Clusters are very complex systems. They have to ensure: the coherency of strategic objectives; the strength of coordinated actions. It is very important so an efficient governance.
The Cluster’s structure should be:
It is important Regions’ inclusion to identify strategic objectives and governance. Thanks to this inclusion, Clusters can achieve results in terms of welfare, social inclusion, health and all this kind of policies that play an important role in the clusters’ strategy.
The governance model is fixed because it is the best answer to the complex technological and applicative aspects of Clusters.
Clusters forecast the constitution of “Associated” subjects located in the territory such as: Districts, Innovation Institutes or Public Private Organisations that include enterprises, Associated institutions, Universities, Research Institutes, End Users associations,… The cluster, with this organisation, can simplify the governance’s structure and it can strength the idea of an Italian System.
This Associated will play an important role in the clusters; they will lead the cluster. For this reason, in each Region there is a project to create associations. In some case, there are already associations, in others not yet, and every association respects the rules imposed by Region.
1 Representative participates to the meeting of:
Inside the Coordination and Monitoring Board, there is a Coordinator, named in rotation.
The management activities will be approved by a regulations defined by the same organ. One of its first tasks will be the definition of clusters’ juridical aspects and the consecutive operational procedures.
This organ helps Coordination and Monitoring Board to define strategic actions of clusters. Representatives of Regions (development and research sector, economic sector, social sector and welfare) compose it. They will subscribe the Programme with MIUR and with other institutions, interesting in Cluster, such as Italian Association Ambient Assisted Living (AitAAL), Joint European Programme AAL art. 185, European Platform AGE.
A representative of MIUR takes part to the advisory board, so he can guarantee an efficient coordination with national politics. It is also possible the presence of a clusters’ representative, who facilitates the promotion of new applicative common contents.
In this organ there will be also a representative of Piemonte’s region, because Piemonte is the promoter of the national cluster Smart Living Technologies (section 4.4).
Its activities are:
The organ elects a Chairperson who will take part to the meeting of Coordination and Monitoring Board.
Public and Private associations chose members of this board. They have high technic and scientific skills, and they work in universities, research institutes and category associations. Their tasks are: