Member Directory 2011 - TCI Network

Member Directory 2011

TCI at a glance 

52 

supporting 

organizational 

members in 2011 

409 

active members 

of the TCI 

Network in 2011 

900 

participants in TCI 

conferences in 

2011 

A community of 3,000 experts in 100 countries 

We connect 8,000 competitiveness practitioners worldwide

Message from the President 

I am particularly proud to present you a new version of the TCI Member Directory. This 

dynamic document presents the core group of members of a wider community of 3,000 cluster 

practitioners from over 100 countries and is designed as a more detailed guide to the people 

and organizations that make up our membership base and its rich variety of backgrounds, 

experiences, geography, etc. 

The directory presents a picture of a network that has evolved in the last 13 years, since the 

establishment of TCI in 1998, and has continued to grow with a marked positive tendency 

towards a consolidation of the number of members; in particular the number of organizational members increased more 

than one third in the last two years. The increase in the membership base has been particularly significant as it provides 

sustainability to TCI and enriches the network with experience and knowledge. This directory is therefore a recognition of 

the core group of members, that make part of the TCI Network and who drive the organization’s activity. 

We hope you also benefit from the use of the directory as a tool to strengthen linkages among members and to facilitate 

the exchange of best practices and knowledge on competitiveness and cluster reinforcement initiatives. Being a network 

open to every practitioner working worldwide in the field, we would be glad if the directory is seen as a stimulus for other 

organizations to join TCI. 

I hope you all largely benefit from it. 

Alberto Pezzi 

TCI President 2009-2011 

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Table of contents 

1. Membership report ............................................................................................... 4 

2. Benefits for members ........................................................................................... 6 

3. Perspectives from the TCI Network ............................................................. 8 

4. TCI Network: supporting organizations ..................................................... 13 

National development agencies ..................................................................................... 14 

Baltic Innovation Agency 

Croatian Chamber of Economy 

Enterprise Estonia 

FENAEIC Spain 

IAPMEI Portugal 

Innovation Norway 

IS & Cluster Programme Uganda 

Kompetenznetze Germany 

New Zealand Trade & Enterprise 

PAPES Senegal 

Productivity South Africa 

Regional development agencies ..................................................................................... 20 

22@Barcelona 

ACC1Ó Catalan Government 

ADERLY Lyon Development Agency 

ATEED Auckland 

Barranquilla Chamber of Commerce 

BioRN Rhine-Neckar 

Clusterland Upper Austria 

Desert Knowledge Australia 

EUROCEI Andalusia 

FILAS Lazio 

IEL FIEMG Minas Gerais 

IHK Zetis Ludwigshafen Kaiserslautern 

Invest Northern Ireland 

Izmir Development Agency 

Lyon Chamber of Commerce & Industry 

Medellin & Antioquia Cluster Community 

Mersin Chamber of Commerce & Industry

MFG Innovation Agency for ICT and Media 

Oost NV East Netherlands 

SEBRAE Minas Gerais 

SEDEC Nuevo Leon 

Triangle Region Denmark 

ZAB Brandenburg 

Government departments ................................................................................................ 32 

Basque Government Department of Industry 

Economic Development City of Karlsruhe 

Egyptian National Competitiveness Council 

National Competitiveness Council Dominican Republic 

Oregon Business Development Department 

Cluster organizations ......................................................................................................... 35 

Cluster Agro-industrial do Ribatejo 

EduCluster Finland Network 

HESSENMETALL Cluster initiative 

ICT Cluster Bern 

IDiA Aragon 

New Generation Cluster Lithuania 

NIRO Network of Industry RuhrOst 

Academic institutions ......................................................................................................... 39 

Astrakhan State University 

Institute for Competitiveness India 

Orkestra, Basque Institute of Competitiveness 

RegX, Danish Cluster Academy 

Companies ............................................................................................................................... 41 

Cluster Development 

WOTRA, Strategic Intelligence Ltd. 

5. TCI Network: a network of people .............................................................. 42 

6. How to join TCI ..................................................................................................... 47 

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1. Membership report 

Membership in 2011: Expanding the network and consolidating 

the capacity 

Despite the difficult global economic environment and the constraints on budgets, the TCI community has shown a consistent 

growth over the last 4 years and more than 3,000 competitiveness practitioners, double than in 2008, make up the TCI 

community today. We attribute this growth to a host of activities that include our consolidated Annual Global Conference 

(we are holding our 14 th Annual Conference in Auckland, November 2011), and the addition of increased and diversified 

conference offerings, including regional and thematic conferences and specific workshops, where practitioners can share and 

analyse problems with peers and get prepared to tackle new challenges in their daily work. 

But it is the ongoing increase in organizational membership, where we added on average 10 new supporting organizations in 

each of the last 4 years, what makes us particularly happy as this bodes well for the long-term health of the organization in 

terms of financial sustainability but also with their expertise and advanced capabilities. 52 leading organizations, government 

departments, development agencies, consultancy firms and academic institutions from Europe, North and Latin America, Asia, 

Oceania and Africa, have believed in the great potential of the TCI Network to make true progress in the practice of cluster 

development, regional competitiveness and innovation, and have decided to support TCI as organizational members in 2011. 

TCI Network 

Number of organizational Members 

11 

2007 

21 

2008 

36 

2009 

42 

2010 

52 

2011

While our core members come from Europe, the increase in members in other geographical areas like Latin America, Africa 

or Oceania are even stronger and reaffirm the global nature of TCI, one of the most important assets of our organization. 

Again, we attribute this membership growth to a re-shaped strategic direction, an improved communication with members 

and a renewed emphasis on a participatory organizational culture, which has always been a characteristic of TCI, but mainly to 

the fact that members perceive TCI as an active partner from which they can get value for their organizations. It is our explicit 

aim to seek new ways of involving members in our activities and decision making, and finding ways to collaborate in generating 

outstanding value for and together with our members. 

The positive results we are showing today are a reality thanks to many people and their organizations who have believed and 

continue to support this private non-for-profit organization. To mention only a few, our particular thanks go to the State of 

Oregon, Vinnova, Basque Government and Catalan Government. 

TCI Network 

Geographic distribution 

Latin America 

17% 

Africa 

8% 

North America 

Oceania 

3% 

6% 

Europe 

Latin America 17 

Asia 

3% 

Report by Patricia Valdenebro, TCI General Manager 

Europe 

63% 

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2. Benefits for members 

What can a competitiveness agent find in TCI Network? 

Knowledge: 

• Competitiveness hot topics 

• Best practices 

• First-hand expertise 

Resources: 

• Cluster initiatives database 

• Members directory 

• Monthly newsletter 

Exclusive benefits for members: 

• Access to potential international cooperation partners 

• Opportunities to host conferences in cooperation with TCI 

• International visibility through our on-line members directory 

• Accreditation. Identify yourself as TCI member 

• Login to the members reserved area on our website 

• Beneficial rates for TCI services and activities 

What the network says: Getting value from TCI 

Nigel Gwynne-Evans 

Western Cape Government, South Africa 

Networking: 

• Regional initiatives 

• Special interest groups 

• Workshops 

“The TCI Network offers the opportunity for deep personal insights into both the theory and practical application 

of clustering, that one fails to get from a report. The individuals that participate in the network share freely of their 

experience and knowledge, with the added value that they span the academic, business and public-sector worlds. 

TCI has been a major factor behind the rapid expansion of clusters globally, and most importantly, the capability 

of the various practitioners that run the programmes in the public or private sectors. The insights gained through the TCI Network 

have been instrumental in the development of the cluster programme in a place called Cape Town at the bottom of Africa, which 

now has a highly successful cluster portfolio of more than 15 initiatives, with a combined staff of more than 80 and is approaching 

its first decade of formal existence.”

Kevin X. Murphy 

J.E. Austin Associates, USA 

“Having designed and implemented about 20 national cluster competitiveness initiatives in emerging economies 

and co-authored the World Bank manual on the same subject, I found that TCI provided the most intensive 

concentration of experts with similar interest. TCI also gave me and the many colleagues at J.E. Austin Associates 

or on our projects from Senegal to Tanzania; from Pakistan to Egypt, an exposure to lessons and approaches in 

the European Union and Oceania where we have not much worked. These perspectives provided useful cross-fertilization. Seeing 

regional development as showcased in the conference venues, from Sweden to Portland, has also been most interesting. TCI is a 

truly collegial, participative organization and I have come to value the professional and personal friendships that have developed 

from it.” 

