Antoni Subirà i Claus 1940-2018

Antoni Subirà i Claus passed away yesterday at the age of 77.

A political figure, Subirà acted as deputy in the Catalan Parliament from 1980 to 1993 and was Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism at the Catalan Government between 1989 and 2002. During his tenure he spearheaded the use of Clusters to push regional competitiveness and he is credited for the successful international role of Catalonia in cluster policy.

During his long and fruitful career Subirà had many roles: Chairman of the Advisory Board of The Competitiveness Institute (TCI), member of the Advisory Board of Mercapital and Air Products, he also was an emeritus professor of Finance and Management whose career with IESE Business School spanned five decades. President of our Board of Trustees Subirà has accompanied the Foundation since its beginnings and regularly contributed to our trainings as a Professor in cluster-based economic development. 

The Foundation joins Antoni’s family in their thoughts and prayers.
A respected colleague, a dear friend and a mentor, we will miss you Antoni.

CLUSTERING Partners getting awarded in Cluster Excellence

Partners from the CLUSTERING consortium gathered again on the occasion of the concluding week of their training in Cluster Excellence with the Foundation. During the whole week the cohort was kindly hosted by the Madeira Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACIF/CCIM) in Funchal.

After a series of business cases studied in plenary sessions and practical exercises putting participants to the test, each member was awarded their certificate in Cluster Excellence.

CLUSTERING is the intercluster cooperation for the internationalisation and innovation of Macaronesia’s small and medium sized enterprises comprising Azores, Madeira, Canaries and Cape Verde.

Clusters pushing their boundaries at Bogota's TCI Global Conference

This year, for its 20th anniversary, TCI Network's Global Conference was held in Bogota, Colombia on 7-9 November 2017. The central theme of the event tackled the "future of clusters through cross-country & cross-region collaboration".

Hosted by TCI member Bogota Chamber of Commerce, the conference focused on collaboration and complementarity alliances between developed and developing countries. The outlook? Better policies, better business, better management practices and the identification of cluster emerging trends.

Like the previous editions of the event, the 20th TCI Global Conference brought together cluster managers, economic development policymakers, opinion leaders, academics, consultants, development agency representatives, ministries, business people and multilateral agencies among many others.

Celebrating TCI Network's Global Conference 20th Anniversary