UA_EU_CLUSTER5.0 - Boosting UA and EU Digital SMEs Towards 5.0 Industry Paradigms Project

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Digital Cluster can play a pivotal role in supporting the integration of Industry5.0 paradigms. The role played by clusters could be pivotal and relevant in building resilience within our existing economy and transforming it into a new set of economic ecosystems that are more resilient to future shocks and stresses. Digital technologies are a key pillar of development strategies and will play an essential role in the future years, both for what concerns reconstruction in Ukraine and in strengthening infrastructure, growth and democratic values in the whole Eastern Neighbourhood. The UA_EU_CLUSTER5.0 - Boosting UA and EU Digital SMEs Towards 5.0 Industry Paradigms Project, aims at creating a Cluster Partnership among Digital Clusters in Ukraine, Portugal and Italy, focused on strengthening the Ukrainian technological, innovative and digital sectors following the Industry5.0 paradigms, towards a more resilient and sustainable society, facilitating an effective, fruitful entrance into the EU Markets through: -the intensification of the collaboration across regions and sectors through the development and reinforcement of value chains, aninterlinkages between Italian, Portuguese and Ukrainian companies (networking, cross-border cooperation). -Fostering the cluster capacity-building and the professionalisation of support for both EU and Ukrainian SMEs digital technologies enabling the twin transition towards Industry5.0. -the combination of resources and knowledge with the goal of working together on joint strategies and carrying out activities in the interest of their SMEs clusters’ members, - boosting the economic growth of Ukrainian SMEs and supporting their access and integration into the EU Market, - leveraging the collaborations among EU and UA SMEs in the field of digital technologies enabling to the twin transition towards Industry5.0, - supporting the adoption of policies from the UA and EU policymakers of strategies to support the integration of UA SMEs.