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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-824/annex/division-European/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/824",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 22 October 2008 setting up a European Cluster Policy Group (2008/824/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-824",
  "path": "annex/division/European/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Background",
  "text": "A ‘High-Level Advisory Group on Clusters’ was established in December 2006 under the Europe INNOVA Initiative with the mission to steer cluster policy discussions in Europe and develop a cluster agenda of common actions that would foster trans-national cooperation. The group played the lead role in the preparation of the ‘European Cluster Memorandum’ launched at the European Presidency Conference on Innovation and Clusters in Stockholm on 22-23 January 2008 and signed by more than 70 national and regional authorities and agencies.\nThe Communication ‘Towards world-class clusters in the European Union: Implementing the broad-based innovation strategy’ adopted on 17.10.2008 foresees the establishment of a European Cluster Policy Group to help Member States to develop a more strategic vision to reach critical mass and world-class excellence. This Group will replace the current ‘High-Level Advisory Group on Clusters’ and raise its profile and visibility.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The text of the European Cluster Memorandum is available at http://www.proinno-europe.eu/NWEV/uploaded_documents/European_Cluster_Memorandum.pdf"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "COM(2008) 652, 17.10.2008."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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