ANCI Lazio, the regional branch of the National Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI) represents all Lazio region Municipalities and supports local authorities through services and projects at local, National and European level, in several fields of intervention.
ANCI Lazio undertakes research studies to inform local authorities on strategies, including innovation, local development, small and medium enterprise (SME) and ICT adoption.
ANCI Lazio has a good theoretical knowledge and working experience of DEs, through participation in projects such as Digital Business Ecosystems (DBEs), Opaals, Effort, DBE Lazio and DEN4DEK.
The team has skills in project management, regional analysis and local engagement, scientific coordination and the analysis of the relationship between DEs and Community Networks. It has also developed a methodology for evaluating the impact of DEs on local innovation and policy recommendations, analysed SMEs cluster governance pattern and their compatibility with the DEs and taken part in international workshops on DEs.
DEs are already part of the regional innovation programme iLazio 2010 and as part of this a socio-economic analysis of the Viterbo and Rieti Provinces has been undertaken. A Tourism network looking at logistics and distribution for small producers of organic and high quality products is in the early stages of development. Other networks which DEs could be of value for include Civita Castellana Ceramics District, the manufacturing Industrial Area of Rieti-Cittaducale and a Technological Park.
Through the DE-LAN project, ANCI Lazio aims to:
- Exchange information and best practises
- Reinforce the visibility of the DE approach to regional and local stakeholders
- Integrate DE approach with other innovation and knowledge economy support mechanisms (already implemented at regional level)
- Improve the participation of stakeholders and SMEs in the concrete planning of innovation policies
Develop a Pilot delivering and testing DE services to SMEs.
