Website: exceliving.eu
EXCELIVING
The EXCELIVING project focuses on the various value chains of the habitat sector from a cross-sectoral perspective: construction materials, furniture, and lighting devices, home automation, etc.
In this regard, EXCELIVING promotes a multidimensional approach to living environments, focusing on a set of elements that have a direct impact on healthy, age-friendly, and sustainable environments.
The project addresses the challenges of the housing sector, contributing to the promotion of a favorable ecosystem at the European level, which creates a competitive advantage through strengthening the transfer of innovations, excellence in cluster management, and interregional collaboration. The ultimate goal is to transform the habitat sector into a greener, more competitive sector, and with increased openness to internationalization.
Project partners: Transylvanian Furniture Cluster – Romania, Habitat Cluster Barcelona – Spain, Smartech Cluster – Spain, Sustainable Habitat Cluster – Portugal, Wellfare Tech – Denmark
Project co-financed by the European Union through the COSME program, “COS-CLUSTER-2020-3-03 – European Cluster Excellence Programme with ClusterXchange scheme connecting ecosystems and cities” call.
Updating the individual strategy of the clusters involved in the project (WP2, activity 2.2.)
Strategy for the entire project partnership, consisting of 5 clusters (WP2, activity 2.3.)
Organizing international visits (WP5, activity 5.4): the visits will have specific themes, such as energy efficiency, digitalization, sustainability, and circular economy in the production of materials and construction spaces, healthy spaces, etc.
Leader WP6: defining a long-term cooperation and sustainability plan (activity 6.1) and developing a lessons learned guide and recommendations for clusters and SMEs (activity 6.2.)
Development of the communication plan for the Exceliving project (WP7, activity A7.1)
Work package 1: management and coordination for project activities
Work package 2: developing a comprehensive strategic plan for building a strong and long-term partnership
Work package 3: strengthening cluster capacities and improving management skills
Work package 4: designing a portfolio of new, value-added services for SMEs, and delivering them
Work Package 5: mobility events within the ClusterXchange scheme
Work Package 6: lessons learned, sustainability, and long-term cooperation
Work Package 7: communication, dissemination, and promotion of project activities
10 new collaborative projects or cooperation agreements or business agreements
100 SMEs from the habitat sector attending the events organized through the project
10 support services developed for SMEs
1 training program organized by the partnership of the EXCELIVING clusters
10 training courses organized by experts in the targeted fields
12 events organized: C2C – 4, B2B – 4, C2B – 4
Improving cluster management skills by defining an integrated employee capacity-building program
Strengthening relationships within the consortium and between SMEs that are members of the clusters involved in the project through organizing and attending B2B, C2C, and matchmaking events
Supporting interregional cooperation between clusters and between SMEs to stimulate the transfer of innovation and to promote a smarter, greener, more competitive, and internationally-oriented habitat sector
Creating a favorable ecosystem to promote new partnerships, innovative projects, the transfer of innovations, and to facilitate the identification and creation of new opportunities for the habitat sector (furniture, textiles, decor)