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CLOE conference in Karlsruhe

CLOE is organizing a cluster conference in Karlsruhe on February 26-27, 2008 under the theme: "Clusters Linked over Europe: Regional Innovation Strategies for Cluster Internationalisation and Global Competitiveness"
TCI Board representatives will be present at the conference and speak in one of the panels.

The conference is aiming to provide information and competitiveness on clusters in Europe. The focus is on exchanging experiences, how best to support successful cluster evolution and how to stimulate knowledge, innovation and internationalisation of clusters. Linking with other clusters world-wide and identification of possible partnerships in future common cluster initiatives are underway.

The conference will bring together district managers, as well as entrepreneurs, scientists and regional, national and European-wide policy makers from different clusters, coming from all over Europe.

For more information on the conference visit the CLOE website: http://www.clusterforum.org

CLOE – Clusters Linked Over Europe:

CLOE is a network between fifteen European regions set up with the aims of sharing experience, establishing close co-operation and learning from each other in the area of cluster management. Originally, CLOE was a co-operation between 8 regions in Europe and in 2007, seven new regions from Central Eastern Europe joined the CLOE Network.

The main goal of CLOE is to enable regions with a common interest in cluster-building techniques to meet and develop processes and methodologies for the establishment and management of clusters and networks and thus to develop business opportunities for companies within and between the clusters.

During its first three years of operation, CLOE developed a Cluster Management Guide for cluster managers and regional authorities. In the coming year, CLOE partners will transfer this knowledge and experience to new regions that have joined the network.
Another central activity of CLOE is the development of regional action plans, including the investment needs to implement the plan for the regions that joined the network in 2007.

As CLOE activities have been very successful, the European Commission chose the network to be the first pilot project under the European Commission’s initiative "Regions for economic change".