Anna Korpi 

EduCluster Finland Ltd. 

“Our company and the surrounding network of education organisations work in the field of education and 

training, with a specific focus on exporting the world-renowned Finnish expertise and practices in education. 

Having been active in TCI network over several years, we have gained both valuable information and experiences 

in cluster-based development as well as useful information of potential markets and great contacts all over the 

world. I had the privilege to be one of the organisers of the TCI Global Conference 2009 in Jyväskylä, Finland, which also brought 

a new dimension into working with such a global network of professionals. But most of all, coming to a TCI event - you always feel 

at home, no matter on which side of the globe you are! :)” 

Werner Pamminger 


“Innovation through cooperation and competence - these are the pillars on which Upper Austria’s innovation 

policy is built. An aim without borders - TCI Network provides a platform to establish contacts between key-players 

in the cluster business throughout the world. TCI enables us to act globally in our projects and forwards us to 

operate with the European Cluster Collaboration Platform beyond Europe. This mutual cooperation advances the 

internationalisation of cluster organisations and its members. With a high experienced advisory board and an excellent composition 

of experts in the board of directors, TCI is an international access point for cluster knowledge.” 

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3. Perspectives from the TCI Network 

Expanding knowledge and practice through the network 

New government and great 

challenges in Finland 

Rauli Sorvari, Estele Ltd, Finland 

Inspired by TCI cooperation, in Central Finland different 

stakeholders have built up the region of interaction, knowledge 

and entrepreneurship. We call it a Learning Region, a platform 

to cultivate the different natural, human, social and 

financial capitals – to create innovations, clusters 

and to empower competitiveness. 

Benchmarking 

renewable energy clusters 

Most popular discussion in TCI 

LinkedIn Group in 2011 

The group in LinkedIn is one of the tools that we use to keep in 

touch with TCI members while sharing insights and key information. In 

this case, interesting initiatives around renewable energy clusters 

were proposed for benchmarking and as potential 

locations for investment. 

Cluster development in Egypt 


Business climate in Egypt is undergoing a remarkable 

transformation. Our main focus is to ensure that all clusters are offered 

opportunities through stimulating new business formation that support 

innovation and expand clusters, increasing their productivity, 

producing new products and services and opening new 

markets, which would eventually ensure long term 

sustained economic growth for Egypt. 

Mapping US 

regional innovation clusters 

Christian Ketels, Institute for Strategy and 

Competitiveness, Harvard Business School, USA 

The EDA-funded Cluster Mapping Project aims to 

provide policymakers and development practitioners across 

America with rich data and tools for understanding 

industry clusters in every region of the country. 

Facilitating cross-sectorial opportunities 

Maria Pedrals and Albert Sole, Cluster Development, Spain 

How can we develop innovative cluster policies to optimize limited resources while 

achieving the highest impact within a region? Based on strategic challenges faced by the 

companies, successful cluster initiatives can be developed going beyond geographical 

concentration or a specific focus. This approach facilitates cross-sectorial 

opportunities aimed at improving the overall value chain.

TCI Conferences: Where the experts in competitiveness meet 

Learning clusters in challenging environments 

Klaus Haasis, MFG Innovation Agency for ICT and Media, Germany 

TCI Regional European Conference 2011, Tallinn, Estonia 

The classic cluster management approach needs to be reconsidered and adapted. A new role of 

cluster managers is emerging. We have to be human and digital at the same time. It is essential 

to acquire new skills that enable us to adapt faster to the new challenges we 

are facing in a global digital world. 

“The Good, The Bad & The Ugly” session 

by Lars Eklund and Ifor Ffowcs-Williams 

13th TCI Annual Global Conference 2010, Delhi, India 

A breakout group of 30 participants met in the conference’s ‘village’, an open air, think-big space 

under the welcoming shade of a large tree. With the deliberate absence of PowerP oints and set speeches, 

small teams interacted and identified good practices or bad practices in cluster development. Two thirds of the 

groups self-elected to focus on bad practices! These deliberations were followed by a plenary discussion, with 

participants circulating in the open spaces between the flip charts. 

Voted by participants as the best session in Delhi, facilitators were awarded with free TCI 

membership for 2011. 

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3. Perspectives from the TCI Network 

Regional Initiatives: Linking local practitioners and bringing TCI closer 

TCI Caspian Contact Point 

www.tcipoint.aspu.ru 

at Center for Competitiveness and Clusters, Astrakhan State University, Russia 

This newly launched group aims at linking the community of competitiveness and cluster 

practitioners in the Caspian region, including Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan. Raising awareness of 

the potential of the region for the TCI Network is a second objective. 

Coordinator Nataliya Korchagina: “There is a great potential for TCI members to come and share 

the state of art knowledge and skills in promoting the cluster concept, facilitating cluster initiatives 

and developing unique strategies around competitiveness in the Caspian Region”. 

TCI German Contact Point 

www.tci-network.de 

at MFG Innovation Agency for ICT and Media 

The TCI German Contact Point brings together the 

German-speaking community in TCI from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Regional 

conferences and workshops, and a special interest group on internationalisation of clusters 

have been set up around the German Contact Point. 

Coordinator Bianca Kolb: “With a continuous priority on promoting 

membership to TCI, we provide access to TCI, disseminate interesting 

information about the network and develop new services with 

members in our region”.

RedLAC – TCI Latin American Cluster Network 

www.clusters.la 

The RedLAC promotes an ongoing dialogue and effective exchange of tools and experiences among practitioners and their 

institutions towards economic development in Latin America. It consists of more than 500 members, mostly representatives of cluster 

organizations, entrepreneurs and consultants. Colombia, Mexico and Chile are the most active countries. The CLACs, TCI Latin American 

Cluster Conferences, are the annual meeting points of the RedLAC. 

Alonso Ramos Vaca: “RedLAC got started at the 3CLAC held in Chihuahua, México in 2008. This regional initiative brings together 

the sense of collaboration, common objectives and benefits for all its members through multiple tools”. 

Jaime Echeverri: “Latin American cluster practitioners join this community convinced of its great potential to 

promote associative culture. RedLAC encourages the creation of scenarios and programs to transfer 

knowledge and best practices on clusters and also tries to facilitate business networks 

between regions in Latin America.” 

PACF - Pan African Competitiveness Forum 

TCI collaborates with this initiative with similar objectives for 

Africa as those of TCI globally. The PACF is a continent-wide competence and action centre 

for innovation and cluster based competitiveness initiatives for national and regional economic 

development in Africa. 

Barnabas Nawangwe: “Our mission is to stimulate, catalyze and promote the 

development of innovation and cluster based competitiveness for poverty 

reduction, wealth creation and sustainable development of Africa.” 

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4. TCI Network: supporting organizations 

National 

development agencies 

Regional development agencies 

Government 

departments 

Cluster 

organizations 

Academic 

institutions 

Companies 

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National development agencies 

Baltic Innovation Agency 

www.bia.ee 

Baltic Innovation Agency (BIA) is providing innovation, clustering, technology and business development related 

services to public, private and third sector organizations. BIA is working with different cluster activities in various 

sectors focusing on internationalisation, joint marketing and branding, human capital development and training. 

BIA is implementing projects both in traditional industries such as wood, forest, food, chemical, energy and 

environment sectors but also in new sectors like biotechnology, nanotechnology and ICT. The main competence 

areas for BIA are cluster management, strategic and business planning, technology transfer and commercialization, 

market research and analysis, innovation financing and investment readiness. 

Contact Address Country 

Rene Tõnnisson 

Lai 30 

Estonia 

rene@bia.ee 

+372-5029873 

51005 Tartu 

Croatian Chamber of Economy 

www.hgk.hr 

The Affiliation of Clusters within the Croatian Chamber of Economy currently comprises about 50 members. The 

Affiliation pursues the creation of an incentive climate for clusterization; promotion of the exchange of experience 

with the aim of avoiding pitfalls and failures; cooperation with both governmental and non-governmental 

institutions in forming efficient and transparent models of supporting and subsidizing clusters; facilitation of the 

access of Croatian clusters to the European market and incentivizing internationalization of clusters’ businesses; 

increase the overall level of entrepreneurial culture by facilitating changes in the climate of mistrust; promotion 

and facilitation of the cooperation of clusters in R&D projects. 


