Science and technology parks as leaders of urban and industrial areas innovation systems

The present paper aims to introduce a model that must support the promotion of innovation, technology transfer activities and entrepreneurship in a concrete region, where all agents working on these fields have their role and where a STP must lead these activities given its position as the institution devoted to connect science and technology with the industry and the society. We present some potential programs to be executed by the STP in collaboration with firms, associations, public administrations, research and technology centers, and high education institutions, all them helping to improve the regions capacities around the knowledge economy. The initiatives presented have been already tested by the UAB Research Park in the B30 region near the city of Barcelona and they can be extrapolated to all the STPs aiming to cooperate with the other agents of their regions looking to achieve the optimal results regarding innovation and technology transfer projects.