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Position paper from the European Clusters Alliance: Recommendations for the update of the EU Industrial Strategy

In March 2020, the European Commission published a new strategy to support Europe‘s industry in the green and digital transition and increase the resilience of European ecosystems. The COVID-19 crisis has since presented numerous challenges for society and industry in Europe, however. It has...
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Survey: European semiconductor value chain consultation

Background Semiconductors are essential to the functioning of our modern economy and society. Within the past years, the Union has witnessed unprecedented disruptions in their supply, which have led to serious delays and other negative effects on important economic sectors, including delays to the...
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IoT for new cross-sectoral value chains

Summary of the European Alliance Against Coronavirus Daily Webinar on 18 June 2020 With the contribution on Guillame Roux from cluster Pole SCS, the discussion focused on the IoT for new cross-sectoral value chains. The topic affects different sectors and ecosystems with the aim to improve digital...
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Contribute to shaping the development of Advanced Technologies for Industry (ATI)

On behalf of the Advanced Technologies for Industry (ATI) initiative of the European Commission, we are inviting you to contribute to the development of knowledge on strategic value chains of relevance for clusters. One of the tasks of this project aims at identifying and analysing 15 promising ATI...
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Industrial policy: recommendations to support Europe's leadership in six strategic business areas

On 5 November 2019, the European Commission published recommendations by a group of experts, the Strategic Forum on Important Projects of Common European Interest, to boost Europe's competitiveness and global leadership in six strategic and future-oriented industrial sectors: Connected, clean and...
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REGIONS IN INDUSTRIAL TRANSITION. NO REGION LEFT BEHIND

On 8 May 2019 the European Commission (DG REGIO) published a brochure presenting the first, promising results of the launched pilot actions to support ‘Regions in Industrial Transition’, ’Coal Regions in Transition’ and the creation of new value chains through interregional investment in innovation...
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WIRE 2018 – Session hosted by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs, the European Cluster Collaboration Platform and the INTERREG Europe project CLUSTERIX 2.0

Cluster Transforming Technologies and New Business Models On July 5, 2018, a session on “Cluster Transforming Technologies and New Business Models” hosted by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs, the European Cluster Collaboration Platform and the INTERREG Europe project CLUSTERIX 2...
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Clusters and Partnerships for New Global Value Chains

Bianca Dragomir, European Cluster Manager of the Year 2016 held the keynote during the workshop on clusters and partnerships for stronger EU value chains moderated by Marc Lemaître, Director-General, Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission during the EU Industry...
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Highlights of the 6th Romanian National Cluster Conference

Between 22-23 November 2017 more than 250 participants from the Romanian, European and Balkan cluster communities as well as representatives of the European Commission, national governments, agencies for regional development and other cluster stakeholders gathered in Bucharest to share their...
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TRACE-KEI 5th News release: Value Chain Analysis

The 5th TRACE-KEI - TRAns-national Collaboration Empowering Key European Industries News release was issued. All TRACE-KEI clusters performed value chain analysis in the three relevant sectors – Agro-food, ICT and Energy. The main goal of the this task was to provide clusters’ managers with global...
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CLUSTERIX 2.0 – New Models of Innovation for Strategic Cluster Partnerships

Special EU Expert Workshop on “European Initiatives Fostering Strategic Cluster Partnerships and Emerging Industries” On 21 June 2016 the Interreg Europe project CLUSTERIX 2.0 – New Models of Innovation for Strategic Cluster Partnerships organized an open workshop aiming to get a better overview on...