Achievements of the second generation of ESCP-4i

ESCP-4i Second generation achievements

In the period of 2018-2019, the second generation of 25 European Strategic Cluster Partnerships for Going International (ESCP-4i) involving about 140 cluster organisations across 26 European countries have developed and implemented joint strategies to support SME internationalisation towards third countries.

The overall achievements prove the success of these partnerships:

  • Around 3000 European Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been involved in activities targeting international third-markets generating around 300 concrete business cooperation cases with international partners;
  • 944 Cluster-to-Cluster events and meetings were held;
  • 2738 Business-to-Business events and meetings have been conducted;
  • 180 collaboration cases were developed between EU clusters and international peer organisations, and
  • 304 cooperation cases were developed between European SMEs and entities located in third countries.

Each partnerships developed a series of joint actions for their members (i.e. business missions, cooperation agreements, gateway services, export consortia, etc.) strengthening European SMEs access to specific third markets and putting in motion a long-term cooperation agenda with strategic partners in third countries.

The highest amount of cooperation actions and agreements were developed with USA, Canada, China and Israel. In terms of the number of business and cluster cooperation events and meetings, the top target countries were USA, China, Israel, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea.

Number of events and meetings attended and organised with support by this action:

 

Cluster cooperation cases developed between European clusters and peer organisations located in third countries:

Country Total per country

Australia

4

Brazil

2

Canada

20

Chile

5

China

25

Colombia

11

Egypt

2

India

2

Indonesia

3

Iraq

1

Israel

20

Japan

3

Jordan

3

Kenya

1

Malaysia

3

Mexico

2

Morocco

2

New Zealand

2

Norway

2

Singapore

2

South Africa

6

South Korea

5

Switzerland

1

Taiwan

7

Tunisia

2

UAE

4

USA

37

Vietnam

3

Cooperation cases developed between European SMEs and entities located in third countries:

Country Total per country

Australia

1

Brazil

4

Canada

26

Chile

12

China

25

India

4

Israel

63

Japan

2

Malaysia

3

New Zealand

1

Saud Arabia

4

Singapore

47

South Africa

5

South Korea

4

Switzerland

4

Taiwan

7

Thailand

2

UAE

27

USA

63

TOTAL

304