Hugues Labar, Presentation TCI2018 European Conference Sofia

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Smart Specialisation Strategy and
Cluster Policy in Wallonia
Sofia, 21.03.2018
Hugues LABAR
Enterprises Network Directorate

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Wallonia 3.600.000 inhab. - 16.844 km²
GDP 2015 : 26.331 €/inhab.
Infrastructures :
Waterways : 741 km
Railway network : 1.605 km
Roads : 81.207 km
Airports : Charleroi & Liège
1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1920
Belgium UK USA
The great industrial powers (1810-1910)

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Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) in Wallonia :
a continuous process
2000-2010
• Progressive development of the Regional Innovation Strategy
• Marshall Plan and Marshall Plan 2.Green
• Implementing of clustering policies (business and competitive clusters)
2012-2013
•Peer review exercises : S3 platform peer review and OECD innovation policy peer review
•Evaluation of policies, industrial value chains analysis
2015-2019
• 2015-2019 : Marshall Plan 4.0 and Smart Specialisation Strategy : consolidation of a regional
industrial innovation policy
• Translation into policy tools (new research and innovation decree, competitive clusters policy,
structural funds,...) and improvement of the policy mix

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The grounds of S3 in Wallonia : clusters policies
2001
•Launching of the business clusters policy (bottom-up)
2006
•2006-2009 : 1st Marshall Plan (1,6 billion €)
•Launching of the competitive clusters policy, 280 million € (5 poles created). Mix of top-down and
bottom-up approaches
2009
•2009-2014 : Marshall Plan 2.Green (2,75 billion €)
•Pursuing and deepening the competitive clusters policy, 388 million € – Creation of a 6th Pole (Green
chemistry)
2015
•2015-2019 : Marshall Plan 4.0 (human capital, industrial and innovation policy, attractiveness, energy
and circular economy, digital economy)
• Axis II: Deepening of S3 through competitive clusters (316 million €), new RDI Strategy, support to
growth of enterprises

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B.C. C.C.

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Business Clusters Competitive Clusters
Bottom-up, large sectoral scope Top-down (6 strategic sectors) + bottom-up
SMEs oriented
Triple helix approach : large companies, technological
SMEs + universities , research centres, training centres +
Government
Financing :
animation structures
3-year grant (100%-80%-50%) / Max 160.000 €/year
Financing (Policy Mix) :
support to projects
+ animation (networking, projects)
up to 350.000 € / C.C./ year (wages)
IF 50% private counterpart
+ internationalisation
+/- 900 members (mainly companies) +/- 1.200 members (850 companies)
Networking, cooperation and innovation throughout the
whole economy in Wallonia. Technological, industrial or
commercial collaborations
Reaching global competitiveness in key domains by
developing niche markets (critical mass)

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Number of clusters in Wallonia
4
6
8
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12
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16
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Business Clusters Competitiveness Clusters
Aeronautics
Space/Nutrition
Automotive
MiTech
T&L

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Industrial processes - New materials
Competitive Clusters Business Clusters
MECATECH : Mechanical engineering, materials and surfaces of the
future, shaping of materials, additive manufacturing, microtechnology and
mechatronics, intelligent maintenance and manufacturing
GREENWIN : Green chemistry, environmental technologies,
treatment and reuse of waste and effluents, waste water management, bio-sourced
chemistry, management and storage of energy, sustainable building and renovation
PLASTIWIN: Plasturgy : polymers, engineering
plastics, elastomers and rubbers, foamed products,
composites, technical textiles
LOGISTICS IN WALLONIA : Transport, Logistics and Mobility:
multimodality, sustainable logistics, supply chain security, internal
logistics and management of industrial processes
SKYWIN : Composites and metal materials, industrial processes,
embedded systems, airport services, space applications and systems,
modeling and simulations

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Health - Nutrition
Competitive Clusters Business Clusters
BIOWIN : Biomarkers, diagnosis in vitro and in vivo,
innovative tools and equipment, medication administration
systems, innovative therapies (cell therapy, proton
therapy), IT applied to human health, medical equipment, drug
discovery, innovative processes and organizational innovations
WAGRALIM : Health and nutritional quality of food,
industrial efficiency, packaging and sustainable agro-food
industry

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Sustainabledevelopment-Sustainablebuilding&Energy
Competitive Clusters Business Clusters
GREENWIN : Green chemistry,
environmental technologies, treatment and reuse of
waste and effluents, waste water management, bio-
sourced chemistry, management and storage of energy,
sustainable building and renovation
TWEED : Development of sustainable energy sectors: renewable
energy sources, development of new processes and products
for energy saving and energy efficiency
ECO-CONSTRUCTION : Green building and green renovation,
« new » materials
CAP 2020 : Low-energy consumption building,
energy-efficient building, smart cities/smart buildings

