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- Aclima
- Cluster of environmental groups in the Pais Vasco (only available in Euskera or Castellano)
www.aclima.net/ - Aerospace Cluster in Rhône-Alpes
- Aerospace Cluster, a shared ambition…
Commercial and International development
Management of the performance and organisational innovation
Technological innovation
www.aerospace-cluster.com - Akureyri's Regional Growth Agreement
- The Akureyri's Regional Growth Agreement is a programme in which public and private parties around Eyjafjörður fjord cooperate in bolstering the local economy. The Food Industry Cluster, the Tourism Cluster, the Education and Research Cluster and the Health Cluster are all operating in Akureyri's Regional Growth Agreement.
www.klasar.is - Albertafirst.com
- Welcome to AlbertaFirst.com, a provincial, municipal and industry partnership created to provide valuable information to businesses and individuals interested in starting a business or locating to Alberta, Canada. It is an important tool in promoting business and community development across the province.
www.albertafirst.com/ - ARNES - ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH NETWORK OF SLOVENIA
- The main task of ARNES is development, operation and management of the communication and information network for education and research.
www.arnes.si/english/ - Bulgarian chamber of commerce
- World Trade Centers Association
International Chamber of Commerce, Paris
Eurochambres
- Economic Survey 2005 (pdf)
- Association of the Balkan Chambers of Commerce
- Association of the Black Sea Zone CCI
- BSEC Business Council
- International Council on Cooperation
- CEFTA
- SECI
- CEI
- Euro Info Centre
- GS1
-Contacts....
www.bcci.bg/ - Business Investment Opportunities | Canada | Nova Scotia
- If you are interested in business investment opportunities, please explore the NSBI website to find out what Nova Scotia Canada has to offer.
www.novascotiabusiness.com/en/home/default.aspx - Business new Brunswick
- Make a Smart Decision : Grow your New Brunswick Business:
Business New Brunswick, the government's economic development department, will work with you by providing services and resources to help you expand your existing business. Whether your business is large or small, rural or urban, we can help you make smart business decisions.
www.gnb.ca/0398/index-e.asp - California Association for Local Economic Development
- CALED is the premier statewide professional economic development organization dedicated to advancing its members’ ability to achieve excellence in delivering economic development services to their communities and business clients. CALED’s membership consists of public and private organizations and individuals involved in economic development: the business of creating and retaining jobs. California.
www.caled.org/ - California Economic Development Directory
- Click agency name to see their website.
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- Statewide California
- Upstate California
- Bay Area
- California Central Valley and Sierras
- California Central Coast
- Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley
- Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
- Orange County
- Southern California - San Diego Area
www.ecodevdirectory.com/california.htm - Center for Industrial Competitiveness
- The group specializes in research on industrial innovation, regional development, corporate governance, and sustainable prosperity.
www.uml.edu/centers/CIC/index.htm - Center for Middle East Competitive Strategy
- Center for Middle East Competitive Strategy (C-MECS), an U.S. non-profit organisation which endeavours to bring stability, prosperity and peace in the Middle East.
www.cmecs.org - CEPII Business Club
- The CEPII Business Club is a forum where business leaders, economists and financial experts may discuss their experiences and analyses. This page is available in both French and English.
www.cepii.fr/welcome.htm - Chiapas Economic Development
www.chiapas.gob.mx/ciudadania/- Chiapas Economic Development
www.chiapas.gob.mx/ciudadania/- China Capital Project Network
- Province: Shandong Province
Summarize: 　　
　　China Date Town----The Bohai Sea to the northeast, Wudi county lies in the farthest north of Shandong Province, which is the important area of the Yellow River Delta comprehensive development and the critically important battle field for Shandong construction on the sea. With an area of 1,998 square kilometers, there are 593 villages under the government of 11 towns, with the total population of 430,000. Facing Huanghua Harbor, Wudi is the intersection of the Economic zone of Beijing, Tianjin & Tanggu and the Economic Zone of Shandong Peninsula, so it has been known as “the key spot between Qi and Yan States” and“"the com-hub between Shandong and Hebei provinces”.
