Value chains

The goal of the initiative is to stimulate integration of enterprises into clusters, to increase maturity of clusters, and to promote growth and international cooperation. How? • Strategic consulting • Building cluster management competencies • Development of new joint projects, products/services...

The MEP National Network is a public-private partnership delivering solutions to U.S. manufacturers on advancing U.S. manufacturing. The MEP National Network comprises the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and 51 MEP centers comprising 1,300...

The platform of industrial and hightech sectors Industry4Ukraine was created to develop modern industry as the basis of the Ukrainian economy. In 2020, three committees of the platform started their work: - the Cluster Committee; - Committee for Smart specialisation of Regions; - Committee for...

The TTGV Xnovate programme offers tools for the discussion and implementation of new ideas and methods for communities to learn together with innovators. The programme consists of five sub-brands: 1. Xnovate Circle is a community of applications about technology and innovation; 2. Xnovate Fellows is...

The Empowering SMEs for Networking and Inter-Regional Cooperation project supports SMEs to increase their competitiveness on international markets, diversifiy their products and services, improve innovation and labour capacity. The Cluster Info Centres were established in selected five pilot cities...

This initiative aims to help clusters to focus their strategy, train cluster managers, co-finance strategic projects, organise missions to different ecosystems for international benchmarking and launch collaborative projects between Catalan clusters or with international entities. The initiative...

A project under the Korean Green New Deal aims to convert industrial complexes into smart eco-friendly manufacturing spaces with digital-based high productivity (smart) and high energy-efficiency as well as low pollution (eco-friendly). The cluster measure supports the following goals: 1)...

The 2021 Green Convergence Cluster Act provides a legal foundation for a series of cluster-related activities under the measure 'Designation, creation and operation of green convergence clusters' (Section 2 of the Act). The supported activities under the measure include the establishment and...

The Korean government established 3 funds to achieve the Korean New Deal objectives of 1) creating jobs in traditional and newly emergying digital /green sectors, 2) build infrastrucutres for a digital/green transition, 3) transform South Korea into a leader economically post-COVID-19. It is...

The Korean New Deal comprises three key strategies - the Green New Deal, Digital New Deal, and Stronger Safety Net. The Korean government implements various projects/measures under the Green New Deal, one of which is 'Innovation in the Green Industry' which aims to 1) promote prospective businesses...

In GOSTOP, a total of 13 companies and 6 research organisations which had compatible research and development programmes in the Factories of the Future concept joined forces to push forward its development. Taking into account the Smart Specialisation Strategy of Slovenia prepared by SVRK and the...

The measure is aimed at stimulating innovation potential and cooperation between academia and enterprises to ensure the transfer of acquired information into practice and as a tool to support R&D aimed at practice. The ambition is a gradual increase in corporate R&D expenditures. At the same time...