Report on the Workshop "Cross-Sectorial and Cross-border Cooperation of Clusters in Support of Green Chemical Industries" on 2 February 2014/Brussels

Timoteo de la FuenteDG Enterprise and IndustryRRM Group MeetingWednesday, 2 April 2014

Towards green chemicals, the role of Clusters.

EU chemicals industry is under strong competitive pressure

Reindustrialisation, green chemicals and new value chains

Reindustrialisation, green chemicals and new value chains

Reindustrialisation, green chemicals and new value chains

EU Policies should be properly executed (a systemic approach)

Clusters for green chemicals and EU reindustrialisation

Conclusions

• Green chemicals industries are created and will better grow around cross sectorial clusters,

• Access to biomass and logistics can have different models (Champagne or Delta regions are two cases),

• Access to finance can be favored through participation in clusters,• Clusters bring together companies (feedstocks-upstream and

clients-downstream),

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Conclusions

• Cluster will boost cross border cooperation for SMEs working with green chemicals and contribute to their internationalisation,

• Clusters need the presence of big companies to help in open innovation issues,

• EU Funds are available to develop industrial capacities in the field of green chemicals but a systemic approach for supporting bio economy is needed.

Thanks

•Thanks• More information: on the ECRN website.