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By Peter McLean, Development Impacts Pty Ltd, Australia, presented at the 16th TCI Global Conference, Kolding 2013.
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Tools for fostering collaboration as integral to cluster ecosystems: Newly developing approaches and lessons from Australia Peter McLean
Cluster Lab: Cluster facilitator’s toolbox4 September 2013
Tools for fostering collaboration as integral to cluster ecosystems: Newly developing approaches and lessons from Australia
Peter McLean, Director, Development Impacts, Australia
The PremiseClusters are frameworks and mechanisms that promote proximate cross sector collaboration
Collaboration Relationship Building, & Management Tools
Collaboration Connectedness Evaluation Tools
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Clusters are proximate
collaborations
There are clusters in Australia but they are
few in number
Australia’s size and ‘synergy density’
determines the form collaboration takes
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AUSTRALIA
Development Impacts use two sets of tools:Collaboration Connectedness Evaluation Tools&Collaboration Relationship Building & Management Tools
Two metrics of cluster policy success involve measuring the strength of connectedness and the extent of collaboration between the parties.
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In Australia the desire for collaboration is growing with the resource industryslowdown, the decline of manufacturing and the focus moving to innovation & capacity building
Main Content Page LayoutMeasuring Collaboration
“Collaboration Evaluation”
In Australia, Development Impacts has developed an assessment tool to measure the success of collaborative initiatives. And even a fourth level
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Collaboration Relationship Building & Management
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Australian Steel FabricatorsCairns -Townsville - Mackay-(supply chain fully incorporated)
BrisbaneSteel Alliance(co-located unincorporated)
CleanTech InnovationsGeelong Alliance(proximate integrated distributed network)
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Tasmanian Creative Industries Council
(statewide industry advocacy & engagement)
Questions? Thoughts? Let’s Talk?
Peter McLeanDirector, Development Impacts Pty LtdMelbourne, Australia
Email: [email protected]:Web: www.devimp.com
‘Creating Capacity Through Strategic Collaboration’
