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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)",
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  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Mandate of the European Cluster Policy Group",
  "text": "The scope and objective of the European Cluster Policy Group is to share intelligence about cluster policies in view to further explore how to better assist Member States in supporting the emergence of world-class clusters in the EU.\nThe tasks of the Group are:\nto improve the Commission’s and the Member States’ understanding of modern policy responses in support of cluster excellence;\nto identify and further analyse successful and unsuccessful practices in support of clusters, and make recommendations on how to better design cluster policies in the Community;\nto assess international trends in cluster development and identify future challenges for cluster policies in response to globalisation;\nto explore tools for removing existing barriers to trans-national cluster cooperation;\nto analyse complementarities among the main policies and financial instruments at Community level that support clusters, draw conclusions and recommendations;\nto liaise with the European Cluster Alliance and where appropriate with other initiatives in support of clusters and cluster policies, and draw from their practical experiences;\nto conduct up to a maximum of three exploratory study visits within the term of the members, with a view to learning from international experience;\nto collaborate with a view to communicating the discussion and common findings to the public;\nto provide the Commission with a mid-term report nine months after its launch and a final report at the end of its full period summarising progress on the tasks and recommendations. The final report should be made publicly available.\nThe Chairperson shall participate at relevant conferences and events and shall present the results and key findings of the Group. The reports will not be considered as reflecting the views of the Commission services.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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