1. www.biocat.cat Cluster Governance. The Example of Biocat Mamen Martí - Internationalisation Project Manager Communications & External Relations Department Workshop Brazil-European Union on Cluster x Cluster Cooperation Brasilia – 13th November 2012

2. www.biocat.cat Workshop Brazil – EU on Cluster x Cluster Cooperation 14th November 2012 Biocat, governance model

3. www.biocat.cat Workshop Brazil – EU on Cluster x Cluster Cooperation 14th November 2012 Identify the assets of the BioRegion and construction of a common vision: building a sense of community Catalyze the development of the cluster through the support of public-private agents and the synergies among them Improve the access to critical resources : talent, funding, knowledge,… Foster the innovation as engine for growing, mostly in traditional sectors Foster international partnerships Objectives of a cluster

4. www.biocat.cat Workshop Brazil – EU on Cluster x Cluster Cooperation 14th November 2012 CLUSTER Strong scientific base Favourable political environment Efficient networks Business Culture Big companies and services Growing business base Trained people Capacity to atract talent Good infrastructu- res Access to funding Our Cluster: an ecosystem for innovation

5. www.biocat.cat Workshop Brazil – EU on Cluster x Cluster Cooperation 14th November 2012 Why biotechnology needs a cluster organization Biotechnology is a complex ecosystem The value chain is long and a wide variety of actors and factors are involved. This means that: Governance systems requires the involvement of many actors The complexity requires that the whole ecosystem has to be taken into account Each cluster develops a different governance model

6. www.biocat.cat Workshop Brazil – EU on Cluster x Cluster Cooperation 14th November 2012 Main Biotech Clusters in Europe Source: Catalonia Life Sciences Report 2011 – Ernst & Young

7. www.biocat.cat Workshop Brazil – EU on Cluster x Cluster Cooperation 14th November 2012 Catalonia 6% of the Spanish territory 16% of the population (7M) 19% of GDP 21% of biotech industry 45% of pharma industry (Almirall, Esteve, Ferrer, Grífols, Lacer, Uriach) 50% of the med tech sector

8. www.biocat.cat Workshop Brazil – EU on Cluster x Cluster Cooperation 14th November 2012 Biocat is a private non profit foundation, founded in 2006. Its creation was fostered by both the Government of Catalonia and the Barcelona Local Council. The objective of Biocat when it was created was to enable the interactions between the public and private sectors, as well as offer the possibility of gain access to other funding programs apart from those of the Catalan Government Biocat is a small size organization that nowadays employs 19 people, whose budget is around 3 million Euros per year (1,1 of which came from regional Government) Biocat is the Catalan organization that coordinates and promotes biotechnology, biomedicine and medical technologies in Catalonia. Its mission is to boost all the agents of this environment and their initiatives, so that we have an ecosystem with strong innovation systems, active technology and knowledge transfers and an entrepreneurial business fabric that acts as economic driver of the country and contributes to society welfare.. Biocat

9. www.biocat.cat Workshop Brazil – EU on Cluster x Cluster Cooperation 14th November 2012 Biocat model: actors of the ecosystem Collaboration Entities -Catalonia -Spain -EU Pharmaceutical Industry Chemical Industry Agrifood IndustryHealth System BioIncubators Technology Parks Tech Transfer Offices Technology Platforms Clients Interrelation Structures Biotechnology Companies R&D Public Institutions -Universities -Research Centres -Hospitals R&D Departments -Pharma Co -Fine Chemicals -Agrifood Nuclear Industry University Venture Capital Testing labs, register offices Specialised Consulting Suppliers Equipment Public Administration Regional National European

10. www.biocat.cat Workshop Brazil – EU on Cluster x Cluster Cooperation 14th November 2012 Composition of the trust

11. www.biocat.cat Workshop Brazil – EU on Cluster x Cluster Cooperation 14th November 2012

12. www.biocat.cat Workshop Brazil – EU on Cluster x Cluster Cooperation 14th November 2012 Origin and application of funds

13. www.biocat.cat Workshop Brazil – EU on Cluster x Cluster Cooperation 14th November 2012 www.biocat.cat