Foundation for Clusters and Competitiveness

We are an independent foundation and training academy based in Barcelona. Our mission is to teach, evaluate, raise and sustain the competitiveness of regional economic clusters worldwide. Our aim is to promote the use of clusters and value chains as an effective tool for the economic development of regions. For every place, in every industry.

Agenda

30 September - 04 October 2024 Competitiveness Summer School, IESE Business School, Barcelona

26 - 27 September 2023 Food & Bio Global Summit 2023, Aarhus, Denmark

26 - 30 June 2023 Competitiveness Summer School IESE Business Shool, Barcelona

3 - 4 May 2023 Best for Energy Summit Izmir, Türkiye

16 December 2022 Graduation Ceremony at PACOFIDE Benin

2022 - 2024
Training programme with
PACOFIDE Benin


An overview of our trainings 2024-25

New training programmes have been set for 2024-25 in Cluster-based Development and Cluster Management. They are designed as essential tools for economic development practitioners and cluster managers. Objective: to build on one's foundation and knowledge in developing economic clusters and learn to manage cluster initiatives.


Recent involvements


What they say about us

We’ve been doing researches and studies on competitiveness and innovation for years; all of them are now sitting on a shelf in some office. The training programme of the Foundation, specially the field project, gave us the tools we needed. Together with our local expertise, that makes a powerful setting to concretely support local companies.
— Ekin TASKIN, Founder & CEO Tabu Solutions, Turkey