The EU’s framework for state aid defines innovative clusters as follows: “Innovation  clusters mean   grouping   of   independent   and   innovative   start-ups,   small,   medium   and   large undertakings as well as research organizations operating in a particular sector and region, and designed  to  stimulate  innovative  activity  by  promoting  intensive  interactions,  sharing  of facilities  and  exchange  of  knowledge  and  expertise,  and  by  contributing   effectively  to technology transfer, networking and information dissemination among the undertakings in the cluster”.

 

From previous experience, innovation business-driven clusters have been evidenced to be a successful  approach  to establish  and secure  a long-term  collaboration  among  different  key actors in the RTI ecosystem: research organizations, academics, SMEs, companies, policy and decision  makers  and publics.  Particularly, scattered research  islands  have  been  realized  in different  Mediterranean  countries  where  these  research  bodies  are  working  on  the  same thematic areas but separately  at both local and regional. The interest is in the outcome of their research for solving industrial and societal challenges and for creating new businesses and public services.  Moreover, clustering  should  facilitate  cooperation  between  MPCs  with similar European  researchers  and industries  by highlighting  the main factors contributing  to innovation   in   strategic   sectors   in   the   EU-Mediterranean   cooperation,   leading   to   the enhancement of the industry competitiveness and hence the country’s economic growth.

 

 

Focusing on  the  GreenTech  advanced  methodology for research,  the ClusDevMed  project aims  at strengthening the food, water and energy sectors in these specific contexts, because they are, as many scientific research has proved, the key factors for influencing socio-economic  conditions of  the  related   communities.

 

The detailed multidisciplinary WEF-Nexus of GreenTech Approach:

 

-       Food Science & Technology

-       Agro Food & Food Security

-       Biodiversity

-       Agro-industries & Agribusiness

-       Environmental Sustainability

-       Energy

-       Energy Consumption in Food Production

-       Water Waste

-       Water Reuse in Food Production

-       Innovation Management, Technology Transfer & IPR

-       Social Innovation

 

Target group is young and experienced researchers, practitioners, master and doctoral students and society members interested in contemporary issues of sustainable development, related to clustering, social innovation, energy security etc.

 

 

 

Contact details of ClusDevManager  coordinator

Universita degli Studi Roma Roma3  – Prof . Salvatore Monni  crypt:PGEgaHJlZj0ibWFpbHRvOnNhbHZhdG9yZS5tb25uaUB1bmlyb21hMy5pdCIgdGFyZ2V0PSJfYmxhbmsiPnNhbHZhdG9yZS5tb25uaUB1bmlyb21hMy5pdDwvYT4=:xx

 

Contact details of

National head (Lithuania) of Horizon 2020  project H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014 CLUSDEVMED (2015-2019) Grant Agreement Number 645730 – Prof. Manuela Tvaronavičienė crypt:PGEgaHJlZj0ibWFpbHRvOm1hbnVlbGEudHZhcm9uYXZpY2llbmVAdmd0dS5sdCIgdGFyZ2V0PSJfYmxhbmsiPm1hbnVlbGEudHZhcm9uYXZpY2llbmVAdmd0dS5sdDwvYT4=:xx;crypt:PGEgaHJlZj0ibWFpbHRvOm1hbnVlbGEudHZhcm9uYXZpY2llbmVAbGthLmx0IiB0YXJnZXQ9Il9ibGFuayI+bWFudWVsYS50dmFyb25hdmljaWVuZUBsa2EubHQ8L2E+:xx; crypt:PGEgaHJlZj0ibWFpbHRvOm1hbnVlbGEwMDc3NTZAZ21haWwuY29tIiB0YXJnZXQ9Il9ibGFuayI+bWFudWVsYTAwNzc1NkBnbWFpbC5jb208L2E+:xx