🤝 The Ukrainian Cluster Movement is growing stronger together with Ukrainian business 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
🚀 As part of the project "Internationalization of Ukrainian Clusters: How to Thrive in the EU Cluster Ecosystem" under the EU4Business: SME Recovery, Competitiveness and Internationalisation programme, we are pleased to announce the readiness of 15 Ukrainian clusters for the @European Cluster Conference 2024 by European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP), which will take place in Brussels on 6-8 May.
For the third time, Quality Centre LLC has been selected as a partner in the preparation and organisation of the trip for the best representatives of Ukrainian clusters to international cluster conferences (EU Cluster Conference 2022 and Clusters Meet Regions in Kosice 2023).
The outbreak of russian aggression has given rise to active unity and cooperation of Ukrainian enterprises from many industries. "The biggest wave of clustering and internationalisation of business, which has been many times discussed before, came in March 2022. Our choice was to unite the leading companies in their industries. This is evidenced by the Ukrainian Automotive and Mobility Cluster, whose members employ more than 15,000 people," says Olga Trofymova, co-founder of the Ukrainian Cluster Alliance (UCA), cluster manager of the Ukrainian Automotive and Mobility Cluster, and director of the Quality Centre.
The selected participants are totally ready: they took part in two webinars (on developing their own profile on the conference platform and on conducting negotiations), attended individual meetings on the development of profiles and presentations. More than 15 potential partners are found for each of the participants in the identified partnership and projects.
"Ukrainian clusters have a lot to share with the international community. And it's not just about demonstrating the incredible resilience that the whole world is talking about. It's about innovation, our potential for growth and scaling, which would not have happened without openness, trust and cooperation with international partners," commented Anna Haiduchok, Head of Component EU4Business Programe at GIZ Ukraine.
So, we can confidently say that we have every reason to expect powerful results from the participation of Ukrainian cluster delegation at this event. In the near future, we will show the most influential clusters and their brightest representatives. After all, behind every successful step Ukraine makes on its way to internationalisation is a specific person or business that sets worthy examples for colleagues to follow.
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