Creating strong networks is critical to improving regional capacity, and these outputs help generate connections among stakeholders and facilitate the flow of information, ideas and resources within a region.

This performance indicator measures the estimated sum of private investment leveraged, by communities and regions, attributable to the EDA investment made to support the travel and tourism sector.

Innovation lies at the heart of EDA’s mission. This indicator captures the impact EDA grants have on innovation and commercialization of technologies which is important to understanding what effect EDA grantee organizations and their activities can have on improving innovative capacity of regions.