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Transnational Cluster Development in Adriatic Danubian Area:
ADC Agro-food processing network
FINAL CONFERENCEVenice, 13 – 14 March 2012
Participating partners:• Veneto Region• Friuli Venezia Giulia Region• Emilia Romagna Region• Molise Region• Bulgaria Economic Forum• Maribor Development Agency• Centre for Promotion of Entrepreneurship Piran• Institute of Economic Forecasting• Hungarian Investment and Trade Agency• Directorate for Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprise,
Montenegro• City of Nis• Republic Agency for the Development of Small and Medium
Enterprises of Republic of Srpska Entity• Regional Development Agency of Dubrovnik-Neretva county (DUNEA)
First SWG Meeting, 25-26 November 2010, Sofia:
-Presentations on the clusters and clusters structures in the agro-food processing sector in the participating countries and regions
- Sharing best practices in clusters organization:• Agro-food Networks in Veneto Region: the wine case cluster (LP)• Agro-food Cluster in Friuli Venezia Giulia Region (PP1)• Bulgarian Dairy Processing Sector (PP4)• Agro Machinery Industry & Pole Program and cluster development in Hungary (PP6)
First SWG Meeting, 25-26 November 2010, Sofia:
First versions of SWG documents/outputs – PEV leaflet & registration form, customization of cluster manager profile, advantages for the organizations joining the future agro-food network, types of cooperation for the transnational cluster agreement on agro-food
Choosing the sub-sectors for transnational clustering:• production of fine quality wines• dairy production• agro-food processing machinery
Second SWG Meeting, 14-15 February 2011, Udine:
Sharing best practices:• the Emilia-Romagna agro-industry cluster and the fruit and vegetable chain (PP2)• agro-food industry in the Molise Region (PP3)• agro-food industry in Romania (PP8)
Adding the fruit and vegetable processing to the subsectors for transnational clustering
Second SWG Meeting, 14-15 February 2011, Udine:
Discussion on the preparation of PEV event: involvement of agro-food sector stakeholdersdata base of clusters/associations/branch organizations/SMEs
First draft of the transnational cluster agreement for comments by the partners (LP)
PEV flyer (PP4)
Second SWG Meeting, 14-15 February 2011, Udine:
Visit to San Daniele agro food Cluster:
• cheese production: Caseificio Di Bidino from Coseano • smoked trout: Friultrota from San Daniele• ham production: Prosciuttificio Dok Dall'Ava from San Daniele
Third SWG Meeting, 19-20 April 2011, Dubrovnik:
Transnational cluster agreement (TCA) on agro-food: final version, initial list of signatories
Presentation of best practices:• Podravje Agro-Food Network (PP6)• Food processing industry in Republika Srpska Entity in BiH (IPA PP3)
Third SWG Meeting, 19-20 April 2011, Dubrovnik:
Preparation of PEV:• selection of best practices to be presented• publicity measures discussed• recruiting participants - data bases• business match-making – sectoral round tables • ideas for future projects
Third SWG Meeting, 19-20 April 2011, Dubrovnik:
Visit of the Business and Innovation Center for Aquaculture (MARIBIC)
Local conference on clusters:• Clustering in Croatia – Policies and Procedures • Agro-food cluster development: the experience of Emilia-
Romagna• Cluster "Slavonian Apple“• San Daniele Agro-food cluster• Benefits of mergers in terms of market competition
Partnership event, 15–16 June 2011, Sofia
15 June 2011:Officially opened by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of
Bulgaria and the Chairman of Bulgaria Economic Forum and the Lead partner
Presentation of SWG results – the best of the best practices:
Bulgarian Roads of Wine, Plovdiv Regional Vine and Wine Chamber “TRAKIA”
The Emilia-Romagna agro-industry cluster and the fruit and vegetable chain, Centuria RIT
A successful cluster: the case of Agro-food Park of San Daniele del Friuli, Italy, San Daniele AF Park
Partnership event, 15–16 June 2011, Sofia
• Agro - foods Networks in Veneto Region: A Wine Case Cluster, Research Center for the Viticulture and Oenology
• Nord Est Packaging Italian cluster, Nord Est Packaging • Mechanizing Technologies and Technical Equipment for Agriculture
and Food Industry, National Institute of Research-development for Machines and Installations Designed to Agriculture and Food Industry, Romania
Signing the Adriatic – Danubian partnership agreement for agro-food transnational clustering
Partnership event, 15–16 June 2011, SofiaSignatories:• Veneto Region, Italy• Nord-Est Packaging Cluster, Italy• CIRVE “Interdepartmental Centre for Research in Grape Growing and
Oenology”, Italy• Agro-food Park “San Daniele”, FVG, Italy• Emilia Romagna Region, Italy • Centuria RIT, Italy• Molise Region, Italy• Bulgaria Economic Forum, Bulgaria• Bulgarian Association of Business Clusters, Bulgaria • National Association of Milk Processors, Bulgaria• Bulgarian Eco-flora Cluster, Bulgaria
Partnership event, 15–16 June 2011, Sofia • Bulgarian Association of Dairy Processors, Bulgaria• Maribor Development Agency, Slovenia• Centre for Promotion of Entrepreneurship Piran, Slovenia• Institute for Economic Forecasting, Romania• Bucharest-Ilfov Agro-food Cluster, Romania• Romanian Meat Association, Romania• Romanian National Association of Clusters, Romania• Cluster Agro-food Crisana Banat, Romania• Regional Agro-food Cluster Covasna County, Romania• Directorate for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises, Montenegro
Partnership event, 15–16 June 2011, Sofia• National Association of Wine- growers and Wine-producers, Montenegro• City of Nis, Serbia• Cluster Cheese “South”, Serbia• Association of Cattle Breeders ‘‘Nis’s Chance'‘, Serbia• Association of Goat and Sheep Producers ''Nis’s Sheppard'‘, Serbia• Association ''Nis’s vegetable producer'‘, Serbia• Center for Viticulture and Winery, Nis, Serbia• Association of Fruit Growers, Vinedressers and Vintners “Čegar “ Nis,
Serbia• Republic Agency for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises,
Republic of Srpska, BiH
Partnership event, 15–16 June 2011, Sofia• Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the
Republic of Srpska, BiH• Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Srpska, BiH• Cooperative Union of the Republic of Srpska, BiH• Association of Wine-growers and Vine-producers of East
Herzegovina „VINOS“, Republic of Srpska, BiH• Regional Development Agency of Dubrovnik, Neretva County,
Croatia• Total: 35 signatories
Ideas for future joint projects were discussed
Partnership event, 15–16 June 2011, Sofia
16 June 2011:Round Tables per Subsectors and Match-making Meeting• Dairy production, moderated by Ugo Poli, on behalf of Veneto
Region, Italy
Main findings:
Mainstreams of the cluster activity for all sub-sectors, dairy included, are as follows:
product quality upgrading and control territorial branding of products as a leverage for rural innovation,
including tourism development.
Partnership event, 15–16 June 2011, Sofia• Fruit & vegetables processing, moderated by Alessandro
Zampagna, on behalf of Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy
Formulation of initiatives to be supported: establishing contacts with companies producing equipment &
productive lines for processing, sorting & packaging, trade companies & companies producing refrigerating equipment for fruit and vegetables storage
transfer of knowledge & technologies for organizing a whole sale market for fruit and vegetables in the city of Nis
establishing fruit brands e.g. the apricot of Silistra region
Partnership event, 15–16 June 2011, Sofia• Fine wines production, moderated by Silvia Baldassin, project
manager, Veneto Region, Italy
Participants joined around the idea to promote and improve wine tourism based on autochthonous wines.
• Equipment & machinery for agro-food production, moderated by Angelo de Luca, Molise Region, Italy
Cooperation on transfer of sorting and packaging technologies was recommended
Common recommendation: Cluster approaches can be adopted & implemented in all fields of EU development policy within the frame of Europe 2020 Strategy
Follow-up of the network activities
