The € 132.5 million call for business innovation excludes Sardinia and mobilization starts. With Confindustria and Confapi asking for the intervention of the Minister of Economic Development Giancarlo Giorgetti and the President of the Region Christian Solinas. The position taken by the two organizations was born with the publication of the “Innovative Machinery” tender promoted by the Ministry of Economic Development and intended for SMEs, business networks and professionals.
An opportunity to “support innovative investments aimed at technological and digital transformation, as well as the transition to the circular economy of business activities in the regions of Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Puglia and Sicily”. It is precisely the absence of Sardinia from the list of regions that will be able to participate in the call forcing the presidents of the two organizations to turn to the representatives of the institutions.
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Ministry of Economic Development and the Region
In the letter, signed by the president of Confindustria Maurizio del Pascale and by the president of Confapi Sardegna Giorgio del Piano, the request is reiterated that “Sardinia is also included among the Regions that can access direct investment programs, aimed at enabling technological transformation and digital of the companies envisaged by the recent Innovative Machinery Announcement issued by the Mise “. The two presidents remark that” despite the requests already made on the occasion of the previous announcement, in fact, our region is still excluded from the beneficiaries of the incentives provided for by the announcement instead, to the advantage of the companies of all the other regions of Southern Italy ».
“Incomprehensible exclusion”
Recalling that “it seems incomprehensible that Sardinia is excluded from the tender that does not take into account the changes that have taken place and the current economic and social situation”, De Pascale and Del Piano underline that “the current crisis makes the need for an industrial policy centered on innovation that accompanies the reconversion and transition towards digital and sustainable transformation and that the tender in question fits well into a program of strategic support for the evolution of the production system, today, as mentioned, even more necessary “. And the hope that, respecting the reciprocal roles, the formula can be found so that “Sardinia too can be included among the Regions where it is possible to access the Innovative Machinery Call”.