Future Emerging and Modern Agriculture in Catalonia – FEMAC
The cluster of the agricultural means of production
INTRODUCTION TO THE CLUSTER FEMAC
THE BEGINNINGS
• 1995-1996 Catalan Cluster analysis
• 1998 FEMAC foundation as a non profit organization
Competitive advantage starts with and explicit
strategy shared within the cluster itself
INTERNATIONALISATION
STRENGTHENING THE STRATEGY
• 2004 Cluster Strategy review
• 2007 Recognition by the Spanish Government
• Internationalisation activities
• 2012 Recognition by European Commission – ESCA
FROM NOW ON…
FROM NOW ON…
• 2015 Gold Label Renewal
• New Strategic Plan
Agricultural
Machinery
Water
Land
The Catalan
Cluster of
Agricultural
Machinery
The Catalan Cluster
of the Agricultural
means of production
Seeds
Agricultural
facilities
Pesticides
Fertilizers
EUROPEAN PROJECTS
10% success rate
FEMAC european proposals:
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2012. FP7 – ROK Regions of knowledge Transnational cooperation between
regional reserarch-driven clusters – FAILED
2013.FP7 – KBBE EU-LATIN America partnering initiative on sustainable
biodiversity in agriculture – FAILED
2014.LIFE Environment & Resources Efficiency – FAILED
2014.H2020 – Sustainable food security – 1st Stage succeded, 2nd achieved the
threshold but with no funds
THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE !!!
5.
6.
2015.H2020 – Closing the research and innovation divide: the crucial role of
innovation support services and knowledge exchange – Under evaluation
2015.COSME – Clusters Go International – Under evaluation
COSME – CLUSTERS GO INTERNATIONAL
NATUREEF- EUROPEAN STARTEGIC CLUSTER
PARTNERSHIP FOR A NATURAL RESOURCEEFFICIENT EUROPE
An European approach
NATUREEF can play a pioneer role by promoting “new model-businesses” willing to design and
implement a joint strategy promoting cross-sectoral cooperation and facilitating dissemination
and mentoring small and medium companies’ innovative technologies and internationalization
in new Natural Efficient Resource Concept that will contribute to societal EU Challenges of
better natural resource efficiency.
The Challenge: Innovation
The Consortium has a strong innovation and business focus and its ultimate goal is to see
knowledge-based enterprises grow and thrive along with the sustainable and recycle oriented
use of natural resource, improving the resources efficiency in the agro chain as well as natural
resource-energy chain
COSME – CLUSTERS GO INTERNATIONAL
THE PARTNERS
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Agrocluster – Agro industrial cluster from Portugal
Biomastec – Biomass cluster from Germany
Crea&Hydro Energy – Water cluster from Czech Republic
FEMAC – Agricultural Machinery cluster from Spain
Green Chemistry – Chemical cluster from Poland
Green Synergy cluster – Green Energy cluster from Bulgaria
Inbiom – Biomass cluster from Denmark
Innoskart – ICT cluster from Hungary
Vegepolys – Plants cluster from France
www.natureef.eu
COSME – CLUSTERS GO INTERNATIONAL
THE PROPOSAL
Natural Resoruces Efficiency priorities
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Improving the resources efficiency in the agro chain
Improving the natural resources-energy chain
Recycle oriented use of natural resources management
Improving resources efficiency along the international product life cycle and during the
product manufacturing process
WORK PACKAGES
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WP 1 Project Mangement
WP2 Integration of business agendas
WP 3 Business promotion and mentoring
WP 4 Dissemination and communication
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2015
Thank You
Elisabeth Molina
[email protected]