ClusterXchange supports short-term exchanges to better connect Europe’s industrial ecosystems. It aims to facilitate transnational cooperation, peer learning, networking and innovation uptake between actors member of a cluster within a similar or from different industrial ecosystems. It is implemented with the support of clusters that have teamed up in Partnerships.
Exchanges can be used to:
Learn from actors in another cluster
Explore growth opportunities in new markets
Take up new technologies, digitalisation and green low-carbon solutions
Invest in strategic interregional collaboration
Participants (visitors and hosts) of a transnational exchange can be representatives of cluster organisations and similar business network organisations, scaling-up support organisations (such as tech centres, research institutes, (digital) innovation hubs, fab labs, creative hubs, resource efficiency service providers, incubators, accelerators) and SMEs that are cluster members from countries participating in the COSME programme.
ClusterXchange specifics:
Contribution Funding:
Lump sums available for visitors for travel and accommodation expenses
Period of stay:
Exchanges can last from three working days up to one month
How to apply?
Cluster members can express their interest or questions to the European Cluster Collaboration Platform, hosting the ClusterXchange IT Tool, and will be supported by specific Partnerships