Campobasso. Yesterday morning, in a note from councilor Michele Iorio, the regional council announced the approval of the resolution of the agreement between the Management Authority and Sviluppo Italia Molise. This agreement concerns the performance of the functions of Intermediate Body for the management of the actions of Priority 1 of the ERDF – ESF+ Program 2021-2027. The expected amount? Sixty million euros, intended to support small and medium-sized businesses in Molise.
The agreement outlines the scope of delegated functions, mutual obligations, supervision mechanisms, financial resources and payment methods. However, while officials celebrate this initiative as a fundamental step in accelerating new community planning, a much more complex reality emerges.
The funds are intended for:
- Develop and strengthen research and innovation capabilities.
- Strengthen the sustainable growth and competitiveness of SMEs.
- Develop skills for smart specialization, industrial transition and entrepreneurship.
The actions are aimed at supporting businesses in the digital transition and promoting the creation of new digital public services. The declared objective is ambitious: to support 137 innovative companies and start-ups, with the creation of new jobs.
According to councilor Iorio, these are actions intended to support small and medium-sized enterprises, large enterprises and micro enterprises in the digital transition, in order to develop new digital public services with a view to simplification and transparency, promote the development of skills in with a view to strengthening inclusion and participation processes.
Specifically, the investments amount to 60 million euros, with the aim of supporting a total of 137 companies and innovative start-ups with the consequent creation of jobs.
«This is only the first step which will see the Molise Region using all its energy to meet the deadlines for the use of these funds. For this to happen, a great synergy is needed between the services involved in the European funds 21-27 and the regional programming service, all committed to achieving the common good through the great effort due to the understaffed staff which this administration has also undertaken to remedy” concludes Michele Iorio.
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