www.sinocp.com/english/Investment%20Promotion%20Bureau/Bureau030953.htm - Choose Lethbridge
- Economic Development Lethbridge (EDL) in Canada knows that the people, businesses and features of this community are the reason new industries and visitors ‘Choose Lethbridge’. As a relatively new independent, community-based organization, we are not only celebrating our initial success, we’re gearing up for the future.
www.chooselethbridge.ca/ - CITi (Cape information technology initiative)
- The CITI is a not-for-profit organisation focused on developing the ICT cluster in the Western Cape. It focuses on four core areas: Cluster development (events, networking & Cluster facilitation), IT Business Development (incubation and Entrepreneurial support), IT Skills Development and IT Research & Policy.
http://www.citi.org.za/ - City of Lethbridge - Economic Development Lethbridge
- Economic Development Lethbridge is an independent organization created to attract and retain investment in Lethbridge and to promote Lethbridge as an excellent place to live, invest and do business.
www.lethbridge.ca/home/For+Business/Economic+Development/Economic+Development+Lethbridge.htm - CIVIC NAVIGATOR network of civic entrepreneurs in California
- CIVIC NAVIGATOR network of civic entrepreneurs in California
http://www.civicnavigator.com - Cluster del Conocimiento/Knowledge centre in the Basque Country
- This Knowledge Cluster was formed with the purpose of promoting, stimulating and supporting the development and application of management knowledge. The main objective of the Cluster is to improve competitiveness of the business and institutional community of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country. This site is available in Basque, Spanish and English.
www.clusterconocimiento.com/Default.aspx?lang=en-GB - Cluster Quality Butchers of South Tyrol
- Cluster Wood & Technologies.
Cluster Quality Butchers of South Tyrol.
Cluster Building & Facility Management.
Cluster IT & Software Engineering.
http://www.can-suedtirol.it/ - Clusterland Upper Austria
- Institute which concentrates on the co-opertation of companies and research facilities in networks in order to improve innovative strength and international competitive ability in Upper Austria. It is available in German and English.
www.clusterland.at/index_eng.php - Community Economic Development Centre
- Why a Centre for Sustainable Community Development?
The SFU Centre for Sustainable Community Development (CSCD) works to support and enable the sustainable development of communities through research, education, and community mobilization in B.C., Canada, and internationally.
www.sfu.ca/cscd/ - Council on Competitiveness (USA)
- A forum set up by two-dozen industrial, university and labour leaders with the intention of elevating national competitveness to the forefront of national consciousness.
www.compete.org/about_us/ - Croatian chamber of commerce
- Permanent Arbitration Court at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce provides to domestic and foreign businesses the services of administering arbitration proceedings.
hgk.biznet.hr/hgk/tekst.php?page=tekst&id=245 - Destination Winnipeg
- Welcome to Destination Winnipeg
Welcome to Destination Winnipeg’s website! We are the city’s economic development and tourism agency, here to be your source for information on everything about working, living and playing in Winnipeg, Canada.
Whether you’re expanding or relocating your business, planning a meeting, convention, visit or a move to the city or even if you’re a resident already, we have all the information you are looking for. We think you’ll discover some things about Winnipeg that you may not have known.
So come on in, look around and get to know us.
www.destinationwinnipeg.ca/ - EBAN (European Business Angels Network)
- EBAN was established by the European Association of Development Agencies (EURADA) with the support of the European Commission in 1999. It is a non-profit association which encourages the exchange of experience among business angel networks and encourages "best practice". Furthermore it contributes to local, regional and national programs of assistance.
