María Verónica García Carrasco

Instituto para la Competitividad Empresarial de Castilla y León (ICE) is a public entity belonging to the Regional Government whose aim is to improve the competitiveness of the companies, carrying out most of the programs, policies and financing measures in the Spanish Region of Castilla y León.  Its main interests are: • R&D promotion in regional enterprises: policies and funding programmes. • Support the participation of regional companies in European projects. • Entrepreneurship: SMEs creation and development (with emphasis on those technologically based) • Internalization of Castilla y León companies: promotion, exports, foreign investment attracting • Other services: clusters policies, training activities …  Since January 2008, ICE is a partner of the Enterprise Europe Network through the Galactea Plus Consortium. In the frame of the Network, ICE offers suitable support in international technology transfer, European R&D, access to finance, innovation programmes and business cooperation.