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Elżbieta Pohulak-Żołędowska CLUSTERS-SUPPORTING POLICIES IN CHOSEN CENTRAL
AND EASTERN EUROPE COUNTRIES
Table 1
Actors of cluster development
Business
environment
Knowledge
infrastructure
Governmental
bodies
Area Actors
Companies, particularly from potential cluster companies in the
pilot projects. Representatives of Chambers of Commerce.
Three universities (Ljubljana, Maribor and Primorska); GEA
College, International Conference on Data Engineering Bled. 360
developmental organisations, including 66 public institutions
(including faculties), 204 companies, 19 private researchers,
approximately 8,000 registered researchers. Technological
centres.
Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Labour, Family and Social
Affairs, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, Ministry of the
Information Society, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food,
Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Transport.
Analysis and study Faculty of Economics, Ljubljana, Central & Eastern Europe
Privatization Network (CEEPN), Faculty of Economics and
Business, Maribor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of
Economic Research, Ljubljana, Economics Institute at the Faculty
of Law, Ljubljana.
Intermediaries with
potential for active
involvement
Promotion and
advisory capacity
Implementation of
incentives
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Technology Agency (to be established), Small Business
Development
Centre, National/ Regional Development Agency, Chambers of
Commerce and Industry, Slovenian Trade and Investment
Promotion Agency (TIPO), 48 local development centres, 12
regional development centres, technology parks, financial
institutions / banks.
Technology and Innovation Agency (to be established), Small
Business Development Centre (SBDC), National Regional
Development Agency (and 12 centres), advisory organisations,
promoters, agents of development.
Technology and Innovation Agency (to be established),
institutionalised clusters, SBDC.
Slovenian cluster development policy pursued three objectives. The first objective was
to encourage co-operation and networking among companies in order to strengthen
individual and joint abilities to develop partnerships in different areas of business, as
well as to intensify co-operation between companies and R&D institutions to promote
innovation and technological development. For this purpose, the Ministry of Economy
decided to co-finance joint projects carried out by at least three companies and at least
one R&D institution in the area of technological improvements, product development,
specialisation, supply chains, joint production and marketing. The second objective was
to promote the development of clusters through increased investments in support
infrastructure. A training programme was designed to improve cluster development and
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