European Alliance Against Coronavirus

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Strategies and actions to increase resilience in SMEs

On 15 April, the European Alliance Against Coronavirus discussed how to increase resilience in SMEs with Veronica Elena Bocci from DITECFER. The session took place in the frame of the Spanish Cluster Congress 2021. Veronica highlighted that disruptions happen at a higher frequency than we might...
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The potential of drones and cluster collaboration in the aerospace ecosystem webinar recap

The meeting of the European Alliance Against Coronavirus on 8 April was dedicated to discussing the aerospace ecosystem; in particular, drones. Christina Eisenberg from CURPAS Cluster presented the European Drone Cooperation, which was founded in 2019 to create a new partnership for innovation and...
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Reskilling and upskilling for the future

In the meeting on 6 April, the European Alliance Against Coronavirus revisited the topic of re- and upskilling; one of the key priorities for the coming years. André Richier from DG GROW updated the group on the Pact for Skills. The focus is setting up large scale partnerships for the 14 industrial...
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European Clusters Alliance Social Innovation Ecosystems webinar recap

In the meeting on 30 March, the European Clusters Alliance discussed the concept of social innovation. Karel Vanderpoorten from DG GROW, the European Commission, highlighted that innovation happens at a crossroads and that social innovation is most important when it is supplied by the private sector...
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Women as a key competitiveness factor in innovation clusters and ecosystems

In the meeting on 25 March, the European Clusters Alliance invited female speakers to talk about gender as a competitiveness factor in clusters and ecosystems – a topic that will picked up again in upcoming webinars. Elise Durey from France Clusters shared her experiences to foster the feminisation...
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Transforming the construction ecosystem: Sustainable Building and Renovation

In the European Alliance Against Coronavirus meeting on 23 March, Océane Peiffer-Smadja from DG GROW gave an update on the Renovation Wave and the Affordable Housing Initiative. As the construction ecosystem was hit hard by the covid crisis, renovation is one of the flagship areas for the recovery...
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Inter-cluster collaboration increases competitiveness of Europe's Textile Ecosystem

In the meeting on 18 March, the European Alliance Against Coronavirus spoke with Ariadna Detrell from AEI Tèxtils​ and Bruno Mougin from Techtera about their collaboration in the EU-TEXTILE2030 initiative. EU-TEXTILE2030’s aim is to bring together the main European clusters (UP-tex, AEI TÈXTILS...
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Business support for companies: Clusters and the Enterprise Europe Network

In the meeting on 11 March, the European Alliance Against Coronavirus talked about the collaboration between clusters and the Enterprise Europe Network as two types of entities which help companies with business support services. Daniel Coșniță from InPULSE Partners SRL, Romanian Cluster Association...
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Sustainable industrial innovation through renewable energies

In the meeting on 9 March, the European Alliance Against Coronavirus talked with Gilles Colson, Cluster GreenWin​, Cédric Brüll, Cluster TWEED, and Axel Soyez from Desimone about Wallonia’s strategy on renewable energies to increase sustainable industrial innovation. Context The cluster GreenWin is...
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Collaboration between clusters and European Digital Innovation Hubs

In the meeting on 25 February, the European Alliance Against Coronavirus spoke with Bianca Muntean, Transilvania IT​, and Frank Bösenberg, Silicon Saxony​, about the activities of Digital Innovation Hubs and how clusters can enter new collaborations with these hubs. One of the recommendations of the...
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Webinar on the EU Digital Services Act package

In the European Alliance Against Coronavirus meeting on 23 February, Deborah Behar and Denis Sparas (legal officers at the European Commission’s DG CNECT) presented the new European Digital Services Act package to the alliance. The objective of the Digital Services Act is to modify the rules for...
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Revision of the ECA's position paper for the updated Industrial Strategy

In a meeting on 18 February, the European Alliance Against Coronavirus held an open dialogue on proposed points for a position paper from the European Clusters Alliance (ECA) on the update of the European Industrial Strategy. Context This position paper was submitted to the Industrial Forum, a high...