1. EUSALP Action Group Forum
AG2 meet S3-4AlpClusters
HES-SO//FR HEIA-FR Innosquare Clusters, LP
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
15 February 2017

2. Project short summary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFNpomrddqs🎬
smart specialisation with smart clusters

3. Interplay between S3 & Clusters
Policy Level S3
Implementation
Clusters
Innovation
The interplay between S3 and clusters implies a two-way relationship between the two concepts. As suggested by the overall title of the project “Smart Specialization Strategies to build an Innovation Model for Alp Clusters”, a first way to study the interdependency is to look at how S3 can be used to foster innovation processes and spark entrepreneurship within clusters. Turning the relationship on its head, existing clusters can also be used as a tool in the implementation of S3. The overall design of the project allows to focus on different aspects of the interplay between S3 and clusters in its different work packages. Whereas the first work package primarily takes on the perspective of clusters as tools in the implementation of S3 at policy level, the second work package will focus more on the reverse relationship at cluster level.
But the finality is to improve innovation within enterprises.
Cluster Level
Smart Specialization Strategies to build an Innovation Model for Alp Clusters
BUSINESS LEVEL
smart specialisation with smart clusters

4. Main and specific objectives
Improve framework conditions for innovation induced by clusters and SMEs to keep and to create new jobs
EUSALP AG2 objectives
S3-4AlpClusters specific objectives
To develop new value chains with enterprises from different sectors
Initiate mutual knowledge exchange and learning of regional policy from different regions in involving quadruple helix actors
To bridge different policies and efforts in order to stimulate the transformation of the industrial structure and drive job creation and growth
Facilitate innovation and gain critical mass through cluster initiatives across regions with strong technology orientation and high complementarity
To make better use of cluster initiatives
Initiate trans-regional cluster to cluster cooperation in involving quadruple helix actors
Starting from the observation that the implementation of S3 within the Alpine Space often fails to generate the desired effects, the overall objective of the project is to improve the framework conditions for innovation induced by clusters and their small and medium sized enterprises to keep and create new jobs. The underlying problem in the implementation of S3 has been detected at two fundamental levels: a lack of experience among regions on how to use clusters in the implementation of S3 and a lack of alignment between and knowledge about other regions’ strategies.
The project has three specific objectives, which all relate to EUSALP AG2 objectives:
To initiate mutual knowledge exchange and learning of regional policy from different regions in involving quadruple helix actors
To facilitate innovation and gain critical mass through cluster initiatives across regions with strong technology orientation and high complementarity
To initiate trans-regional cluster to cluster cooperation in involving quadruple helix actors
smart specialisation with smart clusters

5. Work Packages and Outputs
Level of Intervention
Implementation Work Packages
Outputs
Policy Level
Cluster Policy and S3 benchmarking
and StressTesting
1. Joint Transnational Cluster Action Plan
2. Fully Developed Synchronized Scheme
Cluster Level
S3 Model Based definition for Cluster Innovation
3. Innovation Model for Clusters Development
Business Level
Test Model on Pilot Clusters
4. New Services validated by Pilot Clusters
At Policy level, from November 2016 to April 2017, an important activity of the first work package will be to determine how to support policymakers in best implementing S3 by stress testing the relevant policies. The StressTest will thus mainly focus on the question of how and when clusters are used as a tool in S3 and study the modality of use and influence of clusters in the implementation of S3, which is the primary focus of the first work package. By including questions about the ability of clusters to implement new innovation models, the questionnaire will nevertheless also pave the way for the second work package, which will delve into the question of how S3 can contribute to define new innovation models in further detail.
In parallel Entrepreneurial Workshops will be organized in all partner regions, with the objective of identifying, through an entrepreneurial discovery process, priorities and strategic domains which are crucial for the region’s competitiveness.
smart specialisation with smart clusters

6. Work Packages and Outputs
Level of Intervention
Implementation Work Packages
Outputs
Policy Level
Cluster Policy and S3 benchmarking
and StressTesting
1. Joint Transnational Cluster Action Plan
2. Fully Developed Synchronized Scheme
Cluster Level
S3 Model Based definition for Cluster Innovation
3. Innovation Model for Clusters Development
Business Level
Test Model on Pilot Clusters
4. New Services validated by Pilot Clusters
At cluster level, in the second work package from March 2017 to April 2018, we will analyse existing regional and interregional processes and practices at cluster level to create a basis for an innovation model for cluster development, applicable to all regions, and complemented with new prototypes of services to be tested at enterprise level. The innovation model will integrate regional smart specialization strategies and will be built upon best practices already implemented in the regions.
smart specialisation with smart clusters

7. Work Packages and Outputs
Level of Intervention
Implementation Work Packages
Outputs
Policy Level
Cluster Policy and S3 benchmarking
and StressTesting
1. Joint Transnational Cluster Action Plan
2. Fully Developed Synchronized Scheme
Cluster Level
S3 Model Based definition for Cluster Innovation
3. Innovation Model for Clusters Development
Business Level
Test Model on Pilot Clusters
4. New Services validated by Pilot Clusters
At the business level, from February 2017 to November 2019, in work package 3, we will finally test the applicability and benefits of new services in pilot clusters from differently developed regions.
The different work packages with their respective outputs, all contribute to the EUSALP Thematic I: Economic Growth and Innovation
In line with the EUSALP Thematic I : Economic Growth and Innovation
smart specialisation with smart clusters

