New trends in cluster development Inter-cluster cooperation. Cross cutting issues

Summary Status Quo Cross cutting issues To be done

Romania sqm. Carpathians, Danube (1075 km), Black Sea Romance language, Orthodox Christianity 20.mil. Inhabitants, 7 th largest in UE Bucharest, 2 mil, 6 th largest in the UE GDP: 150 bil. EUR Automotive, machine building, ICT, textile, wood, agriculture

Status Quo Generation Strategy Building Development Cross Cutting Issues Excellence Networking, Benchmarking (Gold, Bronze) Internationalization (Horizon 2020) EE WE

West vs. East 338:94 22:0

Region North East Textile, Tourism, IT New Media, creative industries, health Region South East ship building, textile, renewable energy, tourism Region South automotive Region Bucharest Ilfov textile, Machine Building, Electronics, electrical engineering, mechatronics, automation, aerospace, furniture, Region South West automotive, tourism (MH), tourism (DJ), ICT, agro, construction Region West Automotive, ICT, Agro Food, renewable energy Region North West IT, water, geothermal, renewable energy, furniture, Region Center wood (CV), wood (MS), renewable energy (CV), electrical engineering, renewable energy (AB), wood (HR), aerospace, textile (CV), prinintg-design (CV), agrofood, tourism (BV), tourism (CV), metal, construction,

Romania: Status Quo -47 RO clusters -20 in the generation phase -27 in the development phase -23 members of CLUSTERO -Vertical vs. Horizontal -Financing

Romanian Cluster Association IndicatorValueMUAverage Turnover15.006Mil RON1000 No. of enterprises 255units17 Export3345Mil EUR223 Employees77295persons5153

Textil e Wood Electronics Machine building Machine building Agro Food Tourism Electrical Engineering Mechatronics Energy Innovation Internationalization Export Investment Entrepreneurship MK HR IT Funding Management

Horizontal Clusters

Best Practice: Management Competence Mapping Lower Austria RationaleCompetition to Vienna led to the need of finding “new” sectors out of the traditional one MeasureCompetence Mapping (self assessment, external review, analyisis of diferentiation potential, trends, brainstorming and tapping ideas) ResultsNew initiatives out of the existing ones: bio-plastics, renewable resspurces, sustainable transport, energy efficiency

Cross cutting issues

Best Practice: Innovation SPRINT Romania RationaleDacia Take Over by Renault led to the externalization of R&D effort towards suppliers MeasureResearch Nuclei (industry-research-Renault) Results- 7 research nuclei SMEs, 7 universities, 1 R&D institute - 20 new technologies elaborated - horizontal integration of automotive industry in RO (60% of the Logan in RO)

Danube Strategy: To be done -Fostering inter cluster cooperation in the Danube region -To ease benchmarking processes -To enhance individual and institutional learning processes -To establish valid pilot initiatives -To promote C2C and B2B cooperation -To promote cross-sectorial cluster cooperation -Training for cluster managers -To prepare clusters for internationalisation, access to finance, innovation, strategy building

Daniel Coşniţ ă CLUSTERO TF