Zoran Barišić 

Draškovićeva 45/5 

Croatia 

zbarisic@hgk.hr 

+385 1 4606 748 

10000 Zagreb

Enterprise Estonia 

www.eas.ee 

Enterprise Estonia (EAS), established in 2000, promotes business and regional development in Estonia. EAS is one 

of the largest institutions within the national support system for entrepreneurship, providing financial assistance, 

advisory, cooperation opportunities and training for entrepreneurs, research establishments, public and third 

sector. EAS operates in the following areas: increased sustainability and accelerated growth of startup companies; 

improved export and product development capability of Estonian companies; greater impact of foreign direct 

investments on the Estonian economy; increased tourism export and the development of domestic tourism; 

promotion of regional development and civil society. 


Tiiu Evert 

Lasnamäe 2 

Estonia 

tiiu.evert@eas.ee 

+372 62 79 700 

11412 Tallinn 

FENAEIC - National Federation of Business 

Partnerships and Innovative Clusters 

www.fenaeic.org 

FENAEIC is an associative and non-profit organization, founded in Madrid in 2009. The Federation was created 

in order to give response to a lack of connection between an increasing number of clusters creating throughout 

the country. The federation provides a platform for sharing concerns and information, enriching all the parties 

implied. FENAEIC was created as a collaborative initiative of the Knowledge Cluster of Extremadura, the 

Association of Information Technology Electronics and Communications (TECNARA), Manufacturing Association, 

Institute of Biomechanics of Valencia and the Galician Audiovisual Cluster. 


Julián Casas Luengo 

Avda. De la Universidad s/n. 

Spain 

presidente@fenaeic.org 

Edificio Valhondo F-8 

(+34) 927 213 456 

10003 Cáceres 

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IAPMEI - Institute of Support to SMEs 

and Innovation 

www.iapmei.pt 

IAPMEI, acting under the authority of the Minister of Economy and Innovation, has the mission of facilitating 

and assisting SMEs in their strategy for growth, innovation and internationalization, with the aim of increasing 

productivity and competitiveness, enhancing skills and management capabilities and accessing to financial markets, 

along with the promotion of entrepreneurship. 


Helena Duarte 

Rua Rodrigo da Fonseca 73 

Portugal 

helena.duarte@iapmei.pt 

(+351) 21 383 6012 

1269-158 Lisbon 

Innovation Norway 

www.innovasjonnorge.no 

Innovation Norway is a governmental funded agency promoting industrial and regional development through 

contributing to innovation, internationalization and promotion. Services are provided through three strategic 

areas: innovation milieus, SME growth and entrepreneurship. The first area includes two cluster programmes: 

Norwegian Centre of Expertise and Arena, a Business Network service and several other network-based 

services. Innovation Norway has offices in all counties and in more than 30 countries worldwide. 


Olav Bardalen 

P.O Box 448, Sentrum 

Norway 

olav.bardalen@innovationnorway.no 

(+47) 95858649 

N-0104 Oslo

Innovation Systems & Cluster Programme Uganda 

ugandaclusters.com 

Innovation Systems & Cluster Programme - Uganda (ISCP-U) aims to stimulate and facilitate the development 

of innovation systems and innovative clusters in Uganda. The objectives of the programme are to facilitate and 

enhance innovativeness among firms by infusion of knowledge from the Academia; to facilitate the enhancement 

of competition and cooperation among firms within clusters, public institutions and other stakeholders by creating 

collaborative Cluster Action Teams (platforms) to solve specific tasks; and to nurture a competitive mindset amongst 

the cluster members through sensitization and training. The ISCP-U constitutes the Uganda National Chapter, part 

of the East African Regional Chapter of the Pan-African Competitiveness Forum (PACF). 


Barnabas Nawangwe 

College of Engineering, Design, 

Uganda 

nawangwe@tech.mak.ac.ug 

Art and Technology (CEDAT) 

+256-772-366-430 

Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062 Kampala 

Kompetenznetze Deutschland – 

Innovation via Networked Competence 

www.kompetenznetze.de 

The Kompetenznetze Deutschland, initiative of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, brings together 

the best-performing innovation clusters in Germany. The currently 97 networks are structured in 9 thematic 

groups and spread in 8 defined regions within Germany. The topics include all steps of the supply chain and the 

respective research areas. These networks characteristically stand out for their high level of activity and 

cooperation. They share commonly formulated goals, are regionally anchored, and excel both in minimizing 

distance to markets and industry, and in their dynamics and flexibility. 


Gerd Meier zu Köcker 

Steinplatz 1 

Germany 

kompetenznetze@vdivde-it.de 

(+49) 30 310 078 219 

10623 Berlin 

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New Zealand Trade & Enterprise 

www.nzte.govt.nz 

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise is the New Zealand Government’s national economic development agency. It 

aims to improve the international competitiveness and sustained profitability of New Zealand business by providing 

access to people, knowledge and opportunities. They work to stimulate New Zealand’s economic growth by 

helping to boost export earnings, strengthening regional economies, and delivering economic development 

assistance to industries and individual businesses. The knowledge and contacts in overseas markets are used to 

connect New Zealand businesses with trade and investment opportunities internationally. 


Gareth Chaplin 

PO Box 2878, Level 15 

New Zealand 

gareth.chaplin@nzte.govt.nz 

Majestic Centre, 100 Willis Street 

+64 4 816 8273 

6140 Wellington 

PAPES - Platform of support for small 

companies of 

PAPES is an organization created in June 2009 specialized on the promotion of cluster initiatives. At the moment, 

it is focused on the promotion of 10 clusters in Senegal especially on craft industry and food-processing sectors. 


Sy Malick 

18, avenue Léopold Sedar Senghor X 

Senegal 

malicks_sy@yahoo.fr 

rue Felix Faure, 

+221 77 319 27 84 

Immeuble Mouhamed Taif Mbacké - 5 

Dakar

Productivity SA 

www.productivitysa.co.za 

Productivity SA is the South Africa’s national productivity centre. Its mandate is to promote a culture of productivity 

in workplaces, develop relevant productivity competencies, facilitate and evaluate productivity improvement 

and competitiveness in workplaces and to support initiatives aimed at preventing job losses. It was established 

through the Skills Development Act No 37 of 2008 as amended and is classified as a National Public Entity, under 

Schedule 3A of the Public Finance Management Act 1 of 1999. 


Sello Mosai 

IBG, Corner New Roadd and 

South Africa 

sello@productivitysa.co.za 

6th Street 

+27 11 848 5321 

Johannesburg 

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Regional development agencies 

22@Barcelona 

www.22barcelona.com 

22@Barcelona project transforms two hundred hectares of industrial land of Poblenou into an innovative district 

offering modern spaces for the strategic concentration of intensive knowledge-based activities. This initiative is 

also a project of urban refurbishment and a new model of city providing a response to the challenges posed by 

the knowledge-based society. It is the most important project of urban transformation of Barcelona city of the 

last years and one of the most ambitious of Europe of these characteristics, with a high real state potential and 

a 180 million Euros public investment of infrastructure plan. 


Anna Majó Crespo 

Llacuna 162, 3a Planta 

Spain 

anna.majo@22barcelona.cat 

+34 934019754 

08018 Barcelona 

ACC1Ó - Catalan Government 

www.acc1o.com 

ACC1Ó is the official development agency of the Catalan Government, which supports the competitiveness 

of Catalan companies. It is specialized in the promotion of innovation and internationalization of companies. Its 

aim is to improve the strategic support given to Catalan companies and to help improving their competitiveness 

in the new global environment. Based on the consensus and cooperation between public and private agents, 

ACC1Ó represents a collective response to the needs of companies. 


Alberto Pezzi 

Passeig de Gracia 129 

Spain 

apezzi@gencat.cat 

+34 93 4767200 

08008 Barcelona

ADERLY - The Lyon Area Economic 

Development Agency 

www.aderly.com 

ADERLY (The Lyon Area Economic Development Agency) accompanies and advises companies throughout 

projects to set up or expand business in Lyon or its surrounding area. The sectors of excellence in which 

they focus are life sciences, clean technologies, urban transportation, but also services, construction materials, 

information technologies, digital entertainment, etc. The strategy of reconciling economic development with 

environmental conservation is an integral part of the support with which ADERLY provides the competitive 

clusters, which develop research programs in fields such as green chemicals and clean engines. 


