The conference is jointly organised by the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Commission. It takes place in Brussels on 26 January 2016, from 10.00 to 16.00.

It includes exploring and discussing intra-regional governance issues of successful European Innovation Ecosystem as well as the quality and effectiveness of business support service providers, such as clusters.

The agenda includes a workshop session on the interactions between clusters and science parks, co-developed by the European Cluster Cooperation Platform (ECCP).

Targeted participants 
Representatives from national/regional authorities and practitioners from business and innovation support institutions organised in non-governmental networks such as EBN (gathering Incubators & Business & Innovation Centres, EU-BICs), IASP (gathering Science and Technology Parks, and Areas of Innovation), the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (gathering clusters), ERRIN & EURADA (gathering development agencies and innovative regions), EARTO (gathering research & technology organisations, RTOS) and other innovation actors.

More information and registration

The European Cluster Observatory website