The City of Eindhoven is a local authority in the Netherlands. Apart from the regular competences in the field of economic, social, environmental, mobility, public safety and other policies, Eindhoven has the ambition to be a economically strong region focusing on leadership in technology and innovation. The City strongly focuses on creating supportive structures in the domains of labour market, technology development and business development. To this end, Eindhoven has established the Brainport Foundation, a triple helix structure involving also the knowledge sector and private enterprise.As the fifth largest city and the generally recognised centre of innovation in the Netherlands, Eindhoven has an important capacity to influence key national and regional policies. With Brainport, the city and region have also created a vehicle that is proving its strength in successfully influencing national policy agendas on innovation, manufacturing industry and S&T related subjects.Through its unique triple helix organisation, Brainport Eindhoven also is able to match the policy objectives with the specific wishes and the needs of the knowledge and private sectors in the region. Eindhoven, partly through the Brainport structure, has ample experience in developing market driven platforms and structures that help companies, gain innovative edge and competitive strengths.