1. Mauro Mallone Dipartimento Reti Nazionali e Internazionali
ITALIAN NETWORK
FOR INNOVATION
AND TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER TO SMEs
IPI – Institute for Industrial Promotion
Direction for Transfer of Knowledge and Innovation
Vincenzo Zezza
Roma - September 29, 2004

2. Agenda Objectives Target (the “Italian Innovation System”) Key Actions
Resources

3. Mauro Mallone Dipartimento Reti Nazionali e Internazionali
Objectives
Promoted by the Italian Ministry of Productive Activities
and managed by IPI, for:
promoting knowledge sharing on methods, good practices and resources on innovation and technology transfer
encouraging the marketing of services for innovation and technology transfer to enterprises
strengthening the existing innovation networks and encouraging the creation of new ones on an interregional, sectoral and technological basis
facilitating access to financial resources for the creation, extension and development of innovation networks
supporting the internationalisation of innovation centres and their associate companies, also through the INSME Association

4. Mauro Mallone Dipartimento Reti Nazionali e Internazionali
Target
Policy Makers
European commission
Ministry of Prod. Activities
Ministry of Research
Techn. Innovation Dept.
Regions
Other local authorities
Research system
Universities
Public research centres
Private research centres
Entrepreneurial associations
Enterpises supporting bodies
Chambers of commerce
Enterprises
Funding system
Banks
Venture Capitalists
Business Angels
Innovation Centres
Science Parks
BICs
Dedicated service centres
Agencies by CNR, ENEA, etc.

5. Mauro Mallone Dipartimento Reti Nazionali e Internazionali
The Italian Innovation System
77 Universities and some other academic institutions spread all over the country
Several public research insitutions : CNR, ENEA, INFN, ASI, IIT
Private research centres (ENI, FIAT, Telecom Italia, ENEL, Pirelli, Finmeccanica, STM, Bracco, ecc.)
8 Industrial Experimental Stations (oil & fat, food, leather, citrus oil, fuels, paper, silk, glass)
44 Science & Technology Parks
30 Business Innovation Centres
A lot of service centres born inside the industrial districts system (~ SMEs)
7 technological meta-districts (Torino Wireless, Veneto Nanotech, Lombardia Biotech, Emilia Romagna Hi-Mech, Lazio Aerospace, Campania Compound Materials, Sicilia Microelectornics and ICT)
103 Chambers of Commerce, and their specialised agencies
4 main entrepreneurial association (Confindustria, CONFAPI, Confartigianato, CNA)
… to be networked

6. Mauro Mallone Dipartimento Reti Nazionali e Internazionali
Key Actions
Information Services
RIDITT Internet portal
Competences and Technologies Scouting
Financial resources for innovation and technology transfer
International, national and local best practices on innovation
Knowledge sharing: literature, tenders and calls, projects, etc.

7. Mauro Mallone Dipartimento Reti Nazionali e Internazionali
Key Actions
Technical assistance and training
Establishing of networks (with opportunities for grants) for the match-making between new technologies demand and offer (new networks launched in the Shoe industry, in the Textile industry, on Biotechnologies, …)
Seminars, courses and workshops (Marketing of innovation services, Innovation finance, Exploitation of R&D results, …)
Innovation and technology transfer pilot project management (advanced sensors for the food industry, product ecolabeling for the ceramic industry, …)

8. Mauro Mallone Dipartimento Reti Nazionali e Internazionali
The RIDITT Portal act as an information hub for existing networks and as the main infrastructure to foster the „innovation“ practice community
RIDITT PORTAL
Resources for Innovation
Catalogues
Services
Financing
Information
Innovation centres Networks
Services
Industrial specialisation
Technological specialisation
Partner search
Training
Technical ass.
Knowledge Sharing Area
Public incentives
Private
Library
News
Event diary
RIDITTnews

10. Mauro Mallone Dipartimento Reti Nazionali e Internazionali
Resources
The IPI’s RIDITT team is supported by an Expert Committee made up of representatives from:
Ministry of Productive Activities
Ministry of Education, University and Research
Department for Innovation and Technology (Presidency of the Council of Ministers)
Italian National Committee for for Bio-safety and Biotechnology
CNR (Italian National Research Council)
ENEA (Italian national Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment)
AIRI – Italian Association for Industrial Research
APSTI – Italian Association of Science and Technology Parks
BIC Italia Net – Association of Italian Business Innovation Centres
AIFI – Italian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
IBAN – Italian Business Angels Network
Unioncamere (Italian Union of Chambers of Commerce)
Confindustria (General Confederation of Italian Industry)
CNA – National Confederation for the Craft Sector and SMEs
Confapi – Italian Confederation of Small and Medium sized Industry
Confartigianato - General Confederation of Italian Artisans

11. e-mail: info@riditt.it
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