The transfer of knowledge is one of the priority axes of action in the Spanish Strategy of Science, Technology and Innovation. The transfer of knowledge is an essential vector towards prosperity and social welfare.
According to the Guiding Principles for the Valorisation of Knowledge, set out in Council Recommendation (EU) 2022/2415 of 2 December 2022, "Valorisation of knowledge is the process of creating social and economic value from knowledge by linking different areas and sectors, and by transforming data, knowledge and research results into products, services, solutions and sustainable knowledge-based policies that benefit society." This idea involves embracing the entire research and innovation ecosystem and its increasingly diverse range of actors.
Following these premises, the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities is developing different initiatives to promote an ecosystem vision of knowledge transfer, with the final objective of placing Spain among the countries with the highest level of innovation, making the transfer of knowledge have an impact in terms of generating progress.
In this process, actions are contemplated that develop multidirectional and transversal links between the agents of the innovation system, through the mutual understanding of needs and objectives. This action aims to generate capacities in the different stages of the process of knowledge transfer, responding to the challenges of the strategic sectors, as well as the current sociotechnical challenges.
As part of the tasks that are being developed in this context, the General Subdirectorate of Transfer has produced different publications that allow progress in these lines of work. The following epigafe highlights different publications of studies and reports of special relevance in the transfer of knowledge, including those that have been promoted, participated or carried out by it.
