Città della Scienza
Città della Scienza works as a complex system, integrating functions and sercives, which enhance the acquisition, transfer and dissemination of knowledge.
Città della Scienza is provided with a Science Centre (an exciting interactive journey through the world of science and technology), a BIC - Business Innovation Centre (ideas, methodologies and expertise to support sustainable local development), a High Education Centre (to encourage lifelong learning for young adults), and special room for happenings and congresses (a centre for events, conferences and meetings in a prestigious scientific and environmental context).
The Business Innovation Centre is a technical organisation of Città della Scienza, recognised by the European Commission, which operates in the field of specialised services aimed at the local economic fabric in order to promote processes of innovation and sustainable development of the area.
The BIC is an instrument in favour of regional development aimed at encouraging the creation of new firms, activating processes of economic innovation for organisations and the productive fabric, thus contributing to promote the European dimension in the area.
Apart from its unusual setting - the BIC is situated in a disused industrial area in the western part of Naples - its distinctive character lies in the fact that it is an integral part of a more complex system represented by Città della Scienza which combines the functions of innovation and local development with those of scientific dissemination, lifelong learning, guidance in educational and job choices, teaching and events.
In order to sustain economic, social and productive development in the Bagnoli area, the BIC has a business incubator, a building of about 4,000 sq.m. devoted to the start-up of innovative firms and Industrial Area of Culture, a structure of 2,000 sq. m. devoted to research centres and firms with projects of extension and development.
The BIC provides services for young people and aspiring entrepreneurs, firms, organisations and institutions and is specialised in the sectors of the environment and sustainable development, culture and tourism, and information and communication technologies.
MAIN SERVICES IN THE FIELDS OF:
Business start-up and development
Information and business guidance:
- Information, promotion and identification of emerging entrepreneurial potential in the area; access to financial instruments for businesses; feasibility studies of business ideas and projects
Assistance with start-up:
- Support during the start-up phase of a business; technical assistance ad tutoring in the areas of business management; access to loans and funding
Training:
- Analysis of training needs; guidance modules for business start-up; training assistance in innovation processes for SMEs.
Pre-incubation phase:
- Equipped workstations for new entrepreneurial teams during the "set-up" phase and experimentation of a business idea, guidance and accompaniment with the business plan.
Incubator of Città della Scienza:
- System of spaces and services for innovative firms specialising in new information and communication technology sectors and environmental services.
INDUSTRIAL AREA OF CULTURE
System of spaces and services devoted to firms and research centres operating in the fields of culture, technology and scientific research.
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
Promotion and dissemination of the results of the research:
- Actions designed to match the demand and supply of innovation in the sectors of innovative technologies, the environment, tourism and cultural heritage, and to promote the transfer of the results of the research to the local entrepreneurial fabric.
Access to innovation:
- Assistance with projects related to research and technological development that make use of the main regional, national and European Community regulations.
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Local marketing:
- Assistance for organisations, administrations and local systems of development in the definition and creation of programmes of local marketing and initiatives aimed at promoting and exploiting local resources for tourism.
Environmental sustainability:
- Awareness-raising actions andpromotionalcampaigns about sustainable development, planning and assistance for setting up local Agenda 21s; transnational cooperation projects designed to disseminate best practices and promote innovative actions on environmental themes.
Social participation and participatory planning:
- Application of methodologies and instruments (EASW European Awareness Scenario Workshop, GOPP Goal Oriented Project Planning, OST Open Space Technology) in order to promote social participation in processes of innovation and local development.
In the region are active some other incubators:
- 2 Incubators of Sviluppo Italia Campania in Pozzuoli (NA), in Marcianise (CE), University of Benevento. There are project of others incubators in Naples, in Fisciano (SA) by Sviluppo Italia Campania.
The most important education and training centres are:
- University of Naples Federico II, University Parthenope, Second University of Naples (CE), University of Benevento, University of Fisciano and Salerno, MBA Master School STOA', Training and Master School SDOA Fondazione Genovesi, ENEA, several knowledge centres linked with university Department specialised in different sectors.
The most important events, fairs and congresses in Campania are (update in progress):
- Tourism Mediterranean Exchange (www.bmtnapoli.com)
- Maggio Monumenti (http://www.comune.napoli.it)
- Futuro Remoto (www.cittadellascienza.it)
MOST IMPORTANT SEVICES
- Information and guidance Desk
- Tutoring
- Technical and logistic facilities (meeting rooms)
- Network projects
- b2europe campania
- Start Cup Federico II
- Campania Start Up Association
- BIC ITALIA NET
For the enterprises being incubated means being provided with:
- New spaces with agreed prices inside modulus of dimension changeable from 50 to 100 square meters given for a maximum period of 4 years.
- Innovative technological infrastructures.
- Qualified guideline services within the management areas (Technical-productive, commercial-marketing, managerial and financial- administrative).
- A network of innovative enterprises and a permanent interaction with the system of Città della Scienza
For entrepreneurial companies in the preparation phase of their own enterprise idea, being pre-incubated means being provided with:
- Equipped workstations within shared spaces.
- Tutoring from the idea to the realization of the enterprise project.
LINKS TO IMPORTANT WEBSITES OF OUR REGION
Detailed information may be found on the GGN Service Products sheets
Other main networks:
- EBN European BIC Network
- BIC ITALIA NET Italian association among BICs
- IASP International Association of Science Parks
- APSTI Associazione Italiana dei Parchi Scientifici e Tecnologici
- Europe Direct
- EASW European Awareness Scenario Workshop - national monitor
- B2europe, european network among EIC, IRC e BIC
- ECSITE European Collaborative for Science, Industry and Technology Exhibitions
- REDIS Rete Nazionale per la Diffusione della Cultura Scientifica,
- ASTC Association of Science-Technology Centers
- ANMS Associazione Nazionali Musei Scientifici Naturali