VENETO INNOVAZIONE

VENETO INNOVAZIONE Brief presentation - updated 2007
Veneto region
Surface 18.389 Km2
Population 4.642.899
Companies: 449.932
Unemployment rate 3.4%
GDP 96.7 € bill
Export 36,4 € bill
Import 28.3 € bill
Agriculture - Industry - Other activities - Commerce
Our mission
•To promote research, innovation and reasearch to companies co - operation
•To foster the regional “innovation system”,
•To contribute to the progress of knowledge, competitiveness and excellence of Veneto region
•Veneto Innovazione Strategic Programme 2006-2008
• Management of regional R&I schemes
• Promotion and co-ordination of regional innovation centres
• Innovation support to SMEs
• International Technology Transfer Services
• European / International Projects
Veneto Innovazione: main activities and expertise STP, incubators and start-up accelerators in Veneto PST
• 3 Science Parks: •Vega - Venice •Galileo - Padua •Start - Verona
• Veneto Nanotech (high tech cluster and accelerator)
• Venice incubators
• Start Cube incubator Padua
• La Fornace incubator Asolo
• ARIA Accelerator Verona
International “Knowledge Networks” Veneto Innovazione participates to major international networks:
•IRE: Innovating Regions in Europe
•ERIK:European Regions Knowledge based Innovation Network
•IRC: the Innovation Relay Centres network
•RISeT: the Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry’s information network
•APSTI: Italian Science and Technology Parks
•TII: European Network for Information and Technological Innovation
•WIPO: Innovation Centres Network
•2 PROINNO: EOS (InnoAction) INNET (InnoNet)
•2 RTD OMC: EUROPEER and R4R
•ERDF 2005-2006 - Innovative Actions: E-cluster project
•VI FWP: Innovation Relay Centre IRENE
•VI FWP: PAXIS – START
•VI FWP: TECARE