ECCP

“As the global geopolitical situation remains complex and the race for new technologies that are relevant for security and defence continues, the EU and its Member States must reinforce cooperation on technologies that are critical for Europe’s long-term security and defence and efforts to reduce...

Shortages in raw materials and the need to reduce the usage of fossil fuels draw our attention to bio-based materials to replace non-renewable fossil raw materials in the European value chains. Potentially, most products based on fossil fuels that are produced today could be made from biological...

Cluster organisations have reacted quickly to help in the coronavirus pandemic. They were highly engaged in supporting with the development and supply of personal protective equipment, respirators, other medical equipment, and vaccines, in providing orientation to their members, in helping the...

Raw materials are essential for the sustainable and sound functioning of Europe’s industries. The industries related to raw materials play important roles in many downstream sectors in Europe, such as construction, defence, chemicals, automotive, aerospace, machinery, equipment, and renewable energy...

The European Union is working on the integration of Ukrainian businesses into the EU Single Market. In the past weeks, bilateral exchanges between Ukrainian and European clusters have shown that there are business opportunities for both sides, for example in the agri-food, construction, advanced...

The European Commission organised the EU-Singapore Matchmaking Event 2022 in the context of the Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC (ITAP) which was held on 18-20 October 2022. The EU-Singapore Matchmaking Event itself took place on-site in Singapore on 19 October 2022 . The European Commission...

The European Cluster Collaboration Platform organised the first Cluster Collaboration Lab, also known as C2Lab, which took place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on 22 and 23 June 2022. At this two-day event in form of a workshop, companies, cluster organisations, financial providers, actors from the civil...

The Russian war against Ukraine requires Europe to continue working on deploying renewable energies, ensuring the security of energy supplies, and looking at the interdependencies between the Member States across the industrial supply chains. On 18 May 2022, the European Commission presented a...

The war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic have a significant impact on global and European logistic chains. Clusters, business associations, and companies report disrupted routes, export and import limitations, increase of transport costs, and delivery delays for a range of products and supplies...

To make food systems fair, healthy, and environmentally friendly, the European Commission developed the Farm to Fork Strategy at the heart of the European Green Deal. Part of the Farm to Fork Strategy is the EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices. With the aim to...

Description The ECCP hosted a technical webinar on 21 April at 10:00-11:00 CET, in order to provide information on the upcoming Matchmaking Event, that will be held in the framework of the second regional workshop "Clusters meet Regions” taking place in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 26-27 April 2022. The...

In recent months, the European Union has been facing high and volatile energy prices. After Russia’s unprecedented military attack on Ukraine, security of supply concerns exacerbate the situation. The new geopolitical and energy market reality requires us to drastically accelerate the clean energy...