IRCs
mission is to support innovation and transnational
technological co-operation all over Europe. Over the
past five years the IRCs - working together in close
co-operation - have been of assistance in over 12,500
technology transfer negotiations, and have helped
more than 55,000 client companies to meet their technology
needs and to exploit their research results.
IRC staff (a total of nearly 1,000 people) are experienced
specialists with backgrounds in business, industry
and research. To date, they have facilitated more
than 1000 transnational transfers of technology -
signed agreements for the sale, licensing, distribution
or joint development of new technologies. Today, 71
regional IRCs span 33 countries - 27 EU Member States,
Iceland, Israel, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and Chile.
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