ICE - Instituto para la competitividad empresarial de Castilla y León

ICE is the public entity in Castilla y León in charge of regional R&D&I Programmes, actions, policies and financing measures mainly focused on the private sector in the region (SMEs, large companies, technology centers and other private organisations), including also the promotion and deployment of Spanish national R&D and Innovation policies and Programmes in the region, and all the issues related to R&D and Innovation at the international and European level.

Among ICE commitments the following ones can be remarked:

• Innovation policies and Programmes giving effective and specific advisory support to regional entities in the frame of R&D and Innovation, and promoting regional, national and European and International Programmes and initiatives.
• Promotion and support for the internationalization of regional companies, through commercial promotion, international business cooperation, investment attraction, etc.
• Financing instruments and initiatives (subsidies and loans)
• Other promotion initiatives: public procurement policies entrepreneurship, cluster and sectoral policies, policies and Programmes for regional technology centres.