Focus: innovation, enterprise and cluster development

Innovation at firm and sector level is a crucial part of maintaining competitiveness in the face of rapidly changing technology, markets and trading opportunities. Achieving an innovative business base is related to the skills base, the quality of leadership and management, links to the higher and vocational education sectors and cluster structures.

OpenCities offers support in the following areas:

• Hosting/chairing innovation awareness-raising events for SMEs
• Developing innovation policy
• Developing links between universities and vocational education institutions and the business base
• Designing cluster development strategies for sectors such as creative industries, life sciences, retail and sport.
• Designing and delivering innovation information products for SMEs