The aims shall be to encourage research infrastructures to act as early adopters or developers of cutting-edge technology, to promote RD partnerships with industry, to facilitate industrial use of research infrastructures and to stimulate the creation of innovation clusters.

32. Takes the view that, given the borderless nature of cybercrime, joint efforts made, and expertise offered, at Union level, above the level of the individual Member States, are particularly important, and that Eurojust, Europol’s EC3, CERTs, and universities and research centres must therefore be provided with adequate resources and capabilities to function properly as hubs for expertise, cooperation and information-sharing;

12. Calls on Member States and the Commission to earmark more funding from the SF for research and innovation - in particular sustainable innovations -, strengthen research capacities, and support particularly knowledge-intensive regional innovative clusters and the new Knowledge and Innovation Communities; calls for the sustainable development of regional research and strategic frameworks for innovation in collaboration with the private sector, universities and research institutes;

In this respect they call, among other things, for actions to promote a more balanced, polycentric development, by developing the urban network at national and Community level, and for making strategic choices in identifying and strengthening growth poles and their contribution to the promotion of the Lisbon Strategy.

The Greek National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) foresees that all main urban centres of Greece can function as development poles.

9. Recognises the dynamic contribution of regional business clusters and poles of excellence in increasing European competitiveness; considers therefore that State aid is important in the creation of regional and national poles of excellence and in their networking with corresponding poles in other Member States; considers that the relevant definitions should be clarified to enable the rules on State aid for innovation to be implemented smoothly; considers, given the regional and national nature of the poles of excellence, that the particular characteristics and comparative advantages of the region or country concerned should be taken ...[+++] into account in determining the number and broad objective of those poles of excellence which receive authorised State aid;