Description
The European Cluster Collaboration Platform, on behalf of the European Commission, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme Moldova and the Romanian Cluster Association - CLUSTERO jointly organised the Clusters Meet Regions conference and Matchmaking event on 10 -11 October 2024 in Chișinău, the Republic of Moldova.
Themed as “CLUSTERS AS DRIVERS OF INTER-REGIONAL VALUE CHAINS,” the conference debated on the role of clusters as reliable dialogue partners in the design, implementation and ongoing monitoring of regional development policies and programs with a focus on smart specialisation, skills for industrial transition and entrepreneurship.
A particular emphasis was put on clusters and their role in economic development of the Republic of Moldova as well as the Inter-regional Collaboration in the EU through clusters, with a special focus on the Danube and the Black Sea Regions.
Clusters, SMEs and other European innovation actors were also invited to discover the business and technology potential of Moldova and other Eastern European countries in a dedicated matchmaking event, organised on the 10 October afternoon with the support of the Enterprise Europe Network.
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📑Input paper: presenting observations on the economic profile, trade flows and the cluster landscape in Moldova and the Danube Region.
Presented materials in the frame of the event:
Day I
Session I, Input Paper & Clusters as drivers of interregional value chains
- Jan-Philipp Kramer Team Leader 'Data & Policy', ECCP Input Paper - download presentation
- Linda Perina, DG Grow - download presentation
- Daniel Cosnita, CLUSTERO, RO - download presentation
- Jiri Herinek, President NCA, CZ - download presentation
- Nicolae Minciuna, Head of Winemaking Cluster - download presentation
Session III, The Role of clusters in the interregional cooperation
- Paul Maris, MA Black Sea Basin - download presentation
- Carolina Tulgara, TEX-DAN (Danube) - download presentation
- Andrea Sulyok Pal, DRWO 4.0 (Danube) - download presentation
- Elena Stepanov, INTERSMARTS (Black Sea) - download presentation
- Christina Leucuța, Plan C (Danube) - download presentation
- Natalia Budescu, SeedGuard (Black Sea) - download presentation
Day II
Session VI: Sustainable Development and Green Clusters
- Vladimir Sedlarik, Tomas Bata University Zlin, Czechia - download presentation
- Peter Kiss, Hungarian Construction Cluster - download presentation
- Andra Enache, National R&D Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry Iasi, Romania - download presentation
- Andrei Mirza, manager SORINTEX, Moldova - download presentation
Session IV: MD and international clusters present themselves. Pitching session
- Andy-Corneliu Pusca, Danubius International University President - download presentation
- Anna Kovalyova, COO of UADUT Cluster - download presentation
- Ciprian MORCAN – Cluster Manager, Cluster Mobilier Transilvan - download presentation
- Georgiana Mihailovici, General cluster secretary & FRIEND CCI project manager - download presentation
- Irina Călugăreanu, Phd. Hab., Associate Professor - download presentation
- Johan Wasberg, Senior Expert, Oy Merinova Ab/EnergyVaasa Cluster - download presentation
- Marius Alexa, Secretary General Club Afaceri.ro, President ICONIC Cluster - download presentation
- Olga Shapoval, Executive Director of Kharkiv IT Cluster - download presentation
- Oxana Ciobanu, Project Coordinator DEBUTING - download presentation
- Pavlo Yarmii, Chairman of the Board of the NGO RDA TATC - download presentation
- Péter Kiss, President of Hungarian Progressive Construction Cluster -download presentation
- Sotiris A. Bouzeas, Founder & CEO, TIASI - download presentation
- Vladimír Sedlařík, Director, CENTREOF POLYMER SYSTEMS - download presentation
- Vasyl Tkachuk, Development programmes manager UCA / APPAU / Lesia Sobolevska, Project manager APPAU / UCA - download presentation
Session VIII Sustainable Development and Digital Clusters
- Andrej Gero, Union of Slovak Clusters - download presentation
- Bianca Muntean, Transilvania IT Cluster - download presentation
- Ion Bodrug, ACETI & DIH of Moldova - download presentation
- Costin Lianu, Wallachia EHUB - download presentation
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES
17 regional workshops were being organised in those EU regions that expressed interest in hosting such a workshop during 2022-2024 as part of the “Clusters meet Regions” cycle. These events brought together clusters and policymakers within the EU from national, regional, and local levels to learn how to better use clusters to strengthen industrial ecosystems, serve national/regional economic development, and liaise with other regions facing similar transition challenges.
The objectives of the Clusters Meet Regions workshop in Chisinau were to strengthen the role of clusters as:
- Tools for local, regional, and national economic development based in innovation and internationalisation
- Drivers of inter-regional cooperation, with a focus on the Danube Region and the Black Sea
- Channels for high added value support services for SMEs.
TARGET GROUP
The event brought together 150 representatives from clusters, companies, national and regional public authorities and business support organisations from Moldova and other European countries as well as researchers, civil society, financial intermediaries, innovation agencies, industrial associations, investors, and other related actors.