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The European Cluster Managers’ Club

Main objectives:

• Represent the interest of professional cluster managers

• Enable them to share their concerns with their peers

• Raise the recognition of cluster management as an attractive profession

• Promote continuous training of cluster managers

Excellence of cluster management is a priority

Targeted services:

• Facilitate the access to training schemes and other existing services for cluster managers

• Organise working groups • Promote the exchange of good practices• Promote the Quality Cluster Management Approach• Provide networking opportunities (events, journeys, …)

Membership:

• Any individual working in a cluster organisation in Europe• Fee for 2010 & 2011: 100€

Club bodies

Members, Fellows and GA

Members are individual Cluster ManagersFellowship is acquired by passing a label assessment or by giving evidence of substantial achievement in cluster managementGeneral Assembly is composed of all individual Cluster Managers members and fellows, each with one vote

General Assembly tasks include:• Election and discharge for the members of the Board of Directors • Approval of the Board of Director's work plan• Approval of budgets including the yearly membership fees• Approval of the accounts

Club bodies

Board of Directors

Elected by the General Assembly among fellows only- At least 4 members including 1 Chairman - At least 1 person from each of the following four European Regions: North, South, East, West- First board is composed of Cluster Managers appointed by the Founding Committee.

Tasks of the BoD include:• Establishes the policy for strategic directions and bylaws changes• Accepts memberships and fellowships• Represents the Club with 3rd party organisations

Club bodies

Founding Committee

11 Founding Partners: Baltic Innovation AgencyClusterland Upper AustriaCroatian Employers' AssociationDanish Cluster Academy centerEcoplus Lower AustriaFrance ClustersHungarian Employers' ConfederationIESE Business SchoolMFG Baden-WürttembergVDI/VDE Innovation+Technik

chaired by Europa InterCluster, and co-funded by DG Entreprise & Industry

Founding Committee tasks include:• Appoint the first BoD • Approve new Associate Partner status• Advisory role towards the BoD for strategic choices and bylaws changes

Club bodies

Associate Partners

Founding partners for the moment.

Operators: on which the Club can rely to provide services or to promote the ones provided by the Club.

Club supporter: organisation or company that shares the same objectives as the Club

Club bodies

Secretariat

Secretariat run by Europa InterCluster during “Incubation period” until September 2012.

Secretariat tasks include:• Execute the policy established by the Chairman, BoD and the General Assembly• Coordinate, implement actions in all administrative, marketing and financial matters of the Club• Act as communication and information centre of the Club

Club bodies

Club agenda

pre-registration is openRules of Procedure are finalised

website fully operationalfirst BoD meetingGeneral Assembly

2010 Sept. 29th

Nov. 30th

2011Jan. 1st

SpringFall

European CommissionEnterprise and Industry

Elsa Venisse+32 2 808 15 80evenisse@intercluster.eu

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