Friuli Innovazione, research and technology transfer centre, was set up in order to foster the economic development of the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia by promoting the technology transfer and the interaction between academic researchers and local enterprises.

The University of Udine, founded in 1978, has the aim to provide the Friulian community with an independent centre for advanced training in cultural and scientific studies.

BIC Incubatori FVG S.p.A. promotes, supports and diffuses economic and entrepreneurial development in the region. Its mission is to increase the NUMBER, QUALITY and SIZE of innovative companies in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region.

Lakeside Labs is a platform for science, technology, and innovation in the area of information and communication technology. We focus on the future-oriented topic of self-organizing networked systems.

The University of Trieste features a strong research and education & training of excellence in Information and Communication Technologies; it has a continuous growing of national and international institutions and high-tech companies.

The Regional Service Centre for small and medium sized industry is promoted by the Regional Industrial Federation and the Regional Federation for small and medium-sized enterprises and established by the Regional Administration under a specific legislative resolution.

The department of IUG is focusing its activities on innovation management and entrepreneurship. International projects are primarily located in the Alps-Adriatic region as well as the transition countries in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.