France Clusters

Summary and objectives

France Clusters is a national association working with 300 industrial and services clusters and similar territorial ecosystems of innovation / SMEs support organisations (accelerators, incubators, etc)

For more than 20 years, France Clusters has been accompanying clusters in their work with enterprises, with the purpose of being a place for dialogue and exchange of experiences among clusters as well as a link for interclustering cooperation both at French and international level. France Clusters is also a well-known services and training centre, supporting the enhancement of the professional skills of cluster managers and their operational teams. Finally, as a think tank for public institutions, France Clusters has contributed to the development of the national clusters’ policies and several regional cluster policies in France. It has also played a major role in the European Cluster Excellence Initiative by defining with its European counterparts the criteria to assess excellent cluster management and deliver qu