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ERDF 2021-2027 – Two instruments to facilitate access to credit for businesses. The instruments operate under Specific Objectives 1.3 “Strengthening sustainable growth, SME competitiveness and job creation in SMEs, including through productive investment,” with an allocation of 13.5 million and 2.1 “Promoting energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions” with an allocation of 6 million. […]

FIVE WAYS TO FINANCE A STARTUP Innovative ideas are the basis of successful startups, but without money, even the best and most innovative of ideas is bound to remain a simple thought in the mind of an aspiring startupper. It is said that “money produces money”, in the sense that a business as a startup

BUSINESS NETWORK To respond to the economic crisis and the new challenges dictated by the global economy, companies today need in many cases a more flexible and innovative form of aggregation than traditional ones, which can increase competitive capacity without forcing them to give up their autonomy. The legal instruments used by companies to create

STARTUPS AND INNOVATIVE SMES An innovative start-up is an Italian capital company, which can also be established in a cooperative form, or a European company but resident tax in Italy, which has as its object the production, development, marketing of services or innovative products with high technology. The innovative start-up is therefore a new type

FAB LAB DIGITAL INNOVATION HUB AND COMPETENCE CENTRE A fab lab is a small workshop that offers customised digital fabrication services; it is generally equipped with a range of computer tools that can flexibly and semi-automatically create a wide range of objects. Among these are technological products generally considered to be exclusive to mass production.

INCUBATOR VS ENTERPRISE ACCELERATOR The Demix business accelerator is a consultancy program designed to accelerate the development of start-ups, which have started a business. An acceleration programme starts with the provision of a range of services provided to support companies and possibly also funds offered under certain conditions; or it simply needs to expand on

THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FUND Since 4 March 2019, the National Foundation Fund (FNF) has become a reality, with an initial budget of 1 billion Euro, as provided for in the Budget Law 2019, which will be managed by the Deposit Fund and Loans, through a control room that aims to bring together and multiply public

TAX CREDIT The tax credit shall be granted to all undertakings carrying out investments in research and development activities from the tax period following that in progress on 31 December 2014 to that in progress on 31 December 2020, without any limit in relation to: Legal form. Productive sector (including agriculture). Size (e.g. in terms

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC INTEREST GROUP The EEIG is a legal instrument enabling companies and self-employed persons from different Member States of the European Community, to implement various forms of transnational cooperation based on the same contractual model recognised and protected by domestic and Community law. It is an autonomous centre for the imputation of legal relationships,

THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATIONS Foundations play an important role within the European Union, particularly in civil society. Through their various activities in various fields, they contribute to the achievement of the Union’s fundamental values and objectives, such as respect for human rights, the protection of minorities, employment and social progress, the protection and improvement of the