Catalunya's Technological Transfer: New Report Highlights Urgent Need for Collaboration
A new report highlights challenges and opportunities for technological transfer in Catalunya, urging enhanced public-private collaboration.
Key Points
- • El Cercle d’Economia's report emphasizes the need for improved technological transfer in Catalunya.
- • Key recommendations include increasing public funding and bolstering university technology transfer offices.
- • Xavier Vives stresses the importance of public-private collaboration to enhance innovation.
- • Catalunya is close to the European average in technological transfer but must improve resources.
El Cercle d’Economia has released a new report titled *Del laboratori al mercat: com assegurar una transferència tecnològica amb impacte?*, which critiques the state of technological transfer in Catalunya. The report highlights existing barriers and identifies opportunities to enhance this process, emphasizing the crucial role of public-private collaboration. Xavier Vives, the president of the Consell Assessor of the Iniciativa per la Productivitat i la Innovació, advocates for stronger collaboration to overcome fragmentation within the regional innovation ecosystem.
The report notes that Catalunya is nearing the European average in terms of technological transfer but still has significant room for improvement. Key recommendations include an increase in public funding and the strengthening of technology transfer offices within universities. Vives argues that the public sector must provide sustainable long-term resources, while also encouraging greater risk appetite from the private sector. Furthermore, the report suggests exploring new business models and the establishment of public-private investment funds to help direct scientific projects to market effectively.