{"id":31100,"date":"2025-03-13T12:59:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T10:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clusters.org.ua\/?p=31100"},"modified":"2025-10-28T12:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:08:01","slug":"uca-collaboration-project-with-cluster-associations-of-eastern-europe-in-the-danube-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clusters.org.ua\/en\/blog-about-clusters\/uca-collaboration-project-with-cluster-associations-of-eastern-europe-in-the-danube-region\/","title":{"rendered":"The First UCA Collaboration Project with Cluster Associations of Eastern Europe in the Danube Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is&nbsp;currently&nbsp;a lack of an effective and structured approach to transforming successful cooperation between cluster networks into fundamental&nbsp;<strong>commercial, technological, or project-based interactions<\/strong>&nbsp;between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Additionally, scaling up successful partnerships between individual companies to the level of cluster networks remains a challenge.&nbsp;This&nbsp;complicates the assessment of the impact of SME-cluster cooperation on&nbsp;<strong>green, digital, and sustainable value chains<\/strong>&nbsp;within and beyond the Danube region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another issue is collecting relevant&nbsp;<strong>economic performance data<\/strong>&nbsp;from SMEs. This process requires significant effort and time, making obtaining&nbsp;<strong>real-time data<\/strong>&nbsp;to support industrial policy decisions difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>DanubIA Clusters Project: An Innovative Solution for the Danube Region<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To address these challenges, five cluster associations from&nbsp;<strong>Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Ukraine<\/strong>&nbsp;have joined forces to develop the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/clustero.eu\/danubia-ai-based-cluster-cooperation-in-the-danube-region\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DanubIA Clusters Project<\/a><\/strong>. The project aims to strengthen cooperation between SMEs within clusters and&nbsp;enhance collaboration&nbsp;among key stakeholders of the&nbsp;&#8220;innovation quadrangle&#8221;(government, business, academia, and civil society) in the Danube region.&nbsp;This&nbsp;will help boost&nbsp;innovation potential&nbsp;and improve&nbsp;their positioning within international strategic value chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Project Objectives:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Enhancing cluster cooperation<\/strong>&nbsp;at multiple levels:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>C2C (cluster-to-cluster), C2B (cluster-to-business), B2C (business-to-consumer), and B2B (business-to-business) interactions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strengthen commercial, technological, and innovation partnerships and participate in international research, development, and innovation projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Providing real-time economic data<\/strong>&nbsp;by developing a mechanism for collecting up-to-date information on the economic competitiveness of&nbsp;<strong>regional clusters and SMEs<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Facilitating knowledge exchange<\/strong>&nbsp;by supporting the sharing of best practices, both at the individual and institutional levels, especially in&nbsp;the field of&nbsp;<strong>green and digital transformation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Strengthening the resilience of value chains<\/strong>&nbsp;across the Danube region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project is implemented with the support of the&nbsp;<strong>Interreg Danube Region Transnational Cooperation Program<\/strong>&nbsp;and is co-financed by the&nbsp;<strong>European Union<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Project Budget:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u20ac124,999<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Interreg Funding:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u20ac99,999.2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Project Duration:<\/strong>&nbsp;September 2024 \u2013 May 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/clustero.eu\/danubia-ai-based-cluster-cooperation-in-the-danube-region\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DanubIA Clusters results<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is&nbsp;currently&nbsp;a lack of an effective and structured approach to transforming successful cooperation between cluster networks into fundamental&nbsp;commercial, technological, or project-based interactions&nbsp;between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). 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