{"id":1366,"date":"2025-08-08T15:12:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T12:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/?p=1366"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:15:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T12:15:46","slug":"circular-cluster-oulu-awarded-international-bronze-level-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/news\/circular-cluster-oulu-awarded-international-bronze-level-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Cir\u00adcu\u00adlar Clus\u00adter Oulu Award\u00aded Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bronze-Lev\u00adel Cer\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Dur\u00ading this sum\u00admer, Cir\u00adcu\u00adlar Clus\u00adter Oulu received the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bronze Label Cer\u00adtifi\u00adcate from the Euro\u00adpean Clus\u00adter Excel\u00adlence Ini\u00adtia\u00adtive. The cer\u00adtifi\u00adcate is grant\u00aded to clus\u00adters that have been eval\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded by an ESCA expert and meet the required eli\u00adgi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty cri\u00adte\u00adria. The joint cer\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion process for both the Cir\u00adcu\u00adlar Econ\u00ado\u00admy Clus\u00adter and the Oulu Auto\u00admo\u00adtive Clus\u00adter began in the begin\u00adning of this year and con\u00adtin\u00adued through\u00adout spring 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addi\u00adtion to the cer\u00adtifi\u00adcate, the process includ\u00aded a report con\u00adtain\u00ading devel\u00adop\u00adment rec\u00adom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtions that will help guide the cluster\u2019s future improve\u00adments. These rec\u00adom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtions are based not only on the cur\u00adrent oper\u00ada\u00adtions, but also on a com\u00adpar\u00ada\u00adtive eval\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion of how oth\u00ader clus\u00adters in the same field per\u00adform and where they cur\u00adrent\u00adly excel bet\u00adter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/about\/clusters\/circular-economy\/\" class=\"ek-link\"><strong>Learn more about the cluster\u2019s activ\u00adi\u00adties<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bronze-label-1024x400.png\" alt=\"Bronze label for Cluster Management Excellence\" class=\"wp-image-1367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bronze-label-1024x400.png 1024w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bronze-label-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bronze-label-768x300.png 768w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bronze-label-480x187.png 480w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bronze-label-560x219.png 560w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bronze-label-960x375.png 960w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bronze-label-1200x469.png 1200w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bronze-label.png 1508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cir\u00adcu\u00adlar Clus\u00adter Oulu is fund\u00aded by the Auto\u00admo\u00adtive &amp; Cir\u00adcu\u00adlar Econ\u00ado\u00admy Clus\u00adters (ACE Clus\u00adters) project, which runs from Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 1, 2023, to August 31, 2025. The project itself is financed by the Coun\u00adcil of Oulu Region with co-fund\u00ading from the Euro\u00adpean Union.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-custom  wp-block-logo-list  b-logo-list  block_8bd97c99a08831f484185e02fb095098  alignwide   \">\n\n  \n  \n  \n    <ul class=\"list-none  my-0  -mx-2  p-0  flex  flex-wrap  justify-center\">\n                      <li class=\"w-1\/2  p-2  phablet:w-1\/3  tablet:w-1\/4\">\n          <a class=\"block\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ccoulu_logo_rgb-1-e1754654755466.png\" alt=\"Circular Cluster Oulu\" class=\"block\">\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n                      <li class=\"w-1\/2  p-2  phablet:w-1\/3  tablet:w-1\/4\">\n          <a class=\"block\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/en_co-fundedbytheeu_rgb_pos.png\" alt class=\"block\">\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n                      <li class=\"w-1\/2  p-2  phablet:w-1\/3  tablet:w-1\/4\">\n          <a class=\"block\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ppl_tunnus_vaaka_rgb1.png\" alt=\"Council of Oulu Region\" class=\"block\">\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n\n  \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dur\u00ading this sum\u00admer, Cir\u00adcu\u00adlar Clus\u00adter Oulu received the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bronze Label Cer\u00adtifi\u00adcate from the Euro\u00adpean Clus\u00adter Excel\u00adlence Ini\u00adtia\u00adtive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":1373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[282,295,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-circular-economy","category-circular-economy-cluster","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1366"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1379,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366\/revisions\/1379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}