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The winners, who receive one thousand euros, attend the “Galileo Galilei” State Industrial Technical Institute in Arezzo
HEATheated coat hanger, wins the EYE Tuscany Trophy and the prize of 1,000 euro offered by the benefit company Coleliwork.
Matteo Bigazzi, Matteo Carnevali, Alessandro Cecconi, Niccolò Ghezzi, Thomas Moretti designed the winning business idea for Tuscany of the EYE Ethics & Young Entrepreneurs entrepreneurial innovation path organized by Artes Lab. They are all young students 16-17 year olds“Galileo Galilei” State Industrial Technical Institute of Arezzo.
Heat is a coat hanger with a simple and attractive design, linear and compact, equipped with light and hot air jet vents activated by photocells; they allow you to heat overcoats, clothes, hats and even the surrounding environment. It has low energy consumption and therefore reduced environmental impact.
They won by challenging 7 other teams of aspiring entrepreneurs with innovative, concrete and ethical business ideas in a contest in front of a jury of experts gathered in the Presidency of the Tuscany Region in the presence of the governor.
The President of the Region, greeting and congratulating all the participants, had the opportunity to appreciate the project and underline the importance of the role of the Tuscany Region which, by acting as a glue and intermediary between public and private, manages to generate growth and innovative experiences for very young budding entrepreneurs, setting up a model that we hope can be expanded so as to involve an ever-increasing number of students and schools.
The kids who made it to the grand final won the EYE 2024 Trophies in their respective areas of expertise or obtained a special mention in the contests in their area and were then judged more deserving than their counterparts in the other provinces until they took part in the big event at the venue. of the region.
All these young people, high school students from Florence, Scandicci, Mugello, Prato, Pistoia and Arezzo, participated in the EYE Ethics & Young Entrepreneurs entrepreneurial innovation path organized by Artes Lab, which allows them to discover the world of entrepreneurship and work ethic. They then created their own business project and took part in a contest in front of a jury of experts, obtaining a very positive opinion for the concreteness of their proposals, but also the originality and the ethical values represented.
The EYE Ethics & Young Entrepreneurs ethical entrepreneurship project organized by Artes Lab APS for 13 years allows high school students to learn the basics for developing their own successful business idea. Numerous of the proposals presented over the years were then developed and gave rise to real successes that have become thriving realities. Over the years, EYE has also been exported, thanks to a European project, to 8 other countries.
From 2023 Tuscany Region with the Giovanisì projectAnci, Artes Lab and young Tuscan entrepreneurs from Confindustria, CNA and Confartigianato have signed the memorandum of understanding to spread EYE’s ethical youth entrepreneurial innovation education model throughout Tuscany.
The EYE project is carried out, in the various areas of competence, thanks to the contribution of Fondazione CR Firenze, Confindustria Toscana Centro e Costa, Municipality of Arezzo, Municipality of Prato, Fondazione CR Prato, CNA Toscana Centro, Municipality of Borgo San Lorenzo, Banco Fiorentino .
In Tuscany the Itis Galileo Galilei and Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II high schools of Arezzo, the “Santa Maria degli Angeli” classical high school and the Elsa Morante Institute of Florence, the Russell Newton of Scandicci, the “Giotto Ulivi” Institute participate today. ” of Borgo San Lorenzo, the ITTS Fedi-Fermi and the “Niccolò Forteguerri” high school of Pistoia, the Convitto Nazionale Cicognini, the Dagomari, Datini, Carlo Livi institutes with the Umberto Brunelleschi artistic high school and the Gramsci-Keynes Institute of Prato .
The project will grow further in 2024/2025 in the Siena area with the participation of the Liceo Poliziano di Montepulciano and the Istituto Superiore Valdichiana thanks to the contribution of the Rotary Club Chianciano Chiusi Montepulciano.
The jury that evaluated the ideas is composed of Simone Gualandi, president of the Young Entrepreneurs of CNA Nazionale and Toscana, Stefano Luccisano, president of the Young Entrepreneurs Group of Confindustria Toscana, Filippo Maria Dolfi, cofounder of Fakebusters and representative of the AlumnEYE, Matteo Forconi, lawyer owner of the Forconi law firm and vice-president of Artes Lab APS, Pietro Bardazzi, president of Coleliwork, Luca Taddei, director of EYE.
Press release from Toscana Notizie in collaboration with the Artes Lab APS press office
Note. The press release was drafted in an impersonal form in compliance with the provisions on equal conditions adopted with the calling of the electoral rallies for the European and administrative elections of 8 and 9 June 2024.
