By Anders Olsson, Enterprise and Innovation Manager, Sweden, presented at the 16th TCI Global Conference, Kolding 2013.

1. Building Regional Strategies to Support Clusters in
North Mid-Sweden
Anders Olsson
Breakout Session: Clusters and smart specialisation strategies: design and
implementation
5 September 2013

2. Building Regional Strategies
to Support Clusters in
North Mid-Sweden
Anders Olsson, Enterprise and Innovation Manager

5. Steel &
Engineering Compare
The Paper
Province
Food
Desing
Agencies
Graphic
Valley

7. ”Form a R&I contract between
Region Värmland and Karlstad
University with the innovative
clusters development in mind.”

8. 2 strategies

9. Region
Värmland
Karlstad
University
The
Clusters
Research &
Innovation
Cooperation
1
MoU
Bilateral
agreements
Cluster
strategies

10. Research &
Innovation
Cooperation
1
Professorship
Energy Efficiency
Professorship
Userdriven
Packaging Development
Professorship
Materials Science
Professorship
Productions Systems
Professorship
Renewable Energy
Professorship
”Tjänstefiering”
Professorship
Test Complex IT
Systems
Professorship
Cloud Computing
ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY
MATERIAL AND
DESIGN CENTER
SERVICE
RESEARCH CENTRE
COMPUTER
SCIENCE
The Paper
Province
The Packaging
Arena
Steel and
Engineering
Compare
ICT

11. Research &
Innovation
Cooperation
1

12. Cluster strategy
Värmland model 2.02

13. Region
Värmland
Karlstad
University
The
Clusters
MoU
Bilateral
agreements
Cluster
strategy
Cluster strategy
Värmland model 2.02

14. Cluster strategy
Värmland model 2.02
Four assets:
1. Networks of companies
2. Trust in the regional triplehelix
3. Inter cluster co-operation
4. The Innovation Platforms

15. Cluster strategy
Värmland model 2.02
Four priorities
1. Investment promotion
2. Norway – export, innovation
3. Clusters goes local
4. The clusters visions

16. Cluster strategy
Värmland model 2.02

17. The next step

18. Värmland
Innovation
Process
Karlstad
Innovation
Park
VIP KIP