Frédéric Miribel 

Place de la Bourse 

France 

miribel@aderly.com 

+33 472405789 

69289 Lyon 

Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic 

Development Ltd 

www.investauckland.com 

Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development Ltd (ATEED) has newly been established to help lift the 

Auckland region’s economic well-being and to support and enhance the ability of Auckland region to compete 

internationally. This organization rationalizes and consolidates existing council events and economic development 

activities across the region into one to achieve a consistent approach. It will have a significant role in attracting 

and planning for major events, like the 14th TCI Annual Global Conference 2011 and the Rugby World Cup 

2011. It will also continue the work of Tourism Auckland in marketing Auckland as a destination. 


Clyde Rogers 

Private Bag 5561, Wellesley Street 

New Zealand 

clyde.rogers@aucklandnz.com 

+6493650520 

1141 Auckland 

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Barranquilla Chamber of Commerce 

www.camarabaq.org.co 

Barranquilla Chamber of Commerce mission is to lead the creation and development of enterprises and their 

environment in the city and region. Its objectives are to provide the means for business to thrive, to assist in 

creating a civic, social and environmental sustainable environment for entrepreneurs, to increase and maintain the 

largest number of users, and to ensure delivery of world-class services. Barranquilla Chamber of Commerce has 

been promoting a competitive development strategy based on cluster development with the aim of strengthening 

the productive dynamism of the region. 


Claudia Da Cunha Tcachman 

Vía 40 No. 36-135 

Colombia 

cdacunha@camarabaq.org.co 

+57 3303864 – 3303854 

Barranquilla 

BioRN Cluster Management GmbH 

www.biorn.org 

BioRN Cluster Management is a public-private partnership between the Rhine-Neckar BioRegion, the Heidelberg 

Technology Park, the Rhine-Neckar Chamber of Commerce and the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region. The 

company is charged with the coordination, integration, development and marketing of the Biotech Cluster 

Rhine-Neckar (BioRN) – one of the leading life science clusters in Europe. The focus of the BioRN cluster is 

development of innovative drugs, diagnostics and platform technologies in the field of personalized medicine and 

cancer research. The cluster includes five renowned academic research institutions, around 80 small and mediumsized 

biotech enterprises, as well as three big pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies. 


Christian Tidona 

Im Neuenheimer Feld 582 

Germany 

CT@bioRN.org 

+49 6221655780 

69120 Heidelberg


www.clusterland.at 

Upper Austria is one of Europe’s leading regions in cluster and networking initiatives. Clusterland Oberösterreich 

GmbH is the single umbrella for six cluster initiatives and three cross-sectorial networks. Many areas with a 

positive impact on the competitiveness and competence of a company are not entirely specific to a particular 

industry. From experiences of one sector will often also benefit companies from another sector, various crosssectorial 

networks spanning several industries were set up, for instance in the fields of human resources, design 

& media as well as resource- and energy efficiency. They focus on key issues for entrepreneurial success, in 

particular on non-technological innovations. 



Hafenstraße 47-51 

Austria 

werner.pamminger@clusterland.at 

+43 732 79810-5118 

4020 Linz 

Desert knowledge Australia 

www.desertknowledge.com.au 

Desert Knowledge Australia is a national organisation committed to building harmony, sustainability and 

prosperity for all Australian desert people, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal. It takes a long-term innovative 

approach to meeting desert challenges through knowledge exchange, partnership building and strategic targeted 

actions. Desert Knowledge Australia Outback Business Networks gives small and medium sized businesses across 

outback Australia (85% of land mass with less than 5% of population) the opportunity to increase revenue 

through collaboration, reduce costs through shared marketing, training and purchasing, connect with businesses 

and business services across industry and regions; and save time by accessing information and contacts. 


Mike Crowe 

PO Box 2114 

Australia 

mike.crowe@desertknowledge.com.au 

+61 (0) 8 8959 6014 

Alice Springs 

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EUROCEI – European Center of Enterprises 

and Innovation 

www.eurocei.com 

EUROCEI - The European Enterprise and Innovation Center, founded in 1989, acts as an instrumental agency 

for “Andalusia Development Institute” (IDEA), a governmental agency in charge of fostering the economic 

development of Andalusia’s industrial sector. EUROCEI has adopted a cluster-based approach, analyzing different 

clusters that thrive in Andalusia and developing studies, such as Andalusia Cluster mapping, Andalusia wooden 

furniture cluster, ceramic products cluster, textile cluster, plastic cluster, industrial confectionery cluster, touristic 

sector cluster and North of Morocco cluster map. 


Jose Antonio López de la O 

Autovía Sevilla – Coria del Río, Km 3,5 

Spain 

jlocei@eurocei.com 

+34 954 179 210 

41920 Sevilla - San Juan de Alfarnache 

FILAS Società Finanziaria Laziale di Sviluppo SpA 

www.filas.it 

FILAS is the Lazio Region Financial Development Agency that promotes development and innovation within the 

local economic network and sustains innovation and growth of SMEs by focusing on high tech sectors and managing 

high tech clusters (Aerospace, Bio-science, Creative Industries, Tourism and Cultural Heritage). It also manages a 

series of measures and financial instruments (Regional laws, FP7 and Structural Funds) to encourage research 

activities, innovation and technology transfer amongst enterprises, public entities and universities as well as creation 

and development of new high-tech enterprises and internationalisation of SMEs. 


Stefano Turi 

Via della Conciliazione 22 

Italy 

turi@filas.it 

+39 0632885725 

00193 Rome

IEL Instituto Euvaldo Lodi – FIEMG 

www.fiemg.com.br/iel 

Instituto Euvaldo Lodi - FIEMG is an entity of articulation and integration between productive sectors, knowledge 

and innovation. Created in 1969, IEL promotes interaction between many agencies - local, regional and federal - 

stimulating strategic partnerships towards development and innovation. Since 2002, IEL works with development 

of clusters in Minas Gerais. Nowadays, it provides support and resources for 11 clusters including furniture, 

biotechnology, footwear and handbag, electronic, clothing, software, metal mechanic, fruit growing and fireworks 

all over the state. 


Arisson Carvalho Araujo 

Timbiras St. 1200-6th floor, funcionarios 

Brazil 

arisson@fiemg.com.br 

+55 313274-2549 

30140-060 Belo Horizonte 

IHK Zetis GmbH 

www.zetis.de 

IHK Zetis GmbH is the project subsidiary company of IHK Pfalz, with offices in Ludwigshafen and Kaiserslautern. 

Zetis now has nine employees. Working in closely connected structures, IHK Zetis GmbH is the central contact 

for small and medium-sized businesses for all matters relating to IT, innovation, energy or staffing. The range of 

issues extends from innovation and patent support through e-business solutions to staffing and educational 

matters, complemented by event organisation and individual consultations as well as network and cooperation 

support. 


Michael Lill 

Europaallee 10 

Germany 

michael.lill@zetis.de 

(+49) 6313031230 

67657 Kaiserslautern 

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Invest Northern Ireland 

www.investni.com 

Invest Northern Ireland is Northern Ireland’s economic development agency. The overall goal is to help create 

wealth for the benefit of the whole community by strengthening the economy and helping it grow. This is done by 

supporting business development, helping to increase export levels, attracting high quality inward investment, and 

stimulating a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation. Invest NI has supported and facilitated the development 

of networks and clusters since 2001. As a result, new collaborative business opportunities have emerged in such 

areas as sustainable energy, smart grid and digital technologies, cloud computing and connected health. 


Linda Jamison 

Bedford Square 

United Kingdom 

linda.jamison@investni.com 

+4402890 698000 

BT2 7E5 Belfast 

İzmir Development Agency 

www.izka.org.tr 

İzmir Development Agency (İZKA), since its establishment in 2006, has been working in all fields of social, 

economic and cultural development of İzmir region, together with private sector, public bodies and other 

stakeholders. İZKA’s main activities include regional planning and strategy development, clustering and innovation 

policy development and implementation, promoting İzmir’s business, investment and tourism opportunities 

and providing financial and technical support. İZKA is involved in various cluster and innovation enhancement 

activities in sectors such as biomedical, aerospace, machinery and metal, organic food and petro-chemistry. 


