Resilience

In 2019, the Portuguese Government and the Competitiveness Clusters signed the Sectoral Pacts for Competitiveness and Internationalisation (Pactos Setoriais para a Competitividade e Internacionalização) to increase the competitiveness, innovation and internationalisation of Portuguese businesses...

AS-Fabrik Alliance is an initiative for city-level collaboration to build a skills ecosystem for current and future workers in the knowledge-intensive business services sector in Bilbao (Spain). It is developed by an alliance comprising local government actors, university research centres and two...

ACCIÓ + R4S (supported by BLabSpain) contains the development of 6 pilot projects in Catalan clusters focused on identifying collaborative project with which create shared value.

Competitive intelligence and foresight initiatives developed by Basque Clusters with support from SPRI/Basque Government: Basque clusters support programme has considered competitive intelligence and foresight as an essential input for cluster organisations strategy building and a groundbase for...

The Spanish Federation of Clusters is now developing a mapping, On it, clusters report about their professional capacities, resources in term of classrooms, skilling programs, alliances with educational institutions and other clusters, participation on public programs at European level (i.e. Erasmus...

Collective research projects are R&D activities based on the mapping of the innovation needs of the cluster members, especially SMEs in the given sector or technology segment. The results of the joint cluster projects have to be pre-competitive, so that they can be exploited by a larger group of...

The main goal of the activity is to support the development of innovation networks - technology platforms as tools for increasing the intensity of joint research, development and innovation activities between business entities and the research sector. The technology platforms are networks bringing...

The state-aid program "Strengthening Value Added Chains - Clusters – Networking” was launched in 17 May 2021 by the General Secretariat of Industry and the Special Agency for Managing Co-funding Projects in the Sectors of Manufacturing, Commerce and Consumers’ Protection of the Hellenic Ministry for...

Funding - support planned for the years 2021-2027: Development of the potential of growing clusters - support to cluster management organisations Support for the supra-regional growing clusters, aspiring to obtain the status of National Key Clusters - strengthening the professionalization of...

The goal of the initiative is to stimulate integration of enterprises into clusters, to increase maturity of clusters, and to promote growth and international cooperation. How? • Strategic consulting • Building cluster management competencies • Development of new joint projects, products/services...

The Cluster Mapping Project is a national initiative that provides over 50 million open data records on industry clusters and regional business environments in the US to promote economic growth and national competitiveness. The US Cluster Mapping Project aggregates all the US clusters, providing...

The MEP National Network is a public-private partnership delivering solutions to U.S. manufacturers on advancing U.S. manufacturing. The MEP National Network comprises the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and 51 MEP centers comprising 1,300...