founded in 2001, the company develops and implements projects along the entire value- added chain of...
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• Founded in 2001, the company develops and
implements projects along the entire value-added chain of the wood industry – and focuses most of its work on timber construction.
Holzcluster Steiermark
Holzcluster SteiermarkWood as a key Styrian strength • The Province of Styria has over 1 Mio.
hectares of woodland, making it Austria’s most extensive wooded region. With its 5,300 enterprises, the forestry sector and wood industry form one of Styria’s most significant industries and provide jobs for 56,000 people.
Holzcluster Steiermark• Holzcluster Steiermark sees its role
– in facilitating networking between business, science and politics,
– as driver of innovation activities within the forestry sector and the wood industry,
– in promoting internationalisation efforts primarily in South-Eastern Europe and
– in providing services for companies in the forestry sector and wood industry
Holzcluster Steiermark• Letter of Intent with cluster organisations in
South East Europe– Work together do develop the forestry and timber
industry– Know how exchange within the countries and
organisations– Developing of common projects in the future
Holzcluster Steiermark• ID:WOOD combines two main focuses of our
activities:– Innovation activities and– internationalisation efforts
Project Facts
• Titel: Clustering Knowledge, Innovation and Design in the SEE WOOD Sector
• Programm South East Europe
• Number of Project Partner: 15
• Number of involved Countries: 9
• Duration: 2 years (till end of Sept. 2014)
• Lead Partner: Slovenian Forst Institute
Project Partners:
Institution Name Land
Slovenian Forestry Institute Slowenien
Informest Italia
Wood Industry Cluster Slowenien
Technology Center of Pordenone Italia
Wood Cluster Styria Österreich
Regional Development Agency Centru Rumänien
Ecoregions Bulgarien
Zala County Foundation for Enterprise Promotion
Ungarn
PINs Kroatien
Development Association NERDA Bosnien und Herzegowina
University of Belgrade (Fac. of Forestry)
Serbien
Friuli Venezia Giulia Italia
Ministry of Agriculture Slowenien
Ministry of the Economy Slowenien
Tuzla Canton Bosnien und Herzegowina
Short Description:
• Sharing and transferring technical and organizational know-how
• Target group of ID:WOOD project are the support organizations dealing with the wood sector -
technology centres, RDAs, universities, research and design centres, the productive sector,
SMEs, policy makers, chambers of industry and commerce and sector associations.
• Stakeholders are given the opportunity to strengthen their organizational and technical capacities,
to develop new functions, to participate to working groups and to be actively involved in the
networking activities.
Project Organisation:
Wp 3: Need analysis and development strategies for the wood sector
Wp 4: Innovation capacity building and support actions in the wood sector
Wp 5: Transnational knowledge clustering
Activitis WP4
• Act 4.1: Development of cluster managment capacities
3 courses x 2 days (AT, SI, IT)
• Act 4.2: Fostering innovation skills in the wood sector supproting structures 2
workshops x 5 days (RO, SR)
• Act 4.3 Bridging the gaps between productive sector and knowledge poles
every region x 2 dissemination events local knowledge pole
• Act 4.4: Increasing SMEs awarness about new support organisation punctions
every region x 2 open days for SMEs
1th Cluster Management Course in Austria
First day: 10th of July 2013
•Best Practice Example
•Financing of cluster
•Qualification and event management
•Innovation Management for Clusters
•Styria Innovation in wood
•Cluster as engine of economy
Second day: 11th of July 2013
•Communication and branding
•International skill development
•Internationalisation
•Engineering center wood
•Company: Johann Pabst Wood
2th Cluster Management Course in Italy
Date: 16th -17th October 2013
Location: Pordenone, Italy, at Sicam Fair
Fair SICAM Date: 15th – 18th
16th October : Speed date meetings between ID:SMEs and stakeholders
17th October: Meeting between SMEs and Exhibitors
3rd Cluster Management Course in Slovenia
Second Day , 7th of November • Design and wood - Innovative services and innovative wooden products
for furniture
Introduction: Creative industries in Slovenia (Ministry, Faculty of Design).
Design of Products and Ambient in wood (ISIA Roma, Faculty of Design, Zavod BIG).
Workshop: Design as a way for raising competitiveness of Cluster members.
Visiting the Month of Design exhibition.
Act 4.2 : Fostering innovation skills in the wood sector supporting structures
Innovation course : Green Building with Wood
Duration: 1st till 3rd of October 2013
Location: Serbia, Belgrade, Forestry Faculty
Technical course wood and furniture : Basic to
safe, functional and fine furniture
Duration: 22nd till 24th of October 2013
Location: Romania, Sibiu
Bridging the gaps between productive sector and knowledge poles
Each project partner will:
Undersign Memorandum of Understanding with local knowledge pole
Organise two dissemination events together with the local knowledge pole
Present the competitiveness development project
• Memorandum of Understanding
Purpose: – To foster innovation and competitiveness of SMEs in the wood sector – To share and transfer technical and organisational know how to SMEs – Rising SMEs capacity to implement innovation processes – Strengthening the network transnational and national cooperation capacity
Objectives of MoUa) Specific technical dissemination activities at local levelb) Competiveness development project for local SMEs c) The delivery of joint support activities
Transnational cooperation
Transnational expert groups
Transnational problem-solving services for the companies
Transnational conferences