promotion of economic and social progress and development in Catalonia, and optimal organisation and coordination of the different elements that make up the Catalan research and innovation system. In other words, a triple helix that will generate value for the country and its society needs to be constructed on the basis of effective cooperation between the public sector, universities and research centres, and private sector enterprises. This Plan consolidates and builds on the progress that has been made to date in research, development and innovation in Catalonia as a result of the series of measures implemented in this area by the Government of Catalonia since the restoration of the autonomous government in 1980. This commitment has, in more recent times, taken the form of four-yearly research plans introduced in 1993, and more recently in the Innovation Plan 2001 -2004.
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