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Xjenza Malta vision for R&I! Xjenza Malta's driving progress through strategic funding, industry collaborations and international R&I partnerships is shaping a resilient and sustainable future! Read more on https://lnkd.in/dTbR4s8p Omar Cutajar

Let’s talk about the project CREACTIVE that brings together a unique platform of partners from the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) sector and other key industrial ecosystems. This initiative aims to accelerate the adoption of processes and technologies for a greener and more digital economy. 🌿💻   The consortium, consisting of three innovative partners, offers complementary innovation and digital services, bolstered by an official external service provider selected by Friend CCI. Together, they cover the entire spectrum of SMEs’ twin transition needs, ensuring they are well-equipped for the future. 🤝🌐 🔗 What does CREACTIVE aim to achieve? Connect: Linking EU Cultural and Creative Industries SMEs with deep tech innovative companies and key sectors like digital, electronics, health, aerospace, and defence. Transform: Facilitating the adoption of digital solutions and innovative components in business models, accelerating the digital transition. Internationalize: Providing SMEs with market access and opportunities in Asia through internationalization and specialized training services. The project takes a cross-sectoral approach, enhancing the uptake of digital solutions and driving forward the digital transformation of SMEs in the CCI sector. With strong foundations in existing European cooperation projects such as Eurocluster activities and EDIH, and leveraging subsidiaries in Romania (GAC Group) and Japan (external service provider), CREACTIVE is poised to propel European SMEs to new heights. 🚀🌟   FRIEND CCI is co-financed by the SMP program of the #EuropeanUnion. Project implemented by: Venetian Cluster, ITALCAM Italian-German Chamber of Commerce, France Clusters, OpenHub Galati, Cluster IDiA   European Commission, DG GROW, European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) European Clusters Alliance   #Friendcci #euroclusters #eccp #CreativeCulturalIndustries #CulturalInnovation #CCI

Xjenza Malta vision for R&I! Xjenza Malta's driving progress through strategic funding, industry collaborations and international R&I partnerships is shaping a resilient and sustainable future! Read more on The Malta Chamber https://lnkd.in/eMNDUxAk Silvio Scerri|Omar Cutajar

This week we had a pleasure to host our ISMEF project partners meeting in Tallinn at ITL Estonia office. ISMEF is an acronym for ‘Increasing international sales in the intelligent and sustainable mobility sectors of Estonia and Finland’. The project’s aim is to support Finnish and Estonian mobility companies and related ICT service providers to develop competitive cross-border service and product offers for three international target markets: North America, the Gulf region, and the UK. We are doing this together with ITS Estonia, ITL and ITS Finland as part of Central Baltic Programme 💪. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/dwx2uiFH #ISMEFProject #ITSFinland #ITSEstonia #Collaboration #Innovation #SmartMobility #CentralBaltic #SustainableDevelopment #Teamwork #Partnerships #DigitalTransformation

🇧🇪 🇧🇷 🌍 Strengthening Economic Ties Through Cooperation Projects 🇧🇷 🇧🇪 🌍 As we anticipate HRH Princess Astrid's economic mission to Brazil in November, it's an opportune moment to highlight the deepening economic connections between Belgium and Brazil, especially through collaborative projects in research, development, and innovation. 🇧🇪🇧🇷 DID YOU KNOW THIS ABOUT THE COOPERATION BETWEEN WALLONIA (BELGIUM) AND BRAZIL? Belgium, particularly the region of Wallonia, is actively engaged in international cooperation projects aimed at fostering industrial innovation. One such initiative is the 34th IraSME Call for international cooperation projects in Research, Development, and Innovation (RD&I), launched by SPWEER and EMBRAPII - Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa e Inovação Industrial. This initiative promotes the development of new products, processes, or technical services between Belgium and Brazil. Brazil's dynamic market is ripe for collaboration, and the upcoming economic mission led by HRH Princess Astrid aims to further solidify the economic ties between Belgium and Brazil. This mission presents an excellent opportunity to explore additional collaborative ventures, investment possibilities, and mutual growth areas between our two nations. To make these cooperation projects effective, AWEx works hand in hand with Julie Dumont, Scientific and Academic Counselor from WBI (Wallonia-Brussels International), who can help you identify the right R&D partners, ensuring a seamless and productive partnership. As we look forward to the economic mission in November, we are excited about the potential for further collaboration and innovation between Belgium and Brazil. Together, we can achieve remarkable growth and advancements in industrial innovation. 🌟🤝 Interested? Don't wait anymore, just contact us and together we make your wishes come true. 🌍✨ #EconomicMission #BelgiumBrazil #Wallonia #GlobalBusiness #Innovation #EconomicGrowth #Collaboration #ResearchAndDevelopment https://lnkd.in/dJRxxk6J Wallonia Export & Investment Agency | Belgian Foreign Trade Agency (BFTA) | Wallonie Bruxelles International | Skywin | BioWin - The Health Cluster of Wallonia | Wagralim, the Agri-Food Innovation Cluster of Wallonia | Logistics in Wallonia | GreenWin | Pôle MecaTech | Centre Logistique de Wallonie |

