S3 Strategy

The RIS3 (or S3) is a regional development and positioning strategy, which is based on the pillars of research, innovation and entrepreneurship, integrating the different agents of the regional ecosystem that defines the quadruple helix (companies, academia, administrations public and social agents), all of this, in order to take advantage of the strengths of the region, its capacities and resources, through the discovery of new entrepreneurial opportunities (EDP) that result in innovative initiatives, in new products, goods and services, and ultimately, in greater competitiveness and leadership of the region's agents at the national and international level, with the consequent social and environmental improvements.