A vibrant platform for cluster organisations The European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) is a vibrant online community helping cluster organisations across Europe and beyond to connect, communicate and collaborate. It provides a unique one-stop shop for news, opportunities and collaboration for industrial clusters across Europe, boosting the visibility and showcasing the impact of European clusters in cutting-edge industries and expanding markets throughout the world. Being part of the ECCP community will give your cluster organisation access to a vast wealth of knowledge, information and opportunities from clusters and ecosystems in a wide range of countries, sectors and industries. You’ll be …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

[Automatic translation follows] EMC2, the European Manufacturing Technology Cluster EMC2, a competitiveness cluster certified by the State in 2005, has its roots in a historical culture of transformation and implementation of materials in Pays de la Loire. Its missions now converge towards a major objective: French industrial competitiveness. Our association brings together, around key markets and technologies, all the players in innovation. Small and large companies, research organizations, training centers participate in the emergence of collaborative R&D projects. In the service of French industrial competitiveness, a main objective drives us: to strengthen the territorial ecosystem of innovation and growth, by …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

[Automatic translation follows] Competitiveness cluster - At the heart of textile transformation Our mission? Increase the competitiveness of companies through collaborative innovation. Our job? Encourage and develop collaborative innovation on processes and products, through a set of dedicated services. The cluster supervises and supports collaborative R&D projects involving at least 3 separate partners (industrialists and researchers). How? The cluster initiates R&D themes and sets up working groups (structuring, partner search, assembly, search for funding) that it leads, until the submission, financing and closure of the resulting projects. It also supports companies and research centers wishing to develop an innovation by …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

The official #EUGreenCapital and #EUGreenLeaf Awards. Our aim is to improve Europe's urban environment. The European Green Capital and European Green Leaf awards are a European Commission initiative to recognise a city's commitment to a better urban environment. Cities with populations over 100,000 inhabitants are eligible to apply for the European Green Capital Award while the European Green Leaf is open to cities of between 20,000 and 100,000 inhabitants. Winners demonstrate well-established records of high environmental standards and a commitment to setting ambitious goals for future environmental progress, underpinned by the practical application of sustainable development. The schemes have a …

Sectors: European Union

As the challenges facing us as a society become increasingly complex, innovation alone is not enough; you need a strong innovation partner who can provide comprehensive support and a broad range of perspectives. This is where RISE comes in. RISE is a unique mobilisation of resources to increase the pace of innovation in our society. By gathering a number of research institutes and over a hundred test beds and demonstration environments under the umbrella of a single innovation partner, we create improved conditions for society’s problem solvers. We gather around challenges and organise ourselves accordingly. Together, specialists in disparate fields …

Sectors: Research