Emin Çetin Haşar 

Şehit Fethi Bey Caddesi No:49/1 

Turkey 

cetin.hasar@izka.org.tr 

Birlik Plaza Kat:3 Gümrük 

+90 0232-4898181 

35210 İzmir

Lyon Chamber of Commerce & Industry 

www.lyon.cci.fr 

Lyon Chamber of Commerce & Industry supports the development of cluster initiatives in Rhone Alps region 

since 2004. In 2006, the Chamber hosted the 10th TCI Annual Global Conference in Lyon, in which 

424 practitioners from 52 countries participated. The Chamber works in the global economic development area 

and has a consulting team in charge of innovation for SMEs in relationship with Poles and Cluster initiatives. 

Nowadays, the Chamber is leading initiatives such as Pôle de Compétitivité Lyon Urban Truck & Bus (LUTB), 

Lighting Cluster and European Defense Enterprise Network. 


Pierre Bonnet 

Place de la Bourse 

France 

bonnet@lyon.cci.fr 

+33472405712 

69289 Lyon 

Medellin & Antioquia Cluster Community 

www.comunidadcluster.com 

The Cluster Community is a regional development strategy led by the Medellin - Antioquia Chamber of 

Commerce, Medellin´s City Hall and entrepreneurs in the region, which seeks to promote business development 

and increase competitiveness of Medellin and Antioquia, through actions aimed at strengthening the formation of 

business networks and the identification of market opportunities. It is made up of six strategic cluster initiatives: 

Electric Energy; Textile/Garment Manufacturing; Construction; Business Tourism; Medical and Dental Services; and 

Information Technology and Communications. 


Jaime Echeverri: Jaime.Echeverri@camaramedellin.com.co 

Carrera 46, 52-82 Colombia 

Lina Arbeláez: lina.arbelaez@camaramedellin.com.co 

+57 4 512 48 73 

Medellín 

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Mersin Chamber of Commerce and Industry 

www.mtso.org.tr 

Mersin Chamber of Commerce and Industry supports many competitiveness and innovation related projects 

which aim at building an innovation system for agro-food sector in the region. Mersin Agrofood Platform, 

established in 2007, is compounded by participants from public and private sectors and non-governmental 

organizations. The vision of the platform is being an international base for innovative, high quality agriculture 

and food production, processing them with the latest technologies and markets in a wide range of geographical 

locations. 


Hürrem Betül Levent 

Cankaya Mah. Atatürk Cad. MTSO 

Turkey 

innomersin@gmail.com 

Hizmet Binasi Kat: 2-3-4 

+903242389500 

33070 Mersin 

MFG Innovation Agency for ICT and Media 

www.innovation.mfg.de/en 

As Public Innovation Agency for ICT and Media, MFG Baden-Württemberg has been strengthening Baden- 

Württemberg as a business location for IT, media and creative industries since 1995. MFG improves regional 

innovation and competitiveness including the promotion of regional, national and international cooperation. Its 

focus is on the support of successful entrepreneurship especially in small and medium-sized companies, also 

connecting them with application-oriented research and public funding programmes. 


Klaus Haasis 

Breitscheidstrasse 4 

Germany 

haasis@mfg.de 

(+49) 711 90715370 

70174 Stuttgart

Oost NV - Development Agency East Netherlands 

www.oostnv.com 

Oost NV - Development Agency East Netherlands is an agency that focuses on strengthening and stimulating the 

economy of the provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel, in the Netherlands. The agency works with businesses 

and is commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation and the respective Provinces. 

Oost NV plays an important role in executing the economic policies of the Dutch government, the provinces and 

various city governments. To achieve this, it is necessary to encourage a close cooperation between businesses, 

regional institutes, knowledge institutes, and intermediaries. Oost NV acts as a bridge between government, 

companies and knowledge institutes. 


Frank Eetgerink 

Meander 601 

Netherlands 

frank.eetgerink@oostnv.nl 

+31 26 3844222 

NL-6802 Arnhem 

SEBRAE-MG/Brazilian Support Agency to Micro 

& Small Companies - Division Minas Gerais 

www.sebraemg.com.br 

The Brazilian Service of Support for Micro and Small Enterprises in the State of Minas Gerais - Sebrae-MG, is a 

non-profit private entity of public interest that has as its main source of revenue the contribution collected from 

enterprises. It has the mission of offering to micro and small enterprises the conditions necessary for their 

survival and prosperity through the development of competitive patterns and thus the sustainability of 

their businesses. Sebrae supports a cluster policy. In 2009, Sebrae was supporting 132 collective programs within 

the state and establishing a strong network of cluster practitioners for collective learning. 


Mônica Segantini 

Av. Barão Homem de Melo, 329 - 4o Andar Brazil 

monica.segantini@sebraemg.com.br 

(+55) 31 3379 9358 

30.431-285 Nova Suiça – Belo Horizonte / MG 

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Secretariat of Economic Development 

Nuevo Leon 

www.nl.gob.mx/sedec 

It is a government agency with the purpose of providing incentives and support economic development in 

the state, coordinating public and private efforts for the creation and consolidation of domestic and foreign 

companies. It works directly with groupings of institutions based on the outline of the triple helix in 10 strategic 

areas: aerospace, agro-industrial, automotive, biotechnology, appliances, nanotechnology, specialized medical 

services, information technology and software, sustainable housing and urban development, and interactive 

media and entertainment. The main objective of these clusters is to promote the state’s economic development 

by creating new jobs with high added value, productivity, competitiveness and sustainability. 


Jorge Arrambide 

jorge.arrambide@nuevoleon.gob.mx 

+52 8120206508 

Triangle Region 

www.trekantomraadet.dk 

5 de Mayo Nº 525 Ote. 

Zona Centro 

64000 Monterrey 

Mexico 

Triangle Region, an association made up of six municipalities in the area, has for many years worked with 

innovation in general. The activities aim at strengthening cooperation between municipalities in order to make 

the Triangle Region a great place to live and do business. Among many projects in education, transport, planning, 

climate and culture, the present focus is in two cluster initiatives: “Lean Energy Cluster” and “Design2Innovate”. 


Susanne Krawack 

Kolding Åpark 1, 2.tv. 

Denmark 

sk@trekantomraadet.dk 

(+45) 79 79 78 78 

6000 Kolding

ZAB - Brandenburg Economic Development Board 

www.zab-brandenburg.de 

The Brandenburg Economic Development Board GmbH (ZAB) is the main contact point for all issues relating 

to business settlements, innovative medium-sized companies and technology-oriented start-up firms. ZAB is the 

Brandenburg’s central contact for inquiries concerning innovation and (external) business promotion as well as 

energy, technology transfer and cluster management. Since 2005 ZAB supports the development of 17 cluster 

initiatives in 13 growth industries in Brandenburg. The aim of the new potential oriented promotion of the 

economy is to enlarge and strengthen existent economic structures and to facilitate the interconnectedness 

between enterprises, economic and research institutions. 


Peter Eulenhöfer 

Steinstrasse 104-106 

Germany 

peter.eulenhoefer@zab-brandenburg.de 

(+49)3316603851 

14480 Potsdam 

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Government departments 

Basque Government - Department of 

Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism 

www.industria.ejgv.euskadi.net 

The Basque Government’s Department of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism is responsible for the Business 

Competitiveness Policy in the Basque Country, which includes the regulation and management of the Cluster 

Policy. The Basque Government has been developing Cluster Policy programs for the last 20 years and, as a result 

of this, up to 20 economic sectors are currently involved in these programs. 


Inmaculada Freije 

Donostia-San Sebastian, 1 

Spain 

ifreije@ej-gv.es 

+34 945019971 

01010 Vitoria-Gasteiz 

Economic Development City of Karlsruhe 

www.wifoe.karlsruhe.de 

Karlsruhe is a leader in the field of cluster development, having established CLOE – Cluster Linked over Europe, 

a European network of excellence for cluster management, matching and promotion. The CLOE-project was 

founded in 2004 and by now has 15 member regions throughout Europe who co-operate in the area of cluster 

management. As CLOE activities have been very successful, the European Commission chose the network to be 

the first pilot project under the European Commission’s initiative “Regions for economic change”. 


