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EOCIC: The Smart Guide to entrepreneurship support through clusters

How can clusters boost entrepreneurship? How can entrepreneurship policy makers make better use of clusters? What can be learned from good practices about supporting start-ups and scale-ups sustainably through clusters? What are the Do’s and Don'ts for cluster and entrepreneurship policy-makers? The purpose of this Smart Guide is to provide guidance to cluster policy makers and cluster managers in designing and implementing programmes that accelerate the creation of start-ups, spin-offs and scale-ups in emerging industries and in specific value chains. By focusing on innovative...
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  • Aug 29, 2019
  • alina danielescu

Social Business Initiative (SBI) follow up: Cooperation between social economy enterprises and traditional enterprises

The study “ Social Business Initiative (SBI) follow up: Co-operation between social economy enterprises and traditional enterprises ” commissioned by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium Enterprises (EASME) , investigates the various forms of co-operation between social economy enterprises (SEEs) and traditional firms across different European and non-European countries, by analysing business co-operation between SEEs and traditional enterprises. Envisaging an increase in importance for the co-operation between SEEs and traditional enterprises, with greater positive impact as societies...
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  • Aug 15, 2019
  • alina danielescu

Aid for Trade at a Glance 2019: ‘Economic Diversification and Empowerment'

The joint OECD-WTO publication 'Aid for Trade at a Glance 2019' was launched during the opening session of the Global Review 2019 of Aid for Trade, “Supporting Economic Diversification and Empowerment for Inclusive, Sustainable Development through Aid for Trade”, that took place at the WTO in Geneva from 3 to 5 July 2019. The OECD-WTO Aid for Trade Initiative was launched in 2006. Past reports have consistently found Aid for Trade to be an effective way of driving economic development at both the micro and macro levels by creating the conditions for trade to drive investment and create jobs...
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  • Aug 02, 2019
  • alina danielescu

A vision for the European Industry until 2030

In December 2017 the European Commission established The Industry 2030 high level industrial roundtable, consisting of 20 experts selected following an open call for applications, to provide independent advice on future EU industrial policy action. On 24/07/2019 DG GROW published the final report of the Industry 2030 high level industrial roundtable, with recommendations on the future of EU industrial policy strategy towards 2030. The report sets out a vision of the European industry in 2030 as a global leader, responsibly delivering value for the society, the environment and the economy . It...
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  • Jul 31, 2019
  • alina danielescu

High-Tech Skills Industry Report

In the framework of the Skills Agenda for Europe innitiative, the European Commission (DG GROW) with the support of its Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME), launched an initiative to develop an integrated Digital Capability Reference Framework for enterprises to strengthen capabilities to digitally transform businesses. The initiative ran between January 2017 and January 2019, coordinated by Capgemini Consulting in partnership with IDC and empirica. As a publication of the service contract the partners have prepared the report High-Tech Skills Industry - Increasing...
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  • Jul 02, 2019
  • alina danielescu

Building Innovation Superclusters - Economic Development For the 21st Century

"Following the early successes of the Canadian program, the rise of Asian clusters of innovation, the ongoing changes in the Nordics and across Europe, we are likely to see a number of new Innovation Superclusters towards 2030”. That is one of the conclusions of author Christian Rangen and his team, in the new report, Building Innovation Superclusters , that was published this week. ”Building Innovation Superclusters - Economic Development For the 21st Century” has involved hundreds of people across innovation clusters and cluster programs over the past four years. The new report explores...
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  • Jun 19, 2019
  • alina danielescu

Summary Report on Cluster Policy in Regions

The summary report on lessons learnt from fostering modern Cluster Policy in regions in industrial transition summarises the work carried out by EOCIC in the 10 pilot regions in industrial transition and proposes concrete policy proposals tailored to the regions’ needs. The work of EOCIC shows clusters as a key driver for smart specialisation and it indicates how modern cluster policy can help shape regional industrial transition. The pilot regions covered by the report are: Cantabria (Spain), Centre-Val de Loire (France), East & North Finland, Hauts-de-France, Lithuania, North-Middle...
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  • Jun 10, 2019
  • alina danielescu

The Smart Guide for European Strategic Cluster Partnerships (ESCP)

The Smart Guide for European Strategic Cluster Partnerships (ESCP) aims to provide guidance to ESCP on how to develop a successful partnership strategy and on possible actions to achieve joint projects and investments. For that purpose, the Smart Guide presents an overview of the main challenges and specific barriers faced by ESCP, mainly related to the establishment and improvement of partnerships as well as to fostering innovation, cooperation and internationalisation. Considering those challenges, the Smart Guide also provides a set of recommended actions to establish sustainable...
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  • Jun 10, 2019
  • alina danielescu

EU Cluster Programme report

How do European countries and regions support cluster activities? What are the main objectives, measures and target groups of cluster programmes? What do cluster policies in other parts of the world focus on? These and other questions are answered by the analyses of the European Observatory for Clusters and Industrial Change (EOCIC) and its report "Cluster programmes in Europe and beyond". This document investigates cluster support in 29 European and 10 non-European countries as well as in 49 European regions. In-depth analyses of a broad range of cluster programmes across Europe and...
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  • Jun 13, 2019
  • alina danielescu

The Progress Report on the European Strategic Cluster Partnerships

The first “ Progress Report on the European Strategic Cluster Partnerships ”, prepared by the European Observatory for Clusters and Industrial Change (#EOCIC), is now available. This report aims to provide an overview of the first results, good practices and lessons learnt achieved by the second generation of European Strategic Cluster Partnerships for Going International (ESCP-4i) during their first months of operation. The Observatory plans to conduct two more editions of the Progress Report, which will also cover the progress of ESCP-4i dual use and ESCP-S3. For the development of this...
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  • Jun 03, 2019
  • alina danielescu

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