NRP Portugal

intentionisalsotocontinuetoincreasethenumberofPhDsayearfromatotalof1500in2007to1800in2010,whiletheobjectivesaremaintainedforthegrowthofinternationallyreferencedscientificproductionandtheinternationalregistrationofpatentsintheEPOandtheUSPTO.Intheinnovationarea,mentionshouldbemadeinparticularoftheworkdonetosupport collective efficiency dynamics aimed at strengthening the innovativedynamics of clustering, agglomeration and networking as well as the economicvalorisation of knowledge generated by the Science and Technology System, thatproducesrelevantknowledgetosupportstrategicbusinessoptionsandpublicpolicy.Wenotethefollowingmainlinesofactionthatcontributetoachievingthisobjectiveinthiscontext:• Dynamisationofprojectsaroundstrategicprojectsorinrelevantsectorsofthe economy – Development of initiatives that lead to the organisation ofeconomic agents for the definition of agglomeration strategies (e.g.competitivenesspoles,clusters,networks,strategicprojects);• Monitoring of the economic aggregates and support for their collectiveefficiency strategies – monitoring of the constitution and implementationprocesses of the activity of economic aggregates and their governancemodels,aswellasthedevelopmentofactionplansandcollectiveefficiencyprojectspresentedbythem;• Production of strategic support knowledge for business initiatives –Collectionandtreatmentofinformationbytheeconomicagentsinvolvedincollectiveefficiencyprocesses;• Launch and monitoring of a strategic intelligence network in innovation –Conception and operationalisation of a strategic intelligence systemassociatedtotheemergenceofeconomicaggregates.Equally,andparticularlygiventheconcerntofosterinnovationintheSMEs,priorityis given to the introduction of the measures Value TR&D and Value Innovationwhich are exclusively targeting the SME and notably small companies. ThephilosophyofthesemeasuresistoencourageanapproximationofthesecompaniestotheentitiesoftheNationalScientificandTechnologicalSystem(NSTS),byfundingthe contracting of TT service (in technological areas or in management supportareas, quality, environment, etc.) in these entities. They therefore aim to providecompaniesthatarestillresistingworkingwithSTSentitiesaneasiermeanstodosothrough small innovation projects or TR&D in management or technological areasframed in the Incentive Systems of the NSRF, TR&D IS and Qualification andInternationalisationofSME.These measures are part of a vast range of investment typologies foreseen in theTR&DandtheQualificationofSMEIS,operatingintheambitoftheNSRF.The inclusion of Culture in the New Cycle of the Lisbon Strategy is due to therecognition that culture can generate wealth and is an engine of growth,35