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Entrepreneurship helps industrial transformation processes since newly established firms, called start-ups, and high-growth firms, called scale-ups, have a considerable impact on job creation and on improving the innovation and competitiveness profile of national and regional economies. To thrive...

The Net-Zero Industry Act is an initiative stemming from the Green Deal Industrial Plan which aims to scale up the manufacturing of clean technologies in the EU. This means increasing the EU’s manufacturing capacity of technologies that support the clean energy transition and release extremely low...

Twin Transition: Italian ecosystems and the European agenda for sustainability. The case of a complex industrial landscape: the Lombardy clusters 📑 Read the event summary This was the 15 th workshop of the successful “Clusters meet Regions” cycle. Organised since 2022 in different EU regions, these...

Description As part of the European Cluster Conference 2024, the next ECCP matchmaking event will take place on 8 May 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. This matchmaking event offers participants a dedicated framework to find potential business partners at all stages of the supply chain. They were invited...

EU Member States have a long tradition of dedicated cluster policies. In total, 51% of the EU Member States have more than 10 years of experience in implementing cluster-specific policies at national, regional, or both levels. The support can aim at strengthening innovation ecosystems, SME support...

The mobility ecosystem covers the entire value chain of the automotive, rail and waterborne sectors. It employs 14.6 million people and represents 7.5% of EU value added. The different sectors of the ecosystem are already engaged in their green and digital transition albeit progressing at different...

How can we build better relationships in a cluster to drive economic development? A fitting cluster business model and the right leadership skills can help cluster managers and practitioners achieve this goal. They need to look at how the cluster is financed, how it is structured, and how it creates...

Clusters and companies are working towards gender equality in Europe, which can enhance SMEs’ innovation capacity, competitiveness, and profitability. Gender issues can occur in areas like recruitment, organisational culture and structure, or communication. Strategies and objectives to tackle them...

Over the past two years, the European Cluster Collaboration Platform has organised nearly 50 EU Clusters Talks. Streaming regularly on Wednesday mornings, the EU Clusters Talks offer up-to-date insights into the latest industrial policies and clusters’ involvement, showcase interesting projects and...

The Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) is the European reply to the need to boost investments in critical technologies in Europe. STEP seeks to reinforce, leverage and steer EU funds – existing and new – to investments in deep and digital, clean and bio technologies, and in people who...

The green transition marks one of two pillars of the EU’s industrial strategy to ensure future competitiveness of its industries on a global market. It summarises the journey towards a climate neutral, cleaner, and more circular EU economy. In order to reach the goals, European businesses have an...

Generative Artificial Intelligence can produce highly realistic and complex content that mimics human creativity. Recent breakthroughs in the field of generative Artificial Intelligence have significantly advanced the capabilities of the technology and its applications. They have opened up new...