Euroclusters for Europe's recovery

Expected results:

• develop solutions and anticipate challenges for disruption in critical EU value chains,
• accelerate transition towards greener and more digital SMEs,
• the industrial deployment of technologies, foster their markets and promote the EU as a global frontrunner in line with the objectives of the New Industrial Strategy for Europe,
• improve management, coordination and collaboration capacity of EU clusters among different industrial ecosystems in the EU single market,
• accelerate the development of more world-class clusters in all participating countries to better support SMEs from the European Union in global competition,
• encourage cluster consortia to work across sectoral boundaries, to exploit synergies and complementarities and develop a joint ‘European’ strategic vision resilient to external shocks,
• help EU SMEs access third markets and generate growth from international activities,
• contribute to the reskilling and upskilling of the cluster human capital across the EU.

This measure will launch Joint Cluster Initiatives for Europe’s recovery (EUROCLUSTERS) as organised efforts to:

• improve the resilience of the EU industrial ecosystems by developing value chains interlinkages in the EU single market;
• build capacity to increase strategic autonomy in the most critical supplies and technologies of their ecosystems, including upscaling of manufacturing facilities;
• reinforce transformation into a greener and more digital economy;
• foster up and re-skilling of the workforce whilst attracting talents;
• reconnect and boost access to global supply and value chains.