Dear ECCP Member, 

The ECCP is launching an application call for the Cluster Booster Academy. The Academy is a 4-day event, consisting this year of a 2-day online event
(1-2 December 2022) as well as a 2-day in person training session in Strasbourg, France (2-3 March 2023).

Managing a cluster requires a large range of skills to ensure efficient support to all cluster members and in particular SMEs. This is why a “Cluster Booster Academy” is needed. This 4-day intensive series of trainings is offered by the European Cluster Collaboration Platform. 

European cluster managers interested should fill out the application form and follow the indicated guidelines for application. The application form must be submitted electronically by end of day (CET) on 31 October 2022 at the latest.

The Cluster Booster Academy aims to achieve the following objectives:  

• Provide learning opportunities for cluster managers to further develop their skills with regard to topics relevant to the cluster strategy, through tailormade training sessions delivered by experts.
  
  
• Meet the needs of European cluster management teams in their daily work, in particular to have the capacity to offer innovative, highly professional and diversified services to SMEs.
  
  
• Offer cluster management teams the chance to learn from each other’s experiences, discover new effective and efficient practices and tools, find inspiration for new services and business models through peer-learning.
  
  
• Provide the opportunity to cluster management teams to co-shape new European value chains and interlink the 14 industrial ecosystems through the interaction and knowledge sharing.
  
  
• Support cluster management teams and stakeholders in understanding and contributing to the European policies and programmes related to the global challenges, specifically the digital and green transitions and resilience.
  
  
• Help in developing better policy related to clusters.
  
  
• Improve the skills of clusters’ staff thanks to a “train the trainers” approach by disseminating their knowledge further.
  
  

If you have questions regarding this call, please send an email to events@clustercollaboration.eu.

Best regards,

The ECCP Team