The phrase "competence network" is correct and usable in written English.
It is generally used to refer to an inter-connected group of people who have shared skills and knowledge. For example, "The team drew on its extensive competence network of experts to complete the project on time."
The project management approach should be integrated into other management subsystems such as information, knowledge, competence, network management etc.
These include the BioRegio initiative, aimed at establishing a "competence network" in biotech, the BioFuture competition for young scientists, and BioChance for small biotech start-ups.
The patient recruitment was performed by the German Competence Network for HIV/AIDS, while the recruitment of physicians was performed using a nationwide database from Janssen-Cilag GmbH.
The Competence Network for HIV/AIDS is a general national research alliance, and as such includes the most important German working groups active in clinical and basic research.
The German Competence Network for Distributed Energy Technologies lists more than 120 municipalities that have committed to reaching 100% renewable energy [6].
Initiatives at the national level, like the United States' $500 million National Nanotechnology Initiative announced last month by President Clinton or Germany's Centers of Competence Network, " Nanonet," emphasize the strategic significance of the new technologies.
The German Competence Network on Atrial Fibrillation (AFNET)—founded in 2003 is an interdisciplinary national research network sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBFFederal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF
To determine N-terminal Brain Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP), blood was taken separately for the Central Biomaterial Bank, a project of the Competence Network Heart Failure providing a central facility to collect all biomaterial (blood, plasma, serum and DNA) from each patient enrolled in one of the network's clinical trials [ 42].
The study was carried out by the German Competence Network Sepsis (SepNet) without financial funding.
Patient recruitment was performed by the German Competence Network for HIV/AIDS ('Kompetenznetzwerk HIV/AIDS') located in Bochum, who helped to distribute paper-based questionnaires and the link to the online version among treatment centres.
It was further funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research as part of the Diabetes Competence Network.
