Cluster initiatives in South Great Plain region

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Cluster initiatives in South Great Plain region

• Tamás Gyulai
• Szeged, Hungary

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Innovation network for technology transfer

• Sectors in focus automotive industry, plastics
  and packaging, printing industries
• Integral part of the regional innovation system
  (co-financed by the Regional Development
  Council)?
• Services organised by the cluster professional
  engineering, industrial research, product design
• Good practice of clustering in the packaging
  industry Emilia-Romagna in Italy
• Special attention on university relations, skills
  development and involvement of SMEs
• Main partners Entreprise Development Agency of
  Bacs-Kiskun County, Department for Development of
  Plastics of the local university, Kaloplastic
  Kft, Print2000 Kft

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Network for technology transfer in bioethanol
production

• Re-use of land taken out from agricultural use
  for food production
• Contribution to renewable energy generation
• Organisation of the production chain and
  dissemination of good practice
• Good partnership with chambers of commerce and
  agriculture
• Non-profit cluster manager organisation with
  strong links to the regional university
• Research for the cluster is focused on
  development and improvement of new production
  technologies
• New and improved methods of energy generation
• Utilisation of waste material (crops, manure,
  etc)?

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Skills development in the packaging network

• On-line business plan self assessment tool (based
  on experience of Kent Technology Centre)?
• Business matching (based on experience of
  business angels in UK) developed in the framework
  of Interreg IIIC RFO
• Business academy (with focus on investment
  readiness) as part of Tech-SME project

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Knowledge transfer in bioethanol cluster

• Contractual partnership with the regional network
  of technology centres
• Research partnership with universities in the
  region
• Entrepreneurship training for students (Young
  Alumni in Business project)?
• Planned partnership with Tehimpulse Association
  in Romania

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Lessons learned from Gate2Growth project

• Hungarian partner Innostart (Budapest)?
• Increased interaction between researchers
• Increased knowledge of investment readiness
• Training for managers organised on European level

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Planned actions in knowledge transfer and skills
development

• Based on European best practice
• Focus on entrepreneurship and investment
  readiness (training, matchmaking)?
• Increasing role for business incubators with
  technology focus
• Regional Partnership for Entrepreneurship ???

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