Meta-regional cluster excellence – the Baltic Sea Cluster Development CentreLars Albaek

Breakout Session: Clusters to support growth in areas outside big cities

5 September 2013

Cluster Development Centre Bornholm

Lars AlbækBusiness Cluster Manager

TCI 2013, Kolding, 5/9 2013

Baltic Sea Region • 9 countries

• 85 million people

• 15 million people within 10 km of the coast

• Shared cultural heritage

SWEDEN

NORWAY

DENMARK

FINLAND

RUSSIA

GERMANY

ESTONIA

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

BELARUS

POLAND

Baltic Sea

BORNHOLM

Bornholm, Denmark• 588 km2 area

• 158 km2 coast line

• 41.800 inhabitants

• 500.000 visitors annually

• 37 km to Sweden

• 180 km to Copenhagen

• 88 km to Germany

• 90 km to Poland

DENMARK

Baltic Sea

BORNHOLM

Business Clusters on BornholmBUILDING & CONSTR.

MECH. ENGINEERING

FOOD

TOURISM

ARTS & CRAFT

AGRICULTURE

ENERGY

Bornholm as ”green/sustainable” technology and test

laboratory

Bright Green Test Island: CleanTech, renewable

energy, building & construction

Bornholm as

The Adventure Island www.Bornholm.info.,

www.Enjoybornholm.dknature, wellness, arts & craft, medieval history and culture,

music & sports events

Bornholm as the Food Island

Gourmet Bornholm/ food producers, farmers,

restaurants, chefs, canteens, wholesalers, distributors,

retailers

Business Cluster Development Centre

Bornholm (2012-2014)Purpose: To be a regional business cluster development centre supporting business development and growth in the regional business clusters on Bornholm.Target group: Regional business clusters who have Bornholm/Denmark as their market area (e.g. leisure, tourism and construction) or Denmark/abroad as their market area (e.g. mechanical technology, energy and food).Goals:• To bring the business clusters on Bornholm into a more visible and

competitive position, thus establishing a stronger sales and marketing platform.

• The participating businesses should have increased their turnover with 10 percent by the end of 2014.

Increased cooperation = increased sales/export

Bornholm – A Food Island

Gourmet Bornholm/ food

producers, farmers,

restaurants, chefs,

canteens, wholesalers, distributors,

retailers

Bornholm – A Tourism Island Bornholm.info, Enjoybornholm.dk

nature, wellness, arts & craft, medieval history and culture,

music & sports events

Bornholm – A Green Technology and Test Lab

Bright Green Test Island: 

Cleantech, renewable energy, building & construction Bornholm’s

Maritime Cluster

(Bornholm’s Maritime

Development Center)

Business Cluster Development

Bornholm 2012-14

Innovation and internationalization

#3 – Internationalisering Mere samarbejde med andre erhvervsklynger (cluster-to-cluster cooperation) som brobygger til nye markeder:

SWEDEN

NORWAY

DENMARK

FINLAND

RUSSIA

GERMANY

ESTONIA

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

BELARUS

POLAND

BORNHOLM

KALINIINGRAD

A Cluster Excellence and Business Hub

Baltic Sea Cluster Development Centre

Bornholm is inviting partners from around the Baltic Sea to collaborate on the establishment of the Baltic Sea Cluster Development Centre (Hub/Network):

• To co-develop the activities

• To jointly delivering services to clusters in the Baltic Sea Region.

Objectives

• A network/knowledge HUB on cluster development in the Baltic Sea Region.

• A business-to-business cooperation between clusters in the region.

• Supporting the internationalization of start-up companies and SMEs in clusters.

Focus areas, to be further developed with regional partners?

Baltic Sea Cluster Development Centre

Tourism &

Experience

Clusters

ICT Clusters

Clean-/GreenTe

ch Clusters

Food/agricul-

tural Clusters

Maritime Clusters

Activities, to be further developed with regional partners?

• Building cluster management capacity/excellence, activities could include: – seminar and training activities– study visits – cluster management mentorships – cluster managers exchange programmes – joint marketing and product development efforts

• B2B co-operation, activities could include: – (exchange of) market and industry information – communication of success stories (story-telling) – partner screening – business and skills matchmaking – business delegation visits