Objective EFFORT objective is to gain understanding of the behaviour, governance, sustainability and constituency drivers of dynamic cross-border and cross-regional clusters of SMEs to improve their ability to access the global market, facilitating collaborative production of products and services, as well as responding to procurement contracts of public or private organizations. EFFORT will investigate also the legal framework and policy activities needed to address the setup of the innovation ecosystem governance structure. Market access will be improved through a double process of "extended" and "dynamic" clustering. The "extended" clustering implies aggregating capabilities of clustered SMEs at different level overcoming the geographical boundaries and operational limitations of traditional clusters.The "dynamic" clustering implies adaptability in configuring "virtual" clusters to respond to specific market opportunities. The fundamental challenge is how to facilitate dynamic external clustering, and to build capacity across clusters and networks of SMEs. This challenge involves building 'internal' capabilities enhancing the organizational, knowledge and technological capacity of SMEs, and building 'external' capacity in the environments in which SMEs and their clusters operate.The key issues have to do with regulation/policy, legal framework, governance mechanisms and technological conditions that can function as the enabling framework for completing the Internal Market and to complement the vision of the innovation ecosystem objective. EFFORT will bring a multidisciplinary perspective on the current status and future possibilities of cross-border and cross-regional "dynamic and extended SME clustering" based on the notion of building SME cross-cluster capacity by selecting complementary partners out of SME networks that extend beyond the boundaries of a traditional cluster. Thus, our working hypothesis is that dynamic clustering will facilitate market access for SMEs. Fields of science social sciencessociologygovernance Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2005-2.5.8 - ICT for Networked Businesses Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme SSA - Specific Support Action Coordinator UMBRIA INNOVAZIONE S. CONS. A. R. L. Address Via annio floriano 5 05100 Terni Italy See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ANONYMI EMPORIKI ETAIRIA ANAPTYXISKAI YPIRESION KAI PROIOTON SE TOMEIS YPSILIS TECHNOLOGIAS Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Odos ermou 86 10554 Athina See on map BUDAPESTI CORVINUS EGYETEM Hungary EU contribution € 0,00 Address Fovam ter 8 Budapest See on map Links Website Opens in new window EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH - INSTITUT EUROPEEN DE LA RECHERCHE INTERDISCIPLINAIRE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rue du general de castelnau 8 75015 Paris See on map FOMENTO DEL TRABAJO NACIONAL Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via layetana 32 08003 Barcelona See on map INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Patission street 42 10682 Athina See on map KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN EU contribution € 0,00 Address See on map Links Website Opens in new window KAUNO TECHNOLOGIJOS UNIVERSITETAS Lithuania EU contribution € 0,00 Address K donelaicio g 73 44029 Kaunas See on map T6 SOCIETA COOPERATIVA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via genova 30 00184 Roma See on map TECHIN SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA Poland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Ul. czterech wiatrow 8 Warsaw See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSIDAD DE NAVARRA Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Carrer logrono s/n Pamplona See on map
