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TCI News letter June 2003

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The Competitiveness Institute <bdoesborg[nospamplease]@competitiveness.org>

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Enright, Petrin, Porter, Rosenfeld, Subira, +++
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The line up for Gothenburg, Sweden in September is impressive. We
will have together some of the most innovative thinkers and
practitioners on cluster based economic development. The
conference theme, 'Innovative Clusters - A New Challenge', will
offer fresh insights on best practices in cluster development.
Case studies will be presented for discussion from emerging and
developed economies. See www.competitiveness.org for the
conference programme, and the identity of other leaders who will
be sharing their insights in September.

As has become the custom with the TCI global conferences, a
pre-conference visit to local clusters is available, which will
include film, automotive and telematics clusters. And the popular
half day preparatory course on facilitating clusters will be
repeated.

Over 20 countries were represented at TCI's last global
conference in Cairns, Australia; we are expecting an even wider
participation this year. Registration is now open, with the
registration discount available only to June 30.

With best wishes,
Ifor Ffowcs-Williams - president@competitiveness.org

Multilateral agencies & cluster support
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How can participants at the Gothenburg conference benefit from
the recent trend by donor agencies to implement competitiveness
projects around the world? Millions of dollars are now being
awarded to consultants and companies implementing competitiveness
initiatives in developing countries.
Competitiveness will figure prominently in President Bush's
Millennium Challenge Account Initiative where an additional $5
billion dollars will be allocated.

+ Read more: http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/89/

Catalonia and Michael Porter launch a foundation to follow the
competitiveness of clusters worldwide
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The Prime Minister of the Catalan Government, Hon. Artur Mas, and
Professor Michael E. Porter of Harvard University, have announced the
launch of an independent foundation to evaluate the competitiveness of
regional economic clusters across the world. The foundation is based in
the Valles Technology Park (Barcelona).
+ Read more: http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/70/

Maine Mirrors Finnish Model for Growth
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The Maine Science and Technology Foundation recently published an
article detailing the similarities (and more recent differences) between
Maine and Finland, and concluding that Maine should follow Finland's
model for success. The article details how Maine and Finland share
similar economic histories (based on rich natural resources and
manufacturing), climates, and attitudes.
+ Read more: http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/77/

Le Maroc Competif
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In 1995, the Le Maroc Competitif was launched in Morocco to develop a
cluster-based approach for economic growth. In cooperation with the
World Bank and an agreement with the European Union, Morocco identified
four potential clusters to drive the economy: textiles and apparel, sea
products, tourism, and electronic and information technology.
+ Read more: http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/76/

Northwest Russia: An Economic Growth Engine
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Over the course of the last year, the Research Institute of the Finnish
Economy (ETLA) has been investigating the potential development of
economic clusters in Northwest Russia. ETLA has identified Northwest
Russia as "a growth engine" and is looking to establish more formal
over-the-border cooperation between Finland and Russia.
+ Read more: http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/75/

Cluster Based Approaches - Ottawa
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The Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI) provides a website
that includes data and insight into Ottawa's economic development.
+ Read more: http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/78/

Swiss Biotech Industry: A Sleeping Giant?
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Ernst & Young has ranked the Swiss biotech industry as one of the top in
Europe on product development, turnover and market capitalization. This
success can largely be attributed to biotech clusters developed in the
Basel, Geneva, and Zurich areas. The Zurich MedNet is comprised of more
than 400 companies, universities, institutes, foundations, hospitals and
labs making it the single largest medical/biotech cluster in continental
Europe.
+ Read more: http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/79/

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