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Transport - Mobility
Competitive Clusters Business Clusters
LOGISTICS IN WALLONIA : Transport, Logistics and Mobility:
multimodality, sustainable logistics, supply chain security, internal
logistics and management of industrial processes
SKYWIN : Composites and metal materials, industrial processes,
embedded systems, airport services, space applications and
systems, modeling and simulations

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Digital technologies
Competitive Clusters Business Clusters
Big Data Innovation Platform INFOPOLE CLUSTER TIC
Smart mobility, e-health, green technologies, Internet of things,
serious games, big data, open data, trans-media
TWIST
3D stereoscopic imaging, serious games, digital media, Internet and
mobile content, scanning and digital archiving, motion recognition

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2006 - Creation process of the competitive clusters : a mix of
top-down and bottom-up approaches
• University study
• Regional potential and
perspectives
• Criteria
• 5 domains identified
Selection of priority
domains
• Creation of 1 C.C./domain
• Terms of reference
• Stakeholders defining the
partnership, strategy, concrete
projects, mix of technologies and
sectors
Call for interest
• Analysis by an
independent jury
• Labeling of the clusters and
first projects by the
Government
Creation of the
competitive Clusters
2011 - Same process for the 6th C.C.
(Green chemistry and materials)
• Aerospace
• Agro-food
• Transport and logistics
• Life science and health
• Mechanical engineering

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2006 - Selection criteria : quantitative and qualitative data
• Private employment
• Number of enterprises
• Export propensity
• Multipliers effects
Economic basis and its evolution
• Patents
• R&D investment and enterprises
Technological basis and its evolution
• Participation to EU programs
• Scientific publications
• Quotes
Scientific basis and its evolution
• Existing potential and past policy efforts : support to investment,
structural funds, public research centers, training centers, business
clusters, export clusters, spin-offs,…
Redeployment process
• Spatial distribution of employment and enterprises
• Technological intensity
• Growth potential
• Global leaders and endogenous potential
Strategic perspectives

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Building an efficient Policy Mix

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2006- Implementation of the Policy Mix
• Collaborative R&D projects : 2 enterprises (1 SME !) and 2
research centresRDI
• Investment subsidiesInvestment
• Sector expert to support export approaches
• Promotion actions and international canvassing
• Attraction of FDI
Internationalisation
• Development of specific trainingsTraining
• Project support, networking,…
• Internationalisation
Animation structures

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Implementation : Calls for projects (2 or 3 /year)
(RDI, Training & Investment)
• Analysis by :
• C.C. board
• Administration
• C.C. internal jury
Letter of Intent
• Formal administration
opinion
• External jury
recommendation
Finalized project
• Decision of
support / budgets
• Conditional
decisions
Regional
Government

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2010-2012 - Development of the Policy Mix
• Collaborative R&D projects open to foreign actors (1 company
or 1 research centre)
• Innovation platforms
RDI
• Investment subsidies (bonus)
• Innovation platforms
Investment
• Network of Scientific Liaison OfficersInternationalisation
• Internships , Dual trainingTraining
• Internationalisation (ambassadors)Animation structures

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Consolidation and deepening of our strategy
competitive
Clusters
Innovation,
ICT, KET
Internation-
alisation,
Europe
Resource
efficiency
Creative
economy, high
potential
SMEs
New innovative value chains

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2015-2017 - Towards an integrated and coherent Policy Mix
• Creativity, business innovation, ICT, user-led innovationRDI
• Industrial valorisation : prototyping, financial instrumentsInvestment
• EU projects and networks
• Internationalisation strategy
Internationalisation
• Review of the training policy
•Review of the training centres related to the C.C. sectors
Training
• Linkages with broader animation policy
• SMEs involvement, entrepreneurship
• Circular economy, Vanguard, ...
Animation structures
Cross-cluster collaboration – Building new industrial value chains

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FACTORY 4.0

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Best technologies to improve efficiency

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Factory 4.0
• Made Different Wallonia :
• Diagnosis Factory 4.0 through 7 changing pathsRegional
• MecaTech training project :
• Training companies towards Factory 4.0Regional
• Interreg project :
• Coaching / diagnosis
• Training
• Demonstrator
International

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MEDTECH

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MedTech
• Inter-cluster collaboration + 8 other partners :
• Value chainRegional
• Inter-regional collaboration :
• Financing projects to put a medical device on the marketNational
• COSME Cluster Go international project (with Italy, France and
Germany)
• support SMEs to go international and make the European
medtech industry more visible at the international level
International
MAGIA

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MACH

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International exchange of practises (MACH)

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Thank you for your attention!
http://clusters.wallonie.be
hugues.labar@spw.wallonie.be