Network

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.

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.

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.

The Modena Chamber of Commerce startup information help desk provides initial guidelines on the bureaucratic processes, in particular the administrative procedures, for setting up a business and choosing the right legal status

CNA The National Confederation of Crafts and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is a free association of businesses and entrepreneurs that are politically, culturally and economically independent.

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.

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.