The cluster is very active on international level and regularly engages with other clusters (e.g. via the European Cluster Collaboration Platform) and international delegations. We encourage our members to participate in European projects, provide information about new calls and act as reviewers on European funding schemes. The cluster also participates in international projects and we are happy to discuss proposals for COSME, Interreg or other programmes.

Following projects are examples of our international activites:

ESECA Project

We had been involved in a European project focusing on Sub-saharan Africa - the European Sustainable Energy Cluster partnership for Africa. See www.clusterle.de/ESECA

 

Bavarian Japanese Cooperation (BJCP)

The joint project ‘Bavarian Japanese Chips Partnership’ links the two key economic sectors of semiconductors and mobility!

The cross-cluster project is intended to promote the exchange between companies, universities and research institutions in both nations, initiate development cooperation and lay the foundations through a strengthened intercontinental network so that the cooperation will continue beyond the duration of the project.

The topic of promoting young talents is also to be considered within the framework of this project.

Chips of Europe

The main target is to promote talents in the semiconductor industry. The Power Electronics Cluster/ECPE lead public relations efforts and ensures the involvement of the entire ECPE network.
 
 

Cooperation with Japan

The cluster intensified its international activities in 2016 thanks to a German funding scheme "Internationalization of Leading-Edge Clusters, Future Projects and Comparable Networks". Together with partner networks NPERC-J and University of Osaka a German-Japanese cooperation in the field of Wide Bandgap Power Electronics was established and still continues today. The research projects IsoGap and SiC-DCBreaker (2018-2021) were part of the implementation of this internationalization effort. You can find more information on these projects at the end of our list of completed projects.