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The presentation outlines ongoing projects and initiatives and sets the way towards the Joint Cluster Initiatives.

Cluster presence is significantly and positively related to industry-level wages. This finding underpins the importance of understanding clusters as groups of related industries, not just as the concentration of economic activity in a specific field. The cluster effect remains meaningful and significant once business environment quality, a very powerful driver of performance, is accounted for...

The Smart Guide is addressed to policy makers and cluster managers engaged in cluster policy making who are interested in monitoring and evaluating the impact of their policies. The objective is to provide them with easy access to knowledge material of high practical value and sound methodological underpinnings, available in a concise and easy to read manner.

This interview touches upon the European Cluster Accelerator Program - its long-term goals and objectives - and the challenges faced by clusters participating in the program

Available at: https://www.strategytools.io/clusters-of-change-cap/

The Smart Specialisation approach has been part of EU regional innovation policy since 2010 and yet the role of skills and vocational education and training in implementing Smart Specialisation Strategies has only recently attracted attention. Despite being raised in earlier policy documents, it was the 2017 Communication on Strengthening Innovation in Europe's Regions, drawing on experience of...

This output paper stemmed from discussions held at the European Cluster Policy Forum. It tackled the topic of EU level support actions for cluster internationalisation in order to pool resources, promote complementarities and ensure a critical mass of expertise, products and services is ensured in particular markets or value chains.

Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/growth/news/fourth-european...

This report looks at how universities work in their regional environment, revealing the mechanisms that universities and their partners use to promote innovation. Universities have been instrumental in regenerating their regions in the aftermath of the financial crisis, moving beyond transferring technologies and towards the co-creation of knowledge and driving strategic development. The report...

Small and medium enterprises carry out their activities in a dynamic environment that is affected by various processes that also
impact their sustainability. The future has the companies that are able to respond promptly to the challenges and are able to exploit
opportunities sufficiently. One form of modern entrepreneurship that could help SMEs' sustainability in this environment is the cluster...

This Communication sets out a European Green Deal for the European Union and its citizens. It resets the Commission’s commitment to tackling climate and environmental-related challenges that is this generation’s defining task. The European Green Deal is a response to these challenges. It is a new growth strategy that aims to transform the EU into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern...

Three sets of challenges for what is now a mature policy are highlighted in this paper: the links between clusters, cluster policies and territorial strategy processes; more effective evaluation of how different policy instruments influence what happens inside clusters; and harnessing the capacity of clusters to respond to social alongside economic challenges.