The CHORUS Clean Energy Cluster brings together companies
and research entities in order to establish an arsenal of
renewable and zero / low carbon footprint technologies,
transformable into innovative, integrated products and
solutions for the global Clean Energy and Green Mobility
markets.
Enterprises are at the heart of the strategy launched by the European Council in Lisbon in March 2000. Reaching
the objective of becoming the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable
of sustainable economic growth, more and better jobs and greater social cohesion will ultimately depend on how
successful enterprises, especially small- and medium-sized ones, are.The reports of the Observatory provide an overview of the current situation in the SME sector in Europe through
statistics on the number of enterprises, on total employment and on production by size of enterprise.
The following guide seeks to explain clustering and its impacts in an accessible way. The result is
that officers and politicians not involved in cluster support on a day to day basis can fully
appreciate the importance of the subject area. City examples are highlighted to ensure that the
real world application of ideas and interventions are made clear. Finally the EU level policy and
support framework is explored to ensure that those engaging in cluster activities, and perhaps the
work of the EUROCITIES Clusters Working Group, are aware of the extent to which clustering is
increasingly Important at the EU level.
Benchmarking Regional Competitiveness in the European Cluster Observatory
Author
Union of Hellenic Chambers of Commerce ERDF PP6
Description
This is the first in a series of four background papers that have been written to inform
the methodological development of a regional competitiveness framework and data
collection process. Here we propose an overall conceptual framework for organising
and analysing data on regional competitiveness within the ECO.
Η παρούσα μελέτη έχει ως αντικείμενο τον ρόλο που μπορεί να παίξει μια πολιτική ενίσχυσης των συστάδων επιχειρήσεων στην ελαχιστοποίηση των αρνητικών συνεπειών της ύφεσης που ταλανίζει την ελληνική οικονομία και στη διαμόρφωση συνθηκών εξόδου από αυτή.
