Cluster Policy

The summary report on lessons learnt from fostering modern Cluster Policy in regions in industrial transition summarises the work carried out by EOCIC in the 10 pilot regions in industrial transition and proposes concrete policy proposals tailored to the regions’ needs. The work of EOCIC shows...

The Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA), the main governmental institution, responsible for implementation of innovation policy in Lithuania, published an interview with Dr. Anna Sobczak, policy making expert for clusters and emerging industries with the European Commisison, keynote...

VDI/VDE-IT is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the COSME-funded project „European Cluster Excellence Initiative – Phase 2 (ECEI II).“ On April 26, 2019, the European Cluster Excellence Consortium (ECEC) met in the premises of the European Commission in Brussels to discuss the various...

A European Consortium comprising 20 partners with a strong background in cluster development, led by VDI/VDE-IT, spent the second half of the last year advancing the objectives of the Second Phase of the European Cluster Excellence Initiative (ECEI II). The ECEI II project is funded under the COSME...

Dear Cluster Community, The entire Cluster Team of the European Commission would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2019! Thanks to your continuous support and enthusiasm in developing modern cluster policy, 2018 has been a major breakthrough in European cluster policy. Firstly...

On 26 April 2018, the European Commission met with 19 EU country ministry representatives in Brussels for the second edition of the European Cluster Policy Forum. Invited experts took part and participants gave practical examples for the Commissions future involvement in: the labelling of clusters...

We are very pleased to introduce to you the first edition of the European Observatory for Clusters and Industrial Change (EOCIC) newsletter, which follows up from the previous European Cluster Observatory. The aim of this publication is to provide, twice a year, a summary of the latest activities of...

The "Clusters as drivers of regional innovation, SME competitiveness and interregional cooperation" workshop was organized by the Policy Learning Platform of the Interreg Europe programme at the Flemish Administrative Centre in Leuven, Belgium on June 20, 2018. The Interreg Europe Policy Learning...

SPRI hosted a delegation from Kazakhstan gathering the Cluster Development Centre, Kazakhstan Industry Development Institute (KIDI), in charge of implementing the cluster policy in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the Almaty furniture Cluster. This visit to the Basque Country has been organised in...

Catalonia was a pioneer region in cluster policy, used as a tool to improve industry competitiveness through improving strategic positioning of companies and the business environment in which they compete. With a background of more than 25 years, Catalan cluster policy features some key elements: a...

China discussion paper is now available. The “discussion paper” provides an overview on the existing European Union and China cluster cooperation, related good practices and success stories, and highlights opportunities for future cluster-based exchanges, including recommendations for an EU-China...

The first meeting of the European Cluster Policy Forum, organised as part of the EU Industry Day, will gather 35-50 representatives from national authorities, European Commission officials, invited experts and representatives of the European Observatory for Clusters and Industrial Change (#EOCIC) to...