28 October 2025
Take your cluster to the Next Level! Free “Cluster Management Excellence” Course with Europe’s TOP managers.

Ready to enhance your management skills and build powerful international partnerships? Join us for “Cluster Management Excellence,” an exclusive series of 4 online workshops designed for managers and teams of European and Ukrainian technology and industry clusters.

🎤 Learn from the best in the business. Your mentors will be TOP managers from clusters holding the ECEI Gold Label — the highest European benchmark for excellence in management, strategy, and innovation.

✅ Why you should join:

  • Gain practical skills: Acquire hands-on tools and strategies you can implement immediately.
  • Build international connections: Find new partners and expand your professional network within the EU and Ukraine.
  • Leverage European expertise: Learn from the success stories and best practices of market-leading clusters.
  • Earn official recognition: Receive a certificate of completion for attending at least 3 workshops, validating your professional development.

💻 Course Program

The course consists of four workshops covering key topics for cluster development:

  1. Cluster Strategy & Sustainable Development.
  2. High-Impact Services for Cluster Members.
  3. Fostering International Cooperation & SME Exports.
  4. Innovation & Technology Transfer.

✳️ First Workshop: “Cluster Strategy & Sustainable Development”

🗓️ When: October 30 | 14:30-16:30 (Kyiv Time, EET / UTC+2) | Online

🎤 Speaker: Bianca Muntean

  • CEO of Transilvania IT Cluster (an ECEI Gold Label Cluster).
  • 25+ years of experience in developing innovation ecosystems.
  • Founder of Romania’s first Digital Innovation Hub (DIH).
  • Honorary Consul of Estonia in Romania.

In this workshop, you will learn how to:

Develop an effective cluster strategy, from mission to implementation.

Engage and retain corporate and public stakeholders.

Build strong partnerships in the EU, from finding contacts to signing MoUs.

Analyze success stories from leading European clusters.

Don’t miss this opportunity to empower your team! Seats are limited.

Be part of a growing network driving digital transformation!

👉 Register now https://forms.gle/C1udcqm6jWvhmzd49 (spots are limited)

Organizers & Partners:

This course is organized by Kharkiv IT Cluster, Transilvania IT Cluster, Cluster Digital de Catalunya, Dnipro IT Community, and Odesa IT Family as part of the ITBridge project — a strategic initiative to strengthen cooperation between the European Union and Ukraine in the digital sector.

The ITBridge project is funded by the European Union through the Single Market Programme under the grant agreement №101196018. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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