http://www.eban.org/ - Economic chamber of macedonia
www.mchamber.org.mk/default.asp?lan=en- Economic Developmentdirectory
www.ecodevdirectory.com/- EDA
- Economic Development Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce
http://www.doc.gov/eda - Edmonton Economic Development Corporation
- NANOMEMS EDMONTON
A registered public-private partnerhsip, NanoMEMS Edmonton is Alberta, Canada's leading MNT cluster organization, dedicated to fostering development and growth of micro and nano-based commercial enterprise across the region. Lead partners include: Micralyne Inc., Bigbangwidth Inc., the University of Alberta, Edmonton Economic Development Corporation, and NINT, the National Institute for Nanotechnology (National Research Council of Canada, NRCC). Cluster participants include two dozen established and early-stage MNT/MEMS companies. For more information about NanoMEMS Edmonton, visit www.nanomems.org
EDMONTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (EEDC)
EEDC is a not-for-profit company owned by the City of Edmonton that is responsible for regional economic development, regional tourism marketing, the Edmonton Research Park and the Shaw Conference Centre. For further information, please refer to www.edmonton.com.
www.nsti.org/Nanotech2005/exhibitor.html?id=147 - Encluster
- The objectives of Encluster are to help identify and exploit business opportunities, to encourage start-ups and inward investment in a number of practical ways, including networking activities and demonstration projects, particularly in waste management and processing, energy management and renewable energy.
www.encluster.org/ - Enterprise Fredericton
- Enterprise Fredericton is a community economic development agency designed to create prosperity in our communities.
The overall goal of Enterprise Fredericton is sustainable community economic development. The communities we represent are the City of Fredericton, the Town of Oromocto, the Village of New Maryland, and the Local Service District of Lincoln, Canada.
www.enterprisefredericton.ca/ - Enterprise Fredericton
- Enterprise Fredericton is dedicated to improving economic performance in the Greater Fredericton Region, Canada.
www.ent-fredericton.ca/ - Estado de Mexico Cluster
www.edomexico.gob.mx/portalgem/- Estonian Trade Council
www.estoniantrade.ee/- ETG (Economic Transformations Group)
- The ETG is an international team of professional economists, planners, and management consultants dedicated to developing and implementing strategies for sustainable economic growth.
http://www.livingclusters.com/index.html - EURADA European Association of Development Agencies
- EURADA European Association of Development Agencies
with focus on Benchmarking and Best Practises in Europe
http://www.eurada.org/ - FAS
- FÁS is Ireland's national training and employment authority. It aims to improve employability, job skills and mobility and promote competitiveness and social inclusion.
http://www.fas.ie/ - Fondazione Edison (Italy)
- The Fondazione Edison supports and promotes cultural initiatives and scientific research in Italy in order to encourage the knowledge and study of certain socio-economic, cultural and civic aspects of the local industrial systems and districts. It is available in both Italian and English.
www.fondazioneedison.it/home_en.html - French Industrial Districts Club
- A French association set up to aid inter-company co-operation within France. It is available in French and English.
www.districts-industriels.com/ - Greater Halifax Partnership
- Welcome to the Greater Halifax Partnership. Our family of websites provide information about the Partnership and information and resources about growing your business or locating in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
www.greaterhalifax.com/ - Industrial districts club (Italy)
- A club set up to promote links, exchange information and experience between the various Italian economic systems sharing the characteristics of an industrial district. In Italian or English.
www.clubdistretti.it/eng/indexeng.htm - Industrial investment council
- Industry clusters in Eastern Germany.
www.iic.de/industriescluster.0.html - INSEAD
- Project on Corporate Governance, Innovation, and Economic Performance at INSEAD (the European institute of Business Administration)
www.insead.fr/cgep/ - Integrated Technology Initiative
- Invest British Columbia is a partnership of provincial, federal and local economic development organizations working together to expand business investment in British Columbia, Canada – the best place to do business on the west coast of North America.
www.leadingedgebc.ca/ - International competitive Shoe leather cluster program
- Action program for development al the shoe-leather chain, universities, development & research centers, to improve the competitity of the guanajuatos state.
www.procic3vision2020.com/ and www.ciceg.org - International Economic Development Council
- International Economic Development Council, the largest economic development organization in the USA. (Former CUED) The IEDC was a sponsor of the TCI annual conference in Tucson in 2001.
www.iedconline.org - ITDH
www.itdh.hu/itdh/nid/Why;jsessionid=14C9D3DA6A261486A370FB7D5ED5295E- Jewish-Arab economic development.
