ClusterPoliSEE Strategic Project Smarter Cluster Policies for South East Europe 1° Steering Committee Meeting Ancona, September 2012

ClusterPoliSEE Strategic Project - 1° SC Meeting Ancona, September 2012 PARTNER DESCRIPTION Partner n. 11: RDA North-East Juridical person of public utility Not for profit non-governmental organization Established in 1999 according to the Law for regional development Annual budget 2.7mil.Euro, 98 employees Headquarter in Piatra Neamt, hostes a Europe Direct Center (2008) and a Regional Resource Centre (2010), 6 branches (2001), one representation office in Brussels(2010) At strategy level: Development of strategies and action plans Animation of public-private partnership working groups Promotion of regional initiatives for de cooperation At operational level: Promote financing program (info and publicity) Permanent help-desk services Evaluation and selection capacity Project monitoring capacity in decentralized system Training capacity (for potential applicants and applicants) Project management capacity

ClusterPoliSEE Strategic Project - 1° SC Meeting Ancona, September 2012 MOTIVATION FOR JOINING CLUSTERPOLISEE PROJECT Partner n. 11: RDA North-East Valorize planning experience accumulated with RDP North-East for , , and , its key role in planning and programming for Valorize program management experience accumulated within PHARE ESC and PHARE CBC, RIS and ROP (IB) To put in practice the Union for Innovation strategic partnership activated in 2011 (PP-ANCS and ASP-MECMA from RO included too) To set the framework for a decentralized cluster policy in Romania (first financing programs launched only in 2012) To valorize project management experience accumulated within INTERREG IVC – fast track project Cradle to Cradle Network, INNOLINK Project, SEE – ASVILOC PLUS and EFFECT projects as well as FP6 – DISCOVER North- East dedicated to the development of the regional innovation system

ClusterPoliSEE Strategic Project - 1° SC Meeting Ancona, September 2012 ClusterPoliSEE - Project Functions Partner n. 11: RDA North-East Function (some of the functions listed below are just examples; partners should personalize some roles and functions according to its specific needs; some functions might coincide) Name and surname Task/s where charging related costs Contacts (postal address, telephone, fax, , Skype contact) Steering Committee Member (compulsory function) Ms. Elena Baicu act.1.1 Involved in all WPs Leading WP 4 tel./fax Project manager (compulsory function) Ms. Gabriela Macoveiu Involved on all WPs Leading WP 3 and 6 tel/fax Financial manager (Compulsory function) Ms. Magdalena Vicol act 1.2 tel/fax Communication Manager (compulsory function) Mr. Constantin Amarinei Involved on all WPs Leading WP 2 tel/fax Operational SecretaryMr. Ovidiu Savu Involved in all WPs Leading WG 6 and WP5 tel/fax