{"id":31049,"date":"2025-03-04T17:18:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clusters.org.ua\/?p=31049"},"modified":"2025-03-04T17:21:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:21:05","slug":"uca-digest-key-news-for-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clusters.org.ua\/en\/digest-en\/uca-digest-key-news-for-february\/","title":{"rendered":"UCA Digest \u2013 Key News for February"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Three Years of War in Ukraine<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February 24 marked the third anniversary of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion. We reflected on UCA\u2019s journey over these three years, its key achievements, and its transformations. The main takeaways are unity, professionalization, military support, and adaptability. More <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clusters.org.ua\/en\/blog-single\/three-years-of-war\/\">details here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>UCA News<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>UCA continues to focus on the defense sector. Following its January conference (see the report), UCA clusters participated in several events in February, including the <strong>Defense Tech Innovation Conference<\/strong> organized by Brave1, Ukraine\u2019s state defense accelerator. Read the event<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/brave1ukraine_defense-tech-innovations-forum-2025-organized-activity-7298684904022683648-EsbN?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAATgyv0BHL1sl5QkRDqffJzKzVB6XcHKras\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> report here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UCA invites <strong>European clusters to join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clusters.org.ua\/en\/clusters4defense-initiative\/\">Clusters4Defense initiative<\/a>. <\/strong>Together, we can build a medium\u2014and long-term program for cluster collaboration and contribute to European security.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On February 26, 2025, over 105 participants worldwide joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7300831962179461120\/?actorCompanyId=80517072\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TCI Network webinar<\/a> featuring the <strong>I<\/strong>nterreg Europe ACCELERATE GDT project, titled <em>&#8220;Ukrainian Cluster Ecosystem: Steps Towards a Common Future.&#8221;<\/em> The event highlighted Ukraine\u2019s cluster ecosystem, backed by UCA\u2019s research within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interregeurope.eu\/accelerategdt\/news-and-events\/news\/webinar-ukrainian-cluster-ecosystem-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACCELERATE GDT project.<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucaoffice-europe.org\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UCA\u2019s <strong>first international office<\/strong><\/a> in Central and Eastern Europe has officially started operations in Brno, Czech Republic. Co-funded by several clusters and private companies, the office provides information services to European partners about project opportunities in Ukraine and facilitates matchmaking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>UCA Projects<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clusters.org.ua\/en\/blog-single\/clusters4regions-start-of-the-project\/\">Clusters4Regions<\/a><\/strong> has launched! This initiative, implemented by UCA at the request of Ukraine\u2019s Ministry of Economy and supported by the <strong>UCORD project<\/strong>, aims to <strong>strengthen regional economic development<\/strong> through effective cluster policies in six pilot regions. Regional development agencies will play a crucial role in supporting and integrating clusters into broader economic strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In early February, UCA leadership participated in meetings in Budapest within two major projects: Accelerate GDT (Interreg Europe) and DanubIA (Interreg Danube). Accelerate GDT is driving the development of Ukraine\u2019s first national cluster policy, while DanubIA marks UCA\u2019s first collaboration with four other Central and Eastern European cluster associations (from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, and Hungary).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cluster News<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February 19 \u2013 The <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">PREC<\/span>ISEU project&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clusters.org.ua\/en\/blog-single\/preciseu-project-general-assembly\/\">General Assembly<\/a>\u00a0gathered all European consortium members. The Rivne Interregional Medical Cluster took part, while Biocat\u2019s Montse Daban and Maria Sejas presented key findings from the internal report and reflections on the first six months of PRECISEU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kharkiv IT Cluster, led by Eddi Fast, showcased Ukraine\u2019s IT sector<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0xStLMaPHyz8J3AkUDxw3tvGm9wrEuWA2Hp43Ysr6qwCczUFnwVvfDbfNzjg8tdCGl&amp;id=100002041235697\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> at TechArena<\/a>, one of Scandinavia\u2019s largest business events. After two productive days in Helsinki\u2014where the Ukrainian delegation explored Finland\u2019s startup ecosystem, education models, and investor network\u2014their work continued in Stockholm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Upcoming Events in March<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 11-12 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/appau.org.ua\/en\/matchmaking-in-the-industry-5-0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Industry 5.0 Conference &amp; Matchmaking<\/a><br>March 18-20 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clusters.org.ua\/en\/digest-en\/amper-2025-exhibition-the-premier-event-in-electrical-engineering-and-electronics-in-the-czech-republic-and-slovakia\/\">Ukrainian Delegation at AMPER 2025,<\/a> Brno<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 20 \u2013 KALUSH EXPO 2025<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Years of War in Ukraine February 24 marked the third anniversary of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion. 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