Canada

Two analysis reports prepared by the European Cluster Collaboration Platform, the preparatory briefings and discussion paper on Canada, are available! These reports are the result of the collection of relevant cluster information in the country, including business and sector trends, cluster policies...

During the presentation of the 2017 budget on 22 March 2017, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced the setup of an ambitious Innovation and Skills Plan “to make Canada a world-leading centre for innovation”.[1] Overall, the government intends to invest about $950 million CAD over five years (€655...

On April 27th. 2017, Silicon Saxony and Cool Silicon are organizing a joint information evening in Dresden focussing on business cooperation with USA and Canada. It is part of the current "iCool" project managed by Cool Silicon e. V. Background is the Business Connection Forum planned by Silicon...

Our colleagues from SSTI (State Science & Technology Institute – www.ssti.org ) inform in their weekly digest about the Canadian budget that focuses on innovation, new economy skills and superclusters: Industry clusters The budget calls for nearly $950 million CAD ($709.8 million USD) over five...

Call for participation in the EC high-level business delegation visit to Canada from 1 to 3 May 2017 Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan will be visiting Canada in the period 1-3 May 2017 accompanied by a delegation of senior representatives of European companies/producer...

With special thanks to our colleagues from the TCI Network, we would like to present you the outputs of the Canadian conference on cluster and asset mapping held on 17 February 2016: TCI member Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada hosted a cluster conference...