1. Banská Bystrica Self-governing Region Veronika Jaceková & Elena Stieranková CLOE experimentation - Thematic Workshop No. 1 Linz, 6 th June 2007

2. Banská Bystrica Self-governing Region

3. Basic facts: Capital: Banská Bystrica Area: 9 455 km 2 Population: 660 110 Population density: 69,81 inhabitants per km 2 Number of economically active population: 323 600 Municipalities: 516 (of which 24 are towns) Main sectors: engineering, wood-processing, chemical and pharmaceutical industry, glass and ceramic industry, food-processing, ICT and tourism. Banská Bystrica

4. Banská Bystrica Self-governing Region Perspective/potential areas for setting-up clusters: - wood/wood processing - engineering industry - non-metallic materials, glass and ceramic industry - foundry industry - ICT - tourism Banská Bystrica

5. Banská Bystrica Self-governing Region Aims within CLOE project Back up and good practices in the following areas: - how to launch cluster initiatives - setting up of clusters (building a trust, organizational issues, etc.) - cluster management - financing - sustainability Banská Bystrica

6. Thank you for your attention! Contact: The Office of Banská Bystrica Self-governing Region Tel.: ++421 48 4722 124, 132 Fax: ++421 48 4722 140 E-mail: veronika.jacekova@vucbb.sk, elena.stierankova@vucbb.sk Web: www.vucbb.sk Banská Bystrica