In a contract for Chile’s lead economic development agency, CORFO, ETG staff are working with Dalberg Global Development Advisors in implementing Chile’s new strategy to support economic development at the regional level. The team is implementing ETG’s “fast-track” clustering approach to demonstrate to Chile’s regional development agency staff how to launch clusters and support local business entrepreneurs to develop and implement action initiatives. During the first eight months of 2008, nine new clusters have been launched and more than 250 action initiatives have been developed, with co-financing of initiatives by the private sector, regional governments, national government agencies, and the support of the Inter-American Development Bank.