ECCP Weekly Digest

This week we would like to draw your attention upon a couple of interesting calls we scouted for you:

The call for applications for a nanotech cluster/SME matchmaking mission to Japan in January 2020 with the deadline of 17 October 2019, organised by the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
The call for applications for the Green Energy Technologies Business Mission to Korea in February 2020 with the deadline of 18 October 2019, organised by the EU Gateway Business Avenues
The C-VOUCHER second circularity programme open call is launched and stays open until 31 December 2019 offering funding up to €60k to European SMEs implementing circular economy solutions in their business in order to reshape and redesign linear value chains into circular ones
The call for proposals COS-CIRCFASH-2019-3-02 "Accelerate and scale up innovation applications for a sustainable and circular fashion industry" in the COSME Work Programme with the deadline for submission on 17 December 2019 has a budget of 3.5 M€ to support 4 transnational networks in 3 years
The call for applications for a business mission for ICT companies to Singapore and Thailand in June 2020 with the deadline of 21 February 2020 organised by the EU Gateway Business Avenues
Last but not least: the COSME call for proposals “Clusters Go International” is open until 30 October 2019! Visit our Partner Search section to see the latest published expressions of interest for partnerships development!

During the European Cluster Conference 2019 in Bucharest, we talked to Daniel Cosnita, president of the Romanian National Cluster Association CLUSTERO. Watch the video interview here.

Enjoy reading our Weekly Digest!

Your ECCP team

General ECCP News

Clusters in the Circular Economy

"At least 250 green clusters in Europe are daily pushing the green transition forward. Helping companies to access the newest knowledge, testing new green...
China IPR SME Helpdesk - In Vino Veritas: Getting Practical; market monitoring and alternative enforcement strategies

“It is hopeless. China is the size of the USA. Population over four times. They counterfeit everything, everywhere. Nothing can be done. If my wine is...

Nordic Cluster Meet Up 2019 - Sweden - Wednesday, 27 November 2019

Organised by Nordic Innovation in collaboration with Cluster Excellence Denmark and Region Skåne, and in close coordination with Enterprise Europe Network and...
2019 EBN Congress: Venturing Forward for Innovation - Italy - Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Organized by EBN , Regione Lazio and LazioInnova the event including conference sessions, workshops, pitching sessions, matchmaking and networking activities...

News from Cluster Organisations

Basque Energy Cluster (Cluster de Energía) - The Fukushima Energy Agency and the Basque Energy Cluster sign a renewable energy collaboration agreement

A delegation of representatives from the Fukushima Prefecture (Japan) visited the Basque Country, under the guidance of the Basque Trade & Investment...
Basque Energy Cluster (Cluster de Energía) - Mission to Japan: visit to Fukushima, the Basque Country's strategic partner in the development of renewable energies

The Basque Energy Cluster in collaboration with EVE and joined by the companies HWS and SAITEC OFFSHORE, took part in a mission to the Fukushima prefecture to...
Basque Energy Cluster (Cluster de Energía) - A delegation from Colombia visits the Basque Country to learn from the Basque industry's experience in energy efficiency and renewables

The first week of June, from the 3rd to the 7th, a delegation of Colombian companies and entities related to the energy sector visited the Basque Country to...
MESAP Innovation Cluster - Smart Products and Manufacturing - MESAP Missions Across Europe!

MESAP goes to Europe ! Trademark Smart Systems Integrated® Smart Systems Integrated® is a Collective European Union trademark, owned by EPoSS and managed by...
AEI TÈXTILS - A NEW PROJECT STARTS WITH THE FOCUS ON PROMOTING THE CREATIVITY UPTAKE IN THE ADVANCED TEXTILES’ MATERIALS SECTOR

The kick-off meeting of DESTEX project was held on October 3 rd and 4 th . The project main objective is to promote the uptake of creativity culture as a...
Czech Hemp Cluster - CzecHemp introduction

The Czech Hemp Cluster is proud to become a member of ECCP. We represent the quick growing bio-based industry with cross-country and international outreach and...

Systematic Paris-Region - Webinar (in French) Open Call RIMA - Robotics for Infrastructure Inspection and Maintenance - France

Event information: Please note that this webinar will be held in French. Systematic and CEA present the open call of the RIMA EU project - Robotics for...
secpho - collaborate to innovate - Mumbai Photonics Dinner - India

This October (17-18) Laser World of Photonics takes place in India (Mumbai). Many of our members attend this event, either as exhibitors or speakers and...
secpho - collaborate to innovate - DeepTech4Good Investors Day in Paris - France

DeepTech4Good is an Acceleration Programme, financed under the Horizon 2020 framework, committed to help Deep Tech startups accelerate their development and...
secpho - collaborate to innovate - FoodPackLab Innovation Workshop: Tech4Food in Paris - France

On 17 October 2019, the third FoodPackLab Innovation Workshop will take place in Paris , in the framework of the Europen Project FoodPackLab (COSME Go...
media:net berlinbrandenburg e.V. - Leaders for Climate Action - Germany

Our 45th Mediengipfel will take place on 21st October 2019. This time we will discuss what entrepreneurs can contribute to climate change. Join the discussion...

