Clusters are individuals - VDI/VDE-IT

INDICATORS
Output
Results
Impact
• Numbers of networks
• Share of private co-financing
• Share of public co-financing
• Relevant combination of partners (research institutions, private companies, public partners)
• Numbers of collaborative R&D projects
• Numbers of participating private companies in networking activities (and share of SME in these)
• Numbers of participating private companies in joint R&D projects with research institutions
(and share of SME in these)
• Numbers of companies that have become innovative
• Increase in turnover of the participating companies.
Beneficiaries are monitored by means of regular written reports
and independent benchmarking exercises.
Independent evaluations of the program are carried out every
5 years.
2.1.1.7 Context of the program
Asked to assess the importance of the program on a scale
from 0 (not important at all) to 4 (very important) in relation
to the overall economic/industrial development strategy
and in relation to other R&D/innovation programs the program
authority assigned a 3 to each of the two dimensions
(see table below). Being an element of the overall national
development strategy the program is an important element
of the Danish economic and R&D support policy.
How important is the cluster program in relation to… 0 1 2 3 4
…the overall national economic/industrial development strategy • • • X •
…other R&D/innovation programs • • • X •
0 = not important at all ==> 4 = very important
Table 20: Relevance of Innovation Networks Denmark in the overall policy setting
Although the program is of high importance in the context
of overall policies its coordination with other programs is
rather suboptimal. Asked about the coordination of the cluster
programs with other support programs of the country
program officials indicated that it is rather weak (see figure
below).
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