10/03/2016 (Agence Europe) - “Cluster Go International”, 24 partners selected. On Tuesday 8 March, the European Commission announced that it had selected 24 partnerships (15 projects co-financed by the European Commission and 9 additional “voluntary” partnerships or those that do not benefit from direct cofinancing from the Commission) as part of the “Cluster Go International” appeal, which closed in April 2015. The initiative seeks to support projects piloted by SMEs to extend their businesses to an international level. These strategic partnerships bring together 140 clusters from 23 European countries. The main third countries include: Brazil; China; India; Japan and the US. The Commission press release explains that these partnerships will potentially involve more than 17,000 European SMEs. (PH)