The Inventory of Technological Infrastructures in Spain is an initiative promoted by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities with the aim of identifying, characterizing and valuing the technological capabilities existing in the country.The information collected will identify assets, services, specializations, investment needs and collaboration opportunities that help to better position Spain before future European and national calls.
The inventory will strengthen Spain’s position in the European context, contributing to the preparation of future capacity maps promoted by the European Commission and the preparation of Spanish participation in the next financing frameworks, both European and national, aligned with the European Technology Infrastructure Strategy (research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu).
The initiative is aimed at all the agents that operate technological infrastructures. For the purposes of the proposed questionnaire, technological infrastructure is considered the set of facilities, equipment, capacities and resources necessary to develop, test, expand, validate and demonstrate technologies before their adoption by society or the market. They may include, but are not limited to, test benches, pilot lines, pilot or demonstration facilities, clean rooms, living laboratories, metrology platforms, real validation environments, digital twins, and advanced sharing equipment.
The infrastructure can be located in a single location or distributed in several sub-locations, and can provide technology services, marketing support services, training, data access, regulatory validation, or networking activities with other agents in the innovation ecosystem.
It is aimed at all agents with technological infrastructures, regardless of their legal nature: technology centres (including those integrated into FEDIT), public research bodies, universities, hospitals and health centres, validation and regulatory infrastructures, science and technology parks, companies and other public or private entities.
Through this inventory, a national map of capabilities will be developed that will serve as a key tool for:
- Identify existing assets and capabilities in the innovation ecosystem.
- Detect technological gaps and investment needs in strategic sectors.
- Improve the coordination and visibility of infrastructures at national and international level.
- Facilitate the access of companies, especially SMEs and startups, to advanced technological services.
- Promote collaboration between public and private agents.
