The new ESCP-S3 project S3martMed gathers 5 European Clusters dedicated to Healthcare and Medical technologies. These are Lyonbiopole (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), BioWin (Wallonia), BioRegioStern (Baden-Württemberg ), bioPmed (Piedmont), MedSilesia (Upper Silesia).

The purpose of the starting initiative is to foster interregional and cross-sectoral cooperation between European clusters and their SME members in the field of medical technologies through the establishment of a unique cluster partnership. Through its action, the partnership will participate to the implementation of the Smart Specialisation policies with their Regions and encourage future investments in medical technologies.

The partnership will offer cooperation opportunities thanks to the organization of B2B and C2C networking at interregional level, involving SMEs, Technological centres and key stakeholders from the partners’ regions and beyond. All the networking activities will be opened and shared with all the regions, clusters and their SMEs, involved with the S3 Medtech Platform.

As a second step, once the interregional collaborations will emerge and be identified between stakeholders, the S3martMed will support these business collaborations in their maturation until the definition of investments/funding scenarios together with regional authorities. The identification of common territorial/cluster development strategies and the attempt to align practices (e.g. evaluation criteria and methodologies, schedule of publication of financing calls, etc) will be the “glue” that will make possible multiregional initiatives. Once again in this phase, regions and clusters will be invited to share their experiences and contribute to the work.

Sectoral and Industrial Focus

S3 EU priority areas:

Human health activities (medical services)

Technology Fields:

Medical Technology / Biomedical Engineering

Emerging industries:

Medical Devices

Sectoral Industries:

Biopharmaceuticals

Partnership planned activities

Partnership planned events:

Target Group:

Cluster Organisations

Open to SMEs

Type:

Matchmaking Event

Estimated Date:

July 2019

Country:

Germany

Partnership other activities:

Set up a Joint Partnership Agreement and a Joint Cluster Strategy
Organise Webinars and Brokerage events, thanks to a dedicated platform for networking
Support the Emergence of interregional Business collaborations and provide Cluster supports for the definition of Smart Investments plans with regions.

Results expected

Results expected:

Set up a Joint Partnership Agreement and a Joint Cluster Strategy
Ensure a Strong Visibility of the partnership in Europe and Beyond
Mobilise the S3 Medtech Platform
Mobilise 500 EU SMEs
Support the Emergence of 25 collaborations and the Signature of 15 Business agreements thanks to the Cluster support and Regions.

Other key partners or networks

Other key partners or networks your partnership is linked with in Europe and in third countries:

Country:

Belgium

Name:

Smart Specialisation Platform - Medical Technologies

Link:

http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/medical-technology

Partnership composition

Name	Sector/Technology fields	Country	Regions	Total no. of members	Total no. of SME
BioRegio STERN Management GmbH	Biopharmaceuticals, Information Technology and Analytical Instruments Diagnostics, Diagnosis, Medical Technology / Biomedical Engineering Manufacturing & Industry›Basic pharmaceutical products & pharmaceutical preparations, Manufacturing & Industry›Biotechnology Biopharmaceuticals, Digital Industries	Germany	Stuttgart	362	275
BioWin	Biopharmaceuticals Medical Technology / Biomedical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Products / Drugs Digital Agenda›e-Health (e.g. healthy ageing), KETS›Advanced manufacturing systems Biopharmaceuticals, Digital Industries	Belgium	Prov. Hainaut	550	157
MedSilesia Cluster - managed by Upper Silesian Agency for Entrepreneurship and Development Ltd.	Business Services, Information Technology and Analytical Instruments Clinical Research, Trials, Heart and blood circulation illnesses Digital Agenda›e-Health (e.g. healthy ageing), Human health & social work activities:›Human health activities (medical services) Medical Devices, Mobility Technologies	Poland	Śląskie	105	79
bioPmed / Bioindustry Park	Biopharmaceuticals, Business Services Diagnostics, Diagnosis, Medical Technology / Biomedical Engineering Public health and security›Ageing societies, Public health and security›Public health and well-being Biopharmaceuticals, Medical Devices	Italy	Piemonte	84	73
LYONBIOPOLE	Biopharmaceuticals Cellular and Molecular Biology, Health information management Digital Agenda›e-Health (e.g. healthy ageing), Human health & social work activities:›Human health activities (medical services) Biopharmaceuticals, Digital Industries	France	Rhône-Alpes	200	160