In the presence of Mrs. Jadwiga Emilewicz, Polish Minister of Entrepreneurship and Technology and Mrs. Ulla Engelmann, Head of Unit for Advanced Technologies, Clusters and Social Economy at the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROWTH) of the European Commission, representatives of the Association of Bulgarian Clusters, France Clusters, Association Francaise des Poles de Compétitivité (AFPC), Hungarian National Alliance of Innovative Clusters (IKOSZ), Latvian Cluster Association, Lithuanian Cluster Association, Polish Clusters Association, Romanian National Cluster Association (CLUSTERO) and Spanish Federation of Innovative Business Groups and Clusters (FENAIC) committed to set up the European Cluster Alliance as an European network of cluster associations aiming to represent the interests of clusters at European level.
It is a bottom-up approach dedicated to creating synergies between the various activities of clusters in various countries and speak with one strong voice for the development of further framework conditions for clusters to support the competitiveness and innovation capacity of their SMEs in Europe. The European Cluster Alliance will take a legal shape within the upcoming months and will be open for the associations interested to participate and share the same vision and objectives.
Teodora Jilkova, international relations manager of Veritas Cluster, signed the declaration on behalf of the Bulgarian Associations of Business Clusters. Mrs Jilkova, also took part in the panel discussion: Tourism „industry” of new opportunities and new creative ideas, moderated by Krzysztof Krystowski, Polish Clusters Association, as well as gave interview for the ECCP:
More details about the forum, could be found on the official website, as well as on the ECCP platform: https://www.clustercollaboration.eu/news/echo-regional-economic-and-diplomacy-summit-2019-warsaw-9-10-september-2019
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