Michela Cavallini Jont Closing Event Bratislava, 27 February 2013
We are 9 partners from 7 regions of the automotive industry in Central Europe. We strive to create a stable network of individuals, companies, research centres, universities, international organisations, public institutions through which to confront on automotive issues through the opportunity to meet, discuss and exchange offered by the Project.
SK - Automotive Cluster West Slovakia HU - Automotive Cluster Slesia Moravia SL - ACS Automotive Cluster Slovenia PL - Economical Development Agency Lower Slesia CS - Regional Development Agency Panonia PL - South Carpatian Chamber of Commerce DE - Saxony Economical Development Agency IT - Comunimprese IT - Province of Reggio Emilia
1 Official Network! 1 LinkedIn Group with 30 Members! 9 Local Working Teams! 1 Framework Policy Document! 9 Regional policies recommendations! 3 Annual conferences! 7 International Memorandum of Cooperation! 1 Final Study!
The 9 Project Partners in July 2010 officially established their own Network casting it into the European Automotive arena as a reliable counterpart with whom to cooperate. Its scope is to consolidate Members presence and visibility on the European scenario. A Secretariat is managed by Comunimprese, taking care of the basic structures of cooperation, coordinating the different activities and serving as a Contact Point to all members and followers. COMUNIMPRESE S.c.a.r.l. Local Development Agency of Milan North-West Milano, Italy Contact Person: Michela Cavallini e-mail: comunimprese@tiscali.it
30 Members willing to cooperate with other relevant Automotive European Platforms, Organisations, Universities, R&D Institutions, individuals to matchmake ideas, share perspectives and stimulate debates www.linkedin.com/groups/transnational-automotive-network
Each PP established a Local Team involving relevant policylevel bodies and economical operators to actively participate in AutoNet actions. The Network counts on 9 Local Teams as working groups called upon the confrontation on automotive topics relevant to project activities. The setting up of each Local Team has been made official by the subscription of a collaboration document.
The Network researched on the state-of-the-art of automotive industry in CE, mapping the excellence of the region, highlighting trends and developments, focusing on needs and priorities.
The Network outlined operational recommendations to be reported as inputs to policy decision-makers to stimulate their action to revive the sector. Recommendations have been regularly revised and reassessed considering how they were in line with regional policies. The analysis took into condideration 3 study areas pertaining: 1) innovation capacities 2) efficiency of supporting business actors and 3) investments in innovations.
Nearly 400 participants from Central Europe gathered in Leipzig, Ostrava and Wroclaw. They were innovative automotive supplier companies, representatives of automotive networks, decision makers, R&D-facilities and institutes, stakeholders and members from universities. They all attended with an interest in bi- and multilateral cooperation, laying the ground for future relations and business contacts.
CLEPA (European Association of Automotive Suppliers) EASN (European Automotive Strategic Network) Autocluster Network Clusters CORD Plastic Cluster in Zlin Region AC Centrope (Automotive Cluster Central Europe) INNOVMAT (Platform of innovations and technologies in the field of material sciences. The MOC proposes a framework of collaboration to further common goals that may include awareness raising activities and information exchange, within and beyond the collaboration framework.
The Final Study is the compendium of the impact of 3 years of Project implementation on CE Regional level, taking into account: policy recommendations supporting innovation in the sector overview on regional policies supporting innovations and on industrial policies developments process of cooperation with policy makers summary of recommendations for future years
Secretariat @ Comunimprese comunimprese@tiscali.it michela_cavallini@libero.it Skype: michela.cavallini