The project is born with the aim to foster awareness, knowledge and uptake of 3DP technologies by facilitating and promoting SMEs’ access to high quality services related to testing, validating and certifying 3D printing solutions. 

The strategic project Mediterranean Housing aims at promoting innovation in the key regional industries of brick and ceramic materials, particularly relevant for the Emilia-Romagna construction sector renovation.

CrowdHO aims at exploring the potential of crowdfunding to support private apartment owners to bear the costs of deep retrofit interventions in mixed ownership buildings. 

It intends to reshape and make more efficient a set of services to support BICs and incubators through the Twinning Advanced methodology. 

It is one of the initiatives of ART-ER on behalf of the Regional Government of Emilia-Romagna, aimed at promoting study and research opportunities for international students and researchers, as well as collaboration among regional innovation ecosystem actors and Emilia-Romagna expat living abroad.

NanoUptake creates a comprehensive new e-infrastructure to foster dialogue and collaboration between all actors in the supply chain for a knowledge-driven definition of Safe by Design setups that optimize hazard, technical performance and economic costs

Network of Technology Transfer Nodes for Enhanced Open Innovation in Central Europe advanced manufacturing and processing industry

Ha l'obiettivo di definire sensori avanzati per le operazioni minerarie, dedicati a fornire una valutazione istantanea e precisa del contenuto di minerali e migliorare lo sfruttamento economico delle riserve minerarie

A.SPIRE is the European Association which is committed to manage and implement the SPIRE Public-Private Partnership

ACCENT is a Climate-KIC project that aims at supporting the energy transition of European cities by developing a web based platform to visualize, analyze and share energy data related to buildings. 

Emilia-Romagna in Silicon Valley supports and promotes the two-way link between our region and Silicon Valley

The “BEST Energy CheckUp” project is a DEMONSTRATOR aiming at implementing full-spectrum energy saving scans for SMEs.

Biomether aims at boosting the biomethane value chain in Emilia-Romagna. The project will realize two demonstration plants for biomethane production for direct grid injection. These demonstration plants will act as foot-in-the-door for the development of the biomethane value chain in the region.

Improving the attractiveness of investments in energy efficiency and sustainability in buildings

The programme aims to develop knowledge and promote innovation inthematic areas relevant for climate change

It is a business plan competition for the clean-tech sector. 

Climate-KIC is the EU’s largest public private partnership addressing climate change through innovation to build a zero carbon economy.

The course will train 25 European young people who are qualified with a school diploma and preferably are neither in employment nor education or training

EBN is a network of around 150 quality-certified EU|BICs (business and innovation centres) and 100 other organisations that support the development and growth of innovative entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs. EBN is also a community of professionals whose day-to-day work helps these businesses to grow in the most effective, efficient and sustainable way.

The European Crowdfunding Network AISBL (ECN) is a professional network aimed at innovating, representing, promoting and protecting the European crowdfunding industry.

EIT Raw Materials has the ambitious vision of turning the challenge of raw materials dependence into a strategic strength for Europe. Its mission is to boost the competitiveness, growth and attractiveness of the European raw materials sector via radical innovation and entrepreneurship. 

The aim is to strengthen the regional innovation ecosystem in the Life Sciences and facilitate collaboration between research and business

The web portal emiliaromagnatalentieinnovazione.aster.it  is operated by ART-ER with the objective of guiding and attracting young talents in Emilia-Romagna, promoting opportunities for study, training and employment in the innovative areas identified in the  Regional Smart Specialization Strategy (S3).

Founded in 2001, ERRIN is a unique Brussels-based platform of more than 120 regional stakeholders organisation most of whom are represented by their Brussels offices.

The main objective of FIRECE is to increase the capacity of the regional operator to manage local energy plans

First is a service created by ASTER in 1999 with the aim to provide information, analysis and assistance on opportunities offered by regional, national and European funds for innovation, research and technological development.

The overarching goal of HIGHLANDER is to support a smarter (environmental and economically sustainable) management of lands in their mosaic of natural resources, land uses, sectors, human activities and assets, while also
reducing risks and taking opportunities posed by climate change and its variability.

It is a pilot VET course in the field of Higher Technical Education on Circular Economy and Societies

Smart and adaptive interfaces for INCLUSIVE work environment

INKREASE is a project involving 7 European regions that aims at improving the innovation delivery capacity of the participating regions, mainstreaming into the regional strategies advanced policies and tools to increase the capacities of the various innovation ecosystems, reinforce the collaboration between research and business communities and exploit the economic valorization processes of research results

I partner elaboreranno una metodologia congiunta che mette insieme le loro diverse esperienze in tema di empowerment dei giovani, nella formazione, nella ricerca in economia sociale e nello sviluppo di startup, per sostenere le organizzazioni profit e no profit per coinvolgere meglio i giovani in temi di innovazione sociale e supportarli nello sviluppo di imprese sociali sostenibili.

