The document summarizes an organization called AEICE that supports SMEs in the construction sector in Castilla y Leon, Spain. It has over 100 member companies and partners with universities and research centers. AEICE works to strengthen the construction sector through collaboration and training programs. It has launched projects focused on heritage, tourism and the natural environment along the Duero River to promote regional development.

1. ‘Supporting knowledge capacity of ICT
among SME to engage in growth and
innovation’

3.  About us
 How did we get here?
 Duero Douro heritage for development
 Duero Douro Laboratory of Social Innovation

4. The cluster is recognized and certified by different administrations
AEICE is an innovative business group for efficient construction
The cluster develops its activity in construction sector:
CIVIL WORKSHERITAGE
EQUIPMENT–CONTRACT
RESTORATIONBULDING
INFRASTRUCTURESMANUFACTURERS
Regional
Government
National Government
WHO ARE WE?
@ClusterAeice www.aeice.org
- Certificated as “excellent” by JCyL -Positive evaluation by the Ministry of
Industry, energy and tourism.

5. 3 LARGE
COMPANIES
51SMEs
48MICRO-SMEs
114 ASSOCIATES
12
INSTITUTIONAL
ASSOCIATESFigures: June
2016
ABOUT US
@ClusterAeice www.aeice.org

7. KNOWLEDGE INSTITUTIONS
AUDIOTEC
CIEMAT
FUNDACIÓN
CARTIF
FUNDACIÓN
SANTA
MARÍA LA
REAL DEL
PATRIMONIO
HISTÓRICO
ICCL
INSTITUTO DE
LA
CONSTRUCCIÓN
DE CASTILLA Y
LEÓN
ITCL
INSTITUTO
TECNOLÓGICO
DE CASTILLA Y
LEÓN
UECM
UNIVERSIDAD
EUROPEA
MIGUEL DE
CERVANTES
UNIVERSIDAD
DE
VALLADOLID
UNIVERSIDA
D DE BURGOS
CTME
CENTRO
TECNOLÓGICO
MIRANDA DE
EBRO
ABOUT US
@ClusterAeice www.aeice.org

8. INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS
ASOCIACIÓN
DE ENTIDADES
DEL
PATRIMONIO
CULTURAL
AXS
AGRUPACIÓN DE
ARQUITECTOS
POR LA
SOSTENIBILIDAD
ASEMI.
ASOCIACIÓN
EMPRESARIAL
DE
INDUSTRIALES
DE ÍSCAR
CÁMARA DE
CONTRATISTAS
DE CASTILLA Y
LEÓN
CEMCAL
CONFEDERACIÓ
N DE
EMPRESARIOS
DE LA MADERA
DE CASTILLA Y
LEÓNCOLEGIO DE
INGENIEROS
CAMINOS
CANALES Y
PUERTOS DE
CYL
COLEGIO
OFICIAL DE
ARQUITECTO
S DE
CASTILLA Y
LEÓN ESTE
COLEGIO
OFICIAL DE
ARQUITECTOS
DE LEÓN
COLEGIO
OFICIAL DE
APAREJADORES
Y ARQUITECTOS
TÉCNICOS DE
VALLADOLID
LLÁMPARA.
PROPIEDAD
INDUSTRIAL
PINACAL
ASOCIACIÓN DE
PRODUCTORES
DE PIEDRA
NATURAL DE
CASTILLA Y
LEÓN
CONFEDERACIÓ
N CASTELLANO-
LEONESA DE LA
CONSTRUCCIÓN
ABOUT US
@ClusterAeice www.aeice.org

9. PUBLIC BODIES
Junta de Castilla y
León
Ministerio de Industria, Energía y
Turismo. Gobierno de España
Consejería de
Fomento
Consejería de
Cultura y Turismo
Consejería de
Economía y Empleo
Consejería de
Educación
Agencia de Innovación,
Financiación e Internacionalización
Empresarial de Castilla y León
(ADE)
ABOUT US
@ClusterAeice www.aeice.org

