During the mission that was organised together with Basque Trade & Investment, the participants were able to gain knowledge on the reality and have a perspective of the US offshore wind power thanks to the meetings held with the key actors in the US ,such as Avangrid or US Wind promoters, who are responsible for the two first wind farms that will start operating.
The Basque Energy Cluster held an exploratory mission on the week from 4 to 8 March following the new Colombian Government's commitment to an energy mix that includes more renewable sources and the revamp of an obsolete electric network in some areas of the country. The goal of the mission was to get to know the policies of the new government and the direction taken by the companies of a greater relevance in the Andean country.
Europe is facing an ever-growing skills gap that risks to slow down future growth and exasperate social disparities.
WORTH Partnership Project, funded by COSME Programme of the European Union for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), creates and supports transnational collaborations between fashion designers, creative people, manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) and technology firms looking to develop design-driven and innovative products.The Project supports the selected innovative partnerships through
On 8 May 2019 the European Commission (DG REGIO) published a brochure presenting the first, promising results of the launched pilot actions to support ‘Regions in Industrial Transition’, ’Coal Regions in Transition’ and the creation of new value chains through interregional investment in innovation. The aim is to capitalise on Europe’s strengths: its diversity, dynamism and the willingness of actors at national, regional and local level to test new approaches.
The Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA), the main governmental institution, responsible for implementation of innovation policy in Lithuania, published an interview with Dr. Anna Sobczak, policy making expert for clusters and emerging industries with the European Commisison, keynote speaker at the Baltic Cluster Forum 2019 that took place on March 19, in Kaunas and attracted participants from 12 different countries.
"Is it your first visit to Lithuania? What do you know about Lithuanian clusters?
VDI/VDE-IT is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the COSME-funded project „European Cluster Excellence Initiative – Phase 2 (ECEI II).“ On April 26, 2019, the European Cluster Excellence Consortium (ECEC) met in the premises of the European Commission in Brussels to discuss the various ECEI II project results (2017-2019). 18 cluster experts attended the meeting, representing 13 organisations who had actively contributed to the ECEI II project.
Manufacturing USA is a public-private network of 14 manufacturing institutes. Its role is to connect people, ideas, and technologies, but also stakeholders from industry, academia, and the US government to solve industry-relevant advanced manufacturing challenges & to secure U.S. global prominence in advanced manufacturing.
Deadline: 3 July, 2019