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110 Both value added and exports are expected to increase due to the positive effects on competitiveness of joint projects which will be undertaken within the clusters. The cluster sector is often described as the „engine“ of a regional economy. Through the clusters model, governments in WBCs should provide co-financing of the costs incurred during the initial phase of their creation, for preparation of a joint development strategy and for the costs incurred during the first two years of their operations. 6.3.3 Joint participation in FP7 and EUREKA projects The vast majority of programmes under the framework programmes of European Union support collaborative R&D between enterprises, universities, and other research institutes across Europe. Usually these projects must include partners from at least two EU member countries, what is a good opportunity for institutions from WBCs to cooperate and to learn from leading research organizations and companies in EU. Available evidence indicates that FP6 and FP7 projects have made an important contribution to the development of cooperation between universities and enterprises. Not only in money terms but importantly in terms of achieving this closer relationship between industry and academia sector. Case study: Embedded.rs cluster “Embedded.rs” industry cluster is envisaged to merge the embedded industry of Serbia. It was initiated by the private sector, as a logical response to market demands. Equally important participants are the countries biggest academic institutions and the most important research institutes in Serbia. The main goal of the initiative is to reinforce the strengths of the local embedded industry and its future perspectives. It is expected that the cluster will grow quickly in membership and will position itself as a valuable partner. The cluster is supported by the Government of the Republic of Serbia, through the Ministry of Economy and has successfully implemented a number of projects in cooperation with local GTZ office and Serbian Export Promotion Agency SIEPA. Within the mentioned scope the cluster is working on solving mutual problems and creating better business environment by: • Being the gateway to hardware and systems solutions that suit customers’ needs; • Insuring the reliability of members through continuous implementation of better business practices; • Fostering contact networks to provide global solutions; • Boosting the internationalization capacities of members in response to global demand; • Promoting the profession and adapting the Serbian expertise in high technology. Embedded.rs can offer a synergy between the members to provide more global hardware and system solutions to any third party, including the most complex and demanding hi-tech projects. The diversity of the cluster members, their experienced project managers and their interaction through embedded.rs hub permits such a commitment. The vision of the Cluster is to be the leading business association in the region with a worldwide recognition for the reliability and technical excellence of the members. In this moment Embedded.rs members are: • Advanced Control Systems - Manufacturer of sophisticated solutions for energy networks and automation; • Bitgear Wireless Design Services - Electronics, FPGA and DSP R&D services provider; • Data Control - Provider of software for embedded systems; • EUROICC - Provider of solutions for industrial automation and R&D provider; • Hermes Softlab - Provider of software for embedded systems; • Integra Solutions - Electronics manufacturing services provider; • Mikroelektronika - Producer of development kits and compilers for various microcontrollers architectures; • Novatronic - Producer of LED displays and information display systems for various applications; • TES Electronic Solutions - Provider of R&D services in area of analogue and mixed IC design; • School of Electrical Engineering - Academic Institution, Belgrade; • Faculty of Technical Sciences - Academic Institution, Novi Sad; • Institute “Mihajlo Pupin” - Provider of full R&D services in areas of electronics and system design.
We would like to suggest that a very important model of the university-enterprise cooperation is collaborative research, mobility and networking through FP7 REGPOT or INCO projects which are especially devoted to WBC region or convergence regions. The primary objectives of enterprises to collaborate with universities, within these projects, include research synergies, keeping up with major technological developments and R&D cost sharing. The increase in their knowledge base is the greatest reported benefit of firms from such collaboration. The fact that one of the main aims of EU policy for the Framework Programmes is to achieve a techno-economic convergence among its regions plays to the advantage of universities from such regions. The components of this dimension are improvement to the enterprises’ technological and organizational capabilities, exploitation of complementary resources, new knowledge creation and/or acquisition, and acceleration of research. Enterprises may also benefit in terms of developing or improving new or existing processes or using sophisticated equipment at universities (or Centers of Excellence) purchased through above-mentioned FP7 projects. Universities and enterprises from Western Balkan region should collaborate within specially designed program of European Union called EUREKA, helping make WB region economically strong and socially sound. EUREKA is the leading platform for R&D-performing entrepreneurs in Europe and beyond. EUREKA R&D is industry-led, applied, close-to-market — with tangible results and visible benefits. EUREKA now unites over 40 member countries. Together, they promote international, marketoriented research and innovation through introducing new products, processes and services to market. Results stemming from EUREKA projects are everywhere, such as: gsm mobile phone technology; navigation systems; smartcards to support mobile and electronic commerce; film special effects software for cinema; state-of-theart medical devices and technologies to monitor and limit environmental pollution. EUREKA Clusters are long-term, strategically significant public-private partnerships. Most of Europe’s leading companies participate in EUREKA Clusters, developing generic technologies of key importance to European competitiveness. EUREKA Umbrellas are thematic networks that focus on a particular technology or business sector. Their goal is to generate and support R&D projects in their specific field of operation. EUREKA’s Eurostars Programme is the first European funding and support programme to be specifically dedicated to researchperforming SMEs. Eurostars stimulates them to lead international collaborative research and innovation projects. The Eurostars mission is to support R&D-performing entrepreneurs, by funding their research activities, enabling them to compete internationally and become leaders in their sector. In the near future, very concrete steps should to be performed with the aim to build consortia (including academic and industry organizations from WBC) in order to prepare project proposals for EUREKA or Eurostars programme. This TEMPUS project can be very good basis to initiate preparing these proposals and building successful consortia. 6.3.4 Establishment of regional Collaborativetraining and/or Life-long Learning centres Establishment of Collaborative Training Centres (CTCs) at university level, as the university-enterprise links, can provide efficient and sustainable cooperation among the key actors of the knowledge triangle. Commercialization of R&D results, innovation and educational services are main activities of CTCs, developed on the basis of SWOT analysis and appropriate action plan, for at least three year. Market activities are important for visibility of CTCs, and should include analysis of potential users’ attitudes, i.e. significant factors that influence the decision of enterprises and SMEs, unemployed graduates, to take part in CTC trainings and use its services. The important activities which can be undertaken to that purpose are: • Identification of training and service needs (TSNA) in the target region of WBC; • Estimation and categorisation of trainings 111 New WBC model of university-enterprise cooperation 6
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