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The 'Ambassadors of Industry4Ukraine' programme was launched by the Ukrainian Cluster Alliance (UCA) to enlist Ukrainian professionals in EU and other countries to create linkages with Ukrainian cluster organisations. Further target groups are professionals of other nationalities working in relevant...

The Rapid Response Centers (RRC) are a programme launched by the Ukrainian Cluster Alliance (UCA). Its main beneficiaries are SMEs, critical industries, and the export sector. The RCCs have three main tasks. First and foremost, they should support the restoration of value chains, the substitution of...

The Ukrainian Cluster Alliance (UCA) was formed in March 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion. Building on previous efforts of cluster organisation starting in 2019, but now reinforced under the shock of the Russian military onslaught, the primary objective of the UCA is to help Ukrainian...

The project, supported by the European Union and the Government of Germany, aimed at supporting and developing 2 EAM (Engineering – Automation – Machinery) clusters in the regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv, and lasted from August 2020 to November 2021. The project plan was based on the principles...

The aim of call is to support the activities of cluster organization aimed at fulfilling the tasks and goals arising from the document Strategy for the development of the cluster organization valid during the period of implementation of the main activity of the project, with an emphasis on...

The Arena programme is the first of three levels of the Norwegian Innovation Clusters programme. Launched in 2002, the programme is geared toward improving the innovation abilities of companies and industries alike by fostering and improving collaboration. With a focus on smaller and /or newly...

Norwegian Centres of Expertise (NCE) is the second of three levels of the Norwegian Innovation Clusters programme with a focus on clusters with the highest potential for regional economic development. Established in 2006, NCE is directed towards enhancing and facilitating established development...

The collaboration project "Joining Technologies cluster" between Morocco and Germany aims at providing knowledge for the innovation and competitiveness of manufacturers in Morocco. To boost the skill development, top companies in the industry and educational institutions from Morocco and Germany are...

Being established by three cluster organisations BE-Basic (the Netherlands), Catalisti (Belgium) and CLIB (Germany), the Bio Innovation Growth mega Cluster is a cross-border initiative of the "Smart Specialisation Initiative", aiming at the transformation of an industrial mega cluster of biobased...

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 project “Circular 4.0” aims to strengthen digitalisation processes by SMEs to foster innovation and accelerate the transition to circular economy in Alpine Space. The project concentrates on the following three topics: circular design models, optimal use models and value recovery models.

In 2021 the new platform for green transformation and bioeconomy was imple-mented in Lower Austria. It is a perfect interface to the existing clusters and the technopoles Lower Austria. The platform has as well a hub function to all important players within this topic in Lower Austria. The platform...