Name:
Blue Italian Growth National Technological Cluster (CTN BIG Cluster) – Cluster approach to Blue Growth

Developed by:
Cluster BIG – Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR)Italy

Funding sources:
BIG is one of 12 National Technological Clusters (Cluster Tecnologici Nazionali) that will develop the 12 Specialisation Areas which have been identified by the Italian National Programme for Research (PNR) 2015-2020, and by the Italian National Intelligent Specialisation Strategy (SNSI).

General idea:
Clustering is an efficient tool to create cooperation among enterprises and institutions operating in the same area to improve productivity, innovation and competitiveness of national industry in the international market.

Sources:
http://www.clusterbig.it/

About Cluster Approach:
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/cosme_en; https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/funding/erdf/; https://www.unido.org/; https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/funding/ipa/; https://www.eib.org/en/index.htm; http://www.wbedif.eu/about-wbedif/