Info and first steps

AREA S3 spaces were created to bring young graduates closer to the labour market and to strengthen the regional production system in the thriving and emerging sectors identified in the Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3).

STARTUPiacenza is the information, reception, orientation, animation and territorial promotion help desk that nurtures startups and the newly self-employed, with a focus on innovative and creative activities in Piacenza.

CNA Emilia Romagna represents the region's small to medium enterprises and the self-employed. It offers its associates representation, information, support and services, communicating directly on their behalf with all of the various social, economic and political institutions in the region.

Upidea! is a startup program that selects entrepreneurial ideas and startups and supports their development through an acceleration path, using know-how, networking and business skills.

Officine ON/OFF is an innovative project from the Youth Policy Department of the Municipality of Parma. It is promoted and managed by the social cooperative Gruppo Scuola in collaboration with the ON/OFF Social Promotion Association.

FIRST — Financing for Innovation, Research and Technological Development — is a service designed by ASTER in 1999 with the objective of providing information, insights and guidance on the opportunities and incentives offered by preferential funding.

The APRE Emilia-Romagna Help Desk is aimed at public or private regional bodies — enterprises, research organisations, individual researchers — interested in participating in European research and innovation programs.