Frequently Asked Questions

The mission of the Regional Competence Centres, based on the objectives of the Regional Development Strategy, and in keeping with the objectives contemplated in Measure 3.16, the act under which the centres were established, was to coordinate project activities of applied research that respond to market demand, so as to favour transfer of the results to the market. The primary purpose of the Centres is to serve as a liaison between the academic and business worlds, transforming research projects into successful entrepreneurial initiatives. The Centres work to:


− create favourable conditions for research activities leading to transfers of the resulting technology;

− favour cooperation between research institutions and public or private partners, in order to accumulate a critical mass of know-how and human resources;

− promote the direct involvement of business enterprises in the planning and implementation of innovation.

− promote the creation of knowledge-based reality.

The Competence Centres operate in support of the following strategic sectors, in the interests of developing the territory:

· Information & Communication Technology
· New Biotechnological Materials
· Health, Food and Agriculture
· Environmental Safety, Monitoring and Protection
· Cultural and Tourist Resources
· Aerospace Logistics, Transport and Motor Vehicles
· Energy.

The strategic sectors of operation were identified under three criteria of selection:

The presence of important business operations, highly representative of the regional economy as a whole, which, in order to maintain their competitive positions and aim at further development, need to stimulate their R&D activities;

The presence of a top-flight research system capable of attracting major enterprises and promoting the “birth” of high-tech companies;

The use of the regional research system as a tool for meeting the priority social and development-related needs of the Campania Region.

The Demonstrator Project is a three-year long research project developed by the Regional Competence Centre for demonstrative purposes, in order to assess:

· the capacity of the implementing subjects to engage in joint efforts;

· the integration of the significant amount of scientific instrumentation at the disposal of the Centres;

· the possibility of tying the phase of pre-competitive development to the pre-existing scientific idea;

· the transfer of technology.