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  • European Commission

Call for participation in the EC high-level business delegation visit to Canada from 1-3 May 2017

Call for participation in the EC high-level business delegation visit to Canada from 1 to 3 May 2017 Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan will be visiting Canada in the period 1-3 May 2017 accompanied by a delegation of senior representatives of European companies/producer organisations. This trip will combine official visits by Commissioner Hogan to the relevant Canadian...Read more
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Knowledge Alliances - Open call in the Erasmus+ programme

Knowledge Alliances are transnational projects which bring higher education institutions and business together to work on common issues. Knowledge Alliances should foresee participation in thematic clusters and other initiatives to promote the sharing of best practices. The overall aim is to help strengthen Europe's capacity to innovate and to support the modernisation of Europe's higher education systems...Read more
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13 companies of the ESCP REINA PLUS travel to Mexico in search of new business opportunities

The Basque Energy Cluster and Oekoenergie (OEC) have gone on its first direct mission to Mexico (24-28 October) framed within the Reina Plus European Project, supporting the thirteen companies from ESCP REINA PLUS that participated in the European Commission's Low Carbon Business Action in Mexico and visiting the Green Expo, which was held those days in Mexico City. The first direct mission of the REINA...Read more
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6th LCBAM Business Meeting - Querétaro - REGISTRATION OPEN

The "6th Low Carbon Business Action in Mexico Business Meeting", will take place from March 28th to 30th in Queretaro, QRO. (Mexico) in collaboration with CIATEQ. Low Carbon Business Action (LCBA) in Mexico is a Project funded by the European Union (EU) that aims to contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions in Mexico. The following are just some of the activities that may be of interest to you: A...Read more
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  • Interreg Mediterranean programme

Open call for clusters in the Interreg Mediterranean programme

The second call for Modular projects in the Interreg MED programme is open! We introduce the ECCP cluster community a new opportunity for transnational cooperation by publishing the call that was published on January 30, 2017 on the programme's website : The Interreg MED Programme is pleased to inform you that the first call for Modular projects of the programming period 2014-2020 is now open to programme...Read more
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  • Feb 05, 2017
  • Lucia Seel

Latvia is reboosting its cluster development

On 19 January 2017, in the framework of a forum on “Clusters – cooperation with result”, the new Latvian cluster program was launched in Riga. The event gathered the main cluster community stakeholders - policy makers and implementers, universities, research organizations and of course different clusters as the main participants of the event. Evita Feldberga from the Entrepreneurship Competitiveness...Read more
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University-industry collaboration drives academic productivity, openness

Courtesy of our colleagues from the State Science & Technology Institute (SSTI) we present you an article authored by Robert Ksiazkiewicz, which emphasizes the findings of researchers from the London Business School (LBS) and University of Southern California (USC) on benefits for academic researchers in industry partnerships. " While some researchers contend that university-industry collaboration may...Read more
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More government funding coming for clusters

According to the source: http://wbj.pl/more-government-funding-coming-for-clusters-deputy-development-minister/ , Poland’s Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Jadwiga Emilewicz, said on Wednesday that she believed that taking advantage of the Internet of Things would be necessary to enhance Poland’s economic growth and development. She was speaking at the 4th Annual Congress of Polish Clusters. She...Read more
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International Cancer Cluster Showcase - BIO 2017 Save the date for 2017 !!!

The 6th International Cancer Cluster Showcase is taking place June 19th, 2017 in San Diego. For each of the last 5 years, 200+ representatives of the international oncology community joined ICCS, participating in this focused and dynamic meeting. Come enjoy a kick-start into BIO 2017 partnering activities. Cutting edge oncology innovations from leading North American and European industry clusters will...Read more
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Seminar for Cluster Managers to be held in Kiev, Ukraine, on the 15th of February – Registrations Open

On February 15th 2017 , The Institute for Economics and Forecasting Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences (IEF – www.ief.org.ua ), together with Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (SPI – www.spieurope.eu ) and the Project Management Agency at the DLR (German Aerospace Center) (DLR – http://www.dlr.de ) will organize the Clusters Managers’ Seminar , taking place in Conference Room of the IEF in Kiev, Ukraine...Read more
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