- CJAED High-Tech Workshop
The Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation held a workshop on June 27th, with the aim of promoting possible solutions to the lack of Arab citizens in Israel's high-tech industry.
www.cjaed.org.il/ - Joint Venture Silicon Valley
- Joint Venture Silicon Valley includes a good insight in their networking activities
http://www.jointventure.org - MedInSoft
- MedInSoft is the Mediterranean network of the creators of software.
Created on the initiative of the Data-processing Club of Provence at the end of 2003, it has the role to federate competences and the resources of the software publishers of Provence the Alps Riviera and Corsica.
MedInSoft is a major actor of the development of the regional die of the software industry.
By its structuring action, MedInSoft reinforces the development and the performance of the creators of software.
The regional economic actors find in the vicinity, in MedInSoft, the data-processing solutions necessary to the improvement of their competitiveness.
www.medinsoft.org/ - Microwaveroad - Enabler of the wireless society
- A world Leading region in Microwave technology, westsweden - Research, Education, Development and production of future Wireless products - A strong cooperation between industries, academy and society - ”triple helix”<br><br>
Microwave Road är en regional plattform för nationellt och internationellt samarbete kring mikrovågsteknik för näringsliv, offentlig förvaltning samt högskolor och universitet. Syftet är att genom samarbete utveckla produkter baserade på mikrovågsteknologi.
www.microwaveroad.se/ - Ministerio de Economia, Gobierno de El Salvador
- Programa Nacional de Competitividad , EL Salvador
www.competi.gob.sv - Multidisciplinary Assessment of Technology Centre for Healthcare (MATCH)
- MATCH is a research collaboration between five leading UK universities in healthcare technology assessment, and a cohort of industrial partners. It is recognised and funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) as a centre of excellence in its field, having been awarded the status of Innovative Manufacturing Research centre (IMRC).
www.match.ac.uk - New Tools for Life
- Hälsans nya verktyg is a regional initiative for growth with its core in Östergötland, Sweden. The focus is on health and health related business. Its mission is to make the region of Östergötland a prime mover in the development of individually adapated solutions for best possible health.
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The main motives are a great and growing market potential and a suitable regional profile with roots in the academic society, the business environment and public organisations. Primarily focused product areas are sports, personal health, distributed care and personal care.
The primary objective is to generate growth in the region through a successive introduction of the new products on the great and growing international market.
www.halsansnyaverktyg.se/?sid=768&parent=749 - Northwest Automotive Alliance
- The Northwest Automotive Alliance is an industry-led cluster organisation, supported by the Northwest Development Agency, to provide a focal point for the region's automotive sector. The Northwest is the UK's second most important automotive region and employs over 43,000 people with a sector value of £9billion. 200,000 cars and 13,000 trucks were produced in 2003.
nwautoalliance.com/ - OECD
- The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has 30 member countries, active relationtionships with 70 other countries and NGO's.
www.oecd.org/home/ - Okanagan Partnership
- The Okanagan Sustainable Prosperity Strategy is a bottom-up, collaborative strategy to ensuring that the Okanagan region - from Similikameen to Enderby in the north to Osoyoos in the south - remains economically vital while preserving a high quality of life that has inspired many to move to the region and continues to retain those who live here. This broad-based regional initiative is the first of its kind in the Okanagan. Until now, communities have largely looked within their own boundaries for solutions to economic and quality of life challenges they face.
www.okanaganpartnership.ca/ - Oresund Science Region
- Øresund Science Region is a trans-national initiative between Denmark and Sweden that
serves to strengthen one of the most important assets of the Øresund Region: The unparalleled
presence of cutting-edge technologies and highly skilled human resources, which is the result of
a specialised research community and a growing number of knowledge-based, market leading
companies.
www.oresundscienceregion.org/sw6563.asp - Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers
- Principal Functions:
To admit exporters to the Association from the manufacturers and exporters of readymade garments in Pakistan.
www.prgmea.org/ - ReFine
- The objective of the regional innovation system ReFine is to support the development of existing manufacturing companies, new companies, products and services and the improvement of the regional infrastructure.
www.refine.nu - Research and development, Lituania
www.research-directory.lt/home/engine?c_pid=0- San Diego North County Economic Development Council
www.sdnedc.com/- San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation
www.sandiegobusiness.org/- Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority Inc.
