The South is mobilizing to fully seize the opportunities offered by the NRP, to implement the invitation of the EU to close the gaps and to make the country grow. The initiative starts from Naples and aims to welcome adhesions throughout the South. Campania Digital Innovation Hub, the Industrial Union of Naples and the Mezzogiorno Foundation are promoters, who yesterday signed a framework agreement to pool energy and skills to support the system. productive with particular reference to the opportunities of the NRP and national and European Cohesion policies.
In short, the world of industry and individuals is mobilized, in order to prepare a large project work, both to support companies and prepare them for the great renewal action of the country that is about to leave, and to support the action of public subjects and local authorities in a logic of horizontal subsidiarity. Campania Dih is on the field, connected to Confindustria’s digital innovation network, which, as part of the agreement, will have to carry out, following the logic adopted by the Pnrr, an all-out technology transfer action, helping administrations and companies to prepare themselves so that they can participate to the tenders that gradually begin to be sent.
Nicolais: “Dih offers support to SMEs”
The Dih will also have to promote the territories, in turn involving the world of southern universities and research centers, attracting brains and investments. «The PNRR is not just the arrival of a lot of money – highlighted Luigi Nicolais, president of the Campania Digital Innovation Hub – it is an opportunity for epochal change in our country, we need a change of mentality. A few days ago, the Digital Innovation Hub has become a consortium company also in order to be able to carry out a support function for the whole of our territory in an even more effective way. We are experiencing the fourth industrial revolution, we are close to SMEs to support them in this change, to accompany the transformations. Today we show that even before the announcements are released, we are able to create a critical mass to provide the planning necessary to intercept the resources and carry out the projects in the necessary time ». And he adds: «The watchword is to create a system and include projects, proposals and skills – said Nicolais – The rectors of southern universities have also taken action in this sense. We start from the strengths by accelerating on digitization and sustainability. We will work on the program of the Agritech National Innovation Center and on many other fronts>.
D’Amato: “The South must become the locomotive of the country”
Fondazione Mezzogiorno, which includes local, national and international companies, intends to promote system projects in the context of the NRP, starting from Naples. «It must be clear – underlined the Cavaliere del Lavoro Antonio D’Amato, president of the Mezzogiorno Foundation – that we are called to make a qualitative leap to face this challenge. It is a question of implementing disruption interventions to make the South the locomotive of Italy in order to guarantee the sustainability of the entire country system and the balance of the European Union. Today’s agreement aims to build the best context aimed at attracting investments and relaunching the industrial and manufacturing component of the area. The goal is to increase the employment rate of the active population of the South by at least 15 points over the next 10 years and to have equal GDP growth in the South. These are the minimum requirements not only to bridge the gap between South and North. but to put our country in financial security and help rebalance the relationship between public debt and GDP ”. And he adds: “The Foundation will strive to mobilize and increase the commitment, including financial, of the business world.”
Manfellotto: public-private partnership is useful
«We make a synthesis of industrial strengths and skills – said Maurizio Manfellotto, president of the Industrial Union of Naples – as well as techniques to guarantee a fundamental contribution to support the design capacity necessary in the framework of the opportunities opened by the Pnrr. We give a concrete sign of union. This spirit is needed at all associative and institutional levels, starting with public-private partnerships “.