The European Cluster Conference 2024, taking place on 7-8 May, aims to highlight the vital role of clusters in advancing EU industrial priorities. It seeks to engage stakeholders in discussions on ongoing Commission initiatives, collecting feedback on 2024 priorities and encouraging bottom-up actions. 

The European Commission (EC) will organise the EU–Tapan Matchmaking Event during the Taiwan Expo 2024 in Europe, which will be held from 10 to 12 June 2024. 

The next matchmaking event organised by the European Cluster Collaboration Platform will occur on 18 June 2024 in Graz.

The concept of meta-clustering is a progressive strategy that links different clusters from various sectors, industries, and regions in the global economy.

Technology Centre Prague contributed to the Bioeconomic Atlas NCA. The atlas was created thanks to the projects DanuBioValNet (01/17-06/19) and GoDanuBio (07/20-12/22), co-financed by the INTERREG DANUBE programme. 

The defence and aerospace ecosystem are changing in major ways, driven by the need to increase strategic autonomy and to adapt to the green and digital changes.

NCA members regularly share their successes and the successes of their members with us. Selected contributions can be found in the KLASTROVINY. Read a contribution from the Association for Innovation in Logistics and its member KVADOS.

Tradition reinvented: how clusters lead resilient, innovative shifts towards a climate-neutral, digital future

In January and March 2024, the Cluster Booster Academy, organised by the European Cluster Collaboration Platform, provided training opportunities for EU cluster managers.

The demand for advanced materials is expected to increase significantly in the coming years. 

NCA members regularly share their successes and the successes of their members with us. Selected contributions can be found in the KLASTROVINY. Read a contribution from theCzecHemp and its member SensiQure.

On 25 March 2024, the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) will guide you through a new tool called Trend Universe, available to ECCP Pro Users.

Tomas Bata University in Zlin introduces the Institute of Environmental Engineering and Institute of Polymer Engineering, which is part of the Faculty of Economics and introduces the Centre for Polymer Systems. Together, they contributed to the Bioeconomic Atlas NCA. The atlas was created thanks to the projects DanuBioValNet (01/17-06/19) and GoDanuBio (07/20-12/22), co-financed by the INTERREG DANUBE programme.

Entrepreneurship helps industrial transformation processes since newly established firms, called start-ups, and high-growth firms, called scale-ups, have a considerable impact on job creation and on improving the innovation and competitiveness profile of national and regional economies.

Zlinsky Kreativni Klastr introduces its members Egoé life s.r.o, which contributed to the Bioeconomic Atlas NCA. The atlas was created thanks to the projects DanuBioValNet (01/17-06/19) and GoDanuBio (07/20-12/22), co-financed by the INTERREG DANUBE programme. 

The Net-Zero Industry Act is an initiative stemming from the Green Deal Industrial Plan, which aims to scale up the manufacturing of clean technologies in the EU.