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Benchmarking klastrów w Polsce - 2010. Clusters in Germany: Experience, Development, Financing and Support Policy. Gerd Meier zu Köcker. Benchmarking jako instrument poprawy jakości zarządzania Warszawa, 14 października 2010. Clusters in Germany:
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Benchmarkingklastrów w Polsce - 2010 Clusters in Germany: Experience, Development, Financing and Support Policy Gerd Meier zu Köcker Benchmarking jako instrument poprawy jakości zarządzania Warszawa, 14 października 2010
Clusters in Germany: - Experience, Development, Financing and Support Policy - Gerd Meier zu Köcker, Director General Agency Competence Networks Germany Warsaw, October 14th, 2010
Areas of Cluster Policy Intervention Framework conditions Cluster actors Cluster organisation
Förderung regionaler Netzwerke Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Federal State Level Regionaler ClusterwettbewerbBaden-Württemberg Innovationsstrategie Berlin Clusterpolitik Schleswig-Holstein ClusterOffensive Bayern HessischerClusterwettbewerbHessen Förderprogramm für Kooperations-netzwerkeHessen Cluster-Orientierung der Regionalpolitik in Brandenburg Innovationsstrategie Saarland Clusterprozess Mitteldeutschland RegioCluster.NRW 1993 1995 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ZIM-NEMO Spitzen-cluster-Wettbewerb GA-Förderungfür Cluster Lernende Regionen NEMO BioRegio-Wettbewerb StrategischePartnerschaften Kompetenznetze.de InnoProfile InnoRegio BioPharma-Wettbewerb BioIndustrie2021 Federal Level Survey of Cluster Support Initiatives in Germany
The Initiative • is run under the patronage of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) • gathers and supports the best 102 regional networks / clusters in Germany • can be considered as ”Club of the Best Innovation Networks” in Germany • provides tailor-made support for its members • aims to further strengthen its member clusters • has ambitious selection criteria in force
Some Success Factors for Sustainable Cluster Development • Cluster emergence • Sustainable financing • Cluster management skills • Spectrum and quality of tailor-made services provided by the cluster management • Added-values provided by the cluster management • Sustainable cluster strategy
Success Factor I: Cluster Emergence • Bottom-up network • decentralized governance, industrial driven • cluster manager mostly appointed by the cluster • mainly privately financed • political influence: low Top down network, externally initiated • centralised, externally governed • network coordinator mostly nominated by the initiator • political influence: high, mostly initiated by governments on regional or national level or business development agencies Top down network, internally initiated • centralised, internally governance • lead organisation acts mostly as network coordinator, also emerged and dominates the network • political influence: varying
Cluster Performance vs. Type of Cluster Emergence Data source: Member clusters of Competence Networks Germany, 2008
Success Factor II: Sustainable Financing Source of financing of cluster organisations Data source: Member clusters of Competence Networks Germany, 2009
Development of private and public financing shares over time Success Factor II: Sustainable Financing Data source: Member clusters of Competence Networks Germany, 2009
Success Factor II: Sustainable Financing Distribution of shares of private financing of cluster organisations Data source: Member clusters of Competence Networks Germany, 2009
Success Factor II: Sustainable Financing Cluster organisations tend to perform better when sustainably financed Data source: Member clusters of Competence Networks Germany, 2009
Success Factor III: Cluster Manager Skills Sustainable financing vs. cluster management skills Data source: 75 out of 110 member clusters of Competence Networks Germany
Indicators for Sustainable Cluster Development • Size of cluster compared to the regional potential • High share of active members • High commitment of key actors • Dedicated legal constitution • Traceable improvement of competitiveness of the cluster firms • Added values and additionality provided by cluster management • Sustainable financing of cluster organisation • High share of private financing • Professional cluster management • Stability of the cluster development • Visibility and reputation • High commitment of local actors from industry, science and policy
Current Hot Topics in Cluster Matters • Sustainable financing • Cluster management excellence • Benchmarking of cluster organisation • Peer assessments • Cluster managements as innovation serviceproviders for cluster firms • New innovative services • Contribution to sustainable financing • New approaches for internationalization • Branding of cluster regions
Benchmarking of Cluster Organisations • Benchmarking of Cluster Organisations • Based 60 indicators and 7 sub-dimensions • Focus on cluster organisations, but also clusterrelated indicators are regarded • Voluntary moderated self-assessment • No raking or rating • Reasonable efforts • High flexibility in terms of comparative portfolio and indicators to be applied • Findings can easily demonstrated tointerested parties http://www.clusterobservatory.eu/library/100183.pdf
Cluster Funding 2015 – Trends in Germany • Focussing on existing clusters rather than to create new ones • From institutional cluster funding towards project-based financing of cluster management services • Significant reduction of funding rates • Public authorities only pay for services that are provided for public interest • Entrepreneurship, regional marketing, education, etc. • Intended for matured clusters • Funding of introducing new services for cluster management • No funding of cluster management at all • Supporting of introducing new services • Creating better synergies between existing instruments • On regional, national and European Commission level • Using clusters to increase additionality of other innovation support programmes
The Way Forward Towards Harmonised Cluster Management Excellence Approaches • The Nordic-German-Polish Cluster Excellence • About 150 cluster organisations will be voluntarily benchmarked • Initiated by • Most participating cluster organisations arealready labelled according to national priorities • Leading National Programme Owners build the consortium • Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Poland and Sweden) • Purpose: • Promote cluster management excellence within Europe • Promote mutual learning by comparing cluster organisations • Testbed for harmonised and internationally recognisedBenchmarking criteria • Application of indicators developed within EC-projekt European Cluster Excellence Initiative
Thank you very much for your attention ! Agency Competence Networks Germany c/o VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH Steinplatz 1 D-10623 Berlin Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 30 310078-118 Fax: +49 (0) 30 310078-222 E-Mail: mzk@vdivde-it.de www.iit-berlin.de/veroeffentlichungen
Benchmarking of Clustermanagements - Why? • Benchmarking of cluster managements reveals different advantages compared to other approaches: Comparison with others • reveals the current position compared to others / to the best • shows specific strengths and weaknesses • stimulates a process of continues improvement • motivates to learn from the best • provides findings which can be used in the practical work • gives policy makers valid information about the competitive position of a cluster compared to others • Results of the benchmarking directly support the cluster management in the effort of improving the value and efficiency of the cluster for its members and stakeholders
Pattern of the 7 Sub-dimensions Compared to a „Perfect Cluster“