Global Aerospace Cluster Partnership MoU

Memorandum ofUnderstandingfor the Membership of the
Global Aerospace Cluster Partnership (GACP)

Preamble
In 2017, as an official deliverable of the European project ABROAD the first GAC summit wasorganized in frame of the Paris Le Bourget airshow. Here GAC had denoted “Global AerospaceClusters”. Several such “GAC Summits” were organized consequentially during major airshows.
In 2022, EACP, jointly with several of their international partners, suggested formalizing thisnetwork by installing the “Global Aerospace Cluster Partnership”. This will be done in very close
relation with EACP and its activities. It aims at developing and realizing concrete steps to attain aworld-class level in the Global aerospace industry and is organized as a permanent partnership ofcollaborating aerospace clusters.

In order to achieve sustained success, cooperation needs to be taken to a higher level that includes
the establishment of a common place for work, qualification, and scientific research. Therefore, theGACP provides an opportunity for each member to take an active part in one or several working
groups in which various joint projects concerning issues of importance for the participating
aerospace clusters shall be developed and realized.

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The European aerospace clusters do not sign this MoU individually but are represented by
Hamburg Aviation, the coordinator of EACP, and through the EACP WG Internationalisation inwhich all GACP news, events and activities will be shared and discussed. Each individual clusterfrom Europe (both current and any potential future signatory to EACP) is thus to be considered as
member of GACP and can participate in any GACP activities.

In order to be eligible signatories of this MoU, entities have to fulfill two essential conditions:
1. Being essentially dedicated to the civil aerospace sector and,2. Be considered (or assimilated) as a “cluster”. For the latter criterion the signatory shalleither represent an organization (private or non—private) based on a membership or
be considered as facilitator to the creation of clusters.

The signatories below have expressed their interest to enhance and develop the Global Aerospace
Cluster Partnership and intend working together as project partners for the advancement of allparticipating members and collaborators.
The parties have agreed as follows:

1. This Memorandum of Understanding is an expression of the signatories’ intent tocooperate in advancing the Global Aerospace Cluster Partnership. At this stage, no legallybinding obligations apply.
2. Potential fields of multilateral cooperation between clusters, including their respectivemembers, shall include but are not limited to:
The exchange of information about market developments;
Promotion of and participation in each other's forums, webinars, conferences andexhibitions
Organise and support relevant B2B meetings and trade delegations to each other'sclusters
The development of expertise and solutions to specific problems; benchmarking
The optimization of education and qualification; e.g. exchange of students

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The initiation and facilitation of cooperation between cluster members, in particularSMEs;
The cooperation with research institutes for cutting-edge technological and process
innovations.
3. Means of cooperation shall include but are not limited to:
Exchanging information and publications;
Jointly conducting working groups;
Jointly initiating and conducting projects;
Other programmes of mutual interest.
4. This MoU shall become effective after it has been signed and shall remain valid until theparticipants agree that modifications are necessary.
5. This MoU does not obligate or commit funds between the Parties. Separate agreements will
delineate roles and responsibilities of each party in accomplishing specific tasks in that
separate agreement. Nothing in this MoU shall be construed as giving rise to a relationshipamong or between the Parties.
6. It is understood that the Parties shall be responsible for their own costs as incurred inoperating under this MoU. It is further agreed that the signature of this MoU does notpreclude either of the Parties from signing a similar document with any other party orparties or further obligates either of the Parties to sign any other agreement with each other.

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Global Aerospace Cluster Partnership MoU

Signatures

Melanie Lussier

Haruhisa Inuzuka

Aero Montreal

Aichi Nagoya Aerospace Consortium

Verönica Mendez

Sia Kheng Yok

Aeroclüster Queretaro

Association of Aerospace Industries (Singapore)

Juseon Ok

Daniela VillasBoas

Aerospace Center Gyeongnam Technopark

Brazilian Aerospace Cluster

Fatima-Azza ra

Niklas Schilling

nouachAerospace Moroccah Cluster

European Aerospace Cluster Partnership

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Thilo Schönfeld

Natasha Gagnon

European Aerospace Cluster Partnership

Ontario Aerospace Council

Van Gao

Nikki Malcom

International Aviation Supply Chain

Pacific Northwest Aerospace ClusterrQ(wAlDavid Jones

Diana Cazac

Malaysia Aerospace Industry Association

Washington Chamber of Commerce5