News from ESCP-4i Partnerships

GCA - Publication of GCA's Internationalisation Strategy

GCA's Internationalisation Strategy have been published in January 2019. Here are the main results: 1. Four target countries are selected: USA, Canada, China,...
PIMAP Partnership - PIMAP market study on market trends and the Industry 4.0 in the US and Canada is now available!

Developed within the scope of the PIMAP Partnership project, the market study is the result of a desk research and embodies a market analysis of the current...
EU-TEXTILE2030 - TAIWAN MISSION OCTOBER 2019

TAIWAN- R O C 中華民國 Missi o n on A d v an c e d Tech n i cal and F un c t io n a l Textil e s Octo be r 7th t o 10th 2019 Du r i n g t h e missio n , sev e ral...
GCA - GCA's Implementation Plan

GCA is ready to move forward with a strong implementation plan. This document describes the key elements for the GCA Implementation Plan, respectively the...
GCA - Publication of GCA Global Analysis

The Global Analysis, international opportunities and scenarios for the Global Content Alliance Project has been written and published during the summer 2018...

SPACE2IDGO - Matchmaking mission in Colombia - Colombia

Space2IDGO members invite European SMEs to participate in a mission to Bogota, Colombia in November 2019. This mission is dedicated to space applications in...

News from ESCP-S3 Partnerships

EACN - First EACN Matchmaking Event in Barcelona

The first Matchmaking Event of the EACN initiative was held on 1 -2 October, in Barcelona. These events aim to connect SMEs from different European regions to...

EACP-EUROSME - EUROSME MATCHMAKING EVENT and WEBINARS - United Kingdom

EuroSME Matchmaking event in association with the NATEP Showcase Event Are you an ambitious SME interested in growing by collaborating with European partners...
Connsensys - First CONNSENSYS study visit in Clermont-Ferrand - France

Living labs and technological platforms are essential stakeholders taking part in the collaborative process necessary to build and develop an innovative...

News from EU Projects

DIGI-B-CUBE - DIGI-B-CUBE at the Upper Austrian Future Forum 2019

The Upper Austrian Future Forum 2019 took place from 30th September to 2nd October 2019 in the „Palais Kaufmännischer Verein Linz“. With three evening events...
DIVA - Boosting innovative Digitech Value chains for Agrofood, forestry and environment - Digital Trend Map for the Agro food, Forestry and Environment sector

In DIVA, a Digital Trends Map for the Agro food, Forestry and Environment sectors has been produced, taking into account existing digital value chains as a...
DIVA - Boosting innovative Digitech Value chains for Agrofood, forestry and environment - Digitech Value Chain Inspiration Framework for Agri food, Forestry and Environment

This Digitech Value Chain Inspiration Framework for Agrifood, Forestry and Environment is a compilation of the main transnational challenges identified in the...
Value-added Innovation in fooD chAins (VIDA) - VIDA BENEFICIARY SNAPSHOT: BioPod

BioPod solution is a vegetable Ecosystem, where only energy, food waste and water are needed. BioPod is energy - water efficient and a circular economy...
Value-added Innovation in fooD chAins (VIDA) - VIDA BENEFICIARY SNAPSHOT: Cloud Irrigation Platform based on Remote Wireless Data Adquisition

After 30 years’ experience in Drip Irrigation, RIS Iberia has focused last years in the development of advanced automated irrigation and technology applied to...
ACTTiVAte - Experts in eliminating bacterias

Biocides have been extensively used in the control of bacteria for decades, and are commonly incorporated into a variety of products including disinfectant...
5E- Federating European Electronics Ecosystems for Competitive Electronics Industries - 5E Workshop #1 - Setting up the Vision for European Electronics Ecosystems Convergence

When Thu, 21/11/2019 – 14:00 – Thu, 21/11/2019 – 17:00 Location Finlandia Hall Congress Centre, Room Aurora Hall Address Mannerheimintie 13e 00100 Helsinki...

Value-added Innovation in fooD chAins (VIDA) - VIDA Online Training Course: Creating an effective framework for collaboration in innovation projects - Germany

With this training course, we would like to show that there a many cultural differences in Europe, which can lead to misunderstandings that in turn can have...
Block.IS - Block.IS Cluster Mission Vilnius - Lithuania

Clusters are crucial for the Block.IS ecosystem. We want to empower clusters to serve as multipliers of comprehensive support our accelerator is offering to...
5E- Federating European Electronics Ecosystems for Competitive Electronics Industries - 5E Workshop #2 - Germany

5E Workshop #2 Setting up the Visi on for European Electronics Ecosystems Convergence You are invited to take part in the second workshop of the 5E project in...

News from Japan

EU-Japan Center Webinar 145: The Biopharmaceuticals sector in Japan - - Thursday, 17 October 2019

Registration deadline: 16/10/2019 The webinar is targeted to EU companies seeking to export their innovative biopharmaceutical products or services to Japan ...
EU-Japan News: October, 2019 Issue - -

In the News issue of October 2019 of the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation you will learn among others about the meeting organized on September 25th...