Good news - after nine months of certification activities, Kaunas Science and Technology Park's ICT cluster "Digital Rocket LT" has received a bronze label! This is a certificate of international recognition, which identifies the quality of the services provided. "The Cluster Management Excellence Label BRONZE - Striving for Cluster Excellence” presents the maturity and efficiency of the cluster internationally.
"We are delighted to have been awarded the Bronze Label. The cluster not only creates synergies between more than 20 cluster members, but also opens up new growth prospects in the European market. Developers of information and communication technologies can use the international system of international public procurement, expand their professional competencies, establish useful contacts at networking events", - says Neringa Žebrauskienė, the cluster coordinator, project expert at Kaunas STP.
Some of the most active members of the cluster are the media technologies developer Indeform, CRM and qualitative analysis innovators Sonaro, and the Idenfy team, which has developed an identity recognition tool, and other companies. "The Digital Rocket LT” cluster was founded in 2015 in Lithuania's largest innovation community. The cluster focuses on digitizing urban public services, developing new products and services to improve the quality of life of citizens, with a focus on health technologies, green technologies, energy management, and robotics.
Certification was provided by the international non-profit association EUCLES (European Clusters Excellence Labelling Structure). The organization improves the certification processes of European clusters and provides them with excellent labels. It is chaired by Hervé Floch, Chair of the European Committee of the Association Française des Pôles de Compétitivité (AFPC).
According to the Agency for Science, Innovation, and Technology (MITA), of the more than 50 clusters currently operating in Lithuania, more than a fifth are internationally certified.