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Mainstreaming Gender in Cluster Development

Acknowledging the importance of gender equality and the empowerment of women to the vision of the 2030 Agenda for achieving inclusive and sustainable growth around the world, UNIDO strives to systematically adopt a gender perspective throughout the planning and implementation phases of its interventions, from cluster selection to monitoring and evaluation. This paper explores UNIDO’s approach to gender...Read more
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TCI2019 - Call for proposals

From 8 to 10 October 2019 the TCI Network is gathering in Antwerp (Belgium) for THE cluster conference of the year, hosted by Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO) and Flanders Investment and Trade. In Antwerp, experts from around the globe will be gathering in a forum setting—while seeking to make headway in the domains of cluster development , regional competitiveness and innovation support...Read more
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  • China Venture Capital

China’s venture capital market on the rise

PitchBook is a financial data and software company, providing thousands of global business professionals with comprehensive data on the private and public markets. On March 2019 the company released a report entitled Venture Capital in China , which provides an overview and analysis of trends shaping Chinese VC activity. The company’s analysis states that China has officially become in 2018 the second...Read more
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LIFE 2019 call for project proposals

The LIFE programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action created in 1992. The current funding period 2014-2020 has a budget of €3.4 billion. The LIFE programme is divided into two sub-programmes, one for environment (representing 75% of the overall financial envelope) and one for climate action (representing 25% of the envelope). 2019 call for proposals is open starting the...Read more
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Survey on the European Commission's support to Smart Specialisation Strategies

The Centre for Industrial Studies (CSIL), under the auspices of the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, has just launched a survey about the assistance provided by the European Commission to the design and implementation of Smart Specialisation Strategies. In particular, this survey aims at collecting the views of the entire Smart...Read more
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Canada’s Innovation Superclusters came to match with EU Clusters at the EU Cluster Weeks’ main event, Hanover Fair, 1-2 April 2019

The Hanover Fair was the perfect location for the main Anchor Event of the EU Cluster Weeks campaign on 1-2 April 2019. On this occasion, the Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, entrepreneurship and SMEs of European Commission (DG GROWTH) organised a high-level cluster event to highlight the important role clusters play in SME...Read more
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  • Apr 24, 2019
  • alina danielescu

Competitiveness Summer School 2019

Organized by the European Foundation for Cluster Excellence , between 17 - 21 June, 2019 and hosted by IESE Business School Barcelona, The Competitiveness School 2019: for regional competitiveness and stronger cluster-based economic policies is designed to enable senior policymakers, managers and development rofessionals to study and discuss global best practices in competitiveness and economic development...Read more
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TCI Global Webinar 1/ 2019

How to incorporate clusters into existing economic development work? April 9 / Tuesday / 4:30pm CET, check your local time ! Join TCI for this first global webinar in 2019, a virtual discussion about clusters and economic development, with two excellent speakers from the TCI network, Marco Llinas, Bogota Chamber of Commerce, Colombia & Board of Directors, TCI Network Sandy Baruah, Detroit Regional...Read more
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Highlights of the Bulgarian National Cluster Conference 2019

More than 160 delegates from 12 countries gathered last week in Sofia for the National Cluster Conference , which took place in Sofia Tech park. The 2-days conference has been co-organised by the Association of Business Clusters Bulgaria , BSMEPA (Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency) and ARK Consulting to Enterprise Europe Network-Bulgaria . The event was under the patronage of the...Read more
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1 week left to register to the webinar on EU-Japan EPA covering wine, beer and spirits chapters! 

What are the EPA opportunities for EU exporters of wines and spirits & beers to Japan? Webinar #3 on EU-Japan EPA and Wine, Beer and Spirits • Date: Tuesday, 9 April 2019 • Time: from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM (Brussels time) • Registration deadline: Monday, 8 April • To register go to: https://www.eubusinessinjapan.eu/library/event/epa-helpdesk-webinar-3-epa-preferences-on-wines-and-spirits-beers The...Read more
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