Labelling cluster organisations – what is this all about? Thomas Lämmer-Gamp
Cluster Lab: Labelling cluster organisations
4 September 2013
Labelling cluster organisations – what is this all about?Thomas Lämmer-Gamp, Director ESCA – European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis
TCI 2013 conference, August 4th, 2013, Kolding
Who is behind this?
Interested in improvement: Benchmarking
Demonstrating improvement: 2nd Benchmarking
Confirmation of excellence: Quality audit
Different labels
Different labels
Framework conditions
(e.g. infrastructure, regulation, work force, level of education, image, macro economy)
Cluster participants
(business, research, public agencies)
Cluster management organization
Utilizing clusters as tool for economic or industrial development means developing industrial networks and value chains by means of cluster management!
We do not label clusters –
only cluster management
organisations!
Interested in improvement: Benchmarking
Analysed until today: 489 cluster organisations from 34 countries
2-3h interview with cluster manager, 40 questions on structure, staffing, services, strategy and results
Effects of the cluster management organizationon the cluster: innovation
activities
Services of the cluster management
organization
How services affect innovation activities – promote collaboration within the cluster
Confirmation of excellence: Quality audit
Governments use the system to
identify the best cluster organisations
Governments use the system to
identify the best cluster organisations
The Process
Structure of the cluster
Governance
Financing of the cluster
management organization
Strategy and services
Achievements and recognition
31 indicators in five areas
Online Pre-Check
Two day assessment –
the cluster organisation is turned
upside down
Indicators of the ECEI Cluster Management Excellence Label Assessment Weighting ScoreStructure of the Cluster1.1.0 mininum requirement Committed Cluster Participation 1,5 11.1.1 mininum requirement Composition of the Cluster Participants 1,5 11.1.2 mininum requirement Number of Committed Cluster Participants in Total 0,5 11.2 Geographical Concentration of the Cluster Participants 0,5 1Typology, Governance, Cooperation2.1 mininum requirement Maturity of the Cluster Management 0,5 12.2.1 Human Resources Available for the Cluster Management 1 12.2.2 mininum requirement Qualification of the Cluster Management Team 1 12.2.3 Life Long Learning Aspects for the Cluster Management Team 0,5 12.2.4 Stability and Continuity of Human Resources of the Cluster Management Team 1 12.3 Stability of Cluster Participation 1 12.4 mininum requirement Clarity of Roles – Involvement of Stakeholders in the Decision Making Processes 1 12.5 mininum requirement Direct Personal Contacts Between the Cluster Management Team and the Cluster Participants 1 12.6 mininum requirement Degree of Cooperation within the Cluster 1,5 12.7 mininum requirement Integration of the Cluster Organisation in the Innovation System 0,5 1Financing Cluster Management3.1 Prospects of the Financial Resources of the Cluster Organisation 1,5 13.2 Share of Financial Resources from Private Sources 1 1Strategy, Objectives, Services4.1.1 mininum requirement Strategy Building Process 1,5 14.1.2 mininum requirement Documentation of the Cluster Strategy 1 14.1.3 mininum requirement Implementation Plan 1,5 14.1.4 mininum requirement Financial Controlling System 1 14.1.5 mininum requirement Review of the Cluster Strategy and Implementation Plan 0,5 14.1.6 mininum requirement Performance Monitoring of Cluster Management 1 14.2 Focus of the Cluster Strategy 14.3 mininum requirement Activities and Services of the Cluster Management 1,5 14.4 mininum requirement Performance of the Cluster Management 1,5 14.5 Working Groups 0,5 14.6.1 Communication of the Cluster Organisation 1 14.6.2 mininum requirement Cluster Organisation’s Web Presence 0,5 1Achievements and Recognition5.1 Recognition of the Cluster in Publications, Press, Media 0,5 15.2 Success Stories 0,5 15.3 Customer and Cluster Participants’ Satisfaction Assessment 1 1
128 out of 150 points
Report
What makes excellent cluster organisations
excellent?
Strategy
Communication
Client
Experience of the team
Which are the exellent cluster organisations?
Future Position X
Kunststoffinstitut Lüdenscheid
microTEC Südwest
VDC Fellbach
Chemie Cluster Bayern
Photonics BW
Offshoreenergy.dk
Innovationnetwork Lifestyle – Interior & Clothing
NODE - Norwegian Offshore & Drilling Engineering
Minalogic
Systematic - Paris Region Systems & ICT Cluster
Eco World Styria
Kunststoff Cluster
Silicon Saxony
FEMAC - Agricultural Machinery Cluster
Software Cluster
Pôle de compétitivité SCS
Biopeople
Pôle de compétitivité Plasturgie
CEAGA
NCE Raufoss
NCE Subsea
If you want to learn more…
Further reading at
www.cluster-analysis.org
VDI/VDE Innovation und Technik GmbH
Thomas Lämmer-Gamp
Director, European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis (ESCA)
Steinplatz 1D-10623 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 310078 414Fax: +49 30 310078 222
E-mail: [email protected]
www.cluster-analysis.org
www.vdivde-it.de
Thank you very much!