Centre of Expertise

The Centre of Expertise is based on strong regional partnership

The centre of expertise forms a high-level expertise hub of national significance in its field or fields of expertise, the top-level expertise of which can be exploited by the Centre of Expertise Programme both regionally and nationally within the entire cluster. The centre of expertise, through its field of expertise, also has a national task in the implementation of the cluster of expertise programme. From a regional point of view, a centre of expertise may contain several fields of expertise belonging to different clusters. The objectives and measures of centres of expertise are defined in accordance with the needs and opportunities of businesses, both in the region and the entire cluster, and of other actors in the innovation system.

The centre of expertise is a network of regional operators implementing the national Centre of Expertise Programme in their region together with other members of the cluster, with activities based on a regional structure comprising businesses, universities, institutes of higher education, research institutes and technology centres.