Titel presentatie[Naam, organisatienaam]

Working Day - Track: Food clustersFood cluster Xchange: toolkit

Henri Varlet

Dairy Products in Bekaa Valley

Dairy Products in Bekaa ValleyDelivering competitiveness in the warzone

Henri VARLETEindhoven, TCI 2016

Dairy Products in Bekaa ValleyDelivering competitiveness in the warzone

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EFCE, a short introduction

EFCE – A solid ecosystemWho we are A non profit organization

• based in Barcelona• established in 2003 as a multi-national initiative

Provide support in the design and formulation of implementable policies and strategies for economic competitiveness

Provide an academy for economic decision makers with professors from prominent universities and business schools (HBS, IESE, Ecole des Mines de Paris - ParisTech...)

Governance by a board of leading academics and practitioners• Michael PORTER, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at HBS• Antoni SUBIRA i CLAUS, former Minister of Industry, Trade and

Tourism of the Catalan Government

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EFCE – multi-lateral partnersOngoing collaboration with leading organizations

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Guidingthe strategy

Launchingthe actions

Identification of the challengesof the Cluster

3 phases – 6 to 8 months

3rd Public Meeting2nd Public Meeting1st Public Meeting

Cluster Excellence Management trainingCombining theory and practice• In-class training + 1 field project aimed at reinforcing a real

cluster• Typical field project calendar is as follows*:

Learning by doing

*for our most comprehensive training program6

7Projects across Europe... And beyond7

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...with 50+ institutions

Dairy Products in Bekaa ValleyDelivering competitiveness in the warzone

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Geopolitical context

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Dairy Products in Bekaa ValleyDelivering competitiveness in the warzone

Agenda The initiative

Cluster mappingThe Bekaa dairy products cluster

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28000 Producers

100 Manufacturers

100 Milk collectors

2 Universities, 1 R&D

6 Associations

2 Ministries

2 Packaging suppliers

ProductsThe Bekaa dairy products cluster

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ANBARIS

CHANKLICH

BALADI

LABAN

LABNEH

“Differenciated”- +“Conventionnal”Quality

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+Preservation

Shelf life: severalweeks

Shelf life:a few days

Opportunity for the clusterConventionnal Vs Differenciated

Specialty cheese

International meetings and visits

Caen,Normandy

Paris

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International meetings and visits

Idea

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day

Charterof bestpractices

Traceability

Noncoordinatedpractices

Collectionwithmoderntrucks

Equipment

Training

Controls

Individualised

products

Identity

Multi-channelsales

Deliverycapacity

NohygieneBreaks inthecold chain

TraditionalprocessesNo qualitycontrol

NomarketingNo packaging

Salesfrom theproduction point

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Cattling Collection Transformation Conditioning Distribution

Areas of improvementThe ideal value chain

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Key take-aways

Key take aways

A balanced economy means a balanced, sustainable society

The dairy economy is not only a source of income but is also at the root of culture, lifestyle and sociability

The search for economic and social recovery can benefit from a proven and systematic methodology otherwise used in more peaceful contexts

Economic development and value chain development is meaningful, it can really make a difference in people’s life

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Thank you

More information available atwww.clusterexcellence.org

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Contacthenri.varlet@clusterexcellence.org