The response to the call “Do you want to be part of the TCI Pool of Experts?” has confirmed the strength, diversity, and global reach of the TCI Network. Professionals from across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Oceania have stepped forward, reflecting a vibrant and highly international community committed to advancing clusters and innovation ecosystems worldwide. This global footprint is matched by remarkable linguistic diversity, with experts able to work effectively in English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, and many other languages, enabling meaningful engagement across regions, cultures, and policy contexts.

Beyond geography and language, the applications reveal an exceptionally rich and complementary range of expertise. Respondents include senior public officials, cluster managers, ecosystem builders, consultants, researchers, and academic leaders with hands-on experience at regional, national, European, and global levels. Their work spans the full lifecycle of cluster and ecosystem development: from strategy design, governance models, and policy formulation, to implementation, internationalisation, evaluation, capacity building, and peer learning. Many bring deep sectoral knowledge in areas such as health and life sciences, automotive and advanced manufacturing, agri-food, energy and green transition, digital and creative industries, construction, and fintech, alongside extensive experience with EU and international programmes and multilateral organisations.

Together, these profiles highlight a community that combines strategic insight with practical delivery, and policy expertise with on-the-ground implementation. This breadth of experience and perspective significantly strengthens the TCI Pool of Experts as a trusted resource for peer reviews, international benchmarking, advisory assignments, research, and capability- and capacity-building activities. It also reinforces the TCI Network’s unique position as a global platform for collaboration, learning, and impact in cluster and innovation ecosystem development.

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