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Helping SMEs go global through clusters

Submitted by Administrator on 17 January, 2012 - 15:10
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2012 will be the year for DG Enterprise and Industry that will mark the start of a new policy, namely better promoting SME internationalisation through clusters.

Conference "Boosting Innovation in Central Europe"

Submitted by groux on 28 November, 2011 - 10:08
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Country: 
Germany

New Cluster Concepts in Support of emerging Issues and cross-sectoral Themes

How can clusters live up to the needs of future markets? How can they deliver the goods and services to match the requirements of global trends such as ageing societies or climate change? Against the backdrop of the overall cluster policy trends at EU level, the conference aims at exploring both the challenges and the potentials related to these emerging issues for innovation in clusters.

Cluster Internationalisation EU-USA Forthcoming conference, 6-8 December 2011

Submitted by groux on 14 November, 2011 - 18:53
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"Encouraging the Commercialization of Research Results and the Utilization of Cluster Mapping through EU-US Collaborations."


We know that the theme of internationalisation for cluster managers and policy makers is one of your top priorities.  It is for this reason that we draw your attention to this conference.


The three day event will bring together US and EU policy makers and networks keen on developing closer ties and sharing good practices.


For further details please contact: 'Mark Spinoglio - from SPI (Irvine) on mspinoglio@usaspi.com

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Project ATCLUSTERS news from ADRAVE

Submitted by groux on 24 January, 2012 - 15:33
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Country: 
Portugal

Took place on December 15 in Santiago de Compostela (Spain) the second Transnational Conference on "Clusters, networks and policies for innovation clusters in Europe", organized by the Ministry of Industry and Economy of Galicia by the Galician Institute for Economic Promotion (IGAPE ) under Project ATCLUSTERS.

Cluster design competition search for sponsors

Submitted by groux on 18 January, 2012 - 13:01
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The European Commission has, together withThe European Cluster Collaboration Platformand the How to Grow Platform launched a design contest.

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Call for expressions of interest for the constitution of the European Cluster Cooperation Forum

Submitted by Administrator on 25 October, 2011 - 10:42
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The European Commission is calling for expressions of interest for the constitution of a "European Cluster Cooperation Forum". The Forum will aim to explore how cluster policies and programmes can facilitate and support the development of emerging industries and hence help create new competitive advantages for Europe. It will have a maximum of 15 members, including a mix of policy makers and industry experts (including clusters managers). The Forum will operate from January 2012 to August 2013, and will hold four meetings during this period.

EU-CHINA Discussion on clusters

Submitted by Administrator on 7 October, 2011 - 12:50
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SME internationalisation through clusters between EU and China to gain momentum

On Wednesday 28 September 2011, the Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission hosted an informal meeting with a Chinese delegation led by the Torch High Technology Development Centre of China's Ministry of Science and Technology to explore scope for future cooperation in support of SME internationalisation through clusters.