NetBioClue

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'NETworking activity for BIOtechnology CLUsters in Europe'
Co-ordination action

NetBioClue aims to support networking, collaboration and the transfer of knowledge among innovation stakeholders and actors in the biotechnology for health sector in Europe. The project will address all types of innovation including technological and organisational innovation. It will operate at the scale at which clustering realises the most beneficial innovation development, management and transfer and will inlcude many different types of clusters.

NetBioClue will promote development of the innovation system at European level by establishing a European innovation system. The objective will be to network different players, promoting co-operation, and encouraging transnational learning and global competitiveness. Networking among the clusters will be strengthened and new approaches in the promotion of innovative activities at European level, with a special focus on entrepreneurial innovation in the sector, will be applied.

The overarching goal of NetBioClue is to:
Promote closer co-operation among actors within clusters in order to address the specific needs of the biotech sector at different stages of development, through transnational learning and increased global competitiveness. Co-operation will be promoted by involving experts in the field.

The project has 8 main objectives:
  • To study the evolution of the clusters
  • To identify factors that contribute to successful cluster development
  • To identify best practice within clusters in relation to specific innovation issues relevant to the biotech sector
  • To analyse transnational factors in cluster development that contribute to excellence and increased competitiveness
  • To develop a scientific methodology for testing pilot-scale projects within clusters, and to assess the excellence of innovation related activities
  • To design joint programmes and pilot projects which will conducted in an extended form at a later stage
  • To foster the creation of transnational mega-clusters and international co-operation
  • To provide policy recommendations to local, national and European authorities involved in cluster development in the sector.