Research, development (R&D) and innovation often requires a considerable amount of resources as well as considerable efforts. For this reason, different actors are strongly encouraged to share existing skills and technologies. Collaborations and partnerships between actors from the public and/or private sector can make it possible to rise to technological challenges in an efficient way.

Several measures support and encourage the establishment of collaborations between the private and the public sectors. Public-private partnerships allow for exchanges of information as well as the possibility to make use of partners' resources, skills and know-how. Inter-sector cooperation also enables taking knowledge closer to the economic sphere and adapting it to the needs of the market in order to achieve concrete objectives.

This portal also offers the possibility of identifying potential partners among Luxembourg actors involved in R&D and innovation activities.
The directory of innovative companies and public research units in the section Finding partners facilitates the formation of partnerships. The descriptions available allow you to discover, for instance, their:

• skills
• resources
• products and services
• contact details

Research organisations and innovative companies wanting to present their skills in this directory can do so by signing up under the relevant section.