Energy in Water joined forces with other ESCPs for the Clusters Go International and European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) launch events on the 8th and 9th March 2016 in Brussels, project partners the Water Alliance, AVAESEN and the Water Cluster had an opportunity to learn more about the common successes and challenges of cross-sectoral and international collaboration from other successful pilot ESCPs and discussed potential collaborative opportunities with both Strand 1 and Strand 2 ESCPs. The project partners also took part in an international scoping exercise hosted by ECCP, where they discussed potential priority markets including the United States, South America, Northern and Western Africa as well as the potential challenges and opportunities for international collaboration in these markets.