European Aerospace Cluster Partnership STRONGER TOGETHER - CONNECTING AEROSPACE CLUSTERS

General Assembly 2016 - Agenda Welcome and introduction Day 1 Tour de Table Annual report EACP spirit Cluster presentations Member issues Presentations of Working Groups and Projects: WG strategy & RUE AERO WG skills & HipAir project WG Technology WG Internationalisation & ABROAD Open calls and project ideas

General Assembly 2016 - Agenda Day 2 Introduction new participants Future steps of EACP: Present status of the aerospace industry and the role of clusters EACP s role in the future EACP in the EU Tool for Supply Chain visibility Factory visit

General Assembly 2016 - Agenda Day 3 Open panel discussion of EACP & HipAir project at the AED days EACP Skills hub project Workshop WG Skills: The challenge in the management of skills Ideas and proposal for future topics and projects Wrap up

Tour de Table Name Position Cluster

Motivation Mission Motivation - Successful competition of European aerospace on global level: Collaboration among European regions and industry clusters Improvement of innovation potential Strengthen Europe s overall position within the global aerospace market through Mission - Close inter-cluster relations: Provide added value to the overall market Establish/maintain strong relations between clusters, industry stakeholders and policy makers

7 years EACP - timeline

Annual report of activities - events Oct 2015 Oct 2015 Feb 2016 Mar 2016 Apr 2016 Apr 2016 May 2016 May 2016 June 2016 July 2016 Sept 2016 Sept 2016 Warsaw Sept 2016 Oct 2016 EACP booth at ASD days, Paris EC Aerodays, London RUE AERO & ABROAD Kick-off at EASME, Brussels EACP ABROAD Kick-off at EASME, Brussels EACP meeting at Aircraft Interior Expo, Hamburg EACP ABROAD fact-finding mission to Seattle EACP ABROAD fact-finding mission to Montréal RUE AERO training strategy, Sevilla EACP meetings during ILA with RUE AERO training EACP meetings during Farnborough Airshow, London RUE AERO Labelling Workshop with ESCA, Berlin EACP presentation at the 4th Cluster Conference in EACP ABROAD fact-finding mission to Queretaro EACP ABROAD fact-finding mission to Tokyo & Nagoya

Working Group Meetings WG Strategy: Feb 2016 in Brussel May 2016 in Sevilla July 2016 in London Sept 2016 in Berlin WG Technology: June 2016 in Berlin WG Internationalisation: Feb 2016 in Brussels + 4 project EACP ABROAD fact-finding missions (Seattle, Montréal, Queretaro, Nagoya) WG Skills: Oct 2016 in Lisbon

Annual report of activities - projects Project kick-off: RUE AERO (until July 2017) ESCP ABROAD (until Dec 2017) ESCP4i HipAir Proposals: RADIAN (follow-up project BeAware) 7 New Members Others: Cooperation with Clean-Sky-II Cooperation with EASN EACP Internationalisation Strategy

Running Marketing Activities We have: 5 year EACP brochure financed by NDS & ALL Running homepage financed by HAv New Roll-Up fincanced by marketing fee We are currently working on: New homepage funded by RUE AERO New flyer funded by ABROAD and marketing fee

Rules of cooperation proof of legal entity (e.g. association) provide website (information about your cluster) in English language offer benefit to the EACP network participate in joint activities of any kind (joint events, joint booths, joint projects ) attend at the annual General Partner Meeting provide competent contact partner to WG leaders deliver input to WGs give input on international aerospace matters to the network provide information about your attendance at international events Doodle open your network activities to all EACP members disseminate information given by EACP to your own cluster members when asked

New EACP Members Normandie AeroEspace Moravian Aerospace Cluster OSSA Aerospace Wales Midlands Aerospace Alliance Distretto Tecnologico Aerospaziale Pugliese (DTA) Netherlands Aerospace Group (NAG)

