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Trends in European clusters: results from the 2019 European panorama, trends and priority sectors reports published

The European observatory for clusters and industrial change just published a series of reports that give an overview of the European cluster landscape, why these regional concentrations of related industries matter, and which recent trends drive industrial transformations. The European panorama of clusters and industrial change presents an overview of how clusters contribute to the competitiveness of the European economy. It analyses cluster strengths and development trends with a focus on 10 cross-sectoral, so-called emerging industries. These comprise advanced packaging, biopharmaceuticals...
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  • Jan 28, 2020
  • alina danielescu

The Smart Guide to Cluster Policy - a tool for cluster policy makers and stakeholders

The Smart Guide to Cluster Policy is a new tool for policy-makers and practitioners to support industrial modernisation, SME growth and smart specialisation. The Guide was presented at the Smart Regions conference on 2 June 2016, and is the latest publication in the series of Guidebooks on supporting SME policy through structural funds. The new Smart Guide to Cluster Policy is a practical guide targeting regional authorities and stakeholders interested in "how to make better use of clusters for promoting regional industrial modernisation, supporting the growth of SMEs and encouraging smart...
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  • Oct 24, 2019
  • alina danielescu

TheCAP Cluster Manual

There are over 2,500 innovation clusters in Europe, yet some argue that the future is being invented outside of Europe. Many clusters are inward looking and acting more as an agglomeration of stakeholders than as active business and innovation creators. But how can we accelerate the transition from "clusters-as-usual" to "clusters-of-change"? How can clusters and innovation ecosystems create impact and shape the future of Europe? This short manual ‘ Creating Clusters of Change – How cluster managers drive innovation and increase impact ’ gives insights into some of the key takeaways, tools...
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  • Feb 11, 2020
  • alina danielescu

ClusterFY Joint Policy Recommendations

ClusterFY aims to improve regional and national policy instruments seeking to intensify clusterization processes especially related to Key Enabling Technologies (KET’s), as well as foster interregional cooperation between and among clusters and business networks. These developments advance the implementation of regional innovation strategies. Peer learning between ClusterFY partner regions has highlighted a diversity of experience with cluster policies. Although cluster initiatives are often seen as focusing on innovation and growth in firms, cluster policy also aims at influencing the system...
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  • Dec 11, 2019
  • alina danielescu

Going climate-neutral: expert-group recommendations to help energy-intensive industries contribute to the EU's 2050 target

On November 28th, the Commission published recommendations by a group of experts on how to transform the EU's energy-intensive industries so they help reach EU-wide objectives for a circular and climateneutral economy by 2050. These objectives were put forward in the Commission's A Clean Planet for All strategy in November 2018. The expert group gathers representatives from 11 industries, which make up more than half of the EU industry's energy consumption, such as aluminium, steel and cement. They have developed a policy framework aiming to strike the right balance between Europe's climate...
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  • Nov 29, 2019
  • alina danielescu

Enterprise Europe Network presents SME Growth Outlook for 2019-20

The SME Growth Outlook 2019-20 report produced by the Enterprise Europe Network provides a snapshot of the current situation for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe, based on survey data from businesses using the Network's services. It contains many useful insights as it captures the views of a number of small businesses on how they expect growth in terms of turnover, workforce, market share, prospects for international expansion, and innovation. The Enterprise Europe Network's 2019 survey data shows that SMEs with international ambitions remain cautiously optimistic about...
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  • Nov 27, 2019
  • alina danielescu

European Commission and OECD publish recommendations to help EU countries and regions achieve industrial transition

The European Commission and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) present a report on an initiative launched in 2017 to help 12 EU regions and Member States achieve industrial transition and hold their own a globalised economy. Commission experts diagnosed what was holding back job creation and growth in these areas. They worked with national and regional authorities on long-term development strategies based on their areas of competitive strength – their ‘ smart specialisation ’ assets. These strategies encompassed social fairness, economic modernisation and climate...
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  • Nov 17, 2019
  • alina danielescu

Policy Briefings For 10 European Regions

The European Observatory for Clusters and Industrial Change (EOCIC) has provided customised advice on modern cluster policy in support of industrial modernisation to 10 regions in industrial transition. The services were funded by the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), as part of the work of the EOCIC. The regions were selected as a result of an open call for expression of interest, published and assessed by the Commission services. The aim of the work by the EOCIC for 10 regions in industrial transition has been to define a set of actions...
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  • Jan 28, 2020
  • eccp

Skills for Industry Strategy - Promoting online training opportunities for the workforce in Europe

The report written by PwC EU Services reveals the role of online training in implementing new approaches matching SMEs' needs and realities in a digital world. The challenges SMEs face today related to the digital transformation of the economy, new regulatory and market requirements demanding a sigificant shift in their environmental footprints to achieve the UN sustainability targets by 2030, with significant expected impact on the skills of the workforce, have to be addressed while also considering the budget constraints, limited capacity, fierce competition for talent and extreme time...
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  • Oct 31, 2019
  • alina danielescu

Skills for Industry - Skills for Smart Industrial Specialisation and Digital Transformation

The brochure prepared by PwC EU Services, as part of the Skills for Smart Industrial Specialisation and Digital Transformation project for the Executive Agency for Small and Medium Enterprises (EASME) and the Directorate General for Industry, Growth & Internal Market (DG GROW) of the European Commission is a contribution to building a shared vision and strategy on skills for industry. Going through a state-of-play analysis on smart industrial specialisation and digital transformation and in particular on high-tech T-shaped skills in Europe, with a series of key findings resulting form the...
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  • Dec 04, 2019
  • alina danielescu

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