Welcome on the website of CLUSTHERM project! 
                                                  An initiative for 
 "Creating a Central European Thermal Water Research Cluster”

The CLUSTHERM project aims to set up a new research driven cluster in Central Europe on thermal water utilization that will develop the capacity of Central Europe’s rural economies rich in thermal water to access and benefit from research on the exploitation.
Central Europe’s underdeveloped, rural areas have been facing great challenges due to their geographical handicaps and economic structural problems, although they possess an unexploited natural treasure: the thermal water. The overall concept of the CLUSTHERM project is to enable the regional actors to bring the geothermal R&D achievements to the ground of local services and products.
The CLUSTHERM concept is linked to the research and development policy, the energy policy and the rural development policy of the European Union, participating countries and regions.
The strategic objective of CLUSTHERM is:
to set up a new research driven cluster in Central Europe on thermal water utilization that will strengthen the research potential of the participating regions. 

The direct objectives are:
- analyse the RTD development and the needs of geothermal energy utilisation;
- promote synergies and catalyse links between regional, research and business actors involved in thermal water utilization (vertical clustering);
- foster the transnational and cross-border co-operations between the regional actors of the participating regions on the field of thermal water utilization (horizontal clustering);
- develop and enhance transnational mutual learning through information exchange possibilities of regional stakeholders in creating research driven clusters and to disseminate good policy practices and benchmarking activities;
- develop joint action plan and research strategy among the participating regions to increase the regional economic competitiveness through concentrated use of natural resources. 

Type of funding scheme:
Coordination and Support Action (Support) under FP7-REGIONS-2007-2 (Regions of Knowledge)
Work programme topics addressed: Research and rural economies

More information:
Márta Völgyiné Nadabán, coordinator
Email: marta.nadaban@eszak-alfold.hu  
Tel: 00 36 52 880 250

Head office:
H-4028 Debrecen
Kürtös utca / street 4.
Phone: +36 52 880 250
Fax: +36 52 880 251

Email:
innova@eszak-alfold.hu
clustherm@eszak-alfold.hu