Members

Members will be those organizations that meet the minimum criteria established by the Executive Committee to distinguish science and technology parks from other industrial or real estate developments. For the establishment of these criteria, APTE’s definition of a park will be used.

The Affiliates shall be the organizations whose objectives, perfectly defined, are in agreement with the aims of the Association, while the development of their park is in the process of project or planning. This status is temporary and the maximum period of stay in this category of membership shall be three years, unless, due to exceptional circumstances, the Assembly decides to extend it for an additional period of up to a maximum of two years. Once the above terms have elapsed without becoming a Member, the Member may opt to become a collaborating member.

Collaborators will be those entities and persons, natural or juridical, public or private, that without having as their objective the creation of a park, demonstrate a special interest in the park’s scope.

Honorary Members may be those entities and persons, natural or juridical, public or private, national or foreign, who, due to their relevant merits and their collaboration with the purposes of the association, are designated by the General Assembly upon proposal of the Executive Committee.

According to Article 6 of the Statutes of the APTE, members of the Association in its different categories may be natural or legal entities, public or private, that demonstrate a special interest in the promotion and development of Science and Technology Parks and in the transfer of technology between Research and the business world.

APTE members are divided into Partners, Affiliates and Collaborators:

The first are parks in operation or on the verge of operation, the second are park projects in the gestation phase, and the third may be those entities and persons, natural or legal, public or private, who, without having as their objective the creation of a park, demonstrate a special interest in the park’s scope.

APTE has been operating for 20 years and through the combined efforts of its members has achieved an important position within the science and technology system in Spain, and in the process of integration into the new economy and the new knowledge society.

For this reason, we invite all those companies and institutions interested in the development of Science and/or Technology Parks to join our Association.

For further information please contact:

Soledad Díaz
Managing Director of APTE
E-mail: sdiaz@apte.org
Telephone: 951 23 13 06
Fax: 951 23 12 39

Science and Technology Parks wishing to become PARTNERS of APTE must meet the following requirements:

PHYSICAL SPACE:

Land and buildings

There must be land suitable for occupation and at least one building that provides the Park with common services such as meeting rooms, auditorium, other general services for companies, advanced telecommunications infrastructures, etc.

Innovation support infrastructures

It is necessary to prove the presence of some of the following innovation support infrastructures such as universities, technological centers, other research centers, laboratories, business and innovation centers, business incubators, etc.

Necessary documentation:

Related to the planning of the site:
Urban plans: Partial Plan, special plans, etc.

Related to the Main or Services building:
Plans, infographics of the building and any other documentation that accredits the implementation of the services offered by the Park.

Related to support infrastructures:
Any document that justifies the presence of the aforementioned infrastructures.

RELATIONS WITH UNIVERSITIES, RESEARCH INSTITUTES, ETC:

Necessary documentation:

The agreements established with these entities so that they may provide their services to the different agents operating in the Park.

STABLE MANAGEMENT BODY:

Human team, integrated in a company or ad hoc institution, specialized in the management of the Park, which promotes technology transfer and fosters innovation among the companies and organizations using the Park; and which is additionally assigned some of the following tasks: planning, construction, promotion and marketing of the Technology Park and in any case tasks related to the provision of common and value-added services to companies and institutions located in the enclosure.

Necessary documentation:

– Deed of incorporation of the Park’s management company.
– A reliable document that accredits the assignment of the functions related to the management of the Park to personnel dependent on the promoting entity or organization.
– Business plan. All non-confidential information that clarifies the aspects related to this section as well as the other criteria submitted for evaluation. With special emphasis on the planning of planned dissemination and technology transfer activities.
– Organizational chart showing the functions assigned to and performed by the management team.

COMPANIES:

The presence of innovative companies and other related institutions established in the Park must be accredited.

Necessary documentation:

– List of companies and other institutions located in the Park.
– Rules and criteria for the selection of companies in the Park.

The organizations whose objectives, perfectly defined, are in agreement with the aims of the Association, while the development of their Scientific and/or Technological Park is in the process of project or planning, can be Affiliates.

Membership is temporary. The maximum period of stay in this category of membership shall be three years, unless for exceptional circumstances the Assembly decides to extend it for an additional period of up to a maximum of two years.

Affiliates shall take the necessary measures in the development of their projects, so that without exhausting the stipulated deadlines, they may comply with the necessary requirements to become a member. After the aforementioned deadlines have elapsed without having access to the status of member, they may opt to become collaborating members.

The Affiliates may appoint a representative in the Association, who shall not be counted for quorum purposes in the constitution of the General Assembly, which he/she shall attend with voice but without the right to vote, and likewise in the other meetings of the Association.

Necessary documentation:

– Name of the initiative.
– Name of promoters.
– Deed of incorporation, if any.
– Information on physical space and infrastructure.
– Information on target sectors.
– Linkage information with the scientific sector.
– Non-confidential information related to the Business Plan.
– Any other information that may be considered of interest.

It is essential to send a power point presentation of the project.

There are different fees for Members and for Affiliates and Collaborators:

Members have two types of fees:
– Admission fee: 1.500 Euros for one time only.
– Half-yearly fee: 1.774,99 Euros.

Affiliates have only one type of fee:
– Half-yearly fee: 887,49 Euros.

Collaborators have only one type of fee:
– Half-yearly fee: 887,49 Euros.