Bari, July 15, 2019
Progetto LET’S UP – LEAN STARTUP FOR NPR MANUFACTURING
The temporary joint venture agreement for the LET'S UP project has finally been signed. This partnership will bring together highly specialized skills, experience, and operational capabilities in the Puglia region, both in the fields of business acceleration and entrepreneurship.
On Monday 15/07 we signed, in Bari, the ATI that will see us participate and protagonists of the LET'S UP project, presented on the Apulian regional call for tenders \"EXTRAZIONE DEI TALENTI\".
The mission with which LET'S UP was born is that of a "permanent networking and cooperation organization that operationally supports startups and innovative manufacturing companies, where considered valid and profitable, in their growth path, contributing to the strengthening of the competitive advantage of the regional territory". LET'S UP therefore wants to create an operational infrastructure, based in the city of Trani, which brings together diversified and widespread skills on the national and international territory that supports the processes of innovation and enhancement for the manufacturing supply chains, providing services to accelerate organizational, technological, production and commercial processes aimed at greater competitiveness and faster and more effective market engagement.
The LET'S UP partnership structure is complex, multidisciplinary, and strongly oriented, in its components and organic structure, towards strengthening the development processes of entrepreneurship, businesses, and the territory.
The partnership is made up of 17 partners belonging to different typologies and in particular:

• Leader

1. CONFASSOCIAZIONI, the national body representing federations, coordination bodies, associations, businesses, and professionals practicing professional activities "not organized into professional orders and colleges" in Italy and Europe. Founded in July 2013, it currently brings together 273 professional organizations, including first- and second-level entities, representing more than 460,000 professionals and approximately 122,000 businesses, and representing a key part of the Italian economy's nervous system. This system generates 9% of the country's GDP (21% if associated companies are included). www.confassociazioni.eu

• Incubators and Accelerators

2. Pordenone Technology Park – Science and Technology Park and MISE Certified Incubator for Innovative Startups. www.polo.pn.it

3. OPENET TECHNOLOGIES SpA – Participates in the project also as the manager of “SPARKme,” the first Business Accelerator dedicated to Space Business, conceived and managed by Openet, co-financed by the Italian and European Space Agencies (ASI and ESA). clone1.sparkme.space/

• University

4. LUM JEAN MONNET UNIVERSITY – A legally recognized non-state university with two faculties (Economics and Law) and a School of Management with specialized courses in a variety of disciplines – www.lum.it

• Research centers

5. STAZIONE EXPERIMENTALE DELL'INDUSTRIA DELLE PELLI srl – Research Center for the tanning industry with interventions on methodologies and technologies for innovation in the production of hides and leather consumer goods – www.ssip.it

6. CERMES – Research Center in Management, Economics and Local Development established at the University “Link Campus” which works to identify and analyze national and international best practices in entrepreneurship, management and development of territorial innovation and to apply them to local contexts – https://www.unilink.it/ricerca/centri-di-ricerca/cermes-centro-di-ricerca-in-management-economia-e-sviluppo-locale/

7. Fondazione Italiani – A foundation and research organization recognized in 2016, it promotes and fosters international business opportunities through cultural diplomacy activities.

• Training Centers

8. Lean Experience Factory scar.l. – An experiential training center based in San Vito al Tagliamento (PN), founded in 2011 as a joint venture between McKinsey & Company and Unindustria Pordenone – www.leanexperiencefactory.it

• Cluster

9. COMET Scrl – Friuli Venezia Giulia's regional reference cluster for the management of the metalworking industry, including both mechanical engineering products and components. Its key objective is to facilitate interaction and support among companies to enhance their competitiveness despite the growing complexity of Italian and international markets. www.srl-comet.com

• Financial Intermediaries

10. FIDIT SCPA – Financial intermediary primarily provides guarantees to credit institutions, facilitating SMEs' access to bank credit – www.fidit.it

• Production Districts

11. PUGLIA SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DISTRICT – Spreads and promotes the culture of sustainable construction, and specifically: establishes networks of companies capable of cooperating to develop construction quality in line with the needs of sustainable construction and innovation. www.despuglia.it

• Associations

12. AICA, ITALIAN ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE AND AUTOMATED COMPUTING – Founded in 1961, it is an association of professionals, teachers, students, and public and private entities committed to the growth and diffusion of the digital sector. AICA provides lifelong learning services, skills assessment and professional certification, and ongoing professional development. www.aicanet.it

• Businesses

13. STRA.DE. S.r.l., Bari – www.srlstrade.it

14. DEVELOPING.IT S.r.l., Bari – www.developing.it

15. LINKEM S.p.A., Roma  – www.linkem.com  

16. OBJECTWAY S.p.A., Bari – www.objectway.com

17. GPI S.p.A., Trento – www.gpi.it