BHV is a part of EXCITE consortium, which aims to strengthen cluster management and facilitate exchange and strategic partnership between cluster staff and cluster members by using the ClusterXchange system. ClusterXchange is a new pilot project to promote short-term exchanges to better connect industrial ecosystems in Europe. The project will focus on skills, processes and services related to digital transformation - both in terms of the cluster organisation itself and its members, to be able to support them in successfully accessing global markets.

The overall objective of EXCITE is to strengthen cluster management excellence and facilitate exchanges and strategic partnering between cluster staff and cluster members and beyond, leveraging the ClusterXchange scheme. The consortium has decided to put skills, processes and services in focus that are related to digital transformation – both, in relation to the cluster organisation itself as well as to its members in order to be able to assist them to successfully access global markets. Strategically, all participating clusters claim Digital Industries as emerging industries within their sectoral and industrial focus. Thus, the acronym is not by chance – it stands for Exchange of Clusters using Digital Transformation for Excellence.