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Hungarian National Alliance of Innovative Clusters (IKOSZ)

The Alliance is the outcome of the ClusteriX INTERREG IVC Project in Hungary. Clusters involved as stakeholders in the local activities recognised the value of continuing the collaboration started within this framework in 2014. They decided quite spontaneously to establish a permanent platform for knowledge transfer, internationalisation, cross-cluster innovation and policy contribution. IKOSZ is therefore an open organisation comprising a heterogenous group of clusters from all regions of the country, showing a representative cross-section of actors in the key sectors of ITC, sustainability...
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Lithuanian Clusters Association

Lithuanian Clusters Association unites the most active and progressive Lithuanian clusters. The asssociation was established in 2014. Mission of the Association – strengthening the competitiveness of Lithuanian business by developing clusters. Vision : global, influential, sustainable association best representing Lithuanian clusters. Goals of the Association : to participate in formation and implementation of clustering policy in Lithuania; to represent interests of clusters and their members in Lithuania and abroad; to improve conditions of clusters’ operation and development; to strengthen...
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France IT Network

Since 2009, the French digital clusters expressed their need to work together in order to increase their performance and consequently, their company member’s. One year later, France IT was born out of a national French digital clusters consortium. Nowadays, France IT is the national network of 14 digital clusters, gathering 2 500 digital companies. Our first mission consists in enhancing closer relation and cooperation between digital clusters: sharing knowledges, experiences, methods and tools. Based on the digital clusters operational work, France IT benefits from a global understanding of...
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The Polish Clusters Employers' Association

The Polish Clusters Employers' Association (PCEA) brings together business cluster promoters from across Poland and is a solid platform for cooperation between clusters and their environment. Wherever there is a need for a nationwide action, it represents the interests of the clusters industry and acts as a serious partner for various levels of the government. The PCEA was established in 2012. The Polish Clusters Employers' Association received the 2015 Bloomberg Business Premium title for promoting cooperation within the clusters and creating favorable conditions for development of Polish...
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ESTONIAN CLUSTERS

Estonian Clusters is a web platform or virtual cluster initiated by Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia with the aim to support internationalization of Estonian companies, enhance networking and matchmaking and to make our clusters more visible on the global scale. The cluster website www.estonianclusters.ee has been produced in collaboration with the main clusters operating in Estonia and comprehensively consolidates information like a window that can be opened to find the right way to the sector-based consortium of your interest. It provides a summarised survey about each cluster with the...
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Colombian Cluster Network (“Red Cluster Colombia” - RCC)

Colombia is currently undertaking the most important efforts in its history regarding to cluster development programs. One example is the Competitive Routes Program led by Innpulsa, a new Development and Innovation Unit under the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Tourism, as part of Fiducoldex, the entity providing fiduciary solutions for commerce, industry and tourism sector. Other examples of clusters developments include the strategies undertaken by several Chambers of Commerce around the country. Through these efforts Colombia is starting to build local capabilities and teams that will...
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SERBIAN CLUSTER NETWORK

www.clusterhouse.rs info@clusterhouse.rs The Cluster House is an initiator and a coordinator of the Serbian Cluster Network , based on the signed MoUs with the Serbian Clusters Community and the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry supported by governmental institutions, academia and international organizations such as LEDIB and LEADER in 2012. The Cluster House is an innovative business development organization for support to cluster –based economic development in the Balkan and Black Sea Region, founded upon the initiative of seven clusters from South East Serbia with technical support...
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Union of Slovak Clusters

The Union of Slovak Clusters (UKS) is an association established in 2010 to initiate and support development of clusters and cluster policy in Slovakia and to incorporate Slovak clusters into European competitive partnership including mutual transfer of know-how and technology. It is the only organization representing clusters in Slovakia and it has a national dimension covering the entire territory of Slovakia. The main mission of UKS is to promote networking, partnerships and transfer of knowledge, experience and information between regions and SMEs through clusters. UKS supports the...
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Austrian Cluster Platform

Austrian Cluster Platform Austria was an "early mover" in cluster policy development. Activities started in the late 1990s (1995: foundation of the Automotive Cluster Styria, 1998: foundation the of Automotive cluster Upper Austria, from 2000 onwards other regions followed) There are more than 60 clusters and networks in Austria with more than 7.100 cluster members (73 % SME) and about 815.000 employees. The clusters are linked up with research and educational institutions, co-operate with other trans-regional clusters, are involved in EU-programs and strengthen international competitiveness...
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PORTUGAL clusters network

Clusters initiative in Portugal were launched in 2009 and a group of 19 Portuguese Clusters were then recognized, representing several value chains relevant to the national economy. The 1st cycle extended from 2009 to 2014 and a second cycle was set in 2015 for the 2017-2023 period. Most of the 20 newly recognized clusters in the beginning of 2017 are part of the Portugal Clusters Partnership and hope to continue promoting activities and projects of impact in its value chains, contributing to the internationalization and competitiveness of Portuguese companies. A group of 16 clusters have...
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