The region of Madrid is the centre of excellence for the aerospace sector thanks to the presence of the leading sector companies and the most relevant research and training institutes. Madrid Regional Government has officially declared the aerospace industry as a strategic sector. 74.9% of Spain‘s aeronautic engineers work in Madrid. It has the largest Aeronautic Engineering School; top-class non-university programmes and the most prestigious post-graduate and business schools. Over 60% of the aerospace sector employment and 62% of its annual turnover in Spain is concentrated in Madrid, including key institutions that increase technology transfer and leverage technological cooperation: INTA - National Institute of Aerospace Technology; CIEMAT - Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research; aeronautical and telecommunications engineering schools.

IMADE, the Madrid Institute of Development, is an organisation that falls under the aegis of the Economic and Consumers Affairs Department of the regional government of Madrid. Founded in 1984 as a public body, its main objectives are to promote development in the region through initiatives that encourage economic growth and employment. IMADE provides local companies and entrepreneurs with services aimed at encouraging innovation, business creation and enhanced competitiveness. It is an instrument of the regional government to foster, develop and strengthen business networking in the Madrid region, promote the creation of employment, and achieve higher productivity and competition rates at both the national and international level. IMADE has various strategic channels of activity designed to promote balanced, sustainable development in the entire region of Madrid. One of the main goals of the institute is to provide high-quality physical spaces for production network operations in accordance with their real needs, including innovative technologies, globalisation and competitiveness, and environmental and knowledge management.
www.imade.es

Innovation and knowledge are essential elements of competitiveness. Our region must therefore take action to promote environments where companies can innovate and, in turn, enjoy the greatest benefits possible from research, development, and innovation. With this goal in mind, Madrid Network was born. This network is promoted by the Madrid region, the CEIM and the Madrid Chamber of Commerce and Industry and boasts more than 400 companies integrated into our 11 clusters and five science and technology parks. Our objectives include creating stable collaboration networks among firms within the same sectors, identifying common interests for collaboration, encouraging the participation of organisations involved in European projects and networks, communicating with administrations to monitor and coordinate public policies, and determining priorities in research and innovation in each sector.
www.madridnetwork.org