It is also worth noting that the ministries concerned by the budgetary allocations for the Plan implementation were only DURSI and the Ministry of Labour and Industry (DTI) and do not include other sectoral ministries such as those of Agriculture and Health under the aegis of which are conducted important S&T activities in public research institutions.21 This suggests that the integration process pursued by the Plan was not completely achieved, possibly due to inertia in governance structures and budgetary allocation procedures. These objectives are supported by two sets of programmes aimed at strengthening the S&T and innovation system as a whole, as well as promoting an innovative culture across the Catalan society. There is also a set of strategic actions aimed at fostering the Catalan capacities in key technologies or sectors deemed to have large spillover effects in the regional economy (see Table 2.3). (