The Programme focuses on fostering major region-specific actions that involve a network of national, regional and international centres of excellence or benchmark centres in the basic sciences.

UNESCO: 6th Meeting of IBSP Scientific Board

"You have to listen for excellence and quality first, " he says of the network's development strategy.

FORBES

The President will announce a new proposal for a National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, to build a network of up to fifteen Institutes for Manufacturing Innovation around the country, serving as regional hubs of manufacturing excellence that will help to make our manufacturers more competitive and encourage investment in the United States.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks on Manufacturing

While you may not get a network of ubiquitous branches like big banks, the customer service and financial products at smaller financial institutions have a reputation for excellence.

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