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Alexandre Yurchak

CEO

Ukrainian Cluster Alliance

Kyiv, Ukraine

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UCA is the national association of 42 clusters with the mission of consolidation and development clusters movement in Ukraine.

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The Ukrainian Cluster Alliance (UCA) is the national association of 40 Ukrainian clusters (2500+ SMEs) covering major industries and regions. The mission of UCA is to consolidate and develop the clusters movement in Ukraine, enabling the strengthening of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and their fast integration of European and global value chains.  In 2022 UCA has got wide international recognition, establishing international collaboration with 20+ international organizations from EU and US, such as European Cluster Alliance (ECA), TCI, European Cluster Collaboration Platform, EIT Manufacturing, International Trade Council and others. The UCA has developed coordinated national-level activities covering all primary Ukrainian industries. In Ukraine, UCA closely cooperates with the Cabinet of Ministries of Ukraine (incl. Ministry of economy of Ukraine), Export and entrepreneurship promotion office of Ukraine, 10+ Regional authorities and other State institutions.  These activities are strongly oriented toward the internationalization of Ukrainian clusters and supporting so-called ‘critical’ industries in Ukraine during war times. The UCA's structure aims to support and promote initiatives such as smart specialization, better integration into European value chains, innovations, digitalization, and green transition. The UCA provides strong value propositions and a wide range of services to its members in the mentioned area. In the internationalization area, UCA organizes business and trade missions and clusters-to-clusters meetings, provides services of ECCP and EEN platforms (by its partners), operates two own local platforms of matchmaking and innovative fundraising, and relies on aid and capabilities of many international partners. UCA developed and continuously improved the quality of the project portfolio for Resilience and Recovery of Ukraine. Today, it includes almost 50 projects oriented on both industrial ecosystems and developing value chains in various industries, such as Agrifood, Healthcare, Textile, Engineering, Machinery, Industrial Automation and IT, Utilities, and so on.
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About me

CEO of Ukrainian Cluster Alliance / Coordinator of Industry 4.0 platform in Ukraine. I'm gratudated from Kyiv polytechnical institute (1988)  and Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK (2003). Then working 25+ years in industries as Industrial Automation, Engineering & OEM. I made the carrier in companies such as Schneider Electric, working in France, Ukraine and Russia, then I was a top manager of big Ukrainian enterprises and worked in State Agency of Investment.

Last 10 years, I'm dedicated to the development of Civic business organizations in Ukraine. In 2012 I started to develop the Association of Industrial Automation of Ukraine (APPAU) who is leader today in local Industry 4.0-5.0. APPAU unites 60 members and 300+ SMEs in the movement ‘Industry 4.0’. APPAU is the developer of the National strategy 4.0, and implemented 10+ projects in digitalization, innovation, clusterization and standardization of industries. In 2022 APPAU became a co-founder of Ukrainian Cluster Alliance (UCA), and I'm today as well CEO of this organization. UCA is the first cluster association in Ukraine committed for the development of the clusters at the national level. The UCA mission is to accelerate the clusterization of Ukraine’s economy, make it more integrated into international value chains and more innovative. During war times in Ukraine, UCA focuses on the resilience of value / supply chain in critical industries (food, drug, clothes, dual-use, machinery and infrastructure).

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Kyiv Oblast (UA)

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    Federative, data space platform 'ESG cluster hub'

    The ESG Cluster Hub is the Federative (nased Data Space) platform which addresses critical gaps in the ESG data ecosystem:

    • Project Management
    • Testing the product/application
    • Looking for Consortium / Coordinator
    • Circular Economy in Textile Industry
    • Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) Circularity,
    • Enhancing Digitalisation in Circular Economy Processes
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    Alexandre Yurchak

    CEO at Ukrainian Cluster Alliance

    Kyiv, Ukraine