Ralf Eichhorn 

Wirtschaftsförderung Karlsruhe 

Germany 

ralf.eichhorn@wifoe.karlsruhe.de Postfach 76124 

+49 7211337340 

101 58 Karlsruhe


www.encc.org.eg 

The Egyptian National Competitiveness Council - ENCC, is Egypt’s first non-governmental organization, led by 

a group of prominent businessmen and members of the academic community, to tackle the issue of national 

competitiveness. Its mission is to improve the quality of life for all Egyptians, by being an efficient and effective 

platform to bring together stakeholders — business, government, academia and civil society — to raise awareness 

and advocate policies that enhance competitiveness. 


Dalia Abulfotuh 

106 Gamet el Dowal el Arabia St. 

Egypt 

info@encc.org.eg 

5th floor, Dokki 

(+20) 2374939201 

Cairo 

National Competitiveness Council 

www.cnc.gov.do 

The National Competitiveness Council of the Dominican Republic (CNC) is a public institution with a mixed 

(private-public) board presided by the president of the country, which leads and coordinates national public 

policy on competitiveness and clusters. CNC promotes clusters in tourism, agro industry and other industrial 

sectors (such as construction, furniture, etc.), and also works towards improving the business climate in the 

Dominican Republic to enhance competitiveness (through institutional and legal reforms, public-private 

partnerships, and other). 


Tamara V. Vásquez Sosa 

John F. Kennedy Nº 16, 

Dominican Republic 

tamara@cnc.gov.do 

Edificio Empresarial, 1 piso 

(809) 476-7262 

Santo Domingo 

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Oregon Business Development Department 

www.oregon4biz.com 

The Oregon Business Development Department works to create, retain, expand and attract businesses that 

provide sustainable, living-wage jobs for Oregonians through public-private partnerships, leveraged funding and 

support of economic opportunities for Oregon companies and entrepreneurs. At the direction of the Oregon 

Business Development Commission, the department pursues an integrated approach to economic development 

and a continuous policy direction that transcends changes in executive and legislative leadership. 


Amanda Lowthian 

121 SW Salmon St. 

USA 

amanda.lowthian@state.or.us 

(+1) 1-503-229-5483 

97204 Portland, Oregon

Cluster organizations 

Cluster Agro-industrial do Ribatejo 

www.agrocluster.com 

Agro-Industrial Cluster’s mission is to increase the collaboration and the cooperation between the companies 

and entities related to the agro-industrial sector, thus ensuring a broad participation of the entities directly 

related with the sector in the international, national and commercial circuits. The strategic guidelines of the action 

plan are research, development, innovation and technology; entrepreneurship; development of new business 

models; development of new production and conservation procedures; training and qualification; marketing and 

internationalization; sustainable development. 


Pedro Félix 

Pav. Exposições da Nersant, 

Portugal 

geral@agrocluster.com 

Apartado 177 

+351249839500 

2354-909 Torres Novas 

EduCluster Finland Network 

www.educlusterfinland.fi 

EduCluster Finland (ECF) represents the best Finnish expertise and practices in the field of education. EduCluster 

Finland is a business network headed by EduCluster Finland Ltd. The platform of expertise of ECF is made up 

of national organizations of higher education, vocational education and different training, consulting and service 

businesses. The cluster services range from short trainings or consultancy processes to long-term professional 

development processes for innovation and educational system reforms. Our operating mode is client-based 

processing of development and learning where creative learning environment, top expertise and best practices 

coexist. 


Anna Korpi 

Piippukatu 11 

Finland 

anna.korpi@educlusterfinland.fi 

+358 405913386 

40100 Jyväskylä 

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HESSENMETALL Cluster initiative 

www.cluster-initiative.com 

HESSENMETALL Cluster initiative was founded in 2006, at the Darmstadt University of Technology, in the Rhine- 

Main area in Germany. The chair for cluster and value-chain management is endowed by HESSENMETALL - the 

employer association of the electronics and mechanics industry in Germany. The initiative is researching and 

educating in the fields of clusters and networks and actively managing a cluster-initiative that includes 4 clusters 

(automotive, aviation, mechatronics and plastics). In addition, it offers high quality cluster-services to existing 

clusters and supports the initiation of new clusters. 


Prof. Dr. Alexander Bode 

Hochschulstr,1 

Germany 

bode@cluster-initiative.de 

+49 6151 166566 

64289 Darmstadt 

ICT Cluster Bern 

www.tcbe.ch 

The ICT Cluster Bern, Switzerland was founded on 13.12.1996 and it is a collaboration between companies, 

training institutions, trade associations and local authorities with the aim of strengthening the telecommunications 

and IT sector in our economic region. It has about 200 members including companies (suppliers and users), 

Government, Education, ICT-organisations. The cluster is organised as a public private partnership. 


Christoph Beer 

Wankdorffeldstr 102/ PO Box 261 

Switzerland 

christoph.beer@tcbe.ch 

(+41) 31 335 62 54 

3000 Bern

IDiA - Research, Development and Innovation 

in Aragon 

www.idia.es 

IDiA – Research, Development and Innovation in Aragon is an association created in 2004 with the mission 

of becoming a collaborative space, where innovative initiatives develop, leading to competitive advantages for 

members and sustainable social development. IDiA is a horizontal cluster as its members come from a broad 

array of economic sectors: the automotive industry, sports apparel, toy industry, pharmaceutical industry, etc. 

Member institutions include public administrations, business organizations, financial institutions and universities. 

IDiA is a forum where companies from different sectors and other organizations can share ideas and projects, to 

take full advantage or the existing synergies among them. 


Antonio Novo 

Plaza San Pedro Nolasco nº1 floor 3ºE 

Spain 

antonio.novo@idia.es 

+34 650 410 080 

50001 Zaragoza 

New Generation Science and Business Cluster 

www.cluster.lt 

The mission of New Generation Science and Business Cluster (NGSBC) is to establish the most progressive 

education models in educational institutions in order to develop the new scientists’ generation. These models 

should be based upon the technological and methodological management experience of business companies. 

The members of the association (education institutions and business companies) are united by the unanimous 

goal – to create particular product – generation of modernly educated specialists. In research area NGSBC 

focuses on the efficiency development in the use of information technologies. 


Gabija Mikalauskiene 

Nemuno str. 2 

Lithuania 

gabija.mikalauskiene@smk.lt 

+370 5 2043244 

Klaipeda 

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NIRO - Network of Industry RuhrOst 

www.ni-ro.de 

Network of Industry RuhrOst conceived as a network of companies for companies, it is the objective of 

the 50 NIRO-partners, with more than 10.000 employees regionally, to further strengthen the economic 

and technological performance of metal and mechanical engineering and industrial electronics in the region. 

Many companies are world market leaders or alternatively technology leaders in their segments. Through the 

partnership and the exchange of experiences amongst each other, companies obtain concrete and real benefits, 

such as the development of an electricity pool and the joint electronic procurement platform. 


Pascal Lampe 

Friedrich-Ebert Str 19 

Germany 

pl@ni-ro.de 

(+49) 2303273190 

59425 Unna

Academic institutions 


www.aspu.ru 

Astrakhan State University (ASU) is a proactive economic agent within Astrakhan region, Russia, putting plenty 

of efforts to enhancing regional competitiveness. ASU Centre for Competitiveness and Cluster Initiatives 

focuses on three main areas: disseminating knowledge on cluster approach to economic development through 

educational programs and executive training; providing scientific research concentrated on cluster developament 

benchmarking; facilitating and implementing cluster initiatives in Astrakhan as well as in other Russian regions in 

cooperation with business representatives and public authorities. ASU is a member of the MOC affiliate course 

network developed by the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness of Harvard Business School. 


Nataliya Korchagina 

20 a, Tatischev Street 

Russian Federation 

lumlight@gmail.com 

+7(8512)610934 

414056 Astrakhan 

Institute for Competitiveness 

www.competitiveness.in 

Institute for Competitiveness is an independent international initiative centered in India dedicated to enlarging 

and disseminating the body of research and knowledge on competition and strategy pioneered over the last 25 

years by Professor M.E. Porter of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School, USA. 


