The CDTI Innovation reinforces the Network as strategic lever ASKING THEM to boost r + D + i business in spain

The centre for technological development and innovation, innovation, CDTI gathered today in its headquarters in Madrid to the entities of the network PIDI (points of information on state aid to r + D + I) in the event in the Dialogue Network, ASKING a high-level forum to analyse and debate the renewal of the network and its momentum as territorial strategic lever of the proceedings of the CDTI in the Territorial area.

With the assistance of representatives of the 74 entities — including, five entities of the autonomous community and support national and international —, the meeting has developed a brainstorming with José Moisés Martín Checker, director general of the CDTI, on its ability to reach and mobilizing innovative ecosystem. “ PIDI Network has proved to be a key instrument for any innovative project is unaided by lack of information. Today, we start a new cycle in which we will strengthen its strategic role as a catalyst of r + D + I in Spain, ” said the director-general of CDTI Innovation at the opening of the act.

A renewed Network and in the service of the spanish companies

The Network PIDI was born in 2006 with the aim of providing companies and entrepreneurs a direct free access to information on public financing instruments — local, regional, state and european projects — for r & D + I. Following a review of its conventions and the launch of a General Protocol for action in 2019, in may 2023 adopted a new protocol adapted its terms of accession and termination, expanding the range of entities involved and consolidating a structure more agile.

Today, the network PIDI consists of:

• 74 PIDI entities, including technological centres, science parks, chambers of commerce, business associations, regional development agencies, clusters and university foundations.
• More than 180 officers PIDI serving in person or telematics consultations of companies of all sectors.
• An information management service of the network PIDI (SGIPIDI) assets since january 2002, with continuous improvement and a corporate boxes for each node.

Tangible results: informal, events and success stories

In the period, the Network 2019-2024 PIDI managedmore than 14 000 consultationsinformation and advice on aid to r + D + I, with 69 per cent of the requests received by email, an 18 per cent in person and the rest by telephone or web form. The typology of the consultations include guidance on national calls the CDTI until advice in international cooperation projects, through regional aid and risk financing.

There have also organized more than 200 promotional events of funding instruments, both training seminars conducted by the CDTI Innovation — aimed at all the members of the network — such as local workshops organized by the entities ASKING THEM with the participation of experts of the CDTI. These initiatives have helped bring the most important calls to smes and large companies in sectors such as information and communications technology, industry, biotechnology, advanced agri-food, energy and transport, among others.

Cases of Success achieved reflected the added value of an expert advice and nearby. Draft biofuels in CARTIF, clean technologies of green hydrogen CIDAUT or the internationalization of technological startups through transnational calls, among others, are just some examples that have been transformed thanks to the support of the network ASKED.

The Network ASKED at the heart of CDTI 2024-2027 Strategic Plan

The Strategic Plan 2024-2027 of CDTI Innovation puts the network ASKED at the heart of its policy of proximity and dynamisation of the ecosystem. Its key objectives in this new cycle include:

1. Expand and diversify the network of organizations, including public administrations and non-profit entities, to ensure maximum coverage and sectoral levels.
2. Optimize the SGIPIDI, providing artificial intelligence tools that enhance the search of assistance and provide recommendations to the custom applicants.
3. Intensify the training and dissemination, through seminars and, in line for smes and entrepreneurs know at first hand the european instruments (Horizon europe, EIC Accelerator) and multilateral agreements (CETP, Eurostars) available.
4. Measuring the impact of aid channelled through the network PIDI, assessing social and economic return of the supported projects.

The meeting in the Dialogue PIDI Network is the beginning of a timetable of actions that will include sectoral workshops, webinars, reverse missions with european funds and a joint communication campaign under the new visual identity, which integrates the logo blue and red PIDI network with institutional branding of CDTI Innovation.

As a catalyst for the competitiveness of enterprises

The reach of the network PIDI makes CDTI innovation in a link between management and business fabric, reducing barriers to access to financing and accelerating the investment decision-making in r + D + I. For businesses, have a node PIDI in their environment represents:

• Saving of time and resources, to have a Single partner specialized in public aid.
• Best success rate in the calls, thanks to the individualized guidance and assistance in the preparation of proposals.
• Access to international opportunities provided by the second level of the international PIDI entity.

This work dynamization favours the creation of synergies between nodes and agents, fosters collaborative projects and fosters interregional knowledge transfer of universities and technological centres in the productive sector.

“ our commitment is to continue to strengthen the network, ASKING THEM to be a real innovation ecosystem ”, “ Martín Checker, where the information to flow smoothly and find the lever which need to grow and compete globally ”.

Towards a future innovative

The confidence of 74 allied entities and a strategic Plan, the ambitious CDTI Innovation reaffirms its position as a catalyst for innovation in Spain. The new phase of the network ASKED not only reinforces the proximity to companies, but also casts a strong image público-privada collaboration, in line with the challenges of the ecological transition, digitization and industrial competitiveness. The project is a Network PIDI strategic travel that will make the CDTI Innovation and the entire network PIDI referents of consensus, training and advice to boost R + D + I, ensuring that any innovative project in Spain is without help.

CDTI Innovation

The centre for technological development and innovation, CDTI E.P.E. is a public company under the ministry of Science, innovation and universities, whose goal is the promotion of technological innovation in business. The CDTI mission is to ensure that the business fabric english generates and transform knowledge into growth científico-técnico globally competitive, sustainable and inclusive. By 2024, within the framework of a new strategic plan, the CDTI provided more than $2.3 billion euros of support for business startups and spain.

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