Directorate-General for Innovation Coordination

The Sub-Directorate General for Coordination, attached to the General Secretariat for Innovation, performs, among others, the following functions:

• Representation and promotion of Spanish participation in innovation promotion programmes promoted by the European Union; coordination of various initiatives, programmes and projects in relevant sectoral issues, in particular in the clean energy sector (SET Plan) and marine and maritime policy.

• Coordination of the bodies with the financial path of the General Secretariat for Research and the General Secretariat for Innovation, for actions co-financed by the ERDF within the Multiregional Operational Programme of Spain (POPE).

• The management of national awards in the field of innovation and design, as well as the coordination of institutional activities aimed at the consolidation of design as a tool generating competitiveness and innovation.

• Relations and coordination with other units, bodies and agencies of the General Administration of the State responsible for innovation policies and sectoral policies closely related to them.

• The coordination of State aid with the State Research Agency and the CDTI.

Deputy Director-General:D. Ignacio García Fenoll