Amit Kapoor 

U - 24 / 8, FF, DLF 

India 

amit.kapoor@competitiveness.in 

Phase – 3, Haryana 

(+91) 124 4068076 

122002 Gurgaon 

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Orkestra – Basque Institute of Competitiveness 

www.orkestra.deusto.es 

Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness is a center for analysis and debate on territorial competitiveness 

in a global environment. Founded in 2006 through Deusto Foundation, University of Deusto, it benefits from the 

support of public and private sectors. Through research of excellence, specialized instruction programs and constant 

interaction with competitiveness agents (local, regional and national authorities, firms, technology centers, business 

organizations, cluster associations, the European Union, etc.) Orkestra seeks both, to become an international 

reference point in the analysis of territorial competitiveness in a global environment, and to play a key role in 

improving the sustainable competitiveness of the Basque Country. 


Mari Jose Aranguren 

Mundaiz 509 

Spain 

mjarang@orkestra.deusto.es 

(+34) 943297327 

20012 San Sebastian 

RegX - Danish Cluster Academy 

www.regx.dk 

RegX is the Danish Cluster Academy – a national platform for competence building, knowledge sharing and 

networking among stakeholders involved in development of clusters. RegX is focused on three areas from a 

bottom-up and top-down perspective: Clusters, Open-innovation and Regional development. Together these three 

areas will provide a foundation for development of strong competitive clusters in Denmark. 


Allan Emiliussen 

Engstien 1 

Denmark 

allan@regx.dk 

+45 6550 1322 

6000 Kolding

Companies 

Cluster Development 

www.cluster-development.com 

Cluster Development delivers value added strategy consulting services worldwide with a network of collaborators 

and affiliated partners. It is specialized in the tegic development of clusters through innovative hands-on projects 

to reinforce the overall competitiveness and long-term profitability of cluster firms. Cluster Development’s 

results-oriented methodology is nurtured by the extensive strategy consulting background of its three cofounders 

and specialized team of consultants, which together embody over 100 cluster projects within more 

than 30 different economic sectors around the world. 


Albert Solé 

Carrer de la Torre Blanca, 57 

Spain 

albertsole@cluster-development.com 

+34 671516180 

08172 Sant Cugat, Barcelona 

WOTRA, Strategic Intelligence Ltd. 

www.wotra.eu 

WOTRA is a consulting company with its own R&D unit that transfers experience and know-how through 

consulting and research projects, as well as through different types of training and mentoring to enterprises, 

the public sector and business networks. The key questions WOTRA provides answers to are connected with 

new support, business, management, leadership, organizational and other, primarily connecting models, which 

substantially contribute to the competitiveness of an individual company, groups of companies or even a region. 

The company invests much effort into the development of its own methods, methodologies and collective 

intelligence-based tools. 


