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Conference on Cluster and Asset Mapping: The Opportunity for Canada

With special thanks to our colleagues from the TCI Network, we would like to present you the outputs of the Canadian conference on cluster and asset mapping held on 17 February 2016: TCI member Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada hosted a cluster conference gathering stakeholders from North America, including TCI President Christian Ketels and Board member Vincent Dugré...Read more
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CIRCULAR ECONOMY MISSION TO CHILE (25-26 April 2016)

Mr Daniel Calleja, Director-General of the Directorate-General for the Environment of the European Commission will lead a Circular Economy Mission to Santiago de Chile on 25-26 April 2016 back-to-back with the XIV World Mining Exhibition and Congress for Latin America ( www.expomin.cl ). More information on the mission is available at https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/CircularEconomyMission-Chile The...Read more
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Cluster Excellence Programme Call COS-CLUSTER-2015-3-02 is open!

The objective of the Clusters Excellence programme call for proposals is to strengthen cluster management to provide more professional business services to European SMEs and, as a result, to contribute to the development of more world-class clusters in the EU. In order to pursue cluster management excellence, cluster organisations need to provide support services to their members and develop strategic...Read more
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  • Feb 16, 2016
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8 Romanian “Silver Clusters”

As a result of the evaluation performed by the ESCA experts in the period November 2015 – January 2016, 8 Romanian cluster organisations were awarded the Silver Label of the European Cluster Excellence Initiative for cluster management: Transylvanian Furniture Cluster (North West Region), Agro Transylvania (North West Region), Indagro Pol (agricultural machinery – Region Bucharest Ilfov), Romanian Textile...Read more
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Transatlantic cluster cooperation kicks off with fruitful U.S. - EU exchange

From 17 th to 19 th November 2015, 77 national and regional cluster policy-makers, experts and researchers from both the United States and the European Union gathered in Boston and Washington for a workshop to exchange experiences and best practices on cluster mapping, cluster portals and cluster-based economic development policies. The workshop sparked rich discussions and insights into how to benchmark...Read more
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Joint CoR-EC conference seeking to explore and exchange progress regarding Smart Specialisation

Agenda includes a Workshop session on the interactions between clusters and science parks. Brussels 26th January 2016 The ECCP team has participated in developing one of the workshops that will take place during this conference organised jointly by CoR-EC. The main aim of the event is to update and exchange knowledge and experience concerning the effectiveness and efficiency of supporting innovative...Read more
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Key Enabling Technologies & Digital Transformation projects under the Investment Plan workshop

Key Enabling Technologies & Digital Transformation projects under the Investment Plan workshop Organised on 10th December 2015 in Brussels - Cluster organisations are welcome! KETs and digital relevant cluster associations are welcome to participate in the workshop on "Key Enabling Technologies & Digital Transformation projects under the Investment Plan" organised by DG Growth of the European...Read more
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EU Commission signs Atlantic Ocean Research Cooperation declaration with Brazil and announces a coordinated call on biofuels

Commission signs Atlantic Ocean Research Cooperation declaration with Brazil and announces a coordinated call on biofuels Rio de Janeiro, 17 November 2015 The European Commission and the Brazilian government are signing today in Rio a joint declaration for Atlantic Ocean Research to enhance marine cooperation between Europe and Brazil. The agreement follows the celebration of the EU-Brazil high level...Read more
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EU-ASEAN Cluster Matchmaking Event Creativity and innovation in the agro-food sector, September 30th 2015, in Milan

The matchmaking event was supported by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs in the framework of an initiative promoting international cluster cooperation for SMEs, and was organised by Finlombarda S.p.A and co-organised by inno TSD as part of the SPI lead consortium. The event gathered over 12 clusters, coming from 6 EU countries (Belgium,...Read more
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Cluster Matchmaking Event on Eco-efficient Management of Resources in the Agro-food Sector – EU-US Days, Milan Expo 2015

On the 5 th and 6 th of October 2015, a delegation of 19 cluster representatives from 9 European countries participated in a Cluster Matchmaking Event on Eco-efficient Management of Resources in the Agro-food Sector organised in the scope of the Milan Expo 2015 EU-US Days. The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs together with the Enterprise...Read more
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