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AprilApril 77, 2010, 2010
Founded in 1998 and based in Barcelona, TCI-The Competitiveness Institute is a private non-profit association financed through
membership fees.
TCI is a professional network of individuals and organizations who work actively on improving the competitiveness of regions and clusters throughout the world.
TCI’s mission is to improve living standards and local competitiveness of regions across the world by enhancing cluster-based competitiveness and
development initiatives
Non-profit organizations, government agencies and multilateral organizations dedicated to fostering dedicated to fostering economic development participating as economic
supporters of TCI Network.
Mr. Klaus HaasisTCI DirectorMFG Baden-Württenberg, Germany
Mr. Alberto PezziTCI PresidentACC1O, Catalonia, Spain
Mr. Juan Manuel EstebanTCI Out-going PresidentBasque Government, Spain
Dr. Christian KetelsTCI SecretaryStockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Mrs. Elisabeth
Dr. Amit KapoorTCI DirectorInstitute for Competitiveness, India
Mr. Kevin X. MurphyTCI DirectorJ.E Austin Associates Inc, USAMrs. Elisabeth
Waelbroeck-RochaTCI TreasurerBIPE, France
Mr. Hani Al HamliTCI DirectorDubai Economic Council, UAE
Mr. Carlos AlvarezTCI DirectorCORFO, Chile
Mr. Arthur BayhanTCI DirectorCompetitiveness Support Fund,Pakistan
J.E Austin Associates Inc, USA
Prof. Dr. Barnabas NawangweTCI DirectorMakerere University, Uganda
Dr. Alonso Ramos VacaTCI DirectorDESEC Chihuahua, Mexico
Mr. Rauli SorvariTCI DirectorRegional Council of Central Finland,Finland
Prof. Antoni Subirà, ChairpersonIESE Business School,Barcelona, Spain
Prof. Per ErikssonLund University, Sweden
Mr. Kenneth LanzaBearing Point, USA
Barcelona, Spain
Hon. Ms. Tea Petrin. Vice-ChairpersonUniversity of Ljubljana, SloveniaECPG-European Cluster Policy Group
Mr. Sergio ArzeniLEED Program, OECD, Paris, France
Prof. Michael BestUniversity of Massachusetts, USA
Dr. Bob BreaultBreault Research Org., Tucson, USA
Mr. Emiliano DuchCompetitiveness, Barcelona, Spain
Prof. Michael J. EnrightHong Kong University, China
Mr. Ifor Ffowcs-WilliamsClusternavigators, Nelson,New Zealand
Prof. Piero FormicaJönköping University, Sweden
Mr. Yves GuyonLyon Chamber of Commerce,France
Mr. Alec HansenEconomic Competitiveness Group,USA
Mr. Eric HansenEconomic Transformations Group,USA
Mr. Andy McDonaldScottish Enterprise, Glasgow, UK
Prof. Michael PorterHarvard Business School, USA
Mr. Frederic RichardFormer Director at UNIDO, Austria
Prof. Hubert SchmitzUniversity of Sussex, UK
Prof. Örjan SölvellStockholm School of Economics,Sweden
Dr. Bernd M. ThomasEx Secretary General, ACEM,Madrid, Spain
Patricia ValdenebroGeneral Manager
Leire OiarbideAdministration
Toni PienonenVisiting Fellow from The Regional Council of Central Finland
Lina ArbeláezVisiting Fellow fromMedellin Chamber of
Commerce
Contact:
Imagina Building177 Diagonal Av., 1st Floor08018 Barcelona - [email protected]. +34 93 309 48 34fax. +34 93 550 44 69
of Central FinlandJyväskylä, Finland
CommerceMedellín, Colombia
Key information about clusters, competitiveness and innovation systems on a global levelLatest trends in competitive strategiesand cluster-based policies
Best practices in cluster developmentand managementNews about cluster initiatives and competitive regions worldwideExperiences on methodologies for economic growth and regional development
Contact with leading competitiveness actors and relevant organizations active in cluster and regionalDevelopment in an open, flexible and practical context
Access to hundreds of potential cooperation partners with deep expertise in clusters and competitiveness
Interest Groups and Open Projectson competitiveness topics to build on strengthsand expertise
Regional initiatives and local contact points to exchange experiences and best practices in a dynamic regional dialogue
With over 75,000 visits a year it offers great international visibility to TCI members
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Started at TCI conferences by TCI members with a special common interest to further develop a topic around competitiveness and successful cluster development
Special Group on Internationalisation
Cluster development in Latin America
Cluster Evaluation
Cluster Dynamics
Climate Change / Climate Innovation
Gender and Economic Growth
ICT Cluster Managers Group
Cluster Finance / Financial Partners
RedLACLatin American ClustersNetwork
The RedLAC is taking shape as a mechanism to establish acontinuous and dynamic regional dialogue on clusters for theexchange of experiences and best practices.
Mechanisms:• Practitioners network: Linkedln GROUP RedLAC• Continuous dialogue: www.clusterizando.com• Personal interaction: Conferences, visits, business links.• Knowledge bank: www.clusters.la
Network
PACF - Pan African Competitiveness Forum1,000 cluster fires to light across Africa by 2010
The PACF is a new continent-wide competence and action centre for innovation and cluster based competitiveness approaches to national and regional economic development in Africa.
German Contact Point
This regional initiative develops new services with its members and serves as information point for the as information point for the dissemination of any relevant information about TCI in the German speaking area.
A continuous priority of the TCI German Contact Point consists in promoting TCI membership, with great success.
A special interest group on internationalisation of clusters has been set up around the German Contact Point. First results will be presented at this conference.
12th TCI Annual Global Conference, Jyväskylä 200912-16 October, Jyväskylä, Finland.
"Learning Clusters – adapting to the new competitiveness scenario”
4CLAC – Congreso Latinoamericano de Clusters 16-20 November, Mendoza, Argentina.
“Lecciones aprendidas y desafíos en
Latinoamérica”
2nd Continental Conference of the Pan-African Competitiveness Forum 15-17 FebreroElmina, Ghana.
1st TCI World Conference on Tourism Clusters 7- 10 Abril7- 10 AbrilPunta Cana, Dominican Republic
1st TCI Asia Competitiveness Forum 28-29 AbrilIndia, New Delhi
5CLAC - 5th TCI Latin American Conference21 – 25 JunioMedellin, Colombia
13th TCI Annual Global Conference29-3 November/DecemberDelhi, India
Patricia [email protected]@competitiveness.org
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