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EOCIC: The Smart Guide to entrepreneurship support through clusters

How can clusters boost entrepreneurship? How can entrepreneurship policy makers make better use of clusters? What can be learned from good practices about supporting start-ups and scale-ups sustainably through clusters? What are the Do’s and Don'ts for cluster and entrepreneurship policy-makers? The...
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Internationalisation Opportunities through a Business Seminar on a new industrial park in Kosovo

On the 23rd of July, PwC in close cooperation with the Kosovar Ministry of Trade and Industry and the EBRD, will organise a business seminar on the extension of the Drenas Industrial Zone in Kosovo. The new industrial zone will be developed as a high quality business hub on an area of 37 ha...
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Extensive update of the Cluster Mapping Tool!

European Observatory for Clusters and Industrial Change (EOCIC) has updated the Cluster Mapping Tool, which is a support tool for cluster managers and other beneficiaries such as policy makers. The new version provides users with navigation of hundreds of thousands of data records on industry...
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APRE Roundtable "Towards Horizon Europe": EIC, Clusters and Missions - A Threefold Perspective to Empower Innovation

Clusters approach, R&I Missions, European Innovation Council: three of the most debated issues in the Brussels R&I arena will become a reality as Horizon Europe is launched. APRE, the Italian Agency for the Promotion of European Research organises, in collaboration with the European Commission, the...
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Interview with Dr. Anna Sobczak: "Most Prominent Clusters Provide Individualized Support to Their SME’s"

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...
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The Canadian Cluster Handbook is out!

The institute of Competitiveness and Prosperity of Canada has just released “The Canadian Cluster Handbook”. The handbook presents the importance of clusters to enable economic development. It provides information on the management of cluster organisation, growth and effectiveness. More importantly...
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Clusters and ecosystems join forces to drive Nordic smart mobility and connectivity

Nordic Innovation have funded seven new projects through our Clusters and Ecosystems As Drivers of Nordic Smart Mobility and Connectivity call for project outlines. In October 2018, Nordic Innovation invited Nordic clusters, business networks and ecosystems to participate in our Clusters and...
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The Cluster Booster Track - Call for European Mentors

About the Cluster Booster Track The Cluster Booster track is the special programme launched by THE NEXT SOCIETY, which targets clusters. It is an exciting peer-to-peer learning and booster programme that helps South-Med cluster managers (from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine*...
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Overview of the European cluster initiatives organised by the EU

Are you interested to learn more about what clusters can do for your business? Would you like to learn what the EU does to support clusters? Watch this interesting video presenting an overview of the Cluster Initiatives organised by the European Union: [video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G0...
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Strength in clusters

The concept of clusters has proved effective in the European Union as a way of bringing researchers and companies – especially smaller companies – together to explore approaches to resource efficiency. SMEs in particular can dramatically enhance their operations by working in clusters. In EU...
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The first newsletter of the European Observatory for Clusters and Industrial Change (EOCIC) is out!

We are very pleased to introduce to you the first edition of the European Observatory for Clusters and Industrial Change (EOCIC) newsletter, which follows up from the previous European Cluster Observatory. The aim of this publication is to provide, twice a year, a summary of the latest activities of...
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The question: „To go or not to go (international)?“. The answer: LASER-GO!

Linas Eriksonas, coordinator of the ESCP-4i partnerships LASER-GO and LASER-GO GLOBAL is not afraid to do pioneer work, striving to build up strong, sustainable trust-based relationships „for life“ with partners in strategic markets outside Europe. The goal for the collaborating 6 European clusters...