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The Competitiveness Institute Newsletter, Jun 1, 2005
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# Beyond clusters: current practices & future strategies #
# Regional Conference in Ballarat, Australia #
# June 31 - July 1 #
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Word of the President
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Following TCI strategy to professionalize the leadership of TCI,
the Executive Committee supported by the Advisory Board decided
to recruit a full time Executive Director. Beside developing and
improving the annual conference, the Director will identify,
develop and realize services that clearly adds value to the
members of TCI such as promoting and mediating the upgrading of
knowledge, research & evaluation, highly selected
training/regional conferences. One important aspect is to raise
funds and incomes significantly for TCI. The Executive Director
will work closely to the chairman of the Executive Committee.

The contract is initially for two years, with every expectation
that this will be extended conditional on performance. The
contract will begin in November this year. The value adding
services are expected to be developed and marketed in order to
create incomes covering the person's salary. The salary is
negotiable and is expected to be in the region of 50 000 to 70
000 Euro. An attractive bonus will be negotiated in addition to
the salary.

The candidate will present a tentative business plan that will be
assessed as part of the preparation for the employment decision.

The Executive Director will develop ideas that enhance TCI
strength and strategy improvement, following the instructions
from the Executive Committee, proposing to the Executive
Committee and other committees, presenting projects, monitoring,
following-up, promoting the build up of networks needed to
develop TCI (for example national contact points), benchmarking
and benchlearning.

Pending a formal agreement between TCI and the Foundation
"Clusters and Competitiveness" the person might also resume the
responsibilities of Executive Director of the Foundation
(www.clustercompetitiveness.org). The Foundation provides a
survey-based assessment tool for cluster initiatives, with the
analysis work done by external academic partners. As an Executive
Director, the person would be responsible for attracting new
cluster initiatives as clients, interacting with the board of the
Foundation, and further developing the offer of the Foundation in
co-operation with its academic partners and the members of the
foundation.

The Candidate will be selected from the following criteria:

* global marketing experience, knowledge of markets
* experiences from competitiveness cultures (deep
understanding of the "ball game" leveraging networking and the
context of globalisation beyond cluster development)
* experiences from organisations like TCI (membership of TCI
is an advantage but not a must)
* executive/leader/organising/collaborative/communicative
* high motivation
* multilingual, excellent English

Application from both female and male applicants are very welcome
- please send them to our TCI headquarter fblunck @
competitiveness.org . Deadline for application is 15th of June.

Best regards,

Alec Hansen

Montréal economic development plan officially launched
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Gérald Tremblay, Chairman of the Communauté métropolitaine de
Montréal (CMM) and Mayor of Montreal, officially launched the
CMM's economic development plan, entitled "Charting Our
International Future: A Competitive Montreal Metropolitan Region"
on the 9 May.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/570

University of Maryland awarded Sloan Foundation Center in
Biotechnology
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The University of Maryland has been selected to establish the new
prestigious Sloan Biotechnology Industry Center, a home for
high-impact research on the forces driving the competitiveness of
the U.S. biotechnology industry. A substantial start-up grant
from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation will help fund this work
which is expected to aid the industry to continue developing and
increase its overall turnover.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/571

Indian export association offers expertise in Botswana
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The Indian Tirupur Exporters' Association (TEA) signed last month
a memorandum of understanding with the Exporters Association of
Botswana (EAOB) to offer its expertise in cluster approach for
the growth and development of industry and export.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/572

Indian blacksmiths await cluster
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Blacksmiths and iron-mongers (locally known as lohars) from
Baghraji, near Jabalpur, India, shall become small-scale
industrialists if a cluster proposal of the regional government
gets clearance from a national level.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/575

Chilean government invests in salmon cluster
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The Chilean economic development agency, CORFO, has allocated
funds to the salmon cluster in order to channel public and
private efforts to strengthen and enlarge the cluster.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/576

Local cluster conference in Karlsruhe, Germany
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The Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, the IG Metall and the IMU-Institut in
Karlruhe are organizing a small conference on cluster policies in
the region, addressing mostly a local audience, but open to
everyone who is interested. The conference language will be
German.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/567

The EU's new research framework proposal
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The European Commission agreed on a proposal for a new EU
programme for Research from 2007-2013. This proposal plans to
increase Europe's competitiveness and growth, identifying
knowledge as one of Europe's greatest resources.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/574

France launches new industrial strategy on industrial
competitiveness
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Due to the changes in the global economy and the knock-on effect
on the French economy, France has launched a wide-ranging
industrial strategy focusing on the key factors of industrial
competitiveness, particularly R&D innovation.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/573
Tender to establish the Competitiveness Observatory in Jordan
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