AREA is one of the most active promoters of innovation and technology based competitiveness of enterprises and territories at national and international level through the creation of a long-lasting connection between research and industry. Since over 20 years the Consorzio AREA Science Park has been developing and progressively refining a powerful regional innovation infrastructure, being the technopark AREA Science Park is, as well as a technology transfer system, which is now considered an international Best Practice.

AREA has identified three key macro-areas of expertise, based on the offer of its distinctive competences, developed and consolidated over 30 years, which are unique and characterizing.
They can now be successfully transferred and adapted to different contexts, utilizing AREA’s proprietary tools, systems and methodologies:

> Science and technology park design, set up and management capability

> Technology transfer
- dedicated services for SMEs, start-ups and future entrepreneurs
- dedicated services for academia and research centres
- services to bring together and effectively link research centres and SMEs
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> Specialised training
- TPS human resources selection and training
- education in innovation management, innovation and entrepreneurship