ACROSS Regional Development Activities Presented on International Conference “Clusters for Innovation and Growth in the Republic of Croatia”

International Conference “Clusters for Innovation and Growth in the Republic of Croatia” was held in Zagreb on 18th April within the framework of the IPA IIIc project “Support to Clusters Development”. The overall objective of the project is to enhance the competitiveness of the Croatian economy through improved quality and mechanisms of support available to investors and SMEs at national as well as regional level.

The Conference demonstrated recent progress in cluster development in Croatia and presented proposed policy initiatives. Key members of the cluster community discussed how better use of ‘’clustering’’ by triple helix partners can contribute to the development of new enterprises, greater levels of technology, increased employment and the development of new export markets for Croatian products.

Professor Vedran Bilas, WP6 leader, presented UNIZG-FER interaction with industry and ACROSS’s activities in the regional development with emphases on the research driven clusters.