ICT4Society is the virtual meeting place for all those interested in making business more responsible and more competitive. ICT4Society helps us to reflect on how ICT, one of our key economic sectors in Europe, can become more socially and environmentally responsible. The on-line platform is part of a process of stakeholder engagement on CSR in...
A presentation of the future call for proposals for investments in research, development and innovation among regional enterprises will be held in Siena on 22 July 2014. The event will be launched by Regional Minister Simoncini and Angelita Luciani, Head of Sector for Industrial Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer for the Regione Toscana, will present the guidelines for the...
DG Research and Innovation has published a new public consultation for the H2020 Science with and for Society programme. The aim of the consultation is to obtain views and contributions from a broad constituency on the potential priorities for the work programme covering the period 2016-2017. These contributions will complement the opinion provided by an...
An example of what cooperation projects can help to achieve? Within the FaRInn project, thanks to exchange with partners across South East Europe, the Development Centre of the Heart of Slovenia has produced a video to promote the concept of Responsible Innovation, entitled: Heart of Slovenia – where ideas become reality. Watch the video on youtube
On the web page of La toscana nel mondo is now possibile to download the INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES BULLETIN of July 2014. The aim of the bulletin is to provide a simple tool for the identification of funding opportunities to all the actors involved in the sector and operating in accordance with the Regional Governement of Tuscany areas of...
You can now register online to the 108 Brussels-based seminars organised as part of the 12th edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities – OPEN DAYS 2014 (6-9 October). The OPEN DAYS – European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to...
Intense day at Smau Firenze 2014! The Regional Government of Tuscany presented some of the results from the Regional Operational Programme Creo 2007-2013 and its strategy for 2014-2020. President Rossi and Regional Minister Simoncini underlined the fact the Tuscany is the only region in Italy that will launch a call for R&D projects before the...
Florence hosts the 50th edition of SMAU – 9/10 July. The fair, which is mainly dedicated to ICT, this year highlights Smart Communities and Social Innovation as opportunities for regional development. During the event, TRACE-THEM project – Transparent localisation and identification through etherogeneous metasensor correlation, received the award “Ambasciatori d’Europa” (Europe Ambassador) concerning the Reseanch...
Indepen-dance, coordinator of the INTEGRANCE project co-funded by the Culture 2007-13 programme, is hosting Scotland’s first Inclusive Dance Festival, Gathered Together. A 4 day programme of workshops, panel discussions, presentations and performances will take place in Glasgow from 27 – 30 August 2014. For more information and bookings visit Indepen-dance’s website.
Tuscany region has just published a resolution containing information on main elements of a future call for proposals for research, development and innovation investments of regional enterprises. 3 main interventions are foreseen depending on enterprises’ dimension (micro, SMEs and Large enterprises), industrial sectors and costs of projects. The call focuses on technological priorities identified within...
