1. The Value of Collaborative Partnerships
Gráinne Millar

2. No 1 for Food Innovation in Europe

3. Global Leader in food innovation and hub for talent, investors, companies and science and academia
120 members (June 2014) the clusters covers approximately 75% of the total turnover in the industry
Secure the pipeline for new products, technology, business models
Find new solutions top provide value to industry and tackle the global food challenge
Bring awareness and recognition to the Danish Food Cluster

4. Examples
Alliance between food companies, hospitals, researchers re: Future Food
Top-Safe initiative among several partners to secure €5m for a Green Development and Demonstration Programme to secure fresh foods against bacteria focussing on Danish Food as being of highest quality and safe
Big Data project in all areas of life sciences, agriculture, food safety and production sector =small start-up company CruCon Analytics

5. Benefits of collaboration through clusters and networks

6. Profile
Clusters are a feature of virtually every national and regional economy across different industries
Internationally recognised profile the economy of a region e.g.: financial services (London), consumer electronics (Japan), flowers (Holland), watches (Switzerland) and film (Hollywood)
EU Clusters to support Smart Specialisation Strategies
Clusters represent a new way of thinking about location in driving innovation, regional development and competitiveness
Recombination of skills and knowledge to create something different to what existed before

8. Less that 75 years ago Silicon Valley was little more than an apple orchard
Stanford University, Professor Frederick Terman vision to build world class advanced research

9. Policy Benefits
Clusters are a powerful tool for policy action and framework for economic development
European Commission has been actively promoting the development of clusters in Europe to support territorial cohesion by boosting regional economic development and creating jobs and growth.
Clusters can help EU rise to 'grand societal challenges
food security, climate change, ageing population….
New form of governance - multi-actor, cross sectoral approach involving academia, local government, innovation support systems and rural economy stakeholders H2020

10. Clusters - a tool for Smart Specialisation Strategies Global innovation Hubs

11. Six of the leading European micro- and nanoelectronics (MNE) regions have joined their research, development and production expertise to form the transnational, research-driven cluster "Silicon Europe - The Leaders for Innovative Electronics"
Ghent Bio-Economy Valley is building research and development expertise in the field of biobased products and bioenergy
An initiative by businesses and food science institutions in Northern Germany - centred on the Lübeck region
European Innovation Partnership on Healthy and Active Ageing (EIP-AHA)

12. Economic
Performance
Between 30% and 40% of all employment is in industries that concentrate, or ‘cluster’, regionally
Clusters are significantly related to prosperity of these regions leading to higher wages and increased employment (€30k)
The ten emerging industries across EU cover more than 45 million employees in Europe, which corresponds to 22% of all European employment
Potential of these Emerging Industries in context of Ireland’s Rural Renaissance eg: A start-up wanting to revolutionize agriculture may find fertile ground in Tipperary

13. Examples of Emergent Clusters in Ireland
Midlands AM Cluster, Westmeath - exploitation of advanced manufacturing technologies to leverage existing competencies, increasing competitiveness and employment in Life Science, Automotive and Aerospace markets.
Combination Medical Devices Cluster (CMDC), Sligo - promote the Northwest region as a world-class centre of excellence in the design and manufacture of combination medical device products to support and develop the MedTec sector
SmartOcean, Galway innovation cluster consists of a network of over 50 companies and a number of research centres catalyse the development of high-value products and services by creating a critical mass of research and development activities in marine ICT
ISAX Smart Ageing, Limerick

14. increased productivity and company income
increased market share
innovative solutions to societal challenges
increased innovation and knowledge transfer
enhanced capability and skills
new value chains
SME’s linked to global world
commercialisation of research

15. Cross-Sectoral Collaboration - A Way forward

16. Strategic Cross Sectoral Collaboration
Market Intelligence
Identifying opportunities within the region
Road mapping - regional specialisations
White Papers in research
Market - checking
Matchmaking
Finding partners in other industrial sectors
Cross-sectoral speed dating
Competence mapping tool
Technology Round Tables
Project Development
Translating market intelligence and match-making into cross-sectoral innovation
Innovation Platforms
Change Management
Special Interest Groups
Spreading Capacity and knowledge
Technology Transfer
Transfer of knowledge
Funding
Meet &Greet Initiatives
Insight Incentives
Collaboration Incentives
Strategic Cross Sectoral Collaboration

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