Results

• Identifying the main Objectives and Activities of Cluster Programmes
• Quality Guidelines and detailed reports
  Summary report, Quality Guidelines and detailed reports T1.1+T1.2+T1.3.
  
  
• Overview Analysis
  Summary on detailed overviews from each partner region with regard to future strategic points of interest.
  
  
• CEE Cluster Agreement
  Commitment of 11 central and eastern European regions/countries on common strategies and objectives for the future innovation and cluster policy, showing the intention of coherent policy development.
  
  
• Cluster Action Plan (CAP)
  A strategic handbook for the development and implementation of common activities within CEE-ClusterNetwork comprising 13 transregional Cluster Project ideas.

 

CMQ - Cluster Manager Qualification summary report

CMQ - Cluster Manager Qualification summary report

Results of a comprehensive survey on tasks, skills and training needs of European cluster managers

Aiming at a better understanding of cluster management challenges and preparing the ground for future training programmes for cluster managers, the INNO-Net CEE-ClusterNetwork conducted a large-scale survey on tasks, necessary skills and training needs of cluster managers. Across Europe, 107 cluster managers and 52 cluster stakeholders answered an online questionnaire covering several questions, including the following.

• What tasks and skills do cluster managers themselves consider most important?
• Do cluster stakeholders (such as innovation agencies or ministries) have a different view on a cluster manager’s tasks and necessary skills?
• To what extent are age, size, sector and location of clusters relevant to tasks and requested skills of cluster managers?
• Is there a need for development of new training sessions at an international level?
• How much time and money is available and how are decisions on training generally taken?

The evaluation had a particular focus: internationalisation activities. A group of respondents with a particular interest in internationalisation was identified and analysed by country, size, age of cluster and sector.

A summary report including selected interesting charts, explanatory notes and conclusions can be downloaded here.

If you are interested in viewing the answers in more detail, please take a look at a full analysis. This document includes more than 90 graphs and represents the raw material for the summary report.

Contact: Simone Hagenauer, ecoplus, The Business Agency of Lower Austria Ltd.