The ‘Towards Green Transition’ Facility is an initiative by the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) and financed by the European Commission which enables clusters registered at the ECCP to promote green transition skills amongst their members through technical advisory support from highly qualified advisors.

The types of technical support range from one-on-one teaching, guidance documents and direct consultancy to workshops and webinars. Launched in February, the call for applications closed on 5 March and the winners have now been selected.

We are pleased to announce the following clusters who will receive support for their green initiatives:

1. Cluster AEC, Arquitetura, Engenharia e Construção, Portugal
2. TECES, Slovenian Energy Cluster, Slovenia
3. Venetian Cluster, Italy
4. AEI Tèxtils, in consortium with ATEVAL, CS-POINTEX, The Portuguese Textile Cluster (CITEVE) and TECHTERA, Portugal
5. Cluster Energy Technology Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany
6. Cluster Lombady Green Chemistry Association-LGCA, Italy
7. Balears.t - Clúster d’Innovació Tecnològica en Turisme de les Illes Balears, Spain
8. Materalia and CMAV (Advanced Materials Clusters), France and Spain
9. DITECFER District for Rail Technologies, High Speed, Networks' Safety & Security, Italy
10. Rete di Imprese Luce in Veneto, Italy
11. Asociación Cluster Alimentario de Galicia (Clusaga), Spain
12. Green Synergy Cluster, Bulgaria
13. Maritime Technology Cluster FVG – mareFVG and Liguria Cluster for Marine Technologies – DLTM, Italy
14. Cleantech Cluster Lithuania, Lithuania
15. Wood Industry Cluster, Slovenia
16. AQUIMER, France
17. Cluster Sofia Knowledge City, Bulgaria
18. Renewable Energy Sources Cluster/RES Cluster, Bulgaria
19. Associació Catalana Clúster de la Indústria de l’Esport, Spain
20. Asociación IdiA, Spain
21. Plastiwin, Belgium
22. JIC, Czech Republic
23. Strategische Partnerschaft Sensorik e.V., Germany
24. CONFAPI SARDEGNA-Associazione delle Piccole e Medie Industrie della Sardegna, Italy
25. Fundacja Rozwoju Lubelszczyzny / Co-ordinator of Lublin Eco-Energy Cluster, Poland

The intended benefits of the Facility include improved resource efficiency, support and best practices for greener and more efficient supply chains. The advisory activities are envisaged to last for a maximum of five months, and the advisors will be experts in training businesses to improve their sustainability and resource efficiency. The delivery of technical support will start in the coming weeks.

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