Following the successful cycle of 12 events held in the period 2022 – 2023 and a further two scheduled by the end of this year, the European Cluster Collaboration Platform, on behalf of the European Commission, will be coordinating a further 16 European ‘Clusters meet Regions’ workshops throughout 2024 – 2025.
The objective of this Call for Expression of Interest is to draw a list of up to sixteen (16) national/regional authorities with clusters organisations that commit to organising a European workshop ‘Clusters Meet Regions’ in a specified period.
The European Commission will select particular locations and dates for these workshops based on the criteria presented below and also taking into account political priorities and supply chain problems related to the current geopolitical situation affecting not only the host region but also a critical number of regions in other Member States.
Deadline for submission of the Expression of Interest
This call for expression of interest is continuously open. However, applications will be deemed admissible to be considered for a certain quarter of the year only if they are sent before the respective cut-off date. The selection of the hosting regions will follow up based on the respective cut-off dates:
– 22 December 2023 – 18:00 CET (Brussels time) – CLOSED
– 31 May 2024 – 18:00 CET (Brussels time)
– 30 September 2024 – 18:00 CET (Brussels time)
– 20 December 2024 – 18:00 CET (Brussels time)
– Potentially, depending on previous selections’ results, 31 January 2025 – 18:00 CET (Brussels time) (tbc)