During the preparation of the European Cluster Conference, the cluster community had the opportunity to co-create the agenda of the conference by contributing trending topics important for the future cluster development. The session started off with some inspiring presentations: Andrea Zenker (European Observatory for Clusters and Industrial Change, Fraunhofer Institute Read more…
How can digitalisation and advanced technology be brought to SMEs? How can their skills be updated? – Key questions of the first breakout session on #Digitalisation and #SkillsGap. The impulse presentations by Bianca Muntean (Manager of Transylvania IT Cluster) and Kristina Dervojeda (Senior Manager Innovation Policy Research, PWC) gave a Read more…
Cluster policy isn’t a one-way road, it is also about linkages between different EU initiatives. During the panel discussion moderated by Ulla Engelmann, representants from different Directorate Generals presented their work. Dana Bachmann (Head of Unit – Vocational Education and Training, apprenticeship and adult learning) spoke about vocational excellence. Vocational Read more…
Great interview with Merete Nielsen, President of #TCINetwork, a unique chance to talk about cluster management and networks. TCI Network brings together 9,000 cluster practitioners, including not only cluster managers, but also universities for example. The network is about sharing practices and getting inspired by other practioners of this broad Read more…
Lucia Seel (European Cluster Collaboration Platform), Kaspar Nielsen (Cluster Excellence Denmark) Katarzyna Kowalska (UNIMOS Alliance) and Mats Williams (WilConsulting) were the rapporteurs of the events organized within the #EuClusterWeeks. They attended national and cross-border cluster conferences in Spain, Denmark, Bulgaria, Germany, Romania and Hungary for example. Lucia Seel called these Read more…
Cluster Policies in #Lithuania, #Portual, #Spain, #Germany, #Poland and #Romania. Thank you for sharing your success stories and your visions of future cluster policy! We retain the importance of a regular evaluation of cluster initiatives and their activities as well as the professionalisation of cluster managements.
Clusters will help us tackle the challenge of #ChangingEconomies #Digitalisation #AI #ScaleUp #ChangingClimate #Sustainability #Value #ChangingAttitudes #Tacklepopulism #Usandthem Let’s make our voice heard to shape the future of the European Cluster Vision. @Clusters_EU – Slawomir Tokarski, Director for Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs