Value chains

The Construction Innovation hub draws in a myriad of different actors ranging from organisations, industry entities, policy-makers, practitioners and academics for collaborative projects. This is mainly directed at fostering innovation with and in the construction sector, with a shift to...

The Rapid Response Centers (RRC) are a programme launched by the Ukrainian Cluster Alliance (UCA). Its main beneficiaries are SMEs, critical industries, and the export sector. The RCCs have three main tasks. First and foremost, they should support the restoration of value chains, the substitution of...

The Ukrainian Cluster Alliance (UCA) was formed in March 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion. Building on previous efforts of cluster organisation starting in 2019, but now reinforced under the shock of the Russian military onslaught, the primary objective of the UCA is to help Ukrainian...

The project, supported by the European Union and the Government of Germany, aimed at supporting and developing 2 EAM (Engineering – Automation – Machinery) clusters in the regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv, and lasted from August 2020 to November 2021. The project plan was based on the principles...

In August 2021, the South Korean government announced that it would provide more than one billion US dollars to build a total of five hydrogen industry clusters and related infrastructure across the country. The South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has formed the following five...

The strategic goal of the call is to transform and increase the added value of entire industries or their parts through the support of close cooperation between actors in the field of research and innovation in Slovakia, in cooperation with excellent research and innovation partners from abroad. The...

Global Centres of Expertise (GCE) is the third of three levels of the Norwegian Innovation Clusters programme. Established in 2014, is aimed at mature clusters that already have systematic cooperation in strategic areas, both within the cluster, but also internationally with R&D institutions and...

In order to retain and strengthen the manufacturing industry, the Government of Flanders is investing heavily in the transition to industry 4.0. This integrated approach is developing along five lines of action. 1) The creation of a central platform enables better consultation between the government...

Funding - support planned for the years 2021-2027: Development of the potential of growing clusters - support to cluster management organisations Support for the supra-regional growing clusters, aspiring to obtain the status of National Key Clusters - strengthening the professionalization of...

The green tech radar designed by the Green Tech Cluster Styria illuminates future business opportunities and developments in different areas (e.g. Zero CO2, new integrated mobility, green hydrogen, sensor technology, market opportunities in South Africa for waste management, energy industry, green...

The project “Circular 4.0” aims to strengthen digitalisation processes by SMEs to foster innovation and accelerate the transition to circular economy in Alpine Space. The project concentrates on the following three topics: circular design models, optimal use models and value recovery models.

In 2021 the Tyrolian platform for climate, energy and circular economy was es-tablished, in which the governmental organisations of Tyrol - Energie Tirol, Klimabündnis Tirol and the Standortagentur Tirol - use joint synergies to coordinate and further improve their respective service offerings. The...