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Two million euros to support the sheep supply chain, in particular for the three national IGP denominations: ‘Agnello di Sardegna’ IGP, together with ‘Abbacchio Romano’ IGP and ‘Agnello del centro’ Italia IGP. This is expected in the agreement reached by the State-Regions Conference, which met to discuss and define a [...]

New cross-border development opportunities for Sardinian start-ups. The Regional Department of Industry, with the support of the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) and the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Switzerland (CCIS), has launched a growth and acceleration programme for the Sardinian start-ups, in order to facilitate their entry into the Swiss [...]

The new portal for digital payments, called ‘Payments DGTEL, is now active and it’s perfectly integrated with pagoPA. Citizens and businesses using the services provided by DGTEL will be able to make payments using all the channels provided by the pagoPA platform. The portal, developed by the Department for Digital [...]

The European Commission has issued a third request for proposals totalling 90 million euros under the European Urban Initiative. Applications must be submitted by 14 October, and projects submitted must include innovative solutions in cities to contribute to the green and digital transitions and focus on one of the two [...]

New incentives are being provided for hotels, tourist attractions, and accommodation facilities looking to contribute in the Revolving Fund's benefits. This was formed by the Ministry of Tourism, who published a notice describing all of the details. Applications can be lodged online through the Invitalia portal between July 1 and [...]

An agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture, CDP and Intesa Sanpaolo bank to promote credit policies and synergies for the development of the agricultural and agrifood sector has been reached. Intesa Sanpaolo bank will make available 20 billion euros for the relaunch of Italian agriculture, also using the funding guaranteed [...]

As of 1 December 2025, the new European recognition scheme for geographical indications of origin for craft and industrial (non-agricultural) products will be operational. The Ministry of Business and Made in Italy is working to ensure that the system is fully operational by adopting the transposition rules necessary to integrate [...]

The European Commission has published calls for projects for research and innovation in the field of artificial intelligence and quantum technologies under the Horizon Europe programme. The budget made available to fund the projects is 112.5 million euros . Proposals can be submitted until 18 September 2024 . The available [...]

With the approval of the PNRR decree-law, the Council of Ministers has approved the new 6.3 billion euros 'Transition 5.0 Plan', which aims to support investments in digitisation and the green transition of companies. The measure grants companies an automatic tax credit without any prior assessment and without any discrimination [...]

The promotional campaign of the Digital Hub of Tourism (TDH) Italia.it, the content and services platform created thanks to NRRP funds, has kicked off. The platform aims to connect tourism supply and demand, thus stimulating the growth in the sector. The initiative, promoted by the Ministry of Tourism in collaboration [...]