TCI Network -The Competitiveness Institute, is the leading global network of practitioners and organizations working towards improving competitiveness in regions and clusters throughout the world. More than 2.000 business leaders, cluster managers, researchers, consultants, policy makers, government agencies and multilateral organizations participate since 1998 in this private non-profit association financed through membership fees and based in Barcelona. TCI’s mission is to improve living standards and local competitiveness of regions across the world by enhancing cluster-based competitiveness and development initiatives. www.tci-network.org