12.  About us
 How did we get here
 Duero Douro: heritage for development
 Duero Douro Social Innovation Laboratory

17. • Strengthen the sector
• Tackle the necessary reinvention
• Give visibility to the return
• Generate transversal synergies
• “COOPETITION”: competition and
collaboration
• Get trained and improve processes and
products.
Heritage Work Group

19.  About us
 How did we get here
 Duero Douro heritage for development
 Duero Douro Social Innovation Laboratory

20. Europe 3rd largest region: CYL: 94.225 km
2
2.500.000 hab.
26,8 hab/ 2

21. GREAT DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL:
• The Duero river valley, one of the main axes in the Castilla y León Territorial
Planning. Powerful cultural motor.
• International dimension España – Portugal
• Surface 31.753 Km2 ; 2,6 million people; 545 municipalities and 31 concellos.

22. GREAT DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL:
• 28 % regional population and
• 34% regional GDP.
• Agro- food, artisan, forest, energetic,
automotive industry,... Are located
around the Duero. More than 50.000
companies, 32% of the total in
Castilla y León.
• 14.000 heritage elements (35% of
the CyL heritage).

27. How do we act?

28. Intelligent
Territory
Conservation and
Intelligent
Management
Management
Intelligent
Network
Digital Content
Intelligent Tourist
Destination
Digitalization
and
generation
Quality Destiny
Technology
Infrastructure

29.  About us
 How we did get here
 Duero Douro heritage for development
 Duero Douro Laboratory of Social Innovation

30. Social Innovation
Plan action line
More people
More and better
employment and
quality of live
Territory
Challenge
Laboratory of Social
Innovation
Program
Problems + ideas + solutions=
initiatives and projects that add up to
Duero Douro territory

31. • Involving citizens with their territory: Sense of belonging -> Territory brand: Duero Douro.
• Build solutions to the problems identified in the territory.
• Improve the culture of innovation
• Approach users and supliers: more effective products.
Social Innovation Laboratory: transform problems into
opportunities

32. Problems
• Lack of tailored solutions based on the effective identification of the problems.
• Poor permeability of the projects to the direct population
Social Innovation Laboratory

33. Solutions proposed
• Virtual and physical platform: sharing and exchange
• Advice, mediation and support service.
Social Innovation Laboratory

34. Results
• Strengthening of the cooperation network between agents.
• Projects, services and products generation; better oriented to the final user.
• Answers and solutions to the territory challenges
• SMEs training into TIC
Social Innovation Laboratory

35. • Incorporation of practices related with the collaborative work: “COOPETITION”
• Incorporation of the integrated vision: intra- companies collaboration.
• Incorporation of digital tools in the organizational procedures.
• 4 group workshop with the companies involved: development of action lines
• 11 reduced monographic workshops: projects definition
• 10 personalized work sessions for the projects development
Work performed between 2014 and 2016

36. Results achieved:
• Union of small companies
• Professionals thinking in strategic terms, with global business vision
• Projects with more powerful integrated vision
• Higher effectiveness, costs reduction, results improvement of the companies
• Give answer to the real needs of our sector.
• Strengthening the sector
• Ideas generation, solutions and transversal projects.
• In 2012: 0 companies grouped. In 2016: 39 companies working together in different
projects.
• In 2012: 0 company mergers. In 2016: 20% of company mergers.
• In 2012: 10% micro-SMEs working with TIC. In 2016: 30%

37. Private and Public initiative
• Members
• Sponsors
• Collaborators
Competitive ways
• Regional, national and
European financing calls.
How do we finance ourselves?

39. • Gumiel
• Olmedo.
• Ricu.
• Duero Douro Romanesque
• Renaturalization of urban areas. Palencia
• Valuarte
• Pecados conSentidos (Sins withSenses).
• Travel in Duero Douro: http://travelinduerodouro.com
Projects launched:

40. duerodouro@aeice.org
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