The CDTI, as ERDF manager from the 2007–2013 round onwards, has designed a regional instrument to boost the generation of innovative capacities in less developed regions through the financing of experimental development projects carried out through business consortia: ERDF–Innterconecta.

Through this instrument, the CDTI has sought to promote cooperation at the regional level, the execution of projects geared to regions' needs and the generation of innovative capacities that promote greater territorial cohesion.

The EDRF–Innterconecta calls for applications are co-financed by the ERDF through the different Operational Programmes in which the CDTI has been an intermediary body.

The calls during the 2014–2020 round will be co-financed through the Multi-Regional Operational Programme for Smart Growth.