On November 21-23, 2023, Yana Ilchyk (INNOVINNPROM INNOVINNPROM) represented the Vinnytsia Automation and Instrument Making Cluster at the Clusters Meet Regions conference in Iași (Romania) as part of a delegation from UCA (Ukrainian Cluster Alliance)
At the conference, representatives of clusters presented their projects to Romanian colleagues, held negotiations with potential partners and signed a memorandum between UCA and the Romanian cluster alliance Asociatia Clusterelor din Romania.
Special emphasis was placed on international and interregional cluster cooperation with Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova in the context of the wider perspective of the Danube region.
The event gathered more than 150 representatives of clusters, companies, national and regional government authorities and business support organizations from Romania and other European countries, as well as financial intermediaries, innovation agencies, industrial associations and investors.
A delegation from UCA attended a conference in Romania within the framework of the international cooperation program "EU4Business: recovery, competitiveness and internationalization of SMEs", which is jointly financed by the European Union and the German government.