Campania Region

Campania is a dynamic and open ecosystem that is increasingly establishing itself as a global innovation platform, inspiring competitiveness and attracting talent, businesses and investments. A favorable environment in which it is possible to collaborate with 7 universities, 40 advanced research centers, 7 Hi-tech districts, 30 tech transfer facilities, over 1.300 innovative startups and the largest community of university researchers and the National Research Council. Campania Region has become the reference point of an ecosystem that invests in talents and ideas and pursues shared goals of sustainable and inclusive development with all the regional stakeholders. A growth path highlighted and confirmed by a series of indicators that see Campania Region as the protagonist:

• first nationwide for SME growth rate, with an increase of 34% from 2015 to 2019 and a total of 11.238 companies, representing 7.0% of the total;

• more than 1.300 innovative startups have made Campania the third largest Region in Italy, first for growth rate, with an increase of 261% compared to 2015;

• €1.44 billion in R&I investments in the 2014-2020 agenda;

• first place in Southern Italy for contribution to industrial GDP (+ 13.2% 2015/20) and second in Italy for growth rate of digital enterprises;

• first in South Italy for the number of researchers equal to 14.9 thousand units;

• first in the South and third in Italy for the number of graduates, 31.3 points above the national average.

• finally in terms of export development, Campania ranks first at the national level in which the high technology sectors contribute about 47% of the total

There are 8 Smart Specialization areas within which regional Research and Innovation policies operate: Aerospace, Biotechnology, Human Health and Agri-food, Transport and Logistics, Energy, Environment, Circular Economy, Tourism, Cultural Heritage and creative industry, New Materials and Enabling Technologies, Blue Growth, Fashion and Design. In the new policies planning, great attention to the sustainability issue, including Transport, with the strengthening of the Borgo 4.0 platform and investments in urban air mobility and space economy. Campania is at the forefront of Open Innovation development strategies: it was the first Italian region to have structured and continuous marketplace, to facilitate the matching between innovation demand by large companies and the public administration, and the technological offered by startups, spin-offs and SMEs. An ongoing challenge that stimulates regional competitiveness and the ability to attract talent, businesses and capital.