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The Basque Innovation Agency, Innobasque |
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The Basque Innovation Agency is the new agency launched from the Presidency of the Basque Government. It is a not-for-profit association set up to coordinate and promote innovation in all fields in the Basque Country, and to foster the entrepreneurial spirit and creativity. Innobasque is made up of the agents of the Basque Science, Technology and Innovation Network, private companies, public Basque institutions, official representatives of Basque management and workers and all kinds of organisations connected with innovation. Its operational model is based on activities that promote the values and attitudes associated with innovation in the Basque society, on actions that spread the image of an innovative Basque Country to the outside world as an advanced centre for RDI, as well as on activities that generate the dynamics for innovation in Basque companies and organisations. The Internationalisation Area of Innobasque cooperates with the Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism in the internationalisation strategy of the R&D&i programmes. It complements the functions of the SPRI and the Government itself, by executing functions of: Internationalisation of fundding programmes, acting as a project office to analyse, benchmark, capture opportunities for improvement, organize workshops and involve government officials in mid- and long-term programme decisions. Innobasque has extensive experience in the participation of ERA-NET projects (coordinating Manunet project) as well as in order European programmes (INNONET, Interreg, etc).
Website: www.innobasque.com
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