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Italian and Tunisian maritime clusters boost collaboration via strategic agreement

A strategic agreement between Italian and Tunisian maritime clusters represents the official gateway to boost the blue economy in the Mediterranean. Maritime clusters are pivotal in implementing the collective Blue Growth agenda in the Western Mediterranean. In this context, the Italian co-presidency of the WestMED Initiative has favoured cluster cooperation in the maritime sectors and will enhance it...Read more
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Protecting your IP while Transferring Technology to China

While in the past, European companies came to China to take advantage of low-cost manufacturing for export, more recently, they have come to enter the Chinese domestic market, establish R&D, engage in cooperative development, take advantage of a skilled work force, establish suppliers, and develop long-term partnerships. In order to achieve this, they are often willing to ‘transfer’ their key...Read more
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Scandinavian joint venture to recycle electric vehicle batteries

Swedish battery maker Northvolt and Hydro, the Norwegian aluminium supplier, have joined forces in a new venture to recyclie the batteries from electric vehicles. Hydro Volt aims to leverage the advanced Norwegian market for electric vehicles to secure a sustainable feed of battery materials, harnessing recycling synergies between the battery and aluminum industries. A recycling facility will be...Read more
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Government Procurement opportunities for EU Companies in Canada

The Canada- European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (“CETA)” makes it possible for EU-based companies to participate in government procurement processes in Canada, not only to the general procurement for federal departments and ministries, but also, to those of the provinces and territories. Companies interested in contracting with the government of Canada through CETA need to understand...Read more
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The Lithuanian Cluster Network making national clusters visible in Europe

The aspiration to unite all clusters into a national organization in order to represent its members in Lithuania and abroad was achieved after signing the Agreement on the establishment of the Lithuanian Cluster Network . The network will be chaired by Giedrius Bagušinskas. Irmina Valytė was appointed the Managing Director of the network. The way to the foundation of the Lithuanian Cluster Network was...Read more
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To the attention of clusters operating in the pharma/biotech/health sectors: the Pharmaceutical strategy for Europe

The coronovirus crisis has shown the importance of timely access to medicines. The EU Pharmaceutical strategy is in the works with aims to: - Draw lessons from the pandemic - Ensure supply of safe&affordable medicines - Support innovation in the industry and more.. You can have your say on the roadmap here . Please find more information and related documents in the article published on European...Read more
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European Alliance Against Coronavirus: joining competences for a quick recovery

To find solutions for the COVID-19 crisis, the European Clusters Alliance initiated the creation of a high level expert group which consists of clusters, universities, companies, and social economy stakeholders and counts with close links to the European Commission : the European Alliance Against Coronavirus (EAAC). This group of volunteers took up their work in the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak...Read more
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New call for EU Green Week partner events

The EU Green Week takes place on 20-22 October 2020 . With a high-level policy conference in Brussels and partner events around Europe, it is the biggest annual event on European environmental policy. You can become an event partner too. If you will organise an event on environmental topics between 14 September and 23 October 2020 , you can register it as an EU Green Week partner event . Becoming an EU...Read more
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Announcement of the Low Carbon and Circular Economy Business Action in the Americas

The European funded program Low Carbon Business Action in Brazil arrived to its end in May 2020. The work carried out over the last 4 and a half years contributing to the internationalization of European SMEs while allowing the transfer of low carbon technologies to Brazil has brought significant environmental benefits, especially in the reduction of greenhouse gases emissions. The new Low Carbon and...Read more
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Interreg Euregio Meuse-Rhine (EMR) programme launches COVID-19 call

The Interreg EMR programme is making EUR 4.2 million available for projects addressing the COVID-19 crisis. The call is open for cross-border initiatives fostering crisis response capacities in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak in the sectors of health, public safety and security services, public administrative management as well as social services. Applicants can apply under priority axis 1/innovation...Read more
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