I am a member of Enterprise Ireland’s panel of expert facilitators for the Competence Centres Programme – part of the Government’s Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation. The Competence Centres are being delivered jointly by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland. Clusters of companies will work together to overcome common research challenges and drive opportunities for innovation, growth and jobs.
In this role, I have facilitated the development of a Detailed Description of Needs for one competence centre consortium of companies. This DDN sets out the Vision for the Competence Centre, its Research Programme, its structure and funding requirements.
The DDN is currently going through an external examination process and I hope to be able to say more in relation to it shortly.