Mr. Speaker, the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières recently took another step in the partnership between the education and business communities by inaugurating the new Centre universitaire PME du Centre-du-Québec.
This centre is an extension of the UQTR's research institute on small and medium size businesses, which has been actively involved in that sector for the past 25 years. From now on, entrepreneurs from the Centre-du-Québec region and part of the Montérégie and Estrie regions will be able to benefit from the expertise of this new centre, which is located in Drummondville's Maison de l'industrie.
The training activities offered by the centre are adapted to entrepreneurs' needs and realities, thus making the centre a meeting place for the concerns of thinkers and the down-to-earth approach of entrepreneurs.
Our businesses will benefit from the expertise of the UQTR's research institute on small and medium size businesses, since the mandate of the university centre includes providing such assistance.