Industry-led competence centres - aligning academic

Industry-led competence centres are being introduced in a number of Member States as a mechanism for aligning academic or other public research with enterprise and industry needs. These centres are often located on or near university campuses and are characterized by having medium to long term agendas or technology programmes strongly informed by enterprise needs. This report is the result of considerations by a Working Group set up by the Scientific and Technical Research Committee, CREST, and presents Member States' approaches to the key aspects of establishing and the functioning of industry-led competence centres, including good practices and recommendations for further work in this area.