Transcript Informest Vice President & Project Team Leader Novi Sad, April 2 nd

INePS – GIFIP project
Ugo Poli – Informest Vice President & Project Team Leader
Novi Sad, April 2nd & 3rd, 2008
CLUSTER GOVERNANCE
AND INSTITUTION BUILDING
Approaches
to clusters identification, awareness rising
and transnational cooperation:
lessons learned from Informest projects
INePS – GIFIP project
Ugo Poli – Informest Vice President & Project Team Leader
Novi Sad, April 2nd & 3rd, 2008
GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS 1
The culture of local development is quite recent
The role of entrepreneurship is conditional
for making more of local endogenous resources
The territory plays the role of development paradigm for SMEs
SME clustering is a different model then industrial district
The Italian case study is a benchmark for emerging industrial districts
In transition economies
INePS – GIFIP project
Ugo Poli – Informest Vice President & Project Team Leader
Novi Sad, April 2nd & 3rd, 2008
GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS 2
The industrial district is a Local Productive System
with a prevailing sectorial specialization
Coordination and control of different phases
do not derive from fixed rules or hierarchical mechanism
The ties of companies with the territory
result in competitive external economies
The role of Local and Regional Authorities
is pivotal for shaping the productive environment
INePS – GIFIP project
Ugo Poli – Informest Vice President & Project Team Leader
Novi Sad, April 2nd & 3rd, 2008
THE FASHION OF INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
Growing interest for the districts performance
in the Italian economy
>>> Expectation for replication abroad
FAQ
How many are industrial districts in Italy?
How can we establish an Industrial District?
How can we promote district based FDI
in our Country / Region?
INePS – GIFIP project
Ugo Poli – Informest Vice President & Project Team Leader
Novi Sad, April 2nd & 3rd, 2008
COMMON FEATURES
OF DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT 1
Historical skills of local economy
Local availability of raw materials
Farmers entrepreneurial experience
Restructuring of big (state) industry
Role of a local leading company
Role of external investments (FDI, but not only)
INePS – GIFIP project
Ugo Poli – Informest Vice President & Project Team Leader
Novi Sad, April 2nd & 3rd, 2008
COMMON FEATURES
OF DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT 2
Entrepreneurial creativity
pushed by emulation among companies
Strong sell – buy relations among district companies
Social cohesion, i.e. trust
among entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs and workforce
PPP sharing economic growth within the whole
community
INePS – GIFIP project
Ugo Poli – Informest Vice President & Project Team Leader
Novi Sad, April 2nd & 3rd, 2008
THE PATH FOR DISTRICTS DEVELOPMENT 1
Analysis of local productive skills in a Country
Identification of local development actors
(Municipalities, business associations, CoE,
agencies & service centres)
Training of the local development managers
Understanding of the existing ties
among local companies
Awareness rising of a common vision
Partnership based governance
of development policy and related investments
INePS – GIFIP project
Ugo Poli – Informest Vice President & Project Team Leader
Novi Sad, April 2nd & 3rd, 2008
THE PATH FOR DISTRICTS DEVELOPMENT 2
Local level autonomy and civic cohesion
Expectations and needs standing survey
Training facilities for entrepreneurs and workforce
Infrastructures for accessibility
Infrastructures for production, ICT included
Environmental quality
Networking of stakeholders and service provision
Common fitted image and marketing
>>> >>>
Internal efficiency and external attractiveness
of the Industrial District
INePS – GIFIP project
Ugo Poli – Informest Vice President & Project Team Leader
Novi Sad, April 2nd & 3rd, 2008
GUIDELINES FOR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
TRANSNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Internationalization versus delocalization:
overcoming the fear for global competition
The local inter-companies relationship of Italian SME
extends its productive organization on transnational basis
SMEs ask for institutional support in the operations abroad
INePS – GIFIP project
Ugo Poli – Informest Vice President & Project Team Leader
Novi Sad, April 2nd & 3rd, 2008
CONDITIONALITIES
Sound PPP for the design of the transnational strategy
Expanding companies looking for extended value-chain
Trusted institutional body for leading the process
3 samples / 3 stages
Treviso in the Judet of Timis (R)
Venice in the District of Brcko (BiH)
Vicenza in the Municipality of Samarin (SK)
INePS – GIFIP project
Ugo Poli – Informest Vice President & Project Team Leader
Novi Sad, April 2nd & 3rd, 2008
CRITERIA FOR THE CHOICE OF THE PARTNER
Making more of existing transnational cooperation
Importance of human relationship and confidence
Direct assessment of attractiveness and competitiveness:
> logistical settlement & accessibility
> professional education
> rule of law and transparency
> balance of risk rate and costs competitiveness
> local GDP growing rate
> other competitive advantages: environment, RTD,
training and university, special public facilities, etc.
INePS – GIFIP project
Ugo Poli – Informest Vice President & Project Team Leader
Novi Sad, April 2nd & 3rd, 2008
METHODOLOGY
To design the development programme
together with the local partner
To agree the conditions for implementation
To assess domestic and local sources
for funding the programme
To share good practices
and support local capacity building
To support internship of staff
between companies and institutions
INePS – GIFIP project
Ugo Poli – Informest Vice President & Project Team Leader
Novi Sad, April 2nd & 3rd, 2008
OBJECTIVES
To establish a friendly local environment for the moving SMEs
To guarantee equal service level between Italy and abroad
To gain for the participating SMEs pair treatment to big investors
To contract credit lines conditions for moving SMEs
To contract protected proceedings for SMEs settlement
To design training programmes together, Italian language included
To establish a one-stop-shop for contacts with the local PA
To select a local network of certified professionals
To support the business programme with cultural and social projects
INePS – GIFIP project
Ugo Poli – Informest Vice President & Project Team Leader
Novi Sad, April 2nd & 3rd, 2008
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