Global Programme

Our global programme eases the entry of UK business into global innovation markets.

We help international partners to grow their innovation clusters and scale their solutions. We work with innovative locations to deepen their social and physical connectivity. Our inter-governmental bilateral agreements fuel long-term cross-border investments. And we have already delivered more than 20 international projects across four continents. 

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Innovation Locations

The goal of the Innovation Location programme is to help cities distinguish themselves as unique innovation, technology, research, entrepreneurship and industry leaders in a regional and/or global market.

Innovation Hubs

Our Innovation Hubs provides a catalyst for creating world-class innovation ecosystems across and between smart cities.

Global City Standards

Our Global City Standards programme offers local government bodies and private sector actors around the world the opportunity to apply our expertise in state-of-the-art standardisation and accreditation to their local climate.

City Testbeds

A city testbed is a proving ground to develop, test and showcase the best new technologies that solve real challenges. The idea is to verify and validate early in development innovative solutions co-created in open innovation with companies, academics and users.

Opportunities for Global organisations (for active opportunities please click here):

Our Global Programme establishes international platforms and partnerships to address barriers in emerging innovation markets around the world to facilitate the entry of UK businesses.

Events for Global organisations – register to attend future events and watch past events & webinars video recordings:

News for Global organisations:

We help places around the world to design and develop programmes that grow innovation companies, scale high impact solutions to city challenges, future proof economies and form cross government bilateral business agreements for long term investments.

Projects for Global organisations:

If you have a great idea, innovative product or service which you believe could improve the way people connect and travel, we would love to hear from you– info@cp.catapult.org.uk

The Global Programme builds international platforms for UK Businesses because one city does not make a market. We work with global partners to develop projects in cities to tangibly and actionably carry out innovation market analysis. We work with global cities to identify new challenge areas and with UK innovation companies to design and deploy new innovation demonstrators to address those challenges and to then create lasting routes to market.

Business Programme

Covering SMEs and large businesses

Government Programme

Covering local, regional, devolved and UK central government

Research Institutions Programme

Covering research institutions, universities and research funding bodies