The "Four Motors"

This is the name given to the cooperative plans and initiatives of the following four regions in response to the creation of the Single Market. Their aim was to foster high-tech industry and to build trans-European networks for research, innovation and production, with an emphasis on education, technology and knowledge transfer.

Rhône-Alpes (France)	Cataluña (Spain)	Lombardia (Italy)	Baden-Württemberg (Germany)