Supporting cluster development in Izmir, Turkey

Between June and July 2021 the Foundation is delivering a training program organized in coordination with Izmir Development Agency (IZKA) and the Association of Energy Industrialists and Businessmen (ENSİA).

It takes place within the framework of the European Commission funded programme entitled BEST For Energy (Boosting Effective and Sustainable Transformation for Energy). This initiative aims to develop a structure that will ensure implementation of strategies of development compatible with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Clusters to deliver recovery and growth in challenging times

Next October the TCI Global Conference will be back. This time in virtual mode, Covid-related restrictions oblige.

Local innovation systems - in layman's terms : clusters - have been singled-out as catalysts for the recovery of regional economies across the world. Allowing the establishment of a sustainable and evidenced-based strategic roadmap and stakeholder alignment, clusters offer the ideal framework for collaborative initiatives between firms, policy-makers and the academia.

As the world is facing major economic downturn the 23rd edition of the TCI Global Conference will explore how clusters can be leveraged to accelerate a return to form for our regional economies. How can they capitalise on the local economic fabric's existing strengths ? How can they plug local into a more global pulse ?

Join-in and get some clues from worldwide experts and practitioners.

Training Week 2 of the Competitiveness Programme in Belarus Concludes on a High Note

Training Week 2

Plenary session with Mr. Reza ZADEH, Director of the Foundation

First week of February 2020, the city of Minsk hosted the second chapter of the training programme “Belarus: Capacity Building on Cluster Competitiveness Reinforcement Initiatives“.

The training managed by the Foundation falls within a technical assistance program, set-up by the World Bank and financed by the EU, which supports Belarus Government’s efforts to foster entrepreneurship and improve the business environment. The Ministry of Economy (MoE) of Belarus – the local counterpart for this project – showed interest in the development of private sector activities in several economic sectors, including:

·           Medicine, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology

·           Instrument-Making and Robot Technology

·           Agrarian and Green Economy

·           Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

The Foundation’s Belarusian custom-tailored program combines theory and practice, allowing the participants to apply their learnings using real-life situations. It consists of 10 learning modules organized in 6 weeklong in-class joint training sessions where the Foundation’s professors use the case study method.

Now that Week 1 and Week 2 were successfully delivered, expectations are high for the weeks to come to bring further insights and broader skill-sets to the participants.

In-class session with Mr. Blair Lapres of the World Bank and Mr. Dmitry Krupskiy of the Ministry of Economy of Belarus.

Group picture concluding Training Week 2.