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COMPETE CARIBBEAN and BPIAJ Launch Program to Support Global Services Sector in Jamaica

The Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ) launched its Compete Caribbean - 2019 Cluster Development Project. With the project, the Jamaica Global Services Sector seeks to to assist local, small and medium sized firms to digitize their operations and embrace growing trends that...
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Compete Caribbean Newsletter August - September 2019

In June 2019, Compete Caribbean closed a competition for clusters projects across the region, which received 42 applications. Following a thorough, systematic and difficult evaluation process, as well as a pitch presentation before an independent panel of judges on July 26, 2019, 6 proposals were...
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Mainstreaming Gender in Cluster Development

Acknowledging the importance of gender equality and the empowerment of women to the vision of the 2030 Agenda for achieving inclusive and sustainable growth around the world, UNIDO strives to systematically adopt a gender perspective throughout the planning and implementation phases of its...
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16 Catalan Clusters travel to the future in New York

ACCIÓ, the Catalan Agency for Competitiveness, in lead of cluster policy, organised the VII-th Strategic Training Week, a sophisticated instrument for cluster managers offered to the members of the Catalonia Clusters Program. Through the week, participants held more than 70 meetings with different...
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Supporting cluster development in the region of Castilla-La Mancha

On 9 July 2018 the regional government Junta de Castilla-La Mancha and the Institute of External Promotion IPEX organized in Albacete an event dedicated to the encouragement of cluster development in the region, including the support for SME internationalisation through clusters. The event was...
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Oceania cluster news from TCI Oceania Chapter

TCI Network's Oceania Chapter has published a newsletter with specific information on clusters for economic development in the Oceania region. For example, information is shared on FIAL (Food Innovation Australia Ltd) National Cluster Programme just launched or the TCI-Network Oceania Chapter's...
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Masterclass on Clusters: How to build, manage and brand world class clusters

Future Place Leadership will be facilitating a 3-day Cluster Masterclass on Clusters: How to build, manage and brand world class clusters, in Copenhagen 12-14 March 2018 together with Quercus Group. The Masterclass combines the discipline of building strong impactful cluster organisations with the...
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Evolution of cluster policy in Hungary - 2000-2020

I. The beginnings The history of clusters starts at the beginning of the early 2000s. Hungary was the first country in the Central and Eastern European region, where national government supported the development of corporate cooperation and clusters. The first cluster in the Central and Eastern...
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CLUSGRID: Training workshop in Berlin within the COSME

10 Clusters belonging to two different COSME programmes including CLUSGRID and INNO-DROP participated in a 4 day training workshop in Berlin from April 25 to April 28. There were 4 experienced and professional trainers responsible for the program, who seeked to strengthen cluster management and...
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Five rules for creating cluster policy

Can you create something out of nothing in the world of cluster policy? Are subsidies and tax cuts really helpful in generating economic growth and attracting business in certain areas? Is it enough to try copying success stories in order to spurr cluster growth? Aknowledging the importance of...
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Oxford Research’s and Quercus Group’s International Cluster Course - fall 2017

26th and 27th of October 2017 in Copenhagen – Denmark Oxford Research’s & Quercus Group’s cluster development workshop is the essential cluster course for cluster facilitators and policy makers with interest in developing strong and innovative clusters. Regardless of their different points of...
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SSTI online event: A Practical Guide to Cluster Development

Is your organization currently using or interested in pursuing clusters as an economic development tool? To help inform this process, Ifor Ffowcs-Williams, the CEO of Cluster Navigators and a Co-Founder of TCI, will join SSTI for a special webinar drawing on his experiences engaging more than 1,000...