- Saskatoon, known as Canada's Science City, is
world renowned for its incomparable mix of scientific infrastructure. Among this infrastructure is Canada's largest science project in over three decades, the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron. To learn more about world-class R&D facilities in Saskatoon...
www.sreda.com/ - Sazkatchewan Industry and resources
- Industry and Resources' head office in Regina and its regional offices throughout the province provide services in the following broad categories:
Financial assistance for businesses and entrepreneurs
Investment programs
Industry development
Small business and co-operative development
Community and regional economic development
Sector and market development
Investment attraction
Identifying and assisting with domestic procurement opportunities
Quality management principles and practices
Policy and program development
Representing Saskatchewan's interests in federal/provincial relations in Canada
www.ir.gov.sk.ca/ - Scottish Food & Drink
- SCOTTISH FOOD & DRINK BUSINESSES
Find key information & practical help
Promote your products in our Buyers Guide
Find out how we can help your business in our Projects Zone
www.scottishfoodanddrink.com - Shire IT Cluster
- The Sutherland Shire It Cluster is a network of professionals, practitioners, trainers, educators, product & service providers, representing the broad spectrum of the IT and ICT sector who have formed a collaboration to meet the ICT needs of southern Sydney.
www.theshireit.org.au - Slovene transport logistic cluster
- Effective trade and transport along with transportation-logistics activity are the initiators of company's faster economic development. GIZ TLG is an association consisting of 12 companies and 3 institutions: freight forwarding and shipping agencies, port services, ecological and university research institution.
www.giz-tlg.si - South County Economic Development Council
- South California
www.sandiegosouth.com/ - Sultanahmet Tourism Cluster
- Stroll around, visit and discover each neighborhood of Sultanahmet; places of interest, guides, museums, private mansions, public gardens, shops, open foodmarkets, walks, theatres, discotheques, hotels, restaurants, etc.
www.sultanahmetonline.org - SUPERIOR CALIFORNIA
- Superior California Economic Development (SCED) is a four county economic development district with its main office in Redding. SCED offers communities and businesses in Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, and Trinity counties the following services:
- Economic Development Information and Assistance
- Local Economic Development Partners and Resources
- Regional, State and National Economic Development Partners
- Demographic and Economic Profiles
- Tourism and Chambers of Commerce
- Business Financing
- Workforce Development
www.scedd.org/ - Sustainable Business Clusters
- Reports by Regional Futures (network with the mission to inspire good regional policy and delivery through sustainable development) on business clusters as a delivery mechanism for sustainable development.
www.regionalfutures.org.uk/newsdigest/sustainablebusclusters_page1453.aspx - Team Fredericton
- Fredericton is a Smart City offering Best Value,
and an enviable Quality of Life! In Canada.
www.teamfredericton.ca/ - The Business Alliance for Sustainable Energy
- The Business Alliance for Sustainable Energy's (BASE) mission is to enhance the development of the emerging renewable and efficient energy clusters throughout the state of Oregon.
www.3estrategies.org/BASE_Site - The industrial symbiosis ofKalundborg
- Symbiosis means co-existence between diverse organisms in which each may benefit from the other. In this context, the term is applied about the industrial co-operation taking place in Kalundborg between a number of companies and Kalundborg Municipality, all of which exploit each otherís residual or by-products mutually.
The Symbiosis co-operation has developed spontaneously over a number of decades and today comprises some 20 projects. The exchange of residual products between the companies is laid out in the diagram.
