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Alps Bio Cluster
Biotech and Medtech in Alpine Space
- AS priority area: Competitiveness and Attractiveness
- Duration: 01/10/2008 - 30/09/2011
Project Partners
- Lead partner: ADEBAG for the Rhône-Alpes Bio Cluster (FR) Contact Person: Valérie Ayache, Tel.: +33 (0)4 76 54 95 63, valerie.ayache[at]adebag.org
- Tyrolean future foundation (AT) Contact Person: Johanna Bernhart, Tel.: +43 (0)51257626214, johanna.bernhardt[at]zukunftsstiftung.at
- BioAlps (CH) Contact Person: Ariane Vlerick, Tel.: +41 (0) 79 535 00 21, ariane.vlerick[at]bioalps.org
- Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health (DE) Contact Person: Peter Schröder, Tel.: +49 (0)89 31874056, peter.schroeder[at]helmholtz-muenchen.de
- Weihenstephan University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (DE) Contact Person: Franz Thurner, Tel.: +49 (0)8161 715393, franz.thurner[at]fh-weihenstephan.de
- Lyonbiopôle (FR) Contact Person: Kevin Romani, Tel.: +33 (0)472765337, kevin.romani[at]lyonbiopole.com
- BioindustryPark Silvano Fumero S.p.a. (IT) Contact Person: Fabrizio Conicella, Tel.: +39 0125 561311, conicella[at]bioindustrypark.it
- Milan Chamber of Commerce - INNOV-Hub, Special Agency for Innovation (IT) Contact Person: Tumiati Mara, Tel.: + 39 0285155247, tumiati.mara[at]mi.camcom.it
Project summary
The ALPS Bio Cluster will establish a transnational cluster network in the biotech and medtech sector by involving actors from 6 alpine regions in research, training and industry, especially small and medium-sized companies, in order to boost joint economic development by reaching a critical mass of key players. The envisaged transnational cluster builds on strong regional cluster structures and will improve innovation capabilities and deepen collaboration by implementing two thematic and sustainable networks: one on “Autonomy and healthcare” and one on “New diagnosis and therapies” with the two cross-sectoral approaches of linking green and red biotech with environmental health on one side and on bridging ICT and medical devices with healthcare at home on the other side. A “Healthy life at home in the Alps in a natural environment worth to be preserved” will be promoted through marketing of the Alpine brand.
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Results
Results of a project can be differentiated in outputs, outcomes and impacts of an intervention.OECD Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management. Project outputs can generally be identified very easily. Yet, they represent only a first step towards the ultimate objective of project interventions: Initiating project-related outcomes and having true impacts on the ground.
Outputs
Outputs are an immediate deliverable of a project, which result from a development intervention. They should be finalised and publicly available by the time the project terminates. Outputs comprise tangible project results such as tools, databases, executive summaries, educational material etc.
| Output | Category | Language(s) | Target group | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transalpine Search Engine | Tool | EN, FR, German | Specific institutions | In line with the mission of the Alps Bio Cluster network to enhance the visibility of our regions and promote partnerships, especially in the field of Life Sciences, BioAlps developed a search engine dedicated to Life Sciences in the Alpine Space: www.alpslifesciencesearch.com. This tool centralizes the URLs of all actors in the regions of the cluster active in Life Sciences. The eight partners contributed to feed the data and keep the search engine up-to-date. Search of specific companies, research centers or laboratories can be carried out either with generic terms (oncology, research…) or with a combination of targeted keywords for a more precise search. The tool aims at facilitating the identification of potential partners and fostering cooperation between our regions. |
| Mindbrowser | Tool | EN | Scientists | This is an easy tool that has been developed to facilitate several types of collaboration in research and innovation activities. |
Outcomes and Impacts
Outcomes are the likely or achieved short-term and medium-term effects of an intervention's outputs, e.g. the outcome of improved, knowledged-based decision-making processes as an effect of a knowledge database (= output) established by a project. Outcomes will in most cases not materialise before project closure.
Impacts are positive and negative, primary and secondary long-term effects produced by a development intervention, directly or indirectly, intended or unintended.OECD Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management
As outcomes and impacts are difficult to differentiate, this section contains both of these types of project results.
The identification of outcomes and impacts requires a deeper insight into the respective project e.g. through project participants or direct interviews with project representatives. Outcomes and impacts are usually not solely influenced by projects, but are a complex combination of project results on the one hand and framework conditions on the other. Unlike project outputs, outcomes and results cannot be described in a standardised way. Therefore, they are listed as free text:
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