December 2013

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Transforming European metaclusters in world

class clusters:

Experience of WIINTECH project

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1. This project has been conducted within the European Commission initiative aiming to promote the internationalization of European cluster and to develop world class cluster practices.

2. The project WIINTECH aimed to build a common international strategy between a set of European clusters aiming to : – fostering the already accomplished intercluster and transnational

partnerships, – extending them to international cooperation towards

internationally leading clusters (technology and industrial partnerships, training, tech transfer, mobility, mentoring…),

– focusing on green materials for clean tech markets. 3. WIINTECH project has been conducted from January

2012 to December 2013

WIINTECH project

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2000 SMEs 300 research centers and universities

7 Countries 8 clusters 1 Governmental body 1 innovation agency

WIINTECH as a whole

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• NEW AND RENEWABLE MATERIALS • RECYCLING / REUSED MATERIALS • RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS • HIGH EFFICIENCY BUILDING AND

CONSTRUCTION • GREEN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS &

COMPONENTS • WATER AND AIR TREATMENT SYSTEM • WASTE MANAGEMENT & RECYCLING

WIINTECH target markets

December 2013

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WiinTech Offers

• Access to European Networks

• Entry into European databases

• JV opportunities

• New developments in clean tech, nanotechnology, polymer processing and flexible electronics

• Technology transfer

• Highly innovative companies including SMEs

Cooperation steps

• 1. Visit of Wiintech cluster partners to targeted countries mid 2013 to share approaches

• 2. Seek to sign cooperation agreement in return visit to Europe at K Fair October 2013

• 3. First pilot activities in 2014

Success criteria

• Signature of MOU

• Joint development projects

• Welcome of foreign delegations in Europe

• Awareness on the European Clean tech clusters as potential and promising cooperation partners raised

• Business Opportunites Identified

• Facilitation of student exchanges between Europe and targeted countries

WIINTECH cooperation offer

December 2013

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WIINTECH keywords

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WIINTECH target countries

December 2013

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Plastipolis

Chemie Cluster Bayern

Proplast

Clusterland

Plastival

VenetoNanoteh

NEPIC

Poolnet

WIINTECH

International partner

Cooperations

WIINTECH cooperation model

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Missions and cluster trips

India – March, 2013

USA– April, 2013

Brazil– May, 2013

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Matchmaking events

December 2013

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Trade fairs & BtoB meetings

December 2013

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Guidelines and tools

December 2013

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2013 • Business /

technology trips in Japan, India, Brazil and USA

• Matchmaking event at K fair Dusseldorf

2014-2015 • 5 agreements with

leading international clusters including action plans

• Visits and business meetings with international partners

• Participation to European events (e.g. Pollutec…)

Beyond 2015 • Annual matchmaking

with partners

• Business conventions

• Sharing of technology opportunity data bases

• Exchanges of business

WIINTECH roadmap

December 2013

WP Main tasks and

milestones

2012 2013

WP 1

• Review of needs

• Data collection

• Selection of countries

• International roadmap

WP

2.1

• Contacts and mission

USA

• Contacts and mission

Japan

• Contacts and mission

India

• Contacts and mission

Brazil

WP

2.2

Coordination of cluster

initiatives for the

internationalization of SME’s

WP3 Management and

dissemination

KO meeting

Workshop 1

Workshop 2

Issue of roadmap

Cluster conference Sophia Antipolis

Workshop DG Enterprise

Brussels

Conference Cluster

Fribourg

Final event

JEC Boston Mission USA

Mission Japan #1 Green expo Tokyo Mission

Japan #2

Mission Brazil

Mission India

K fair Dusseldorf

Joint intercluster platform based on

ECCP Handbooks and

guidelines for SMEs

NEPIC Bio conference

Project meeting (Veneto)

Steering committee

Project session (Valencia)

WIINTECH masterplan

December 2013

WIINTECH agreements

• Waste management & recycling

• Green transportation

• Renewable energies MPI

• Waste management & recycling

• Green transportation

• Renewable energies OBIC

• Water/air treatment

• Waste management & recycling

• Renewable energies

Plastindia Foundation

• Clean processes

• Renewable energies FIERGS

• Waste management & recycling

• Green transportation

• Renewable energies

Nagano Techno Foundation

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WIINTECH agreements K

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Beyond WIINTECH

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Achievements Identified difficulties Next steps

Establishment of bridges, privileged contacts

Difficult for SMEs to invest in countries (e.g. Brazil )

Soft landing involving incubators’ centres: inward and outward Attract companies from the selected countries

Very good experience to share, model of action to propose

Countries selected might not be appropriate for everybody

Have large groups mentoring SMEs in countries like Brazil

The model can be extended to other geographical areas as it works

8 partners in the consortium vs 3-4 for the other projects, different views

Have a political support to develop towards OEM in Brazil, India…and to prepare the collaboration with China

Foster and develop the relationships with the identified partners (within MOUs)

Difficulty to involve SMEs in the project

Opportunities between members of the consortium

WIINTECH: Project learnings

December 2013

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Difficulties: • To share the same vision • To design a common branding of the project • To be able to define the group as a whole

Achievements: • Cluster team building effort leading to a real effective European network • Very positive feedbacks from the trips outside of Europe: background of the EC and

involved partners • Signatures of MOUs: international network in Brazil, USA, India and Japan • European gateway for research organizations, universities and companies

Next steps: • Reinforced collaboration between the European clusters : shared activities, common actions

in trade fairs, co-organization of events… • Shared offices outside of Europe • Outgoing missions • Increasing involvement of companies European and international sides B2B events

Metaclusters learnings

December 2013

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