• 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