EVENT: TCI /MOC Asian Chapter Summer Conference 2022. ORGANIZERS: TCI Network, Microeconomics of Compettitiveness (MOC) from Harvard Business School, and Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI ). TOPIC: KEY SPEAKER: Christophe Guichard, Policy Officer for Cluster Internationalisation, European Commission, Brussels. DATE: 1st July 2022 CHAPTER: Asia

1. EU cluster policy development and
collaboration initiatives
Christophe Guichard, “Industrial Forum, Alliances, Clusters” Unit,
DG GROW, European Commission
TCI Asia meeting, 1 July 2022

2. The ECCP: the one-stop shop for clusters
 Unique one-stop shop for news, learning and
collaboration opportunities for over 1200 industrial
clusters across Europe and beyond
 Boosting visibility + showcasing impact of European
clusters in cutting-edge industries + expanding markets
throughout the world
 Supporting clusters & business competitiveness through
information on resource efficiency & innovation
ECCP teaser
clustercollaboration.eu

3. https://reporting.clustercollaboration.eu/
Cluster mapping tool helps to explore in detail
by industrial ecosystem, country and regions

4.  Online EU Cluster sessions
 minimum 26 sessions (1h) per year, every 2 weeks
 key EU developments, interest for the cluster community
 feedback/signals from clusters on bottlenecks, issues,
markets
 Organisation, moderation and animation of fora
 19 Matchmaking events (11 physical + 8 virtual)
 Cluster Booster Academy (1 per year (4 days)
 enhancing the skills of cluster managers
 help clusters become greener, more digital and resilient
 Support Office for ClusterXchange
 Clusters meet Regions
 15 cluster transnational workshops hosted by Regions
 Cluster Collaboration Labs
 at least 4 sessions of 2 days to boost thematic
collaboration between clusters and new cross-border
value chains
 facilitate investment ideas and prepare roadmaps for joint
projects
Cluster Booster Academy
Online EU Cluster Sessions
Clusters meet Regions
Cluster Collaboration Labs
(C2LABs)
NEW

5. Upcoming event for 2022
 Singapore – physical, 18-20 October
 Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC - a HANNOVER MESSE event (ITAP)
 Open to Clusters and SMEs
 Site visits (18/10), Seminar and Matchmaking meetings to foster EU-
Singapore cooperation (19/10), Participation at the fair free of charge
 Sectors: Aerospace, Automotive, Chemical, Consumer Goods Manufacturing,
Electrical & Electronics, Energy, Food & Beverage, Infrastructure & Facilities,
Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical &
Biotechnology, Semiconductor, Urban Solutions
 Call deadline EXTENDED: 20 July 2022
 Taiwan – online, 23-25 November (tbc)
 Taiwan International Intelligent Manufacturing Show
International Cluster matchmaking events
Watch out for our calls of expression of interest @Clusters_EU
and on the European Cluster Collaboration Platform

6. Clusters: Important facilitators for SME internationalisation
Clusters are excellent intermediaries helping SMEs market access beyond Europe
can help identify relevant partners and initiate a long-term cooperation agenda with strategic partners
in third countries
can build critical mass of SMEs to accelerate their access to global value chains
can increase SMEs market export capacity and help them benefit from the EU’s free trade agreements
Four generations, 78 partnerships
14 Cluster Partnerships in 2021-2024
• 75 cluster orgs over 18 countries
• Main start: 27 Sept. 2021 for 3 years
Cluster Go International action (COSME)
Partnerships are formed by European clusters.
They develop and implement joint
internationalisation strategies, for the benefit of
SMEs
Euroclusters (SMP)

7. EU Funding supporting cluster organisations
Joint
Cluster
Initiatives
78 Partnerships (4 generations) of
European Cluster Partnerships | International
9 Partnerships
European Cluster Partnerships | Smart
Specialisation
38 Partnerships (4 generations) of
European Cluster Partnerships | Excellence
30 Partnerships
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From To

8. 1 OPEN
STRAND
14 Industrial
Ecosystem
Strands
+
WHAT FOR ?
• help in the implementation of the updated EU
Industrial Strategy (green & digital transitions + resilience in
industrial ecosystems)
HOW ?
• by creating vital collaboration networks at EU-
level that will develop and implement
supporting measures for SMEs
WHO ?
• consortia of cluster organisations or their EU
networks teaming up with other types of
organisations supporting green and digital transition
and building social and economic resilience
42
Million
EUR
Objective:
30 Euroclusters
Euroclusters

9. The Expert Group on Clusters recommends to
focus cluster activities on three main priorities
•Leading the green transition
•Accelerating the digital transition
•Building resilience
https://clustercollaboration.eu/content/recommendations-cluster-policies-boost-resilience-and-foster-green-and-digital

10. Over 200 examples

11. An initiative of the European Union
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Strengthening the European economy through collaboration
Overview
• Comprehensive picture of clusters and cluster
organisations in Europe
• It brings together, for the first time, statistical data on the
regional clustering of economic activity in 88 standard
sectors (NACE2) from Eurostat
• Maps specialisation of economic activity across 201
regions in EU-27 countries, based on sector data for
employment and value added.
• Extends analysis to 14 pan-European industrial
ecosystems identified in Updated Industrial Strategy
• Analyses the relationships between specialisation and
different dimensions of regional performance
• Develops a new typology of regions according to their
specialisation profiles
• Explores the contribution of clusters to green and digital
transition

12. An initiative of the European Union
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Strengthening the European economy through collaboration
Clustering is a key feature of the European economy
Source:
Based on
data from
Eurostat
and
national
statistics
offices.
• There are 1501 region-relevant specialisation nodes
across 201 EU-27 regions (Calculated using Location Quotients based on
NACE 2-digit data on employment)
• These regional nodes of specialisation account for 24.4% of
EU-27 employment
• There are 1036 EU-27 cluster organisations
registered on the ECCP
• Their average membership composition is 70%
SMEs, 10% large firms, 8% research organisations
and 12% others e.g.NGOs
European Cluster Panorama
Source:
ECCP
interactive
cluster
mapping
tool

13. Cluster organisations are present across EU
but are diverse
• Spain has the highest number of
cluster organisations registered at
ECCP, 12 countries – <10 clusters
• 60% of EU cluster organisations
have less than 100 members, 7%
have more than 400 members.
France has many big clusters
• SMEs range from 35% of cluster
organisation members in Ireland to
over 80% in Italy and Sweden
• large firms prevalent in Czech and
Croatian (20%) and least in Italian
and Hungarian cluster
organisations (5%)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
1-100 101-200 201-300 301-400 401-500 Above 500
Source: Based on ECCP profile data; sample of 468 cluster organisations with updated profiles on
29/11/2021;

14. https://supply-chain-resilience-platform.b2match.io/

15. Thank you
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