The steering committee meeting was on the 1st day where the LP summarized the status of the project shortly (parter report procedure, communication activities, todos etc.). The host partner of the meeting presented a good practice called Smart Accelerator.

During the 2nd day of the partner meeting, Gerd Meier zu Köcker (European Cluster Observatory) summarized the status quo of the Peer Review analysis (some key facts about cluster related issues by each country, comparison analysis, etc.). After this very intense workshop, the participants had a study trip to the Moravian-Silesian Automotive Cluster Laboratories and Biotech Park 4MEDI.

Lucia Seel (European Cluster Collaboration Platform) had a presentation about cluster related European Initiatives on the third day of the partner meeting. On this day, 3 good practices were presented to the partnership by

• IDM Suedtirol – Alto Adige (Trec New Mat)

• West-Pannon Nonprofit Ltd. (Cluster Games)

• ecoplus. The Business Agency of Lower Austria (FTI Programme)