts Pty Ltd
Melbourne, Australia
Email: Peter.McLean@devimp.com
Mobile:
Web: www.devimp.com
‘Creating Capacity Through Strategic Collaboration’