Barents ICT-clusters
Morten Brugård,
Project manager,
The Norwegian Barents Secretariat
Agenda
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Background
Challenges
Goal
Our approach
Your input
Background
• Sparsely populated region
• Distinctive north-south perspective
• Young Innovative Entrepreneurs
– Organic spin-off
Challenges
• Attract talent
• Find partners
• Find customers
Goal
• Pre-project:
– Map and develop possibilities for increased
collaboration between ICT-companies, R&D
communities and governmental entities in the
Barents region to achieve increased competitive
power
Sub-targets
• Strengthening of the ICT-education
• Increased recruitment
• Strengthening ICT-cluster collaboration
Strengthening of the ICT-education
• Increase attractiveness of ICT-studies
• Match company needs with education
• Involve companies in education
– Internships
– Guest lectures
Increased recruitment
• Attain a critical mass
• Create an natural ecosystem
• Create a cluster
ICT-cluster collaboration
• Creating a cluster
• Strengthening cluster collaboration
Anatomy of a network
Capital of brokerage
Sum up
• Increased collaboration between private
companies, governmental entities and
universities through a cluster mind-set
Questions or inputs?
Barents IT-clusters
Morten Brugård
morten@barents.no
Yngve Bergheim
yngve@ramsalt.com