Industrial districts

3) Policies to development

a) Policies of : development / emersion maintenance of competitive

advantage revitalisation ( strategic

repositioning)

b) Public Policies as support to development and cooperation among local energies and competencies and not as substitute

Industrial politicies for districtsIndustrial politicies for districtsIndustrial politicies for districtsIndustrial politicies for districts

Experience teachesExperience teaches

- districts are not created by a law

- districts are a complex organization phenomenon

which comes from the interaction of social-cultural

and economical aspects

- it is necessary to act on every environment aspects

Who does what?

Districts projects and problemsDistricts projects and problems

creation of a network which involves all important local actors in order to avoid resources waste and to increase intervention efficiency and integration of different components of the internal local system economy

to make local public bodies to be guides, able to act as catalysers and able to strenghthen development strategies for districts

Policy suggestions to createPolicy suggestions to createenvironments conducive to SMEs environments conducive to SMEs

1st level aims at promoting the private SME sector in general

2nd level consists in sectorial -specific actions, aimed at increasing the competitiveness of clusters

3rd level reinforcement of a positive institutional environment

3 LEVELS OF ACTION3 LEVELS OF ACTION

actions for reducing bureaucratic costs and complexity of bureaucratic procedures for enterprises;

actions for providing information about incentive laws for the creation of new enterprises and for investment;

actions for supporting existing or potential enterprises in presenting application models for incentive laws;

actions for providing micro-credits for enterprises and to design guarantee schemes;

11stst level - (a) level - (a)

actions for building up basic infrastructure on the local level, consisting in industrial areas, roads, water electricity, telecommunications;

actions for promoting entrepreneurship from a cultural point of view, and for educating existing or potential entrepreneurs in basic managerial techniques;

actions for providing services to micro-enterprises of the informal sector.

11stst level - (b) level - (b)

actions for promoting local products on foreign markets;

actions for providing local enterprises with information about technology and markets;

actions for training specific strategic human resources for production and business processes;

22ndnd level - (a) level - (a)

actions for promoting networks of SMEs and for setting up collective service activities;

actions for providing temporary management and mentoring for local SMEs;

actions for providing adequate medium-long term financial support, in order to facilitate enterprises to buy new technical equipment, consultancies, etc.;

22ndnd level - (b) level - (b)

actions for increasing the quantity and quality of infrastructure;

actions for creating international linkages for local enterprises, and possibly, joint-ventures;

actions for the attraction of foreign investment in innovative and complementary activities;

22ndnd level - (c) level - (c)

actions for connecting local enterprises to university and research centres and for transferring the results of scientific and experimental research;

actions to reinforce local identity and to stimulate the circulation of information;

actions for promoting international cooperation between institutions and for creating institutional networks at the international level, in order to exchange experiences and to create regional networks.

22ndnd level - (d) level - (d)

the networking of all relevant actors at the local level to avoid dispersion of resources and increase the effectiveness of interventions and the integration of different components of the local economy within the system

generating local leading institutions, which act as "catalysers", able to develop strategic development guidelines for the cluster by involving and coordinating different local actors in policy initiatives to fulfil common objectives.

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