Improving Factor Conditions

The case of Manisa Electrical and Electronic Appliances Cluster

Important Notice

Launched in March 2007, “Development of a National Clustering Policy” is an EU-funded technical assistance project (the Project, hereinafter) that seeks to contribute to elaboration of a national clustering policy, through development of a “whitepaper” on clustering. The Project is being implemented by the Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade (UFT) with the technical assistance of an international consortium, contracted by Central Finance and Contracts (CFCU).

The methodology, deployed for the development of this and other Roadmaps reflects the key priorities of the DCP Project. Therefore, it, on the one hand aims at developing a roadmap that demonstrates how the cluster can be more competitive, and on the other, serves the key purpose of informing the process of cluster policy-making and development of policy-level and institutional recommendations. The Roadmap for Manisa Electrical and Electronic Appliances Cluster has been developed with direct involvement of a broad range of stakeholders: enterprises, governmental and non-governmental organisations, academic and research organisations, and other relevant cluster actors.

We are thankful to the Governor of Manisa who honoured the information day that was organised at the beginning of the roadmap development process, and thus inspired the local business community and civil society to take active part in the process.

The working group meetings were all well-attended; and witnessed heated, yet constructive, discussions. We are thankful to the working group members, and are gratefully appreciative of their invaluable contributions.

Manisa Electrical and Electronic Appliances Cluster