Clusters are individuals - VDI/VDE-IT
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Clusters are individuals - VDI/VDE-IT
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With R&D programs<br />
4<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
0<br />
With business<br />
development programs<br />
With infrastructure<br />
programs<br />
0 = coordination is weak ==> 4 = coordination is strong<br />
Figure 44: Coordination of Vaxtarsamningur with other national funding programs<br />
2.6.2 STRATEGIC RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE AND RESEARCH CLUSTERS<br />
Name of program<br />
Country<br />
Strategic Research Program for Centres of Excellence and Research <strong>Clusters</strong><br />
Iceland<br />
Contact details<br />
The Icelandic Centre for Research (RANNIS)<br />
Thorvaldur Finnbjörnsson<br />
Head of Analysis, Evaluation and Indicators<br />
Laugarvegi 13<br />
IS-101 Reykjavik<br />
Tel. +354 515 5808<br />
Email: thorvald@rannis.is<br />
Internet<br />
www.rannis.is<br />
2.6.2.1 Objectives and Rationale of the Program<br />
In December 2007 the Icelandic Science and Technology Policy<br />
Council (STPC) issued a decision that identified scientific<br />
and economic <strong>are</strong>as in which the country has the potential<br />
to achieve global competitiveness. 69<br />
The collaboration of companies, universities, public institutions<br />
and social groups was considered as a key success factor<br />
in this regard. The STPC also concluded that high quality<br />
manpower, facilities and equipment is not available across<br />
all fields of science in a community counting approx. 5 thousand<br />
FTE’s in research. International cooperation and interdisciplinary<br />
efforts <strong>are</strong> important countermeasures.<br />
The STPC decision identified the following <strong>are</strong>as respectively<br />
actions as important spheres of activity:<br />
69 The Science and Technology Policy Council of Iceland: Challenges and Objectives in Science,<br />
Technological Development and Innovation, December 2007<br />
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