La Rioja appoints DIRSA as the comprehensive manager of the TechRioja technology park

The Government of La Rioja and the Public Business Society Desarrollo de Inversiones Riojanas, S.A. (DIRSA) have signed a framework agreement that designates the public company as the comprehensive management entity for the TechRioja Science and Technology Park and regulates its financing. The agreement was signed on September 11, 2026, and its summary was published in the Official Gazette of La Rioja no. 200, of October 16, 2026, by Resolution 1557/2026, of October 1 (reference BOR-A-20261016-III–3926).

The publication is made under article 10 of Decree 13/2017, of April 12, which regulates the Electronic Registry of Agreements of the Autonomous Community of La Rioja. The resolution ordering the publication is signed by the Technical General Secretariat of the Department of Finance, Public Governance, Digital Society and Government Spokesperson, and the agreement is registered under number 2026/0700.

The parties signing the agreement are:

• For the Government of La Rioja, the Minister of Economy, Innovation, Business and Self-Employment, María Belinda León Fernández.
• For DIRSA, its managing director, Victor De Pablo Montes.

DIRSA will assume the comprehensive management of the park

The purpose of the agreement is to establish the legal framework for collaboration between the Autonomous Community of La Rioja, through the Department of Economy, Innovation, Business and Self-Employment, and DIRSA. The specific commitments are:

• To designate DIRSA as the management entity of the TechRioja Science and Technology Park, assuming the comprehensive management of its buildings, spaces, services, activities, programs, and common infrastructures.
• To establish the conditions for the renovation, construction, maintenance, conservation, improvement, and operation of the park’s infrastructures.

Financing through contributions and capital increases

The agreement regulates the financing of investments, operations, and the activities of management, revitalization, training, dissemination, economic promotion, and knowledge transfer of the park. The planned instruments are:

• Capital increases.
• Nominative grants or transfers.
• Eventual grants.
• Other non-monetary contributions.

Validity until 2030 with extensions of up to four years

The validity of the agreement begins upon its signing and ends on May 31, 2030. Following the agreement of the Joint Monitoring Commission, the minister competent in innovation matters will extend the validity by resolution. The parties may agree to extensions for an additional period of up to four years, or for annual periods up to that same limit, in accordance with Law 40/2015 on the Legal Regime of the Public Sector.

Publication in the Official Gazette of La Rioja

The summary of the agreement appears in section III. Other Provisions and Acts of the Official Gazette of La Rioja no. 200, dated October 16, 2026, on pages 17467 and 17468, with the code 202610140125008 and reference III.3926. The full text of the agreement is available in the agreement search engine of the Government of La Rioja’s transparency portal under number 2026/0700, and the electronic document is identified by the secure verification code BOR-A-20261016-III–3926.

The agreement makes DIRSA the executing arm of La Rioja’s main technological infrastructure project and ensures its public funding until 2030, with a potential extension horizon of four more years. The chosen formula—comprehensive management by a public company and contributions through capital increases, nominative transfers, and non-monetary contributions—defines the model through which the community intends to provide itself with a stable space for innovation, training, and knowledge transfer.

Source: Official Gazette of La Rioja, no. 200, of October 16, 2026, section III. Other Provisions and Acts, pp. 17467-17468 (official reference: BOR-A-20261016-III–3926).