The European Commission has launched a number of cluster related projects and initiatives aiming at the improvement of cluster policy within Europe and improving the efficiency of existing efforts in cluster management. Started in September 2009 Cluster-Excellence.eu – the European Cluster Excellence Initiative – constitutes a central pillar within this approach.

Cluster-Excellence.eu puts together the most experienced persons and organisations in Europe to identify and set up a meaningful set of quality indicators and peer-assessment procedures for cluster management. The intention is to develop training materials and set up an approach for quality labelling of cluster management, in order to help cluster managers achieve high levels of excellence in their duties and to succeed in the peer-assessments.

The European Cluster Managers’ Club and the European Cluster Collaboration Platform are modules in the framework of Cluster-Excellence.eu to promote excellence in cluster management.

These services will be launched across Europe on a self sustaining basis. The peer review system for the labelling will allow a rapid scaling of qualified reviewers. Training materials will be licensed to all organisations or academic institutions that want to engage in cluster management training.

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• Project One Pager in Catalan
• Project One Pager in English
• Project One Pager in French
• Project One Pager in German
• Project One Pager in Hungarian
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