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The Aldini Valeriani Foundation (FAV) is Unindustria Bologna's Industrial Management School. It offers rich, innovative and well-structured training with the goal of creating innovation in companies by transforming knowledge into competitiveness.

T3LAB is a non-profit consortium that carries out industrial research projects and technology transfer between academia and business in the field of applied electronics and ICT. The Laboratory provides those with whom it collaborates with a whole set of solutions that increase innovation and competitiveness.

SIMPLER is a consortium that counts Aster as a member and operates within the Enterprise Europe Network, providing services for innovation and the internationalisation of SMEs.

CONFIMI EMILIA is a trade association devoted to the representation, protection and provision of business services in the provinces of Bologna, Modena and Reggio Emilia.

Founded in 1979, IRECOOP Emilia-Romagna is a cooperative society that develops human resources and the promotion of a cooperative culture.

Lo Sportello Autoimprenditoria is a Piacenza service that provides free information and consultation to anyone intending to set out on their own.

Nuove Idee Nuove Imprese is a competition for innovative business ideas, with various stages and a final goal. Above all, it is a unique opportunity to transform your creativity into a business.

The Reggio Emilia Chamber of Commerce provides information to new businesses on preferential funding and the requirements therein for startups. From October 2012, the door has been open to new and aspiring entrepreneurs.

GENESI NEW BUSINESS HELP DESK is a Bologna Chamber of Commerce service created to support those who want to start out on their own but have no clear idea on how to get going.

Genesi is the Parma Chamber of Commerce help desk for those who intend to start out their own.

Progetti per l'Impresa heads up U.I. Economic Development within Bologna City Council, which promotes the redevelopment of certain areas of the city by supporting new business activities.

Lapam is a federation of associations, the only one of its kind in the province of Modena that represents the entire business world: crafts, trade, small to medium enterprises, agriculture. It represents some 10,000 companies, with 600 employees in 50 locations throughout the region.

Part of the Chambers of Commerce regional network, Genesi offers tools for guidance in the creation of new business.

INCREDIBOL! — l’INnovazione CREativa DI BOLogna — is a project that supports the development of cultural and creative businesses in Emilia-Romagna. Established in 2010, it is coordinated by the City of Bologna and supported by the Emilia-Romagna region.

A centre for innovation and technology transfer, DemoCenter provides information on new technologies using the network of expertise in the Modena area.

Erasmus per Giovani Imprenditori è il programma di scambi finanziato dalla Commissione Europea e al quale partecipano 38 stati europei. Il programma, attivo dal 2009, dà l’opportunità di fare esperienze d'impresa in aziende di altri Paesi europei, stimolando l’internazionalizzazione delle PMI e la creazione di startup grazie al trasferimento di conoscenze tra nuovi imprenditori o aspiranti tali e imprenditori con esperienza.

The Centuria Agency for the Innovation of Romagna is part of the Emilia-Romagna High Technology Network and works to foster the contact and interaction between researchers, technicians and experts on topics of interest to companies in the area.  

Progetti d'Impresa is a Province of Bologna service that has been dedicated to the creation of new companies since 1989.

The Torricelli Park of Arts and Sciences is an excellent, cutting edge space dedicated to the development and innovation of advanced and composite materials.

Launched in 2003 on the initiative of the Lugo City Council, the Incubator Company supports aspiring entrepreneurs with the aim of promoting the creation and development of innovative startups.