Real innovation does not stop with the successful adoption of a new technology - it is a continuous process. FP5's Innovation projects are de veloping models for building sustainable innovative capacity. Whether in firms, in regions or across industrial sectors, such capacity relies on complex systems involving many differ ent players.
n today's global markets, competitiveness demands continuous innovation. But rapid and efficient absorption and exploitation of new technological solutions is too often hampered by extraneous 'cultural' factors - including management incapacity, conservatism or lack of training in the workforce, inadequate communication between technology suppliers and end-users, or inappropriate regulatory frameworks.
"We are targeting organisations and institutions concerned with the process of innovation in large numbers of enterprises".
March 2000
INNOVATION PROJECTS 
n today's global markets, competitiveness demands continuous innovation. But rapid and efficient absorption and exploitation of new technological solutions is too often hampered by extraneous 'cultural' factors - including management incapacity, conservatism or lack of training in the workforce, inadequate communication between technology suppliers and end-users, or inappropriate regulatory frameworks. 