8. Work Packages and Outputs
Level of Intervention
Implementation Work Packages
Outputs
Policy Level
Cluster Policy and S3 benchmarking
and StressTesting
1. Joint Transnational Cluster Action Plan
2. Fully Developed Synchronized Scheme
Cluster Level
S3 Model Based definition for Cluster Innovation
3. Innovation Model for Clusters Development
Business Level
Test Model on Pilot Clusters
4. New Services validated by Pilot Clusters
In particular, we can directly relate the overall objectives of the project and the different work packages to the objectives of EUSALP AG2.
Work package 1, and in particular the Entrepreneurial Workshops, will address the development of new value chains with enterprises from different sectors.
Entrepreneurial Workshops EW ➟ New Value Chains
smart specialisation with smart clusters

9. Work Packages and Outputs
Level of Intervention
Implementation Work Packages
Outputs
Policy Level
Cluster Policy and S3 benchmarking
and StressTesting
1. Joint Transnational Cluster Action Plan
2. Fully Developed Synchronized Scheme
Cluster Level
S3 Model Based definition for Cluster Innovation
3. Innovation Model for Clusters Development
Business Level
Test Model on Pilot Clusters
4. New Services validated by Pilot Clusters
The development of an innovation model at cluster level, and the workshops within the framework of work package 2, will notably try to provide valuable inputs in order to stimulate the transformation of the industrial structure and drive job creation and growth.
EW & Cluster Workshops ➟ Stimulate the transformation of the industrial structure
smart specialisation with smart clusters

10. Work Packages and Outputs
EUSALP AG2 ➟ Better use of clusters
Level of Intervention
Implementation Work Packages
Outputs
Policy Level
Cluster Policy and S3 benchmarking
and StressTesting
1. Joint Transnational Cluster Action Plan
2. Fully Developed Synchronized Scheme
Cluster Level
S3 Model Based definition for Cluster Innovation
3. Innovation Model for Clusters Development
Business Level
Test Model on Pilot Clusters
4. New Services validated by Pilot Clusters
Overall, the project aims at making better use of cluster initiatives in an effort to study the important interplay between S3 and clusters.
smart specialisation with smart clusters

11. Project concrete measures
Implementation Work Packages
Concrete measures - deliverables
Cluster Policy and S3 benchmarking
and StressTesting
StressTesting results
Report of strategic Alpine Space Topics for Interregional cooperation
Joint transnational Cluster Action Plan
Tools kit for dissemination
S3 Model Based definition for Cluster Innovation
Cluster good practices
Innovation model based mainly on new services
Tools kit on Innovation Model
Test Model on Pilot Clusters
Tested cluster services 1
The project will produce a set of concrete deliverables. For work package one these are the results from the StressTest for all participating regions, a report of strategic Alpine Space topics for interregional cooperation, a joint transnational cluster action plan and a tool kit for dissemination on stress testing and entrepreneurial workshops.
smart specialisation with smart clusters

12. Project concrete measures
Implementation Work Packages
Concrete measures - deliverables
Cluster Policy and S3 benchmarking
and StressTesting
StressTesting results
Report of strategic Alpine Space Topics for Interregional cooperation
Joint transnational Cluster Action Plan
Tools kit for dissemination
S3 Model Based definition for Cluster Innovation
Cluster good practices
Innovation model based mainly on new services
Tools kit on Innovation Model
Test Model on Pilot Clusters
Tested cluster services 1 2
Work package 2 is expected to deliver cluster good practices, an innovation model based on new services and again a tool kit on the innovation model.
smart specialisation with smart clusters

13. Project concrete measures
Implementation Work Packages
Concrete measures - deliverables
Cluster Policy and S3 benchmarking
and StressTesting
StressTesting results
Report of strategic Alpine Space Topics for Interregional cooperation
Joint transnational Cluster Action Plan
Tools kit for dissemination
S3 Model Based definition for Cluster Innovation
Cluster good practices
Innovation model based mainly on new services
Tools kit on Innovation Model
Test Model on Pilot Clusters
Tested cluster services 1 2
Work package 3 finally, will provide a set of tested cluster services. 3
smart specialisation with smart clusters

14. Support from Policy Level
To be strongly involved in:
Answering the StressTest questionnaire
Participating to the Entrepreneurial Workshop and helping to discover new value chains
Supporting the trans-regional cluster action plan
Developing a synchronized scheme
Supporting the sustainability of these measures
Our project will of course need and benefit from policy level support. In particular we wish to strongly involve policymakers in the StressTest and invite them to participate in the entrepreneurial workshops in order to support the discovery of new value chains. Furthermore, we count on policy level support for the trans-regional cluster action plan, the development of a synchronized scheme and, in general, to support the sustainability of the proposed measures.
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Interactions with AG1-3
AG1 Lombardy Region, PP12 – Francesco Brignone
AG2 Baden-Württemberg, LP1 – Jacques Bersier, member of AG2
AG3 Autonomous Province of Trento, PP11 – Luca Mion
Areas of collaboration
Update information within each meeting of AG1-3 and S3-4AlpClusters
S3-4AlpClusters deliverables and workshops open to AG1-3 members
Access to clusters for AG2
Access to training tools for all AGs
Our project benefits from a great potential for interactions with the different EUSALP action groups. In fact, the leaders of AG 1-3 are also partners in our project. Lombardy region for AG 1, Baden-Württemberg for AG 2, and the autonomous Province of Trento for AG3. In addition, as LP of the project, I am also a member of AG2. This allows for strong collaboration in the following areas:
Update information within each meeting of AG1-3 and S3-4AlpClusters
S3-4AlpClusters deliverables and workshops open to AG1-3
Access to clusters for AG2
Access to training tools for all AG
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