Results from session as reported by Sylvia Schwaag-Serger to Elisabeth Waelbroeck-Rocha
Group consensus on several points:
¤ Clusters are a useful concept for regional development policies:
a) Forges public private partnerships around a concept
b) Process is defined
c) The concept is a tool to bring people around the table and get communication started
¤ Policy makers should have a facilitative, non-interventionist role in networking
¤ There is a difference between clusters as regional economic development tool, and clusters to promote national competitiveness è link to NIS
¤ Importance of exit strategy
Points of debate:
¤ If the policy-maker is only ‘facilitating’, who « leads » the first stages of the process? Consultants? What happens when they leave?
¤ Should governments support individual companies as opposed to clusters?
Role of government:
¤ Facilitate
¤ Due diligence: keep clusterpreneur grounded in realities
¤ Evaluate
Outstanding issues:
¤ How to evaluate? What criteria? What data? More tools needed
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