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Innovazione
23/01/2025

Cultural heritage enhancement, four notices published to fund innovative initiatives

The Central Institute for the Digitisation of Cultural Heritage - Digital Library has issued four public notices of 1 million euros each for funding institutes and cultural places interested in participating in co-creation initiatives of innovative solutions for the enhancement of cultural heritage.The activity is part of the PNRR project [...]
Transizione industriale
23/01/2025

Climate change: 400 million fund for industrial transition kicks off

At 12 noon on 5 February 2025, the telematic point for the submission of applications for access to the resources of the Fund to support industrial transition will be operational; it’s a measure that aims to promote the adaptation of the Italian production system to EU policies on combating climate [...]
Nuova intesa tra CDP e Ministero delle Imprese
23/01/2025

Energy transition, new agreement between CDP and the Ministry of Enterprise

The Cassa Depositi e Prestiti is providing advisory services to the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy (MIMIT) as part of a memorandum of understanding signed to conduct an analysis of the sustainability and resilience of critical raw materials value chains required for the energy and digital transition. This [...]
Tutela del design
27/12/2024

New international rules for design protection

It took twenty years of work and complex multilateral confrontation, but in the end, the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), the UN agency serving innovators and creators, adopted the Design Law Treaty. The agreement represents a significant step forward in international collaboration in the field of [...]
Finanziamenti
27/12/2024

Guarantee agreement between MCC and CDP: 4.3 billion euros to finance SMEs

The guarantee agreement between Mediocredito Centrale and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti is now operational. The agreement will make available 4.3 billion euros in new financing from the banking system to 50,000 SMEs , with the aim of promoting their competitiveness and investment. Through the hedging mechanisms activated with the EIF [...]
e-commerce
27/12/2024

Consumer product safety: new EU rules in force

New rules wanted by the EU to ensure the safety of all non-food consumer products sold offline or online on the EU market came into force today, 13 December 2024. New rules wanted by the EU to ensure the safety of all non-food consumer products sold offline or online on [...]
Etichettature alimentari
26/11/2024

The guidelines on companies' obligations on food labelling are ready

The Ministry of Enterprise have adopted the new ‘Guidelines on the declaration of the quantity of ingredients, as well as further information for the correct application of the provisions concerning the labelling of certain food products’. The document is the result of the work of the Ministry's Agroindustry Table and [...]
News
26/11/2024

The EU grants 16 million euros to fund information and media literacy

The European Commission has published three calls for a total of 16 million euros to fund information by supporting media freedom and pluralism, as well as promoting media literacy; it’s part of the Creative Europe Programme. The first call has a 10.5 million euros budget and invites proposals for pluralism [...]
Fondo Innovazione in Agricoltura
26/11/2024

The 2024 edition of the ‘Innovation in Agriculture Fund’ kicks off

The Ministry of Agriculture has launched the 2024 edition of the ‘Innovation in Agriculture Fund’, which has a 100 million euros budget to support technological innovation in the agriculture, fishing and aquaculture sectors. In particular, resources will be made available to companies that produce innovative agricultural equipment, as well as [...]