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Programming and implementing data on national and european cohesion policies, updated every two monthsResearch and innovation
The theme includes industrial research and pilot testing services and projects for enterprises, also carried out in collaboration with universities and public research centres. It also includes funding for the strengthening of facilities and laboratories of universities and research centres and for technology transfer to enterprises (technological districts, innovation hubs).
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The theme includes network infrastructure and broadband / ultra-broadband connectivity, services for citizens and enterprises and aid to enterprises for the development of new technologies. It also includes interventions for multimedia educational networks and laboratories in schools, e-government projects, e-health services (centralized medical appointment hubs, services provided by the means of national Health Card, online services for networks of general practitioners) and e-inclusion (active citizenship, e–participation, public access centers to the web).
Show moreEnterprises' competitiveness
The theme includes financial incentives or services for the creation of new enterprises, the setting-up of new production facilities or the expansion and modernization of existing ones. It also includes support for financial engineering tools aimed at enterprises (such as guarantee funds, funds for loans and access to credit and venture capital funds).
Show moreEnergy
The theme comprises the construction of systems for energy generation from renewable sources, the promotion of energy savings by citizens, enterprises and the Public Administration (including schools). In addition are included the actions for the deployment of district heating and cooling and the development of distributed cogeneration (electricity and heating) and trigeneration (electricity, heating and cooling).
Show moreEnvironment
This theme includes interventions on waste and wastewater management. It also includes risk prevention measures such as prevention of the coastal erosion and hydrogeological instability. It also covers action for climate change adaptation, biodiversity promotion and nature preservation.
Show moreCulture and tourism
The theme comprises infrastructural interventions for the protection and conservation of cultural heritage. It also comprises interventions for the improvement of tourism services and for the promotion and enhancement of natural resources.
Show moreTransport and mobility
The theme includes the actions aimed at strengthening railway lines, road networks, port connections and intermodality. It also includes interventions that encourage the sustainable mobility and public transport in congested urban areas.
Show moreEmployment and labour
This theme includes active measures for the labour market, for life long learning in enterprises, for promoting more effective forms of workforce organization and for supporting self-employment. It also includes interventions to improve access to employment and increase sustainable participation of women for achieving work-life balance.
Show moreEducation and training
The theme includes interventions aimed at promoting educational success and social inclusion as a way of contrasting early school leaving, actions to improve students’ learning and enhance excellence, as well as measures targeting school staff (such as training) and adult education programmes.
Show moreAdministrative capacity
The theme comprises interventions aimed at strengthening and modernising institutional capacities at national, regional and local level, also to foster the development of digital skills, the availability of data and information and open government. It also includes projects to improve the programming, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and communication of programmes funded by cohesion policies.
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Cohesion territories
Centre North
The Centre-North is a geographical macroarea of Italy composed of eleven regional territories (Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy, Marche, Piedmont, Tuscany, Aosta Valley, Veneto and Umbria) and the two autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento. These territories benefit from the resources of the European and national cohesion policies, nevertheless to a minor extent than the southern territories.
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Southern Italy
The South is a geographical macro-area of Italy composed of eight regional territories: six continental regions (Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Apulia) and two island regions (Sicily and Sardinia). To the southern territories are addressed the most of the European and national cohesion policies.
Show moreABRUZZO
The region is a part of the Southern macro-area, where the national cohesion policies are mainly allocated. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Abruzzo currently falls currently falls into the category transition regions
Show moreBASILICATA
The region is a part of the Southern macro-area, where the national cohesion policies are mainly allocated. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Basilicata currently falls into the category of less developed regions
CALABRIA
The region is a part of the Southern macro-area, where the national cohesion policies are mainly allocated. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Calabria currently falls into the category of less developed regions.
Show moreCAMPANIA
The region is a part of the Southern macro-area, where the national cohesion policies are mainly allocated. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Campania currently falls into the category of less developed regions.
Show moreEMILIA-ROMAGNA
The region is part of the Centre-North macro area, benefiting from European and national cohesion policies’ resources. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Emilia-Romagna currently falls into the category of the more developed regions
Show moreFRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
The region is part of the Centre-North macro area, benefiting from European and national cohesion policies’ resources. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Friuli Venezia Giulia currently falls into the category of the more developed regions
Show moreLAZIO
The region is part of the Centre-North macro area, benefiting from European and national cohesion policies’ resources. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Lazio currently falls into the category of the more developed regions
Show moreLIGURIA
The region is part of the Centre-North macro area, benefiting from European and national cohesion policies’ resources. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Liguria currently falls into the category of the more developed regions
Show moreLOMBARDIA
The region is part of the Centre-North macro area, benefiting from European and national cohesion policies’ resources. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Lombardy currently falls into the category of the more developed regions
Show moreMARCHE
The region is part of the Centre-North macro area, benefiting from European and national cohesion policies’ resources. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Marche currently falls into the category transition regions (in 2014-2020 classified as more developed regions).
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MOLISE
The region is a part of the Southern macro-area, where the national cohesion policies are mainly allocated. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Molise currently falls into the category of less developed regions.
Show morePIEMONTE
The region is part of the Centre-North macro area, benefiting from European and national cohesion policies’ resources. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Piedmont currently falls into the category of the more developed regions
Show morePUGLIA
The region is a part of the Southern macro-area, where the national cohesion policies are mainly allocated. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Apulia currently falls into the category of less developed regions.
Show moreSARDEGNA
The region is a part of the Southern macro-area, where the national cohesion policies are mainly allocated. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Sardinia currently falls into the category of less developed regions.
Show moreSICILIA
The region is a part of the Southern macro-area, where the national cohesion policies are mainly allocated. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Sicily currently falls into the category of less developed regions.
Show moreTOSCANA
The region is part of the Centre-North macro area, benefiting from European and national cohesion policies’ resources. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Tuscany currently falls into the category of the more developed regions
Show moreTRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE/SUDTIROL
The region is part of the Centre-North macro area, benefiting from European and national cohesion policies’ resources. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Trentino-Ato Adige/Sudtirol currently falls into the category of the more developed regions
Show moreUMBRIA
The region is part of the Centre-North macro area, benefiting from European and national cohesion policies’ resources. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Umbria currently falls into the category transition regions (in 2014-2020 classified as more developed regions).
Show moreVALLE D'AOSTA/VALLÉE D'AOSTE
The region is part of the Centre-North macro area, benefiting from European and national cohesion policies’ resources. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Aosta Valley/Valleé D'Aoste currently falls into the category of the more developed regions
Show moreVENETO
The region is part of the Centre-North macro area, benefiting from European and national cohesion policies’ resources. In the NUTS classification for the Cohesion policy 2021-2027 eligibility, the regional territory of Veneto currently falls into the category of the more developed regions
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Financing opportunities 2021-2027
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Civic monitoring in the schools of cohesion policy projects
At the School of OpenCohesion (ASOC) is the educational course of OpenCohesion to push forward civic activism of students on projects funded by cohesion policies in the territories. Students develop civic monitoring researches using videos and other creative works.
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