This report sets out the findings and recommendations of an evaluation of European cluster initiatives (ECI) managed by the European Commission, Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry (DG ENTR), unit D5 - Clusters and Support for SMEs. The evaluation was conducted between December 2013 and...

In 2009, creative and cultural industries firms employed a total of 6.4 million persons in 30 European countries. Regions with high concentrations of creative and cultural industries have Europe's highest prosperity levels. Large urban areas and capital city regions dominate the creative and...

This publication presents the main findings, results and achievements of the first 3 years of research and work of the European Cluster Observatory. The Observatory has provided, for the first time, a quantitative analysis of European clusters based on a fully comparable and consistent...