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TCI News letter November 2003

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A word from the president
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Over the last month we have been busy assembling more materials
from last September?s conference on our website. You can find it
in the Gothenburg section. These materials represent a rich trove
of experiences and lessons learned, with considerable depth and
diversity.
We encourage you to browse and explore these various resources.
At the same time, we realize that it is a challenge to glean
information from a conference in this way. For this reason, TCI
assigned IKED (Sweden?s International Organisation for Knowledge
Economy and Enterprise Development) to produce a White Book that
will capture and synthesize the key learnings from the conference
itself. We expect it to be ready before the end of 2003, so we
can make it available on our website to all TCI members.
We also like to bring your attention to the Regional TCI
Conference in Villahermosa, Mexico: the "Segundo Congreso
Latinoamericano de Clusters" (2nd Latin American conference on
clusters). Find all the information on the conference web page:
http://www.tabascoenaccion.org/congreso/congreso.htm.
Finally, we would like to welcome our new members from Stockholm,
Sarasota and Padstow (find short introductions below).
TCI staff, Barcelona.

Report on the miniforum "Donor funding of competitiveness
initiatives"
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Report of the miniforum "Donor funding of competitiveness
initiatives". The objectives of the donor panel were to bring
together experts on cluster competitiveness with the
practitioners involved in donor funded projects who had not,
prior to this conference, been actively involved in previous
years despite a growing level of financial backing of such
initiatives. This report will outline the activities and results
of this panel.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/140

Time to optimise clusters in Thailand
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Strategic clusters were discussed at a regional development
conference in Thailand recently. Three provinces: Phuket, Phang
Nga and Krabi represent a potential water-related tourism
cluster. The strategy was outlined by Phuket Vice Governor, Winai
Buapradit who told representatives from business, government,
academic groups and other interested parties that more planning
was needed to ''make the most of the cluster''.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/142

New members
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The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce from Florida, USA has
joined TCI. The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce is a group
of almost 2,000 members. The Chamber is located on the West Coast
of Florida and was established in 1921. For information contact
Kathy Baylis (kbaylis@sarasotachamber.org).
Daniel Grenblad from Stockholm provides academic research and
consulting in business strategy, management and marketing. His
studies include the Stockholm financial cluster, Innovation
system for eGov services, sales networks in the airline industry
and seller / buyer relationships in the finance industry.
Gerry Creechan from Padstow, United Kingdom is principal of a
large marketing consultancy practice with offices in London,
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perth and Aberdeen. He pioneered market
research for food cluster in Perth, Scotland and Arbroath,
Scotland and worked as advisor to the Scottish
Development Agency (now Scottish Enterprise) and with Strathclyde
University and Cranfield University from 1985 to 1995.

India innovating in textile
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Last month, the city of Surat in the Gujarat region of India held
a workshop on ''networking strategies for development of textile
SMEs'' The workshop, divided into four technical sessions helped
tackle problems faced by small and medium sized textile units in
the region.
Surat is the only Gujarat city among the 19 clusters identified
in the country to conduct such workshops. The workshop in the
city was inaugurated by state industries secretary Amarjeet
Singh.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/143

Action workshops
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Gothenburg 2003 set the scene for TCI´s 6th annual conference.
One of the highlights was the action workshops. They explored
emerging clusters, emerging cluster programmes and meeting
challenges. Representatives from the new EU member states and the
rest of the world presented their cases.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/126

Learning workshops
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In parallel workshops lessons are extracted from observations and
experiences of mature clusters and cluster programmes in the
Greenbook and from other sources.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/125

Miniforums
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The miniforums can be seen as a smorgasbord covering a range of
issues pertinent to innovative clusters for participants to
choose from. On this page you find all forums held on Wednesday.
Coordinated by: Arne Eriksson arne @ aek.nu .
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/123

Conference pictures
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A selection of pictures taken during the conference.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/135

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