The document summarizes the international activities and objectives of the Lublin Medicine Cluster in Poland. It provides statistics on Lublin's population, universities, students, and clusters. It then discusses the Lublin Medicine Cluster, which has 119 members, 95 companies, and focuses on medicine, health, and wellness. The cluster's international activities include promoting medical tourism to Lublin, R&D partnerships, developing the "Lublin Medicine" brand, and creating high quality medical services. The cluster has participated in international conferences and formed cooperation agreements with other clusters. Its goals for the future are to continue developing international collaborations and promoting the region's medical industry.

1. International activity
of Lublin Medicine Cluster
So far experience and objectives for the future
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INTER-COMP-INNO Conference, 18 October 2017, Riga

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Lublin in numbers
60,8%
The percentage
of population
at working age
9
The number of
universities and higher
education institutions
340 466
The number
of inhabitants
12
The number
of incubators
and accelerators
64 330
The number
of students
[2015/2016]
6,7%
Unemployment rate
[August 2017]
6 244
The number
of international students
[2015/2016]
17
The number
of clusters
and cluster initiatives

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Facts and numbers
 Medicine and Health - smart specialisation/Lublin Region
 3 years of cluster activity
 119 cluster members
 95 companies
 2 science and technology parks
 3 R&D Centres from the Ministry of Development list
 9 workgroups
 670 specialist laboratories
 16 start-ups

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International activities of Lublin Medicine Cluster
 Medical Tourism
 Promoting medical and wellness businesses from Lublin
 Creating the “Lublin Medicine” brand
 R&D activities
 Entrepreneurship development
 Developing medical services of high quality which based
on demographic trends and social needs

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Lublin Medicine - Medical and Wellness Cluster
International activities of Lublin Medicine Cluster –
Medical Tourism
 Lublin Medical Tourism Consortium
 Cooperation with polish and foreign medical tourism experts: IMTJ, Institue of Research
an Development of Medical Tourism, Competitiveness
 Participation in The IMTJ Medical Travel Summit 2016, Madrid, The IMTJ Medical Travel
Summit 2017, Croatia, Forum of Medical Tourism and Health in Nałęczów
 Cooperation agreement with Kvarner Health Tourism Cluster, Croatia, Institute
of Research and Development of Medical Tourism, Lublin Regional Tourist Organization

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International activities of Lublin Medicine Cluster -
R&D activities
 R&D projects – networking and matchmaking between business and science
 Participation in The High-Level EU Cluster Mission to the U.S.
 ProVaHealth project, Innohealth programme, BSR Interreg.
 InnoTest project
 Agreement of cooperation with Tallin Science Park Technopol as coordinator of Connected
Health – Estonian Connected Health Cluster

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International activities of Lublin Medicine Cluster -
Creating the “Lublin Medicine” brand
 Participation in trade meetings, including fairs and trade/economic mission such as GalMed
2017 in Lviv, 26th International Medical Exhibition PUBLIC HEALTH`2017 in Kiev, MITT Fair
in Moscow, Senior Fair in Stockholm (Senior Mässan)
 Meetings with clusters from Norway at the invitation of the Kingdom of Norway Embassy
 4th Cluster Matchmaking Conference
 Local and international marketing and promotion consulting companies

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Lublin Medicine - Medical and Wellness Cluster
Results of cooperation
 Certification - Cluster Management Excellence Bronze Label
 European Enterprise Promotion Awards 2016 (category - Improving Business
Environment; national level)
 Nomination of Polish media to the title of the Symbol of 2016 (The Symbol of Regional
Development)
 Member of Polish Medical Clusters Board
 Nomination to Polish Smart Growth Award 2017
 Nomination to the title of “Medical Travel Cluster od the Year” IMTJ Medical Travel
Awards 2017

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OBJECTIVES FOR THE FUTURE

11. Cluster Office
ul. Bernardyńska 3
20-109 Lublin
Poland
(+48) 81 466 25 05
(+48) 81 466 25 25
info@medicine.lublin.eu
Klaster Lubelska Medycyna
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