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Caixa d'Enginyers and Packaging Cluster sign a collaboration agreement

The cooperative financial and insurance group, Caixa d'Enginyers, has signed a collaboration agreement with the Association of the Packaging Cluster, an entity referring to the container and packaging sector, by virtue of which the credit cooperative will become collaborator of the Packaging Cluster...
Support programme

Environmental performance in Brittany

The Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of Brittany and the Ademe have set up a multi-dimensional programme to improve companies' environmental management. Five key areas are adressed: energy efficiency, waste efficiency, circular economy, eco-design and eco-innovation. Companies can contact...
Support programme

Aid for innovative cooperation projects in cluster initiatives, Upper Austria

Financial programme intended primarily for innovative cooperation projects conducted between companies, as well as R&D institutions, in relevant clusters, such as Cleantech, and focused on technology and organisation. The aim is to address the needs of SMEs. Maximum funding per partner: € 30 000...
Community News

The Recyclability Certification analyzes the real capacity of packaging recycling of companies in the Packaging Cluster

This certification determines the percentage of real recyclability of the packaging through an analysis of the characteristics of the product and the technologies applied in the waste recovery plants. Different companies in the cluster have been able to benefit from the information obtained during...
ECCP News

EU-Japan region & cluster cooperation - MINERVA Report

The report EU-Japan region & cluster cooperation authored by Réka Lóczi, a result of a research conducted under the Minerva Fellowship scheme at the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, aims at providing an analysis of the practices, successes and challenges of existing EU-Japan region &...
ECCP News

Call for Applications: Nanotech Cluster/SME Mission

The EU-Japan Centre is calling for applications for the next matchmaking mission to Japan targeting the nanotech sector(s), organised alongside the International Nanotechnology Exhibition and Conference in Tokyo. Mission dates: 28 - 31 January 2020 - Application deadline: 17 October 2019 This...
ECCP News

Third Cluster Congress in Colombia - 19-20 September 2018

INNcluster 2018 will be held in September in Bucaramanga, this will be a space that will facilitate the exchange of knowledge, good international practices, representative experiences, the creation of strategic projects and the identification of trends on competitive development based on cluster...
ECCP News

European clusters are called to move away from being “clusters-as-usual” to becoming “clusters of change”

An interview with Bianca Dragomir, cluster manager of AVAESEN and European Cluster Manager of the Year 2016-2018. ECCP: Bianca, you are the cluster manager of AVAESEN and also elected as the European Cluster Manager of the Year 2016-2018. I remember how you succeeded to convince a crowded audience...
ECCP News

France Clusters training workshop in Brussels on 13-14 September 2018

POSITION YOUR CLUSTER IN A EUROPEAN DIMENSION AND LEARN HOW TO GRASP NEW OPPORTUNITIES! The training workshop has the general goals to teach participants how to grasp the opportunities Europe has to offer for clusters and competitiveness pôles and will address topics such as: - How to develop a...
ECCP News

Bringing Start-up Alliance in the spotlight: a cluster organisation dedicated to boosting start-ups in Korea

Korea is well-known for its big conglomerate such as Samsung, LG Group or Hyundai. Aside of these giants, start-ups are also blooming, supported by the Start up Alliance. This alliance was created in 2013 by Naver (the South Korean search portal) and the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning...
ECCP News

ECCP Expert Talks Webinar : The funding mix for cluster organisations

Guest expert: Gerd Meier zu Köcker, Founder of the European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis Following the interest expressed by the ECCP cluster community to exchange more through direct interaction, we create the ECCP Expert Talks Webinar Series. These are regular webinars, as a virtual space for...
ECCP News

ECCP welcomes the first Gold Label Mexican cluster organisation!

Just in time for its 10th anniversary, the Cluster Automotriz de Nuevo Leon, A.C. (CLAUT) recently received the prestigious Gold Label awarded by the European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis (ESCA). It is a recognition for the high-quality cluster management processes in place, rewarding the...