EACP Members 40 members of 16 countries

Member exclusion 2015 Member Exclusion List Members that have never responded to any mails during the last year and have been warned after last year`s General Assembly: LANTP (LT), BAIE (ES), AERO CV (ES), FAC (GB), HAC (HR), Members that have not participated at any EACP meetings nor shown activities worth mentioning regarding any correspondencies with the hub: Aviabelt (DE), Swiss Aerospace Cluster (CH)

Member exclusion 2016 Member Exclusion List Members that have never responded to any mails during the last year and have been warned after last year`s General Assembly: LANTP (LT), BAIE (ES), AERO CV (ES), FAC (GB), HAC (HR), Members that have not participated at any EACP meetings nor shown activities worth mentioning regarding any correspondencies with the hub: Aviabelt (DE), Swiss Aerospace Cluster (CH) OPIAR (ROU), Campania (IT)

RUE AERO = REACHING UP TO EXCELLENCE IN AEROSPACE CLUSTER MANAGEMENT Excellence Labelling Results In 4 focus fields (Strategy, Skills, Technology, Internationalisation): Cluster excellence trainings (regional focus) Cluster excellence visits (focus on EACP as ESCP) Benchmarking; Peer 2 Peer review; labelling As ESCP: more professional setup of EACP; enhanced visibility of EACP in EU As clusters: professional setup of clusters in these 4 fields better member service, bigger portfolio COSME project 18 months (Jan 16 - Jun 17) 95 % funding (ca. 250 000 ) 9 partners, yet benefitting all EACP members

Working Group Issues Who wants to have the lead and Co-Lead of WG Strategy When to meet? What about Airshows? How many have to attend a meeting that it makes an official Working Group Meeting?

INNOSUP CALL: Cluster facilitated projects for new industrial value chains To generate new value chains (could also mean intergration of SMEs into already existing value chains outside of Europe?) Creat open space for cross-sectoral fertilisation & value chain innovation min. 75% of total budget to support innovation of SMEs Synergies with ESIF is encouraged Second round starts 2016 Two-stage: Planned opening: 8 Nov 2016 4 April 2017 2nd stage Sept 2017

ZIM (Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand) ZIM is a german funding programme for SMEs with business operations in Germany which want to develop new or significantly improve existing products, processes or technical services Several possibilities to cooperate with transnational partners

ESCP S3 = Towards Strategic Cluster Partnerships for Smart Specialisation Investments Implementation of national & regional smart specialisation strategies Put a partnering process in place for strategic inter-regional collaboration Teaming up around similar or related industrial thematic areas Deadline end 2016

Discussion: Future steps of EACP Present status of the aerospace industry EACP s role in the future

EACP in the EU EACP in ACARE EACP and EEN EACP with EASN EACP with ASD, ESA, EDA Possible events 2016/2017 for higher visibility at European Commission

Old slide from 2012 Outlook: collaboration with ASD Joint goals to improve the European aerospace value chain, from the smallest links till the biggest ones To reinforce the competitiveness of the whole industry To avoid the workpackage drains out of Europe EACP intention: Establish a permanent working group between EACP and ASD EACP input: Representation and support of smaller links in the supply chain by its members rapid growth of regional SME through Cluster activities Benefit for OEMs and Tier 1: flexible, close, and capable solutions through the development of strong local value chains EACP will participate at ASD Convention in Lisbon, Portugal (October 10-12, 2012) Development Goals Structure Activities

Upcoming Events Nov 29-Dec 1, 2016: Aeromart Toulouse: RUE AERO Training Internationalisation RUE AERO Cluster Visit (?) Dec 1-2, 2016 Panel Discussion at the European Cluster Conference, Brussels Jan, 2017 ABROAD midterm meeting Feb 14-17,2017 ABROAD business mission to Seattle Apr 4-7, 2017: Aircraft Interior Expo, Hamburg June 19-25, 2017: Le Bourget, Paris