DanuBioValNet - Training of the development of new cluster services
09-04-2018
Press Release
Over 30 cluster managers and cluster policy stakeholders from several countries covering a geographic area stretching from Georgia to the UK participated to the training dedicated to the development of new cluster services, organized by the DTP Project “Danubiovalnet” on the 19th of March in Sofia in the eve of the European TCI Conference 2018.
Rationale behind is the fact that the establishment of cross-clustering partnerships in order to boost eco-innovation and to develop a joint bio-based value added network in the Danube Region requires the development of new cluster services as a key element in supporting cluster members in becoming more innovative and more competitive in the context of the new industrial value chains and in particular in the bio-based industry.
Best practice examples from Germany, Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Romania and Bulgaria covering a wide range of topics such as management, inter and intra cluster networking, innovation, marketing and internationalization have been presented only to stir up a vivid discussion which led to the identification of several more.
The discussion has been pursued against a wider assistance on the internationalization panel of the TCI Conference on the 22nd of March, moderated and conducted by the Danubiovalnet Team. As location, culture and size have been identified as main factors influencing internationalization, the Bulgarian Furniture Cluster (BFC) and the Romanian textile cluster ASTRICO Nord East have presented ways of turning the experience of traditional sectors into global opportunities via the identification of innovative niches (smart re-furnituring - BFC) and/or increasing the length of the value chain in the cluster (centralized acquisition and marketing system – ASTRICO NE).
The Danubiovalent journey continues with a training dedicated to internationalization which will be held in Cluj, on the 17th of May with the occasion of the international cluster conference “EU-Asia Gateway”, organized by the North West Romanian Cluster Consortium.
