Net BioCluE
Description
Net BioCluE
‘NETworking activity for BIOtechnology Clusters in Europe’
Co-ordination action
Strategic background
The proposed project aims at supporting networking, collaboration and the transfer of
knowledge among innovation stakeholders and actors in the biotechnology sector
throughout Europe. The project will address innovation in its widest sense including both
technological and organisational innovation. The project will research the scale at which
clustering realises the most beneficial innovation development, management and transfer.
This will be realised as a result of the inclusion of clusters of different strengths and
complexity.
The NetBioCluE project addresses the following strategic objective as identified in the
workprogramme Research and Innovation: the objective of favouring the development of
the innovation system at European level by means of setting up the basis of a European
innovation system by networking players, promoting co-operation breaking down barriers
and encouraging transnational learning.
Furthermore the activities foreseen will strengthen networking among the clusters involved
to test new approaches in the promotion of innovative activities at European level, with a
special focus on entrepreneurial innovation.
Objectives of the Net BioCluE project
The overarching goal of the Net BioCluE project is to:
promote closer co-operation among actors within clusters in order to address the
specific needs of the biotech sector at the different stages of development, thus
enhancing transnational learning and global competitiveness. This co-operation will
be promoted through involving key actors in the relevant clusters reputed for their
excellence at the European level.
The above goal has been split into eight specific objectives:
O1
To carry out a study for the analysis of the evolutionary path of each involved cluster
O2
To identify factors that contribute to successful cluster development
O3
To identify best practices within the clusters in relation to specific innovation issues relevant to
the biotech sector
O4
To analyse trans-national factors relevant to the achieving of excellence and increased
competitiveness in cluster development
O5
To develop a scientific methodology for testing pilot-scale projects within the involved clusters,
and to assess the excellence of innovation related activities
O6
To design joint programmes and pilot projects which will be carried out in an extended form at
a later stage
O7
To foster the creation of transnational mega-clusters and joint projects
O8
To provide policy recommendations to local, national and European authorities involved in
cluster development in the specific sector
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Net BioCluE
Description
Work Plan
The work plan consists of eight interlinked work packages including one management work
package:
WP8 –
WP1 - BioV
WP2 - Sen
Analysis of
existing
bioclusters
WP3 - BMF
Study of the
internal
dynamics
of bio-cluster
evolution
Business
outlooks
for EU bioclusters
Project Management and Coordination - CCIAA
WP4 - MIP
WP5 - CCIE
Identification
of best
practices
WP6 - CCIAA
Exchange
of best
practices
WP7 - ERBI
Design of
joint
actions
Policy
recommendations
 WP1 deals with the collection of data and information on bio-clusters and analysis.
 WP2 deals with the study of the origin and evolutionary path of biotech clusters and the
identification of the major paradigms of cluster development.
 WP3 provides a study of the existing key technologies in the biotech sector and an
assessment of their current market penetration and promising bio-trends.
 WP4 deals with the identification of best practices in bio-cluster management.
 WP5
tests the identified best practices in bio-cluster management and sets out to revise the best
practices in bio-cluster management.
 WP6 identifies competency complementarities between participant clusters and sets out to
design a broad range of joint programs and initiatives to fully exploit identified
complementarities.
 WP7 deals with
the preparation of policy recommendations.
 WP8 ensures the effective management of the consortium activities.
Net BioCluE consortium
The Net BioCluE consortium brings together a variety of complementary actors belonging to
different bio-tech clusters. Most actors are already active in the development of biotechnology
clusters and are therefore fully aware of the strategic importance of networking clusters at the
European level.
CONSORTIUM
Participants
Coordinator
Chamber of Commerce of Milan
(CCIAA)
Polytechnic of Milan School of
Management (MIP)
Bioindustry Park (BipCA)
East region biotech Initiative (ERBI)
Senexis (Sen)
University of Dundee (CEM)
Chambre de Commerce de
l’Essonne (CCIE)
Genoptics (Geno)
Heidelberg Technology Park
(HT PD)
Munich Gruender Regio (Gr-m)
Biotech Valley (BioV)
Biomedico Forum, Aarhus (BMF)
South Moravian Innovation Centre
(JIC)
South Great Plain Regional
Development Agency (SGP RDA)
Contractors
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Country
Italy
Italy
Italy
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
France
France
Germany
Germany
Sweden
Denmark
Czech Republic
Hungary