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Rethinking Innovation: Danish Clusters’ Response to the COVID-19 Crisis

Like the rest of the world, clusters are also affected by the corona crisis. Right now, they are taking action to mitigate the sudden changes which many member companies are experiencing in the current situation. Some services and activities change, new ones are added, and others suddenly become irrelevant. At a series of virtual knowledge sharing meetings facilitated by Cluster Excellence Denmark , the...Read more
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EU and Mexico conclude negotiations for new trade agreement

Advancing to the signature and ratification of the new trade agreement between the European Union and Mexico, the parties agreed on April 28th on the exact scope of the reciprocal opening of public procurement markets and a high level of predictability and transparency in public procurement processes, as a last element of the negotiation of the agreement. Under the new EU-Mexico agreement, practically all...Read more
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Bad Faith Trade Mark Registrations in China and How to Deal with It

Prior trade mark registrations, also called ‘bad-faith registrations’, are a significant problem that many European companies encounter in China. This process commonly involves a Chinese company first registering the trade mark of a foreign company in China with the express intention of selling it back to the foreign company at an inflated price. Finding out that a Chinese company has registered a bad...Read more
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Webinars by the European Cluster Collaboration Platform: “The Covid-19 industrial cluster response: solutions for dealing with ecosystem supply chain disruptions” by the European Commission, featuring the European Cluster Alliance

Since the very first hours of the Covid-19 crisis, European industrial clusters have shown an extraordinary capacity to spot the needs, adapt and react to address this extraordinary challenge. Thanks to their collaboration, solutions were found to address supply chain disruptions. Also following a call from the European Commission, the European Cluster Alliance mapped production capacities in Europe for...Read more
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Fighting COVID-19: European Alliance Against Coronavirus

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, a new network emerged across Europe to find solutions and share experiences. What started as an informal search for 3D printing capacities only some weeks ago has now turned into a high potential group of experts collaborating with the European Commission and national networks: the European Alliance Against Coronavirus (EAAC). The EAAC focuses its activities on...Read more
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Over €100 million available for advancing European bio-based sector

The seventh Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) Call for proposals is open across 16 different topics until 3 September 2020 , 17:00 CET. It makes €102 million available for projects working on faster development of new sustainable value chains, ranging from efficient processing of biomass feedstock supply to bringing bio-based products to the market. The Call’s funding supports four strategic...Read more
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Catalan clusters mobilized against COVID-19

Catalonia has been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis. ACCIÓ, the Catalan Agency for Business Competitiveness, has set up two main initiatives: a Virtual Desk that acts as a single contact point for companies and freelancers to solve any covid-19 query and a Marketplace to connect companies offering and looking for technology or health related solutions related to the crisis in which over 1.500 companies...Read more
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The new ECCP COVID-19 Response Forum brings together the industrial clusters community to connect, solve and save!

The European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) set-up the COVID-19 Response Forum for the industrial clusters and their members as a virtual place to connect and share their needs, offers, questions, experiences and solutions related to the COVID-19 outbreak within the community. We encourage everyone to participate! The Forum is part of a response portal aiming to support the clusters' industrial...Read more
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European Business Council in Japan. Newsletter – April 15, 2020

The April 2020 issue of the European Business Council in Japan newsletter offers a complete array of information for better decision-making by businesses in the context of the Covid-19 crisis. The newsletter features, among others, an article dedicated to the analysis of Google data bringing insights on Japan’s adaptation to Covid-19 as developed by Vicente J Luna, a digital marketing expert, a selection...Read more
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Call for application: EU Gateway | Business Avenues mission to Indonesia and Singapore. Healthcare & Medical Technologies

In 2020, the EU Gateway | Business Avenues mission in Healthcare & Medical Technologies to South East Asia will take place from 6 to 11 September. Singapore & Indonesia are the markets targeted for this mission, thanks to the growth opportunities available for foreign companies. The 50 European companies selected for the EU-funded business mission will travel to the two markets for the weeklong...Read more
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