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The Texas Energy Center (TEC www.txec.org)- a cluster working towards national and international leadership in energy-related innovation and commerce - has just recieved a $3.6 million grant from the Texas Enterprise Fund.

The conference will take place in in Ottawa, widely lauded as Canada's focal point for advanced technology.

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This Discussion paper is the outcome of several cluster workshops, seminars and interviews conducted by a cluster working group from the Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development in Victoria, Australia. The aim was to contribute to the development of a cluster policy framework in Victoria and provides, not only a comprehensive overview of clusters and the economic situation of Victoria, but also proposals for a Cluster Facilitation Program.

On the 4th February, Chris Inglis, Executive Director of Forestry and Timber Association in Scotland spoke at a conference on Timber Markets and Marketing attended by 140 representatives of Scotland’s forestry community. He said that : “Cooperation, information, and commitment is what is required from Scotland’s forest owners if they want consolidation in the market and a future for their growing resource.”

The E-Finance Lab in Germany is a research consultancy that develops effective management procedures/structures within the financial service industry. Working in partnership with many large corporations (Deutsche Bank, Accenture, Siemens, Microsoft), researchers from Darmstadt University and J.W. Goethe University state that their “goal is to contribute methods and views to the realignment of the financial supply chain." Professor Dr. Mark Wahrenburg is leading a research-based project that is attempting to illustrate the future picture of the credit businesses in Germany and Europe.

The Institute of Developing Economies (IDE) in Japan, under its current mandate to provide for the “expansion of trade relations and [to] promote economic cooperation with all developing countries and regions,” is currently embarking upon a major research project that could provide valuable insight into the true impact clusters have had on the Asian economy.

The Services Group, Inc. (TSG), an international economic development consulting firm and member of TCI is trying to locate a few European sector specialists who may provide consulting to a large multi-year cluster competitiveness project in The Balkans. The projects will focus on the Tourism, Agribusiness and Wood Processing sectors.

New publication by the European Tourism Research Institute in Sweden, focusing on tourism clustering.

Early december the new export development plan was being presented before the Phillipine House of Representatives. Centerpiece of the strategy unfolded in the new plan is industry clustering.