TCI Learning Group Digitization "Smart digital Ecosystems through Clusters" first meeting took place at the Ministry of Digital Agenda in Madrid the 2nd and 3rd of July 2018.

TCI Network seeks to develop tighter bridges between the practitioners in our network and the academic community working on clusters. In this line, we regularly post listings of new academic articles on clusters and competitiveness on our website.

As we start 2019 and make our plans, as good evaluators the TCI Cluster Evaluation Working Group (CEWG) thought we would look back on 2018 and reflect on the year.

The TCI Network is in the process of selecting candidate organizations to host a TCI conference, including its 23rd TCI Global Conference, TCI 2020. TCI is looking for a host who demonstrates creative capabilities to make a unique and interesting proposal, with a proven record in working with competitiveness and cluster issues and in organising world class events in this field. Please note that TCI will only answers organizations that actively support programs on competitiveness and cluster development.

TCI Network seeks to develop tighter bridges between the practitioners in our network and the academic community working on clusters. In this line, we regularly post listings of new academic articles on clusters and competitiveness on our website.

If interested in hosting a TCI conference in 2019, please write to Patricia Valdenebro, CEO TCI Network, pvaldenebro@tci-network.org

Register now and consult the details of the Call for Proposals and how to submit.

TCI European Conference 2018, Sofia, Bulgaria

"Turning challenges into opportunities"

TCI Network seeks to develop tighter bridges between the practitioners in our network and the academic community working on clusters. In this line, we regularly post listings of new academic articles on clusters and competitiveness on our website.

2018 is set to be a busy year for the TCI cluster evaluation working group. Following last year’s workshop in Oslo and a session at the global conference in Bogota, Madeline Smith, Emily Wise and James Wilson met at Orkestra in San Sebastian in February to plan forthcoming activities and work on refining some of the outputs from the ongoing activities of the working group.

TCI European Conference 2018, Sofia, Bulgaria 20-22 March

"Turning challenges into opportunities"

We invite all TCI members to renew their membership before 31 March and encourage the cluster and competitiveness community around the world to join TCI now, so as to benefit from membership advantages during the entire 2018!

Silvano Bertini, Head of Economic Development Policies Unit at Emilia-Romagna Region, is the winner of the TCI Network 20th Anniversary Essay Competition that took place for the 20th TCI anniversary celebration.

TCI Network seeks to develop tighter bridges between the practitioners in our network and the academic community working on clusters. In this line, we regularly post listings of new academic articles on clusters and competitiveness on our website.

Many interesting presentations were given by the speakers during the 20th TCI Global Conference in Bogota, Colombia. The TCI conference material is a great working tool for cluster practitioners helping them to advance in their professional development. In order to make this material accessible to a wide public, TCI has been publishing for some years now material produced in the framework of our activities. We invite you to download the content and share it with your network!

20th TCI Global Conference
"The Future of Clusters Through Cross-Country and Cross-region Collaboration"
7-9 November 2017, Bogota, Colombia
www.tci2017.org · Online registration
Hashtag: #TCI2017

The Clusters3 project partners meet for the 5th Interregional Workshop in Riga.This time the meeting combines with INTER-COMP-INNO Conference. INTER-COMP-INNO is an international conference with aim to explore advantages of cooperation to foster COMPetitiveness, INNOvation and INTERnationalization of small and medium enterprises (SME’s)

The TCI Cluster Evaluation Working Group met in Oslo on 7-8 September (started at 12:00 on Day 1, concluded at 13:00 on Day 2), hosted by Innovation Norway ,with 18 participants that shared their experience on cluster programme evaluation.

During the Bogotá TCI 2017 Conference, you will be able to participate in one of cluster tours, which are a 1-day event where you will get an in-depth understanding of the clusters you visit. Discover the different cluster tours and register now.