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SME SME s & Cluste r s & Cluste r Pote ntial in L Pote ntial in L ime r ime r ic k ic k F utur e Pr oofing Oppor tunitie s Dr. Pa t Da ly Dire c to r o f E Di t f E c o no mic De ve lo pme nt & Pla nning i D l t
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3rd I nte rna tio na l Cluste r Co nfe re nc e Co nfe re nc e
Se pt 30th/ Oc t 1st, 2015 - L ime ric k, I re la nd
L ime r ic k 2030 E c onomic & Spatial Str ate gy will...
Ce ntre ) thro ug h pro je c ts o utline d in L ime ric k 2030
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Ce ntre ) thro ug h pro je c ts o utline d in L ime ric k 2030 Pla n & Re g e ne ra tio n F ra me wo rk.
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Innovation Fund € 750 M ______________
Investments Spatial Plan Marketing Plan Economic Strategy
12,000 Jobs ______________ 7 Strategic Sites
Strategic & Corporate _________________ M k & b d
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Venture Capital EU Financing VC & Syndicate Funds Pension Funds 5,000 in City Key sectors Future Skilling X2 Start‐ups X2 Expansions
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Investment infrastructure Innovation ecosystem Future Proofing PPPs/Clusters Market & rebrand ‘contatgion’ Sells ambition Partnership
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Dynamic Partnerships ‘Charter’ LCCC ‐SPC PPPs SPV Council Leadership ‘E i i ’
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Charter Economic Forum SPVs JVs ‘Enterprising ’
employer led sector‐specific skills project‐ linked to Limerick’s growth sectors.”
challenge, major industry in the Limerick region, including General Motors, Johnson & Johnson and Kerry Group, together with the U i i f Li i k h Li i k I i University of Limerick, the Limerick Institute
and IDA Ireland, formed a unique IT skills partnership ‘Limerick for IT’.
created over 200 high skilled IT jobs and has been acknowledged as a major FDI skills g j
believes that the initiative has the potential to create 1,000 IT jobs in the next 3 years.
€10m investment in 2014
€44m generated for the local economy 3000 events with 156 Made in Limerick projects 2500 Limerick artists involved
Significant stakeholder investment in bid 3rd level academic engagement playing an important part First stage of bid is completed in September 2015