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Meeting of 50 Gold-Label Clusters

A meeting with 50 managers of Gold-Label Clusters from 17 European countries was organised by DG GROW on December 4th in Brussels. It gathered about half of all Gold-label cluster organisations across in Europe. They together represent more than 6500 SMEs from across Europa, covering many sectors – from Energy, Health, Automotive and Agro-food. About 20 additional representatives from national cluster...Read more
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ESCA: New Eligibility Criteria for Cluster Management Excellence Labels

The European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis (ESCA) is happy to announce the implementation of the first results of the concluded “ European Cluster Excellence Initiative – Phase 2 ”. Main feature is the introduction of a set of “ Eligibility Criteria for Cluster Management Excellence Labels ”. As of November 15, the award of a Quality Label (Bronze, Silver or Gold) for cluster organisations is...Read more
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Concluding the „European Cluster Excellence Initiative – Phase 2“ Project

VDI/VDE-IT is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the COSME-funded project „European Cluster Excellence Initiative – Phase 2 (ECEI II).“ On April 26, 2019, the European Cluster Excellence Consortium (ECEC) met in the premises of the European Commission in Brussels to discuss the various ECEI II project results (2017-2019). 18 cluster experts attended the meeting, representing 13 organisations...Read more
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Competitiveness Summer School 2019

Organized by the European Foundation for Cluster Excellence , between 17 - 21 June, 2019 and hosted by IESE Business School Barcelona, The Competitiveness School 2019: for regional competitiveness and stronger cluster-based economic policies is designed to enable senior policymakers, managers and development rofessionals to study and discuss global best practices in competitiveness and economic development...Read more
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Third European Cluster Policy Forum: improving linkages and synergies in cluster policy

On 15 November 2018, 18 representatives of 15 EU countries met to discuss how clusters and regional and local ecosystems can accelerate entrepreneurship, industrial modernisation and growth and what policies can do to support this process and connections between them. Participants were updated on: The launch of the EU Cluster Weeks (to take place between 20 November 2018 and 30 April 2019) and the plans...Read more
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European Cluster Excellence Information Webinar

The information webinar on the recently published European Cluster Excellence Programme call for proposals took place on 12 February 2019. The webinar targeted the potential applicants interested in taking part in the new call for proposals. The information session focused on: Objectives and specific aspects of the Call Preparing and submitting a proposal Key financial aspects Available support services...Read more
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Open Call for Applications for the selection of additional cluster benchmarking experts of the European Cluster Excellence Initiative (ECEI)

Deadline for application: April 1, 2019 The European Cluster Excellence Initiative (ECEI) is looking to expand its network of cluster benchmarking experts by providing new training opportunities to interested candidates. Currently, ECEI is based on a network of about 150 trained benchmarking experts from different European countries who conduct regular benchmarking activities. The training is open to all...Read more
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ECEI II-Update: Taking „Cluster Management Excellence" to the Next Level

A European Consortium comprising 20 partners with a strong background in cluster development, led by VDI/VDE-IT, spent the second half of the last year advancing the objectives of the Second Phase of the European Cluster Excellence Initiative (ECEI II). The ECEI II project is funded under the COSME programme and aims at developing a process leading to an improved European Cluster Labelling Scheme with a...Read more
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The new COSME European Cluster Excellence call for proposals is open!

COS-CLUSTER-2018-03-02: European Cluster Excellence Programme Deadline: 4 April 2019, 17.00 hrs (Brussels time) The overall objective of this action is to strengthen cluster management excellence and facilitate exchanges and strategic partnering between clusters and specialised eco-systems across Europe, including through implementing a new “ClusterXchange” pilot scheme. As high quality cluster management...Read more
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Second European Cluster Policy Forum outcomes: the future of cluster labelling, a cluster mobility scheme and a European Cluster Week

On 26 April 2018, the European Commission met with 19 EU country ministry representatives in Brussels for the second edition of the European Cluster Policy Forum. Invited experts took part and participants gave practical examples for the Commissions future involvement in: the labelling of clusters projects promoting cluster manager mobility the application of EU State aid rules Outcomes of the 2nd European...Read more
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