From October 29 to 31, 2025, the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) hosted the EU-India Matchmaking Event in New Delhi. The goal was to systematically connect European and Indian stakeholders along key value chains in the fields of green and digital technologies. Fourteen European clusters met with potential Indian partners to initiate new collaborations in the fields of renewable energy, electric mobility, smart grid and energy infrastructure, and clean-tech solutions. The event thus directly followed up on the ECCP mission during the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2024.
The Cluster Mobility & Logistics participated in this year’s event to explore the location and return to Regensburg with new insights. A superbly organized matchmaking event on October 29 offered extensive opportunities for bilateral exchange with more than 15 Indian companies in attendance, including those from the fields of electric and micromobility as well as hydrogen. A visit to the large-scale Renewable Energy India Expo 2025 on October 30, as well as tours of various organizations, including the startup and innovation center Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) on October 31, ensured a comprehensive, precisely tailored, and impressive program for the delegation’s trip.
Setting a Strategic Course: EU-India Partnership
The event fit seamlessly into the EU’s strategic approach to advancing green and digital transformation together with India. The newly published EU-India Strategic Agenda for 2025, as well as the EU-India Free Trade Agreement announced for late 2025, underscore the paramount importance of these relations. This was further underscored by the notable EU presence at the Renewable Energy India Expo on October 30, 2025, represented by Dr. Ewa Sawara, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to India, and the German Ambassador to India, Dr. Philipp Ackermann.
The series of ECCP EU-India Matchmaking Events—the mission in Bengaluru in 2024 and the event in New Delhi in 2025—strengthens the connection between European and Indian innovation and industrial hubs. The event thus contributed to internationalizing value chains for clean energy, sustainable mobility, and digital solutions, and to opening up new cooperation opportunities for clusters and SMEs.
India is also taking center stage in the region: 2026 will be the “India Focus Year” at the IHK Regensburg für Oberpfalz und Kelheim.