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Smart guide to cluster policy monitoring and evaluation published

The European Observatory for Clusters and Industrial Change published valuable guidance for cluster policy-makers. It shows how to better monitor results and strategically evaluate policies and programmes set up to support the development of industrial clusters and the competitiveness of its firms. The new smart guide to cluster policy monitoring and evaluation (also attached) develops a common framework, reviews indicators, methodological approaches and tools. It also provides numerous concrete good practice cases from eight different European countries to illustrate proposed options for...
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  • Mar 30, 2020
  • alina danielescu

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

Blueprint for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills

Following the 2019 Seminar: Blueprint in the Spotlight , organised by DG EMPL in close cooperation with DGs GROW, MARE, REGIO and RTD as well as the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), where the nine on-going projects from 2017 and 2018 and the six new Blueprint projects selected in 2019 had the first opportunity to come around the same table, the Blueprint in the Spotlight report on the seminar was released. Blueprint projects are considered as a promising model for strong and agile partnerships of stakeholders, able to bridge between the needs of the labour market...
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  • Mar 24, 2020
  • alina danielescu

RegioWin - a good opportunity for sustainable regional development in Baden-Württemberg

The report published by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Housing, Baden-Württemberg, presents the results and impact of the state competition “Regional Competitiveness through Innovation and Sustainability - RegioWIN” in one of the most economically powerful states in Germany, as well as the RegioWIN process and what it has brought about in the Baden-Württemberg regions thanks to nearly 65 million euros from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). All areas in Baden-Württemberg had access to financing through the ERDF for future-oriented projects important in regional...
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  • Mar 17, 2020
  • alina danielescu

European Union’s New Industrial Strategy Package supports industry to lead on the digital and green transitions

On 10 March the European Commission published a set of policy documents putting forward a renewed industrial policy . The policy package consists of a New Industrial Strategy for Europe, an SME Strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe, a report on identifying and addressing barriers to the single market, and an Action Plan for better implementation and Enforcement of the single market rules. The package will be completed with the adoption of a new Circular Economy Action Plan on 11 March. The policy package poses a number of opportunities and challenges for businesses across Europe,...
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  • Mar 13, 2020
  • alina danielescu

New Circular Economy Action Plan supports a green future for Europe through the circular economy transition

A new Circular Economy Action Plan was adopted by the European Commission on 11 March as part of a policy package to support European industry and the European Green Deal. The Action Plan aims to make the European economy fit for a green future, strengthen competitiveness while protecting the environment and give new rights to consumers. The new Plan focuses on the design and production for a circular economy, with the aim to ensure that the resources used are kept in the EU economy for as long as possible. The Plan notes that transition towards a circular economy is already underway, with...
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  • Mar 13, 2020
  • alina danielescu

Smart specialisation: beyond patents

Local capabilities are regarded a key pillar of Smart Specialization policy in the EU. Regions should build on existing capabilities to develop new activities. This makes it crucial to understand how to capture and measure regional capabilities. Studies often rely on one type of capabilities, like technological capabilities based on patent data, and use that information to identify diversification potentials of regions. This implies other types of capabilities in regions are not taken up, resulting in a possible underestimation of the diversification potentials of regions. This report (...
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  • Mar 03, 2020
  • 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

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