Project

Interdisciplinary clusters as a step towards a knowledge-driven economy

Code
41M05612
Duration
01 February 2012 → 31 July 2014
Funding
European funding: various, Ghent University funding
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Development planning and policy
    • Economic development
    • Innovation, research and development, technological change, intellectual property rights
  • Engineering and technology
    • Electrical energy production and distribution
    • Renewable power and energy systems engineering
Keywords
Factories of the Future sustainability cleantech
 
Project description

Responding to the appropriateness of the NIB, West Flanders wishes through this project to realize the necessary preparatory steps for the construction of two plants for the future, in terms of new and smart materials & products / industrial design and cleantech. It relates specifically to the development of unique economic alliances with complementary actors (businesses, government, research actors, ...), which embody a NIB in an interdisciplinary context, with very specific objectives and action in the areas of infrastructure, branding, services & networking, research and innovation and training, with particular attention to internationalization, sustainability and innovation. To realize the creation of such forceful FVT's, extensive partnerships should be developed. The West Flemish universities have to play a leading role, but to include them fully, they must first be reinforced material and immaterial plane i.s.m. the knowledge. Also on the side of the '' eindehebruikers' of FVT's, businesses and the bijzeonder SME's, additional resources should be done to take them to the FVT's to lead and the FVT 's make up for them profitable.