By Alberto Pezzi, presented at the 19th TCI Global Conference, Eindhoven, 2016.

1. Titel presentatie
[Naam, organisatienaam]
Working Day - Track: Modern cluster policy
Today’s and tomorrow’s cluster approach
Alberto Pezzi,
Director cluster unit, ACCIÓ
Learnings from Catalonia

2. 19th TCI Global Conference
P8 - Todays and tomorrow’s cluster approach
Alberto Pezzi
Director cluster unit
Eindhoven - Nov. 10th, 2016

3. THE STORY SO FAR AND KEY ASPECTS OF CLUSTER POLICY

4. 2013 on
Phase IV
OVERVIEW OF CATALAN CLUSTER POLICY
Over two decades of learning by doing experience and policy adjustments
Microcluster
approach, as the
unit of reference for
competitiveness of
reinforcement
initiatives
Consolidation,
internal skill
development and
project
diversification
Evolution of
cluster concept,
institutionalization
and
professionalization
1993 – 2004
Phase I
1993 – 2004
Phase II
2009 - 2013
Phase III
Innovating in .... cluster scope and definition
.... support tools
.... governance
Catalonia cluster
program,
definition of a
policy framework
to pursue cluster
excellence
ILLUSTRATIVE
.... policy framework
....

5. KEY ELEMENTS OF CATALAN CLUSTER POLICY
FOSTER STRATEGIC CHANGE BASED ON
ADAPTED PORTER’S ANALYSIS TOOLS
COMBINATION OF ANALYSIS &
PROCESS TOOLS
Leadership
Government
Enterprises PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
FOCUS ON THE PROVISION
OF SPECIALIZED SERVICES
CROSS-SECTORIAL COOPERATION
AND INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION

6. PROGRAMME
CONTINUOS
IMPROVEMENT
- LEARNING BY DOING
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
- SERVICE-BASED SUPPORT
- BALANCED PORTFOLIO
- PPP AND GOVERNANCE
- POLICY BENCHMARKING
- POLICY INNOVATION
INTERNATIONAL
CONNECTION
- INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS
- EUROPEAN PROJECTS
- INTERNATIONAL INTER-CLUSTERS MEET
- PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN AND
INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS
STRATEGIC CHANGE
& CROSS-CLUSTER
COLLABORATION
- CROSS-SECTORAL AND CROSS-CLUSTER
WORK
- STRATEGIC CHANGE AS A DRIVER OF
COMPETITIVE IMPROVEMENT
- COMPETITIVE-BASED GRANT SCHEME
EVALUATION AND
VISIBILITY
- EVALUATION FRAMEWORK
IMPLEMENTATION
- PUBLICATIONS AND ACCIÓ’S NEW
WEBSITE, CLUSTER EVENTS
CATALONIA CLUSTER POLICY STRATEGY
Excellence
“World Class Clusters”

7. MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS & LESSON LEARNED

8. Clusters Members Turnover Employees
30 >2.100 > 65.000M€ 290.000
CATALONIA CLUSTER PROGRAMME

9. CLUSTER POLICY MAIN OUTCOMES
For the Government
• Improvement of the quality of
the dialogue with the private
sector
• Best knowledge of companies
strategic challenges
• Fine-tuning of other horizontal
programs in competitiveness
reinforcement policy
For the firms / private sector
• Free access to industry-specific
strategic intelligence
• Possibility to take part in pre-
competitive cooperation
initiatives with other firms
• Reinforcement of industry-
specific infrastructures and
programs

10. 25 YEARS OF CLUSTER POLICY: MAIN LESSON LEARNED
• CLUSTER IS ALWAYS A TOOL
• EACH CLUSTER INITIATIVE NEEDS A CUSTOMIZED
APPROACH IN A COMMON FRAMEWORK
• KEY ELEMENTS OF CLUSTER POLICY: PPP, STRATEGIC
CHANGE, COMPETITIVENESS REINFORCEMENT
• CONTINUOUS LEARNING BY DOING (AND THIKING)
• CLUSTERING IS ABOUT BUSINESS, BUT PEOPLE ARE
THE KEY

11. FUTURE TRENDS AND MAIN CHALLENGES