Transcript EWE - Cluj County

EWE - Cluj County
SUPER-SME KICK OFF MEETING
Metz – 6th and 7th March 2006
Cluj County and North West Region
N-W Region
Population:
2. 744.000
GDP/capita growth:
6,2%
GDP/capita (%EU25=100): 27%
Cluj County
Population:
Number of jobs
Unemployment rate:
703.269
298.400
5%
Cluj County Main Industrial Sectors
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Food and Beverage
Non metal and metal
Chemical and synthetic and artificial fibers
cellulose, paper
Machines and equipment industry
Chemistry
Footwear, textiles and clothing, electronics
Cluj County
One of the most important University Centre in Eastern Europe
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Public Universities:
43
Private Universities:
15
students Public Universities: 43448
students Private Universities: 7036
National rather than Regional Policy
S&T intermediation systems
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More than 40 Laboratories and
Research centres only at the
Technical University Cluj-Napoca
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“Babes-Bolyai” University ClujNapoca
Tetarom Industrial Park
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Research laboratories:
Microprocessors Systems
Medical Image Processing and
Databases
Distributed Systems and Webbased Education
Computer Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Image Processing and Pattern
Recognition
Distributed Systems
Computer Architecture
Computer Graphics and Operating
Systems
Logic Programming
Cisco Technologies
Microsoft Technologies
SMEs needs
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Finding ways to finance R&D;
Fostering the cooperation between SMEs and
Universities;
Incentives for Innovative SMEs
Technology Transfer
Venture Capital
Increasing the participation in R&D programmes
Regional Innovation Strategy
Expectations
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Increase in the level of contract research
contracts
Increase in the participation of regional SMEs to
nationally funded R&D programmes and to the
EU RTD Framework Programme;
Contribution to the implementation and updating
of specific regional research, technological
development and innovation policies;
Transfer of S&T intermediation methodology
Shaping the national and regional R&D and
Innovation policy