Wellness Serbia

General Information

Organisation Logo:

The date when the cluster organisation was established:

Monday, 12 March, 2012

Number of staff in the management team of the cluster organisation :

1-5

Legal form of the cluster organisation:

Non-Profit

Regions:

City of Belgrade

Cluster Excellence Label:

Other

Membership to other networks/partnerships:

Cluster Management Team:

Name	Surname	Position	Telephone	Email
Nataša	Ranitović	Cluster Manager	+381600202959	velnes.klaster@gmail.com

Link to team description on the cluster's website:

http://www.wellnessklaster.rs/en/

Languages spoken:

English

Sectoral and Industrial Focus

Sectoral Industries:

Education and Knowledge Creation

Hospitality and Tourism

Technology fields:

Creative services

Education and Training

S3 EU priority areas:

E-Commerce & SMEs online

Public health and well-being

Emerging industries:

Creative Industries

Digital Industries

Areas of specialisation of the cluster not covered above:

Health, Wellness, Tourism, Education, Quality Standards

Composition of the cluster

Total number of members:

Number of SME members:

Number of larger company members:

Number of research organisations/universities/technology centres:

Number of other ecosystem actors :

Link to the cluster members’ list:

http://www.wellnessklaster.rs/en/clanice.php

Entrepreneurship and scale-up support facilities in the cluster's ecosystem (see "Organisation type"):

Name and link of major players:

Name	Website	Type
Sunny d.o.o.	www.stolovizamasazu.com	SME

Cluster Strategy

Mission/Objectives:

Cluster mission: Increasing competitiveness and economic growth of SME’s in the field of health, wellness and spa tourism by providing high-quality innovative services.

Cluster vision: We are centre-of-excellence for co-operation, innovation and internationalization in wellness industry in Serbia and South East Europe

Do you have a formalised strategy?:

Yes

Do you have a specific strategy focus that addresses internationalisation ?:

Services

Support services provided:

Access to public support (regional/national programmes, innovation vouchers, etc.)

Facilitation of collaboration between members

Promotion of activities (marketing/ visibility)

Support of knowledge transfer

Innovation Management / Support of innovation processes (internal, external)

Cooperation Activities

International Cooperation

The main countries targeted by the cluster organisation:

Turkey

Our cluster organisation undertook the following international activities to support our members:

Promotional Activities

Trans-national Cooperation

The main countries targeted by the cluster organisation:

Austria

Bulgaria

Croatia

Hungary

Italy

Our cluster organisation undertook the following trans-national activities to support our members:

Support to collaborative activities/etc.

Which clusters do you collaborate with?:

Health Tourism Cluster Vojvodina

Thermal Health Industrial Cluster, Hungary

Transilvania Balneotourism Cluster, Romania

ublic Utility of Spas and Thermal Bath of the Southern Plain, Hungary

Cluster Bulgarian Guide, Bulgaria

Support Programmes

Participation in Funded Support Programmes:

European Programmes	Project Name	Name & Description (Regional/National)
Other	- The 6th Regional Health, Wellness and Spa Tourism Conferences, donor : CEI (Central European Initiative) - The 5th Regional Health, Wellness and spa Tourism Conference, donor - National Agency for Regional Development. - The 4th Regional Health, Wellness and Spa Tourism Conference, Donor: National Agency for Regional Development. - Pilot project within Project CLOUD (Clusters Orientation towards Up-to-date technologies and models for common Development), Transnational Cooperation Program SOUTH EAST EUROPE, ICT technologies implementation, Donors: ERDF, IPA, ENPI. - Mobile shop within Android App “Health and Wellness Guide” - Donor : National Agency for Regional Development. -Android application „Health and Wellness Guide“, donor: National Agency for Regional Development -Organization of study tour: Project CLOUD (Clusters Orientation towards Up-to-date technologies and models for common Development), Transnational Cooperation Program SOUTH EAST EUROPE, ICT technologies implementation, Donors: ERDF, IPA, ENPI -Application for iPhone mobiles is under construction, Donor : National Agency for Regional Development.	CEI Cooperation Fund, Call for Proposals (2015., 2014.) Support Programmes for Innovative Clusters (2012., 2013., 2014., 2015.)

Promotion

Success Story / Achievements:

During four years operation, Wellness Cluster has been selected in a group of innovative clusters in statistic region of Belgrade by the Regional Agency for Development and European Integration Belgrade. Also, Cluster was awarded non-refundable resources by the National Agency for Regional Development (NARR) for six projects. Further, Wellness Cluster has been proclaimed as the best touristic cluster in terms of innovation, based on ICT implementation, within EU funded project CLOUD (Clusters Orientation towards Up-to-date technologies and models for common Development), which is conducted within Transnational Cooperation Program SOUTH EAST EUROPE.

Why should partners choose you for cooperation?:

Cluster is recognized as a driving force for ehancihg competitiveness of SMEs from wellness & spa industry in Serbia. It is also recognized as an important association and an influencer in the wellness arena, by Global Wellness Summit.

WELLNESS SERBIA supports networking, exchange of knowledge and experience between members, members and industry leaders by organizing annual regional health, wellness and spa conferences with lecturers and participants from Central Europe (2012 - 2016). Partners: health and wellness clusters and associations from Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Austria and Macedonia.

Wellness Serbia is interested in for cooperation with clusters from EU countries, specialized in health, wellness, spa and tourism. Area of interest: development of project ideas and joint application for projects co-financed by EU funds, information exchange, joint activities (organizing conferences, study-tours, workshops, fairs etc) and establishing business cooperation between SMEs.