1. Slovenski gradbeni grozd Construction cluster of Slovenia Established in 2004 as Not-for profit association (Economic Interest Grouping) Geografic area: SLOVENIA Focus area: construction sector / innovation No. of member: 14 (May 2016) No. of employees (cluster office/members): 3 / 440 Turnover (cluster office/members): 200 kEUR / 38,8 MEUR No. of EU projects: national (20), EU (15, 3 running), no. of proposals (a lot) Cluster manager: Vladimir Gumilar vladimir.gumilar@sgg.sivladimir.gumilar@sgg.si www.sgg.si

2. Ministry of Economy / Programme for fostering cluster development / 2001 -2006 Local authorites (municipalities) – micro cluster support (not available for SGG NTP development suppor 2006-2007 (limited) present Other national support programmes: limited success in applications Membership fee Projects’ funding (industry) Grants for RD (nat. & EU) Consulting services / promotion Supporting policies and funding 0% 5% 90% 5% 2014

3. Information, consultancy, networking and other services to support R&D and innovation in members Innovation management consulting and training, access to foreign markets and internationalization Support for R&D and innovation project preparation, identification of suitable tenders (national calls, Horizon 2020, COSME...), set of the application, connecting EU and domestic partners EU and national R&D and innovation projects coordination and management, including costs / financial reporting Coordination and management of dissemination and exploitation actions in EU funded RTD, IPR management. Cluster and other new collaborative organizational and business models development, Consultancy and development of sustainable / circular construction projects National and international networking, policy actions (ECTP, E2B, Renovate Europe). What we do

4. New construction technologies and materials development and aplication / technology transfer New organisation paradigms / systems in construction sector (ICT enabled, e-business) Sustainable buildings and construction processes Smart, passive, NZEB building and solutions Circular Economy application in sector, cross sector collaboration Building retrofitting / Cultural heritage rehabilitation technologies and processes Business models / Innovation systems development and management Networking, and policy actions (national, EU – ECTP/E2B). SGG interest areas

5. Contact us: vladimir.gumilar@sgg.si Connect with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.