What is equally important is the care and attentiveness given to thousands of enterprises that have been successfully operating in Salzburg province for years and which, through continuous growth and active investment, make a decisive contribution to securing jobs and training posts for about 210,000 gainfully employed persons. It is the economic policy of the province in fostering these enterprises to ensure the continued development of modern infrastructure, enormous investments in an attractive range of educational possibilities that take account of future trends, subsidies for building and expanding centres of technology, the provision of innovation and technology consultations. Furthermore, research and development projects and investments by small and intermediate enterprises are given specific funding.