Knowledge transfer and expertise development
The transfer of civil security innovation to products and services that meet the needs of real-life practice and the market is influenced by a particular set of factors. A key strength of civil security solutions is that they are specifically geared to user requirements. At the same time, they give equal consideration to the requirements and limitations of civil society. After all, only innovations that combine economic success with social responsibility will ultimately lead to more security.
With their wealth of research and technology expertise, civil security businesses play an important part in ensuring German and European security architecture is fit for the future. Small and medium-sized enterprises, in particular, have a key role to play in ensuring a successful transition from research to practice. The security research programme helps create structures to enhance the innovative capacity of research-intensive businesses.
Establishing centres of excellence, top-level research clusters and innovation labs is a further key step in aligning research activity even closer with the specific requirements of users. These measures aim to facilitate user-oriented top-level research and to promote research excellence through close cooperation between scientific institutions and users.
