Instituto de Fomento de la Región de Murcia
Rafael Ataz
AVENIDA DE LA FAMA 3
30003 Murcia
SPAIN
Instituto de Fomento de la Región de Murcia (INFO) is the Regional Development Agency in Murcia. INFO Murcia is attached to the Regional Ministry of Industry, Enterprises and Innovation of the regional government responsible for co-ordinating most of aspects of regional economic development including promotion of technical and financial services to regional SMEs, (eg. information services, entrepreneurship, business co-operation, export promotion, innovation schemes, cluster development, business facilities, RTD, etc), building soft infrastructures such as Technological or Business Innovation Centres and attracting investment to the region. Thus, INFO is considered to be a driving force behind the regional economy, promoting and supporting regional business sector through different aid mechanisms and technical services provided for the improvement of business competitiveness in the Murcia Region.
The Government of the Murcia region has recently charged INFO to officially take over the Structure of the Covenant of Majors as well as the overall management of a range of european projects whose competences and responsibilities have been undertaken by the regional agency for energy. Apart from other 8 projects, INFO is entitled to undertake SMARTIE in cooperation with UMU and the rest of project partners.