ARDITI – Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology and Innovation ARDITI is a recently-established private non-profit agency that has as founding shareholders the Regional Government and University of Madeira, as well as a number of companies based in the region with particular interest in RTD activities. The new agency merges Madeira Tecnopolo (Technology and Science Park) and CITMA – Centre for Science and Technology to form a single organisation. The ARDITI mission is to boost Madeira’s RTD and innovation system by strengthening the collaboration and links between the scientific and business communities.