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The European Commission’s Task Force for Industrial Scale-up of COVID-19 Vaccines, through the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) contract managed by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) and with the support of the European Clusters Alliance (ECA) and the Council of European BioRegions (CEBR) organised the “European Matchmaking event - Development and...

The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation has published a report on Japanese industry and policy news.

The report covers:

• Key policy news
• Smart city development
• Hydrogen
• The energy sector
• Biodiversity
• International and more policy news

This year the European Commission's annual report on SMEs focuses on digitalisation, recovery, the COVID-19 pandemic and sustainability.

The overall aim of this study was to gather evidence to determine whether the effectiveness of the delivery of public innovation support in Europe for SMEs has improved since a consultation in 2009.

In 2020, the environment in which clusters operated changed fundamentally. In February 2020, the Economic Outlook of the European Union predicted a slow, yet steady economic growth driven by demand. However, COVID-19 and the consequent health crisis presented unparalleled societal and economic challenges for European clusters, causing new service needs of cluster members as well as a drastic...

In 2018, Canada’s five ‘Superclusters’ were announced, with a five-year government investment of $950 million, to be matched by private sector investment.

These clusters were conceived as areas of targeted business activity comprised of large and small companies, non-profits, academic institutions, and accelerators that work collaboratively to boost innovation and growth in a specific sector.

Th...

As with companies in any economic sector, cosmetics firms have much to gain from early protection of their Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).

Registering IP with Chinese authorities and customs before beginning any type of business activity in the country could potentially save SMEs a lot of money, as being able to build strong cases against any local firms which may try to steal their IP is...

The article analyses of the concept and role of clusters have changed under Horizon Europe.

Available at: https://efmc.eu/new-role-clusters-horizon-europe/

The study analyses he cluster management excellence by critically studying the labels granted in terms of trends, numbers, sectors, countries, and regions. Based on the gathered results, the clusters initiatives (new or already existed) can benchmark themselves. Regional, national, and European policymakers will be able to estimate how specific factors of political...

The handbook provides a status quo of clusters situation in Europe, presents tools on how to write a cluster's success story, and provides advice and tools on how to create clusters of change, embrace leadership and enhance skills