Iasi Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Romania: North-East (Romania)
Dorian Conisescu
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INGENIOUS Innovation Grants
The INGENIOUS (Building resilience and accelerating transition to green and digital economy in Energy Intensive Industries) – Euroclusters project fosters SMEs operated in energy intensive industry to develop innovative projects. The INGENIOUS Innovation Grants will support projects that are aligned with the major challenges where SMEs need to accelerate the implementation of the digital and green transformation by a) providing affordable, clean and efficient technology solutions, b) developing new business models, c) innovating their services, technology and production lines, d) open new...
Summary: The Cluster GAIA (“Industry Association of Applied Knowledge and Technologies”) has established itself as a key actor within the industrial ecosystem of the Basque Country. Since the early 1990s, GAIA has been actively collaborating with regional public authorities, being an intermediary agent between supply and demand side and acting as an important vehicle to facilitate regional industrial transition policies.
Summary: The “Associazione Clust-ER Industrie Culturali e Creative (Clust-ER CREATE)”, located in Bologna, assumes the role of a coordinator of the Creative & Cultural Industries (CCI) ecosystem, which is amongst the main innovative ecosystems in the region Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The Clust-ER CREATE was formally established as a registered association in May 2017 and is highly involved in the regional strategies and implementation plans fostering innovation activities and the green and digital transition of Emilia-Romagna.
Summary: Region Värmland, together with the cluster initiative Paper Province, has established itself as a leading region in the forest-based bioeconomy. In the early 2000s, Paper Province started with services tailored to the needs of the pulp and paper industry, but decided to work towards a holistic industrial ecosystem for forest-based industries. Since 2013, the cluster management has been working towards building an effective innovation hub with participation of industry and science, an incubator, testbeds and other intermediaries.
Summary: Despite its comparatively recent existence, the Mechatronics Cluster has established itself as a relevant player in the regional industrial ecosystem and is thus an integral part of regional development. In 1990, the first ever mechatronics full degree programme was established at Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU). In 2003, the Mechatronics Cluster was founded. Since then, the cluster has been working closely with other clusters of the region to increase competitiveness as well as industrial and technological sovereignty.
Summary: The Lyon-based TECHTERA cluster has established itself as a key actor within the regional textile ecosystem. The “Pôle de compétitivité“ has become an integral part of the region’s economic development, internationalisation and R&I strategies and is a strategic partner for the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes to facilitate regional industrial transition.