InovCluster

InovCluster – Associação do Cluster Agroindustrial do Centro, is headquartered at the Agri-food Technological Support Center in Castelo Branco. InovCluster’s contribution focuses on increasing the competitiveness of local and regional production systems. It also aims at distinguishing the Central Region of Portugal at a national and international level. For this purpose, it establishes a cooperation platform amongst the key players of this sector. It provides companies support through innovation processes, RTD, knowledge transfer, training, new product development, services and processes, marketing and internationalization. Currently, InovCluster has 184 associates of which 148 are companies and entities such as: Associations / Cooperatives, Higher Education Institutions, R & D institutions linked to the agribusiness and agri-food sector, and several municipalities of the Portuguese Centro region. InovCluster has been supported by the Municipality of Castelo Branco and funded by COMPETE – Operational Competitiveness Factors Program, by the National Strategic Reference Framework and by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund.