RITECA is a cross-border research network made up of centres in Extremadura,
centres in the Alentejo and the central region of Portugal.
Of course, we're trying to carry out research projects, of technological development and also of innovation.
The main objectives of RITECA are really to improve competition among research centres,
to make their relations more appropriate, to optimize the relations among them,
to create networks so that they can achieve
and optimize their results and also collaboration among the centres so that they can apply for international project competitions.
Riteca has sponsored the development of 18 research projects in key sectors such as agriculture,
the dehesa, food production, renewable energies, health and the construction industry.
But Riteca is much more.
Within the framework of RITECA there are activities, obviously apart from research as well.
There are technology transfer activities, in which face-to-face symposia with companies are held,
so that the researchers themselves can get to know each other and they can transfer the work they're doing in the best possible way.
Technology transfer in which the creation of a virtual network also plays a part.
The virtual network is one of the tools of the RITECA project, with which we'll be trying to get certain things done,
like a catalogue of infrastructure, also a catalogue of all the types of action we can carry out, we aim to have ICT tools,
such as projects, also communication projects, and in addition, transfer for companies,
basically of the knowledge they've acquired previously with our scientists and researchers.
A project which has laid the foundations for ever closer collaboration among research centres in Extremadura,
Alentejo and central Portugal over the next few years.