Irena Rezec 

Cepelnikova 6a 

Slovenia 

irena.rezec@wotra.eu 

+386 40 790 000 

SI-1000 Ljubljana 

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Dieng Aboubabacar 

Dalia Abulfotuh 

Jaime Acevedo 

Michael Ade 

Natasha Ahuja 

Inna Akhunzhanova 

Ruhi Akkuzu 

Ülari Alamets 

Sambe Ali 

Simon Alig 

Christian Altmann 

Carlos Alvarez 

Maria Jose Aranguren 

Arisson C. Araujo 

Lina María Arbeláez 

Nuria Armengou 

Jorge Arrambide 

Sergio Arzeni 

Amaia Azpiazu 

Jean Philippe Ballaz 

Stephane Barbier 

Olav Bardalen 

Zoran Barišić 

Claire Barnouin 

Christoph Beer 

Carlos Mario Bernal 

Jacques P. Bersier 

Michael Best 

Ruth Biyinzika Musoke 

Rikke Blæsbjerg Lund 

Alexander Bode 

Carlos Bonilla 

Emilio Bonilla 

Pierre Bonnet 

Luz Eugenia Botero 

Marc Bovenschulte 

Stefan Boxen 

Ivan Božac 

Elbe Brandao 

Robert Breault 

Pavla Bruskova 

Steffen Buhl 

Claudia Buhl 

Maria Fernanda Caballero 

Rubén Darío Cadavid 

Ergüder Can 

Adriana Cantos 

Jesus Cantu 

Carlos Enrique Cardenas 

Julián Casas 

Niall Casey 

Roland Cathebras 

Stephen Cavanagh 

Gareth Chaplin 

Montse Charle 

Bruno Chiaverini 

Peter Chrisp 

Laura Cianiri 

Patrick Clert-Girard 

Krishnalall Coojan 

Iñaki Cortijo 

Alan Crofts 

Mike Crowe 

Julian Cruz 

Jose Luis Curbelo 

Claudia Da Cunha 

Ingo Däberitz 

Neil Daly 

Torben Damgaard 

Fernando de Garcillán 

José de la Fuente 

Xabier de la Maza 

John Dean 

Jacques Dechilly 

Jaime del Castillo 

Laura del Castillo 

Thierry Delumeley 

Valentina Diana 

Fabianne Diaz 

Judith Dixon 

Cedric Doger 

Pat Doyle 

Helena Duarte 

Emiliano Duch 

Christophe Dudon 

Olav Dyrnes 

Jaime Echeverri 

Thomas Eder 

Frank Eetgerink 

Ralf Eichhorn 

Lars Eklund 

Sakho Elh Amadou 

Allan Emiliussen 

Maria Engholm 

Michael Enright 

Sibel Ersin 

Juan Manuel Esteban 

Xavi Esteve 

Peter Eulenhöfer 

Tiiu Evert 

Pedro Felix 

Louise Fenger Lauridsen 

Julio Fernadez 

Jesús Mariano Fernández 

Xavier Ferràs 

Ifor Ffowcs-Williams 

Julie Fielke 

Mónica Flores 

Theo Föllings 

Pam Ford 

Piero Formica 

Inmaculada Freije 

Motlatsi Gabaocwe 

Bruce Gadd 

Gilles Gaquere 

Susana Gariso 

Rodin Genoff 

Yuliya Genova 

Henk Gerards 

Eva-Maria Gillesberger 

Karin Gjerløw Høidahl 

Neville Goba 

Juan Ignacio Goicolea 

Pedro Gómez 

Danborenea 

Eneida Gongora 

Antonio Gonzalez 

Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Javier González 

Luis Miguel González 

Bruno A. Guimaraes 

Sena Gürsoy 

Henna Gustafsson 

Yves Guyon 

Klaus Haasis 

Simone Hagenauer 

Alastair Hamilton 

Alec Hansen 

Eric Hansen 

Ute Hartmann

Emin Çetin Haşar 

Ulrich Hausner 

Peter A. Hecker 

Andrea Heiml 

Christina Helberg 

Yvette Hellyer 

Ottar Hermansen 

Joan Miquel Hernandez 

Sandra Hižak 

Jans Hoekman 

Remco Hoogendijk 

Roberto Horta 

John Huigen 

Emilio Iborra 

Mads Bruun Ingstrup 

Linda Jamison 

Henri Janssens 

Giedrius Janusauskas 

Cecilia Johansson 

Richard Johnston 

Nuria Juan 

Mireylle Julliard 

Celio C. Junior 

Júlio Júnior 

Audrey Kahara-Kawuki 

Amit Kapoor 

Giedrius Kaukas 

Bhavleen Kaur 

Amy Keiter 

Pille-Liis Kello 

Helmut Kergel 

Christian Ketels 

Toure Khady Malick 

Niang Khalifa 

Bianca Kolb 

Susanne Kølleskov 

Stephanie Konle 


Anna Korpi 

Alan Koziarski 

Susanne Krawack 

Boris Krstanovic 

Güvenç Küçüktok 

Sipho Kunene 

Cangül Kuş 

Jon Kveine 

Pascal Lampe 

Gabriel Landa 

Lotte Langkilde 

Kenneth Lanza 

Jorge Lara 

Sandra Lara 

Miren Larrea 

Dietmar Lass 

Tiina Lehtokorpi 

Cássio M. Lemes 

Katelijne Lenaerts 

Hürrem Betül Levent 

Angele Lileikiene 

Michael Lill 

Aune Lillemets 

Peter Lind 

Prasheila Lookhar 

Brenner Lopes 

Carlos Lopes de Sousa 

Raquel Lopes de Souza 

Oscar López 

Juan Miguel López 

Sergio López 

Jose Antonio Lopez de 

la O 

Usue Lorenz 

Sergio Augusto Lourenço 

Andrew Love 

Amanda Lowthian 

Jesper Lund 

Alexander Lunev 

Ted Lyman 

Ester Mägi 

Edurne Magro 

Anna Majó 

Sy Malick 

Sandeep Mann 

Markus Manz 

Joan Marca 

Marta Marsé 

Joan Marti 

Carmen Martinez 

Tswaledi Mashiane 

Nhlanhla Masondo 

Ilaria Massari 

Heather McCain 

Andy McDonald 

David McKeown 

Tomás Megía 

Tracy Meharg 

Gerd Meier zu Köcker 

Augusto Melendez 

Alar Meltsov 

Jurgita Merkevičiene 

Michela Michilli 

Rolf Middelthon-Moe 

Gabija Mikalauskiene 

Anita Mikkonen 

Jolanta Mileskiene 

Susan Milner 

Alessandro Minello 

Frederic Miribel 

Lone Møland Rasmussen 

Kim Moller 

Manuel Montoya 

Antonio Moreno 

Jaime Moreno 

Filiz Morova 

Sello Mosai 

Helena Moura 

Naik Mukta 

Jürgen Müller 

Kevin X Murphy 

Joshua Mutambi 

Samy Nadifi 

Mikel Navarro 


Dione Ndeye Fatou 

Pascal Nief 

Antonio Novo 

María de Lourdes Nuñez 

Ron Nuwenhof 

Julius Nyalunga 

Karin Nygärd Skalman 

Joseph Obua 

JanErik Odhe 

Saygın Can Oğuz 

Txomin Olabarri 

Jesús María Onaindia 

Daniel Osipov 

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Olga María Ospina 

Marina S. Ourivio 


Ndoye Pape Samba 

Marc Papell 

M. Davide Parrilli 

Aurelija Pastarnoke 

Maria Pedrals 

Enric Pedrós 

Dajana Pefestorff 

Paul Pelaez 

Ricardo Pereira 

Ricardo Pérez 

Sergio Pérez 

Eivind Petershagen 

Romualdas Povilas Petraitis 

Tea Petrin 

Alberto Pezzi 

Igor Pilipenko 

Janinne Pinedo 

Josep Miquel Pique i 

Huerta 

Dragos N. Pislaru 

Rafael Plá 

Ekaterina Plis 

Fantino Polanco 

Ana Pompeu 

Michael Porter 

Rolf Portmann 

Simone Porto Cavalcanti 

Gloria Prats 

Armin Pscherer 

Carles Pujol 

John Fredy Pulgarín 

Euan Purdie 

Karina Quintero 

Débora Rabelo 

Olga Rakieva 

Lluis Ramis 

Alonso Ramos 

Marcia S. Rapini 

Christoph Reiss-Schmidt 

Gabriel Represa 

Ekowati Retnaningsih 

Jordi Reventos 

María del Carmen 

Reynolds 

Irena Rezec 

Eduard Ribas 

Frederic Richard 

Elena Rico 

Linze Rijswijk 

Håvar Risnes 

Afonso Rocha 

Clyde Rogers 

Andrea Romagnoli 

Claudio Rosa 

Tommy Roxenhall 

Alexandra Rudl 

Joyce Rwakasisi 

Ines Sagrario 

Kourouma Sammy 

Raul Sanchez 

Sandra Sanchez 

Laura Santarelli 

Andrius Saveikis 

Hubert Schmitz 

Luis Roberto Schnierle 

Mônica Segantini 

Knut Senneseth 

Devina Shingal 

Indira Singh 

Bjørn Arne Skogstad 

Madeline Smith 

Lina Sodziute 

Kseniya Sokolova 

Albert Solé 

Örjan Sölvell 

Rauli Sorvari 

Cristina Souza 

Daniel Stürzebecher 

Antoni Subirà 

Hareb J. Suroor 

Tertula Swai 

Nehal Taleb 

Carlos Tarrasón 

Elise Tarvainen 

Laura Tassinari 

Begüm Tatari 

Joy Taylor 

Raquel Tejero 

Juan Carlos Tena 

Christian Tidona 

Marek Tiits 

Anu Tokila 

Yuliya Tomashevskaya 

Rene Tõnnisson 

Niyati Tripathi 

Laura Trueba 

Justice Tshifularo 

Ruth Tuma 

Stefano Turi 

N.Özlem Ünal 

jens unruh 

Kadri Uus 

Andres Van Der Horst 

Karin Van Willigen 

María del Mar Varela 

Federico Vargas 

Diego Alonso Vasquez 

Tamara Vasquez 

Beatriz Eugenia Velasquez 

Emma Vendrell 

Maria Jose Vengoechea 

Luis Vera 

Valentine Vierne 

Albert Vilardaga 

Nidhi Vinayak 

Neera Vohra 

Lina Volpini 

Katja Vuori 

Elisabeth Waelbroeck- 

Rocha 

Roland Wagner 

Richard Walker 

Nicole Walther 

Martin Webber 

Jaime Weichsel 

Jeanette Wengler 

Mats Williams 

Nicky Willis 

James Wilson 

Thomas Winther 

Emily Wise 

Rikus Wolbers 

Marise Xavier 

Diatta Yaya 

Yasin Ziraba

Board of Advisors 

Antoni Subirá, Chairman 

Tea Petrin, Vice Chairman 

Sergio Arzeni 

Michael Best 

Bob Breault 

Emiliano Duch 

Michael J. Enright 


Piero Formica 

Yves Guyon 

Alec Hansen 

Eric Hansen 

Kenneth Lanza 

Andy McDonald 

Michael Porter 


Hubert Schmitz 

Örjan Sölvell 

Founders, 1998 

Emiliano Duch 

Michael Enright 


Eric Hansen 


Former Presidents 

Emiliano Duch, 1998-2001 

Ifor Ffowcs-Williams, 2001-2003 

Alec Hansen, 2003-2005 

Lars Eklund, 2005-2007 

Juan Manuel Esteban, 2007-2009 

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2011 Board of Directors 

Alberto Pezzi 

Catalan Government 

President 

2009-2011 

Christian Ketels 

Harvard Business School 

Secretary 

2010-2013 

Elisabeth 

Waelbroeck-Rocha 

BIPE 

Treasurer 

2010-2013 

Jaime Echeverri 

Medellin Chamber 

of Commerce 

Director 

2011-2013 


Makerere University 

Director 

2008-2011 

Amit Kapoor 

Institute for 

Competitiveness 

Director 

2009-2012 

Rauli Sorvari 

Estele Ltd. 

Director 

2009-2012 

Pierre Bonnet 

Lyon Chamber 

of Commerce 

Director 

2010-2013 

Secretariat 

Klaus Haasis 

MFG Innovation Agency 

for ICT and Media 

Director 

2010-2013 



Director 

2010-2013 

Patricia Valdenebro 

General Manager 

Leire Oiarbide 

Administration

6. How to join TCI 

Become a member! Join TCI and keep in touch with the leading 

competitiveness, clusters and innovation practitioners around the world 

Organizational Member 

➟ Non-profits, government agencies, 

multilateral organizations, academic 

institutions and companies dedicated 

to fostering economic development. 

TCI organizational membership fee = 2000 € 

Special fee for developing countries = 500 € 

Contact us: 

World Trade Center 

Moll Barcelona s/n 

East Building, 2nd Floor 

08039 Barcelona, Spain 

Individual Member 

➟ Cluster practitioners with at least two 

years of proven experience in cluster 

and competitiveness projects. 

TCI individual membership fee = 200 € 

www.tci-network.org 

info@tci-network.org 

Tel.: +34 93 309 48 34 

Join the TCI community at 

Facebook, twitter, or at any of our conferences along the year 

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TCI Network, the global practitioners network for competitiveness, clusters and innovation is 

an international professional association for economic development through a cluster 

approach. TCI is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, open to economic 

development practitioners working in the field of clusters and with expertise in 

competitiveness support and innovation programs. Founded in 1998, it is based in 

Barcelona, Spain. 

TCI mission is to promote the cluster concept, improve methodologies and raise 

professional standards in the field, with the objective of improving living standards and 

local competitiveness of regions throughout the world. 

The TCI conferences bring together experts in the field and provide opportunities 

for networking and exchange of best practices around clusters and economic 

development. TCI has hosted its annual conferences in Barcelona, Varese, Glasgow, 

Tucson, Cairns, Gothenburg, Ottawa, Hong Kong, Lyon, Portland, Cape Town, Jyväskylä, 

Delhi and Auckland. 

www.tci-network.org

Member Directory 2011 - TCI Network

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