Cluj-Napoca resident Bianca Muntean, the CEO of the Transilvania IT Cluster, has been elected the European Cluster manager of the year 2019. She was granted the title this May, following a European competition that brought together cluster managers from all European countries, specialists and experts in clusters and cluster related topics, according to Romania-Insider.com.
One of the benefits the title offers to the winning community is the opportunity to promote Cluj, Transylvania and Romania, as well as SEE, as an area of importance in the field of information and creative industrial technologies.
Muntean is also part of the European Cluster expert group, which will advise on the Industry 2030 financing program, aimed at supporting digitalization and innovation in the European economy, Adevarul reported.
She is the director of industry association ARIES Transilvania and the VP of Transilvania Creative Industries Cluster. Beginning with 1999, she worked on implementing various European projects in areas such as human resources, development, SMEs support, or new technologies. Starting 2002, she was involved in the drafting of various regional and sector development strategies such as Transylvania’s 2007-2013 Development Strategy, the Development Strategy for the IT Sector in Romania, or Promoting and Mobilizing SMEs for PC7.
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