Learning from Ukraine: Resilience by Design

The Ukrainian Cluster Alliance (UCA) published a brochure on Resilience by Design and the role of clusters in strengthening it. The brochure presents UA Resilience as a shared ecosystem capability: connecting industrial capacity, effective institutions, security, people and skills, and European cooperation. It draws on the experience of Ukrainian clusters and sets out how this work can move from individual initiatives towards a sustained EU–Ukraine partnership.

As policy recommendations, UCA proposes five practical areas for cooperation:

• develop a shared EU–Ukraine framework for cluster resilience, with common methods and outcome measures;
• establish an ENDR working group to translate validated operational needs and user feedback into capability briefs and relevant EU programme priorities;
• map existing instruments and consider a dedicated EU–Ukraine cluster cooperation line;
• launch a small portfolio of jointly led pilots, linking user needs to consortia, testing, validation and industrial scale-up;
• recognise clusters as long-term ecosystem partners and provide support for the coordination and SME engagement that make cooperation work.