The goal of the Foresight Workshop on 23rd January in Berlin was to define the most promising and dynamic areas of future change in industrial transformation and cluster-development, collaboration and value creation. It will help to identify hypotheses and key variables for the subsequent in-depth analysis, which will form the basis for different scenarios about cluster futures.using the innovative Visual Road-Mapping Technique (link to additional information ), to outline possible development paths for cross-cluster collaboration.The workshop where 15 countries were represented, was organised by the European Cluster Observatory and VDI/VDE-IT. Enric Pèdrós, Cluster Manager at FEMAC took part on...

  Last 20th October, 6 members of NATUREEF consortium meet each other in the European Cluster Conference. CREA Hydro&Energy, Vegepolys,Agrocluster, Green Chemistry, INNOSKART and FEMAC They had the chance to talk about the new incoming call for ESCPs under COSME programme “Clusters Go International” where a Joint International Strategy will be defined in order to avoid conflicts between the partners and to give the project a clear focus on areas where cooperation and share interests are the strongest for all the members in the consortium The call is expected by December...

On Tuesday 4. March Liyana Adjarova and Ivanka Bogunska representing the Green Synergy Cluster from Bulgaria visited The Innovation Network for Biomass (INBIOM) in Denmark represented by Jacob Mogensen and Knud Tybirk.  The aim of the meeting between the 2 clusters was to discuss joint cluster collaborative projects with the aim of internationalization of their members. Also on the agenda was the deliberation of project ideas for future European Projects within the framework of Horizon 2020. It was a very productive meeting which also included a guided tour on the Aarhus University in Foulum including the impressive biogas testing...

Last 18th February Dr. Akuma Saningong, Cluster Manger of BIOMASTEC, met Miss Elisabeth Molina, project manager of FEMAC i the Wallonia Mission of growth in La Louvière, Belgique. They could exchange their impressions regarding the NATUREEF consortium and they went further on in the proposal, which will be presented during this April or...

Biomastec (www.biomastec.com), an innovation and technology network of EurA Consult was visited by representatives of the Green Synergy Cluster from Bulgaria (www.greensynergycluster.eu/en). Green Synergy Cluster (GSC) is a concentration of interconnected companies and institutions in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energies in Plovdiv Region. The mission of GSC is to promote, support and stimulate the implementation of innovative energy efficiency projects, renewable energy sources, energy and “green” projects in real and competitive market within the region of Plovdiv. GSC is made of up of 14 partners from industry and academia and it is managed by a three-membered...

Last 30th of October, Mr. Enric Pedros met Mr. Petar Kisyov in Sofia, Bulgaria, where the IV Blakan and Black Sea Conference was hold. They could exchange their experiences and they could also discuss the future of NATUREEF...

  Last month of July2013 , the cluster Manger of FEMAC Mr. Enric Pedros, met Mr.Mr. Břetislav Skácel from Crea Hydro&Energy Cluster in Zlin, Czech Republic were they could discuss futher on the consortium. The meeting was held during the Seminar in Cluster Management and Performance in the Tomas Bata...

FEMAC Has received the visit of INNOSKART, the ITC Hungarian Cluster and one of the members in the NATUREEF Consortium. The delegation, represented by Mrs. Orsolya SZAPLONCZAY has come with 5 leading companies in the Cluster, RUBIN ZRT., MORTOFF KFT., UNICOMP KFT., SEACON EUROPE KFT., and MKFF KFT. The objective of the study visit has been to share knowledge about the sectors and to search new business opportunities between them. How ITC technology can be used and implemented in the agricultural field. In the program, we also included some visits to companies belonging to the Catalan Cluster of Agricultural...