On May 29^th 2013, bioXclusters partners have co-organised, together with G-Med consulting and another European cluster from Wallonia, BioWin, the first edition of the Sino-Europe Bio partnering (SEBP2013) in Shanghai. This event has been hosted by the Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park, the most advanced and largest life science park in China. read more..

The Workshop in Linz will present the state-of-the-art of this topic as it is seen and implemented in the Central Europe cooperation area. From the Baltic-Sea Macro-Region we will have key players presenting us good practices how gender as innovation factor can support the competitiveness of clusters and their cluster members.

The workshop will be chaired by Dr. Petra Püchner, Vice Director of the European Center for Women and Technology and Coordinator of CluStrat. The goal of the workshop is to discuss and define potential actions of the CE and the Danube Macro-Region in regard to gender and diversity in innovation systems like clusters.

Please find more information here:

http://www.steinbeis-europa.de/event.1353.html

The BSR Innovation Express call opened on 1 February, and closed on 31 May 2013.

In total, 46 applications were submitted from clusters or business networks in the six participating countries:

·         DK:                17

·         FI:                  3

·         IS:                 2

·         LT:                 4

·         NO:               8

·         SE:                12

More than half of the applications targeted partners in other countries participating in the BSR Innovation Express call. Target partners also came from other BSR countries (Estonia, Germany, Latvia, and Poland), as well as Austria, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Russia, and UK (Northern Ireland).

Funding partners are now reviewing and evaluating applications, and decisions on approved projects will be communicated at the end of June.

For more information, see http://www.bsrstars.se/project/bsr-innovation-express/.

To facilitate the participation of the EU SMEs in the Indian market, EBTC has become the exclusive strategic partner of India Water Development Programme (IWDP) for the European Union (EU).

IWDP is a structured programme of ETI Dynamics (UK) that aims at increasing the uptake of environmental technologies across India wherever interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder partnerships for water can be designed into path-breaking projects.

The EBTC Water Partnership (EWP) has been constituted to support the deployment of EU technologies and expertise in IWDP’s pioneering projects with a vision of establishing effective EU-India collaborations. In short, EWP is a strategic platform for EU businesses, clusters, organisations, research institutes and platforms (programmes) to collaborate, innovate and establish their presence in the evolving India water and wastewater sectors.

Please find more information here.

You are cordially invited to participate in the #EUSEW13 social media action: a call for videos.

First launched in 2012, #EUSEW social media action aims to increase the level of engagement of the EUSEW community through online communication. For 2013, we would like you to produce a video that shows your commitment and contribution to energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean transport, which we will then help you broadcast through our social media outlets.

Please find more information here.