ABOUT FEDIT

Fedit is the Spanish Federation representing Technology Centers. It acts as representative for the Centers, whose activity with their clients makes Fedit the main private R&D&I agent in the country, and a significant ally of companies in their strategy of competitiveness and internationalization. Fedit works to encourage and boost innovation, technological development and research in companies and society as a whole. The Federation is composed up of 67 Technology Centers, with a total workforce of more than 5,500 providing services for around 30,000 companies a year. These figures make Fedit the most active agent in the Spanish Innovation System (SEI).

The Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade recognizes Fedit as an expert body in R&D&I, and as a privileged partner in the Spanish Innovation System. This involves participation in the industrial observatories, in which Fedit working groups take an active part.

At the same time Fedit belongs to a number of international associations and bodies in which it represents the interests of Spanish Technology Centers. Among them, it is part of the Executive Committee of the European Association of Research and Technology Organizations (EARTO), and it is also a founder member of the Executive Committee of the International Network for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (INSME).

Technology Centers are non-profit bodies providing local companies with research, development and innovation services. They function as a support platform for companies, generating and facilitating the use of technological knowledge.

This section offers a brief history of Fedit and its Centers, as well as their mission, vision, strategic objectives and main partners and alliances.