Generalitat de Catalunya. General Directorate for Economic Promotion, Competition and Regulation

The Generalitat de Catalunya is the regional Govern of Catalonia. The participation in the Project is through the General Directorate for Economic Promotion, Competition and Regulation (GDEPCR). The GDEPCR is responsible for the execution of Catalonia’s ERDF Operational Program and also for the coordination of Catalonia’s RIS3 Strategy (RIS3CAT). Part of the objectives and tasks of this General Directorate are: Introducing open innovation into public policies, monitoring the smart specialisation process, promoting the entrepreneurial discovery process, and promoting the quadruple helix approach in the design and the implementation of social challenge oriented policies.