CalabriaInnova is an Integrated Regional Social Plan created from the partnership among Calabrian Region Government, Fincalabra S.p.A., a regional holding company and Area Science Park, science and technology park in Trieste.

CalabriaInnova has the ambition to implement in Calabria the Regional Innovation Network to support the interaction between research and industry, by promoting the exploitation of research results and the innovation activities in small and medium enterprises.

Through its services, CalabriaInnova aims to promote research and industry interaction, in order to:

• Support small and medium enterprises at developing business innovation programmes by collaborating with universities and research centers
• Facilitate the link between the research and industry encouraging industrial applications through the creation of innovative enterprises (promoting by graduated and PhD ) and academic spin off (promoted by researchers)
• Encourage scientific and technological collaboration at an international level, by participating in European network services for enterprises and research
• Promote entrepreneurial activities and technology transfer through the organization of workshops, seminars and meetings for researchers, graduates, PhD and entrepreneurs
• Support and coordinate the activities of the regional technology transfer offices to create in Calabria an established Regional Innovation Network