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: tlg@vdivde-it.de

www.cluster-analysis.org

www.vdivde-it.de

Thank you very much!