Last Friday, August 30, 2024, INNOVACC received a visit from the Minister of Industry and Tourism, Jordi Hereu, accompanied by Pere Parramon, Deputy Government Delegate in Girona, and Jordi Carbonell, Commissioner of the Agri-Food PERTE.

During the meeting, the president of INNOVACC Esteve Espuña, the vice president of the cluster Josep Berga, the treasurer Narcís Cañigueral, the manager Eudald Casas and the director of the project area Mariona Pratdesaba, brought them up to date on the partners and projects that are being developed in the cluster as well as the different activities that INNOVACC organizes.

The representatives of INNOVACC conveyed the importance of the AEI grants, which have provided a boost to innovation for a large number of companies in the sector (mainly SMEs). This has been possible, especially in recent years, when global budgets with Next Generation funds have been available. For this reason, the minister was asked to commit to maintaining, within the next general state budgets, similar allocations to those of recent years. This could favour innovation throughout the State, and especially in Catalonia, where clusters are very active in collaborative projects between companies.