I've been working on competitiveness and regional development issues for 25 years.I founded CLUSTER Development in 2005 after a long career working in cluster initiatives.I have participated in more than 250 cluster initiatives in 22 countries and regions beyond my homeland Catalonia (Colombia, Spain, Italy, France, Peru, Uruguay, Mexico, Morocco, Egypt ...). I have advised Regional Governments, Ministries of Industry and multilateral organisations (IADB, EU, UNIDO, ...) and conducted over 20 training programs on clusters (in English and Spanish) involving more than 650 policy makers and clusters managers in last 10 yearsThe company I lead has grown a lot these years and we have subsidiaries in Colombia and operations in Peru and Mexico and a stable team of over 20 consultants trained in our methodology.We have been pioneers in methodological innovations in cluster initiatives such as: new cross-sectorial definitions of clusters by market or customers (kids cluster or Sports cluster) or clusters defined by business strategies (cluster Food gourmet or fashion retail). Our projects achieve to transform and improve economic reality. We are practitioners, not just consultants.Our aim is that countries, regions and cities will be more competitive and innovative in their business models and, as a result , wages and living standards of the people will be raised. Connect the concept of competitiveness with people is one of our main concerns.Our objective is to leave running initiatives. We invite you to visit us and discover our approach and best practices at www.cluster-development.com Twitter: @Lluis_Ramise-mail: lramis@cluster-development.com +34 667 693 809Specialties: Clusters, cluster development, cluster initiative, cluster policy, economic development, innovation, competitiveness, entrepreneurship, regional development, business strategy