Successful local milieux and the Lisbon process
Good practice case study
BioDundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
Bio Dundee was initiated by a local partnership between the public, private and the academic sectors, based on a broadly defined policy to promote biotechnology activities in the Tayside area of Scotland. With limited public funding, it has achieved considerable success and is now an internationally recognised brand. This has been achieved by focusing on activities that have potential to add most value. For example, a newsletter entitled BioDundee update goes out to 14,000 biotech sector people internationally. BioDundee has also delivered a consistent and cohesive message but has also been able to adapt its activities locally in the light of changing needs.
At the start, the challenge was to attract scientists to Dundee. This is now less of a challenge and issues such as identifying suitable premises for expanding businesses are now more important. Straightforward activities such as local networking events have also been important. As a result, there is a much stronger partnership across the sector. Indeed, Bio Dundee is now seen as the ‘cement’ that binds the sector together here.
Case study
BioDundee: a partnership for the biotechnology industry [pdf, en, 18kb]