- All projects are environmentally and financially sustainable.
www.symbiosis.dk/ - The Packaging Arena
- You have to be bold if you want to develop the packaging solutions of the future! Our vision is to gather and attract world leading skills and knowledge within packaging and make it available in a global arena. Based on a dynamic concentration of organisations our strengths include exceptional know how, a sharp consumer focus and an open climate of co-operation. The idea involves co-operating with partners worldwide.
www.thepackagingarena.com - The Paper Province
- The Paper Province is an economic association that coordinates and develops co-operation
between participants in the pulp and paper technology business in Värmland, northern Dalsland
and Närke in central Sweden. The main focus is on packaging technology.
www.paperprovince.com - The Regional Institute
- The Regional Institute is a not-for-profit publisher or educational and research information. It provides free information on the Internet on community development.
www.regional.org.au/index.htm - Timber Cluster Lower Austria
- The woods cluster Lower Austria
a network for the forest and timber economy in Lower Austria forms. The cluster initiative supported, initiates and coordinates plans to co-operate both along the creation of value chain and industry-spreading.
www.holzcluster-noe.at/ecoplus/cluster/hc/ - Tri-County Business Partnerships
- The Wisconsin Procurement Institute is a nonprofit organization established in 1987 to "bridge the gap" for Wisconsin companies interested in supplying their products and or services to federal, state, local agencies and prime contractors.
WPI guides, trains and provides hands-on assistance to firms in developing government business and improving process and technical capabilities to access and compete in the Government marketplace.
WPI helps firms:
Locate Government contracting opportunities
Identify grants and other sources of funding
Navigate the Government procurement process
Prepare proposals and subcontracting plans
Understand proposal, contract, and subcontracting issues
Integrate Electronic Commerce in the procurement process
www.wispro.org - Truro Colchester region
- Colchester, Canada Regional Development Agency's Mission:
The Colchester Regional Development Agency will drive sustainable economic growth creating healthy communities, prosperous business and opportunity for our citizens.
Business Development
Creating a strong and diverse business climate involves providing assistance to businesses interested in locating in Colchester, those wishing to expand in our region and those wishing to start something new. We offer a range of services including property sales, business advise, and loans.
www.corda.ca/index.html - Uppsala BIO
- The region of Uppsala, located 20 minutes north of Stockholm-Arlanda international airport, is today a buoyant center of biotechnology. In this comparatively small area, we find about one fourth of Sweden’s biotech sector in the shape of universities, industry and national agencies.
Uppsala has a long tradition of working with biotechnology, especially tools and methods for research and development in the life sciences. Pioneering core technologies such as ultracentrifugation, electrophoresis, gel filtration and affinity chromatography were invented by Uppsala scientists. Many of these developments have spun off into successful products sold the world over by Uppsala-based companies.
www.uppsalabio.com - Upstate California Economic Development Council
www.upstatecalifornia.org/- Valley Vision
- Valley Vision is committed to improving the quality of life in the Sacramento Region. It organizes participation in solutions to regional issues, and provides fact-based information for decision making.
http://www.valleyvision.org/ - WAIPA (World association of investment promotion agencies)
- The world forum for the exchange of best practices in investment policies.
www.waipa.org/index.htm - Welcome to LethbridgeLink.com
- Economic Development Lethbridge is a forward-thinking community-based organization with an economic development mandate. The Board of Directors consists of 24 members from sectors representing a broad cross-section of the community.
One of Economic Development Lethbridge’s priorities is making certain that all stakeholders’ voices are heard so that economic development can occur within an environment of transparency, involvement and inclusion.
Economic Development Lethbridge was formed by an act of Lethbridge City Council in 2002 and began operating in 2003. By creating Economic Development Lethbridge, Lethbridge City Council has joined the ranks of many visionary leaders and governments of major cities who have realized that a stand-alone economic development organization is essential for sustained growth.
Our organization exists in large part to nurture and promote the strengths of our great city. Lethbridge, as any local businessperson or resident is well aware, is an ideal place to live, to work and to succeed in business—from small businesses to large corporations.
www.lethbridgelink.com/business/bus_detail.asp?bPageID=111 - Wellbeing Cluster Lower Austria
- The Wellbeing cluster Lower Austria
interlaces enterprise to the main topics health tourism, preventive medicine and natural products. In addition participants come from supplementing ranges such as F&E, qualification, movement, healthy nutrition, Ausstatter
www.wellbeingcluster.at
