interdisciplinary and transnational cluster collaboration

The MSE-CDP aims to support the development of clusters of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The programme develops measures for capacity building, skill development, technology upgradation of enterprises, improved credit delivery, marketing support, setting up of common facility centres...

The Cluster Observatory is a NGO run by the Foundation for Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Entreprises Clusters (FMC), established in 2005. The objective of the Cluster Observatory is to: provide comprehensive online database about clusters in India; bridge the information gap ad cater to the needs of...

The programme is an specific support scheme for cluster organisatoons to help them improve the quality of services provided. The support is targeted especially to cluster management and internationalisation activities, e.g. building international networks. The support is provided by trained cluster...

The cluster internationalisation support programme of Baden-Württemberg offers clusters funding for their internationalisation activities with the ultimate goal to strengthen the innovation capacity and competitiveness of clusters and close gaps in and integrate their international value chains...

The sector-specific support programme was launched as a direct consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. It aims to support the transformation of the German automotive industry in view of global megatrends like digitalisation and climate change (and more specific to the sector for instance the...

TANDEM is a collaborative platform and an inter-cluster mentoring tool launched by the organisation France Clusters to boost clusters' projects and to promote synergies between them. The main objective of TANDEM is to create a space for sharing best practices to guide cluster efforts to thrive. This...

The website at www.tallinn.ee/clustersinestonia was produced at the initiative of the Tallinn City Enterprise Department, and includes information in both Estonian and English about the clusters operating in Estonia, the cluster partners and the business environment promoting clusters. The objective...

Cluster Excellence Denmark is a strategic and operational sparring and collaboration partner for clusters, authorities and the innovation and business promotion system at home and abroad. CED is co-financed by the Danish Agency for Education and Research and the Danish Business Authority. Since 2014...

China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) and State Taxation Administration (STA) jointly announced in April 2021 that the ratio of pre-tax dedictions on manufacturing firms' expenses on R&D will be raised from 75% to 100%, starting retrospectively on January 1, 2021. Higher pre-tax deductions result in...

The Global Digital Economy Industry Conference 2021 is going to hold in Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in September 2021. With the theme 'Focus on Digital Economy, Empowering future life', the Expo will bring together new generation technologies, such as big data, cloud computing...

Centres of Excellence and Centres of Competence are key innovation infrastructures in advanced regional innovation systems. They aim to attract highly qualified researchers within a triple helix arrangement, involving public organisations, private companies, universities and clusters, to generate...

The initiative Connected Mobility - The Smart Future (ICM) is a hub founded by the Automotive Cluster and the IT Cluster of Business Upper Austria (the Upper Austrian Business Agency). The initiative addresses both companies from the IT and automotive industries in order to develop mobility...