| The White Paper on the emerging of European world-class clusters |
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Europa InterCluster releases today a White Paper on the emerging of European world-class clusters. Initiated by European clusters and based on the input of cluster managers*, this White Paper formulates a list of proposals to give Europe the means to face global competition and gain a new foothold on the international scene.
3 challenges, 9 guiding principles and 7 proposals
It discloses three challenges which are linked to nine guiding principles : from stepping onto the world stage to internal consolidation and exploiting the European potential. The seven proposals are gathered under the“European Pact for Clusters” that will be proposed to the European Parliament and Commission, as well as to the future Hungarian presidency of the European Union (first semester of 2011) and to all Member States.
*In France, as of a focus group composed of representatives from French competitiveness clusters (global clusters and clusters with global ambitions) as well as of regional clusters;
in Germany, with the support of the network Kompetenznetze Deutschland representing its cluster members;
in Sweden, with the support of Tillväxtverket, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, which brings together clusters from two national programmes.
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