InovCluster - Associação do Cluster Agroindustrial do Centro
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InovCluster is an active player on the SMART SPECIALIZATION STRATEGY in the Center Region of Portugal and in the EUROACE Region constituted by two regions of Portugal (Centro and Alentejo) and one region of Spain (Extremadura) - InovCluster is one of the clusters that are in the heart of the Regional Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization (RIS3) in the Center Region of Portugal. We participate in the different phases of a RIS3 (definition, implementation, monitoring and evaluation). We also promote inter-cluster activities that can facilitate diversification of regional specialisation. InovCluster is a tool to align the efforts of different actors of the regional innovation system towards a shared vision of the regional future.
Knowledge transfer and agrofood innovation - SME’s of the central region of Portugal have, generally, a poor access to information about trends, new processes and methodologies and innovation. Through Unit +RD +Innovation, InovCluster supports the new products development with: new ingredients, new processes, and new ways of packaging and innovative image. InovCluster also research and develops technologies for agrofood production. It organizes events to the dissemination of Trend Reports and improve the innovation capabilities of our members; Identifies the regional products that have potential to fit the new consumer needs and that can be used to the innovation processes; Supports the process of innovation by facilitation the cooperation between Companies and the Universities and/or ID&T Institutions; and Disseminates the innovative products of our members. Knowledge transfer and agrifood innovation is two of the InovCluster’s aims. Through Unit + RTD + Innovation and Unit + Communication, InovCluster supports the development of new products, the implementation of new technologies and new methods production, the creation of brands and design and the development of marketing plans in the quality area and product certification. Innovation consulting services, in the knowledge transfer domain, organizational innovation and management, digital economy and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Industrial Property Protection, Quality and Eco Innovation, can be found at InovCluster.
Inovcluster and the promotion of CATAA – Agrifood Technological Center and CEi- Center for Innovative Companies - During the last years, InovCluster developed an effective network of cooperation with CATAA – Agrifood Technological Center and CEi- Center for Innovative Companies. The role of InovCluster was essential in implementing an applied cooperation strategy. InovCluster actuated as a facilitator between the various actors, in the promotion and monitoring of various applications / projects already approved, and in the support of current management activities of these infrastructures. The strategy of InovCluster has, in one hand, allowed the companies to walk towards innovation and development of new products, and secondly, that entrepreneurs feel accompanied, boosting the number of new companies created. The InovCluster positions itself as a gateway for entrepreneurs and companies, accompanying and forwarding to CATAA or CEI depending on whether the case is a development of a new product or the creation of a company based on a business idea.
InovCluster received the Gold Label of the European Cluster Excellence Initiative in 2015.