With the recent Chatham House speech from Oliver Dowden on economic security this report produced collaboratively by #HEECA and #EECARO could not be more timely. The UK Higher Education sector has long been proactive in this space and is mindful of the opportunities and security risks the globalisation agenda presents. Key next steps needed are: ✅ Moving from a reactive posture to a strategic one. ✅ Ensuring parity of access to freely available resources to help inform and support risk based assessments of international collaborations. ✅ The provision of funding to empower the UK HE sector in meeting this challenge and the support of long standing initiatives in this space. ✅ Design of a professional development pathway to establish an appropriate sector economic security talent pool and enabling staff mobility across the sector. ✅ A national and international architecture of collaboration across academia, government, funding bodies and industry. ✅ Proportionate training resources enabling institutional and thematic contextualisation of content in light of diverse audiences (early career researchers, students, academics, professional services, technicians and senior leaders). We need to enable not disable the UK HE sector and this report demonstrates a strong UK & EU collaboration with recommendations on how we can achieve that. #economicsecurity #exportcontrols #researchsecurity #security #trustedresearch #highereducation

A great representation of TCI Network at the EU Cluster Conference 2024 in Brussels last week 👌 An amazing gathering of almost 900 European #clusters and stakeholders from more than 40 countries 🌍   Many of the #TCImembers took the opportunity to participate in inspiring workshops, fruitful meetings and, excellent options for networking. With us, we brought new future collaborations for #innovation and growth in #Europe and beyond 🚀   Our main takeaways❓ Check them here😉👇 https://lnkd.in/dXiZyaj4

📣 𝗛𝗘𝗘𝗖𝗔 & 𝗘𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗢 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗗! Since our Secure Internationalisation workshop took place back in February with our international peers at European Export Control Association for Research Organisations (EECARO), we have been hard at work analysing the valuable inputs and discussions from the event. Today, HEECA & EECARO are thrilled to share the culmination of our efforts – 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱: 𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗨𝗞 & 𝗘𝗨 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 ⭐ This report delves into the key themes and findings that emerged during the workshop, providing a detailed analysis of the challenges faced, ideas to support and inform future policy developments through enhanced international collaboration, and outlining the actions needed to enable a step change across the agenda of secure internationalisation. We extend our gratitude to all delegates for their invaluable contributions. The success of the workshop would not have been possible without their active participation and insights 👏 Feel free to share this with your networks, and we look forward to hearing any additional thoughts, reactions, or perspectives you may have. We continue to seek funding to help support the running of these events in the near future! #HEECA #EECARO #SecureInternationalisation #EconomicSecurity #ResearchSecurity #KnowledgeSecurity #InternationalCollaboration #HEI #TrustedResearch #ExportControls

💡 What do Finnish clusters need to thrive in a rapidly evolving world? 🌍 This question was at the heart of the first National Finnish Clusters Event in the dynamic Kokkola city, where cluster stakeholders from diverse industries came together to share insights, challenges, and opportunities for cluster development in Finland. The event wasn’t just about presentations—it was a dynamic space for discussions, with participants identifying together the key needs of Finnish clusters and exploring how NORDICHUB, as a national cluster platform, can bridge gaps and drive collaboration. 🔗 Read the full recap here: Learnings from the National Finnish Clusters Event 2024 Key topics discussed: 🗝️ The critical resources and strategies clusters need to support growth and innovation ❔ How NORDICHUB can serve as a unifying force to address these needs, building resilient networks for sustainable impact in Finland and beyond. 🤝 This event highlighted the importance of open dialogue and cooperation in shaping the future of clusters—and the proactive role a national platform can play in supporting these ecosystems. 🗨️ What are your thoughts? How can national platforms like NORDICHUB best serve the needs of clusters in your experience? Share your ideas in the comments below! 👇 #ClusterDevelopment #NORDICHUB #Collaboration #Innovation #Sustainability #Finland #clusters Kristian Schrey Triinu Varblane Martina Buss Stina Mattila Jonne Sandberg Timo Lahtinen Olli Voutilainen Johan Wasberg Kaisa Kaapo Antonio Novo Guerrero European Clusters Alliance Ola Svedin Clusters of Sweden European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) Viexpo NordicHub TCI Network https://lnkd.in/dmc-TfXV

Great insights from Daniëlle Meulenberg about the upcoming GTIA - Global Technology Industry Association #Benelux Community meeting in Mechelen. Plus, don't miss a great Eyes Wide Open session from Kevin Zwaan, who will talk about cybersecurity from a hacker's perspective. A preview of Kevin's session here in this Computable.nl article. https://lnkd.in/eaFgERjt #WeAreGTIA