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Structure and organization

The legal entity of The Competitiveness Institute is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, with a global scope, open to members from all countries.

Members

Members are grouped into three different categories:

1. Ordinary Members: The Competitiveness Institute's ordinary members can be individual cluster practitioners with at least two years of proven experience in cluster projects.
2. Supporting Members: Non-profit organizations, government agencies, or multilateral organizations dedicated to fostering economic development participating as economic supporters of The Institute.
3. Honorary Members: Nominated by the Board of Directors in recognition for their contribution to the Association.

The governing bodies of The Competitiveness Institute are:

General Assembly

The General Assembly of our members meets at least once a year, generally during the Annual conference.

Find here the minutes of General Assembly Meeting 2006 in Lyon.

The Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is being elected by the General Assembly.

The current members of the Bord of Directors are:
Juan Manuel Esteban
President
Lars Eklund
Past Immediate President
Alberto Pezzi
Secretary
Elisabeth Waelbroeck-Rocha
Treasurer
Arthur Bayhan
Director
Nigel Gwynne-Evans
Director
Klaus Haasis
Director
Christian Ketels
Director
Kevin X. Murphy
Director
Alonso Ramos Vaca
Director

Management

Assigned by the Board of Directors.

The current staff is:
Patricia Valdenebro
General Manager
Franziska Blunck
Project Manager


Two groups of members with special and advisory roles are:

Commissioners

Nominated by the President or Vice presidents, endorsed by the Board of Directors.

The current Commissioners are:
Jan Sandred
Marketing, Media and Information
Frédéric Miribel
French speaking world
Alec Hansen
Washington Developing Countries Forum
Tracy Scott-Rimington
Oceania
Thomas Winther
West Africa & Africa, PACF
David Nordfors
Middle East & Innovation Journalism

The Board of Advisors

Nominated by the Board of Directors, is composed by relevant personalities from the world of politics, business, and international institutions that have played an important role in the application of cluster initiatives.

Members of the Board of Advisors are honorary members of The Competitiveness Institute. Their role is to assist the Board of Directors in defining the guidelines of the activities of the organization.

The current members of the Competitiveness Institute's Board of Advisors are:

Chairman

• Prof., Antoni Subirà, Former Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Government of Catalonia, now Professor at IESE Business School Barcelona

Vice Chairman

• Hon. Ms. Tea Petrin. Ambassador of Slovenia in the Netherlands, former Minister of Economy Slovenia - Amsterdam, Netherlands

Members

• Mr. Sergio Arzeni. Head of LEED Program, OECD - Paris, France
• Prof. Eduard Ballarin. Professor IESE - Madrid, Spain
• Mr. Silvano Bertini. Head of the Economic Development Unit, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy
• Prof. Michael Best. Professor University of Massachusetts - USA
• Dr. Bob Breault - Breault Research Org. - Tucson, Arizona
• Mr. Emiliano Duch - President Competitiveness - Barcelona, Spain
• Prof. Michael J. Enright. Professor Hong Kong University - Hong Kong
• Prof. Per Eriksson. Director General VINNOVA - Stockholm, Sweden
• Mr. Ifor Ffowcs-Williams. President Clusternavigators - Wellington, New Zealand
• Prof. Piero Formica. Professor, University of Nykoping, Sweden
• Mr. Yves Guyon. Lyon Chamber of Commerce - Lyon, France
• Mr. Eric Hansen. Economic Transformation Group - USA
• Mr. Andy McDonald. Director Cluster Programme Scottish Enterprise - Glasgow
• Prof. Michael Porter, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School - USA
• Prof. Hubert Schmitz. Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex - United Kingdom
• Prof. Örjan Sölvell. Professor, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Stockholm Business School- Sweden
• Dr. Bernd M. Thomas, Ex Secretary General, ACEM (European Motorcycle Association), Madrid, Spain
• Dr. Bert Twaalfhoven, Efer- The Netherlands