A business-friendly environment

Emilia-Romagna offers a highly favourable environment for investments and business development. The mainstays of the system are, in particular, a thriving and consolidated enterprise environment alongside an open and dynamic social and economic status. All this is completed by a network of services offered by the public system and business organisations themselves.

Some details on the salient features of the region:

Spirit of enterprise: a strongly rooted business culture in the area, with the presence of consolidated and dynamic production systems, and high international acclaim. The rate of employment is classified among the highest in Italy.

Knowledge: the regional system of knowledge and scientific research is efficient and state-of-the-art on a national level. Emilia-Romagna has been declared by the European Commission as one of the most innovative regions, and in 2003 at Stockholm was awarded the title of ¿Region of excellence for innovation¿.

Share capital: the degree of social cohesion of the community, the availability and collaboration of local authorities and of all elements of society, remains top level.

Quality living standards: a widespread level of well-being, the presence of numerous nature areas, the rich artistic and cultural heritage, and tourist attraction centres all contribute to maintaining a standard of living in this region rated among the highest in Italy and in Europe.

Services: there are a significant number of equipped areas undergoing expansion, an articulated network of services and assistance to businesses, a large network of services to people, a large-scale widespread welfare system, and a dynamic trade fair and congress system.

The infrastructures: the region is among the first in Europe for the number of digital infrastructures on the territory. The transport networks are efficient and the logistics infrastructures are modern, on the network with the national transport system.

Public administration: the level of innovation and efficiency of services of the Public Administration is among the highest in Europe.