2. Benjamin Vandorpe
Creating creative clusters
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AgendaCompany Movie

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Local initiatives
Aluci
Showroom &
Creative Studio
Designregion
Kortrijk
Interieur
Foundation
Buda
Arts Centre
Budafabric

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• HUMIN Project
• Budalibre
• Interieur 2010
• Innovation Festival
• Design@Work
• Budafabric
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Local initiatives

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Regional cluster: Lighting valley
Aluci
Showroom &
Creative Studio
Delta Light
Tal
Modular
Wever&Ducre
Subcontractors
Howest university
Subcontractors

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• Cluster of international lighting companies
• Network of specialized subcontractors
• Support by HOWEST university
– Design degrees
– Specialized lighting lab
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Regional cluster: Lighting valley

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Euregion market
Aluci
Showroom &
Creative Studio
Kortrijk
Pop 600k
Companies: 52k
Lille
Pop 1.100k
Companies: 42k
Tournai
Pop 300k
Companies: 17k

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• Looking across borders
• > 2 million customers
• > 100.000 companies
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Euregion market

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Creative
Initiatives
(government)
Research and
education
(academic
world)
Market
opportunities
(private
sector)
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Prerequisites

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Government role
1. Creating context
2. Initiate activities
3. Structure initiatives
4. Outlook beyond term of office
5. To foster, nurse, ... Not to pamper

12. Benjamin Vandorpe
Creating creative clusters
29/01/2015