The goal of INNO INFRA SHARE is to improve the accessibility and exploitation – also at the interregional level - of local Research and Innovation infrastructures (RII) by SMEs

IoTwins aims at enabling SMEs in the manufacturing and facility management/service sectors to access edge-enabled and cloud-based big-data analysis services to create hybrid digital companions to improve their production process and optimize the management of their facilities. 

It provides an acceleration path including various services devoted to business creation - training, meetings, advisory services, networking - with the aim of increasing beneficiaries' skills and ability to enter and remain in the market.

NeSSIE si propone di affrontare il tema della corrosione delle strutture negli impianti offshore di produzione di potenza da fonti rinnovabile quali: energia eolica, mareomotrice, del moto ondoso.

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs is a cross-border exchange programme which gives new or aspiring entrepreneurs the chance to learn from experienced entrepreneurs running small businesses in other Participating Countries.

Ha come obiettivo la valorizzazione delle politiche a favore delle Industrie Culturali e Creative.

Aims at promoting the digitization of the agri-food value chain in order to maximize the growth potential of the digital economy and tackle future challenges in this sector.

Reinwaste is a project which aims to bring a concrete contribution to the reduction of inorganic waste production, favoring the adoption of greener innovative concepts by agriculture&food industry, with a focus on SMEs.

A platform aiming at creating a marketplace where actual social challenges can meet powerful and innovative solutions

ART-ER is a member of Science|Business, a networking organisation founded in 2004 to air new policies and promote partnerships in science and technology. 

Is an University/business alliance cofunded by the Erasmus+ program, aiming at improve scientific entrepreneurship and focusing on young researchers, the brightest minds, with business potential untapped. 

The objective of the SHAR-EEN project is to identify and link-up with collaborative economy platforms, exchange experience with all relevant stakeholders and help European SMEs

It aims at establishing an innovation ecosystem focused on the green sea mobility sector across the ADRION area

It enables a broad digital transformation of the European farming and food sector

The main objective of the project is to develop a blueprint for a European Intensive Industries Skills Agenda and Strategy (SPIRE-SAIS) for an ongoing and short-termed implementation of new skills demands concerning cross-sectoral circular economy. 

It is the main regional business plan competition dedicated to innovative entrepreneurial projects with a deep relation with the research results.

StartInnShop, cofunded by the European Union (H2020 program, INNOSUP sub programme dedicated to peer learning of Innovation agencies), is a one year project that supports the feasibility study of new services for startups, specifically dedicated to speed up the "go to market" processes. The consortium consists of 3 innovation agencies: Aster, coordinator; Laval Mayenne Technopole (France), The Rubicon Centre (Ireland)

The Project objective is to implement a long term self-sustainable excellence Network dedicated to provide services to external customers for the implementation of innovative, sustainable business and cooperation model solutions for the all-round recycling and/or exploitation of raw materials from end of life complex products with more attention for secondary products. 

SUNFRAIL aims at improving the identification, prevention and management of frailty and care of multimorbidity in community dwelling persons (over 65) of loco-regional settings of EU countries. 

The project aims at analysing the feasibility of a new business model, aligned with European strategies of circular economy, based on a cloud platform addressed to support the trading of industrial surpluses.

TRIS project will support public bodies to develop activities aimed to increase the resource efficiency and competitiveness through Industrial Symbiosis. The overall objective is to identify and analyse the barriers and/or enabling factors to the widespread and durable adoption of Industrial Symbiosis practices.

The exchange and mutual learning based on partners’ previous experiences and practices will provide each regions with a number of examples of solution to effectively overcome such barriers
 

The Vanguard Initiative is a network of 30 EU regions which are politically committed to revitalising European industrial growth by leading by example in boosting growth, competitiveness and innovation in their regions. This should be done by improving the alignment between regional areas of strength and enabling co-investment, on the basis of regional smart specialisation strategies. The political leadership in every partner region has undertaken this commitment by signing a joint declaration, known as the Milan Declaration.

WoodPickER analyses the feasibility of a sustainable forest management model in a pilot area of the Emilia-Romagna region.

The Forum aims to set up an international think tank to attract global players in Emilia-Romagna on research and global food security and devoted to global strategy for the development of the agrifood sector and research and policy for the sustainability and food security and safety, in order to support the competitiveness of enterprises and agrifood sector as well as the research community, gove