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Key Statistics
| Surface : |
5421 Km2
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Population :
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1.592.039
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GDP per capita :
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25.751 Euro
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| Total workforce : |
658.000 |
Liguria
has a consistent industrial reality composed of approximately 138,000
companies, most of which are situated in the province of Genoa, the industrial
motor of the whole region.
Thanks to the presence of internationally prestigious Universities, Liguria can
boast one of the highest education levels in Europe with roughly 5,800 degree
graduates a year and an annual university population of roughly 35,000
students.
Its research system includes more than 100 public and private research centres,
among which those related to the fields of nanotechnology and intelligent
systems are of particular national relevance.
The most strategic sectors of its economy are ICT and the whole high-tech area
(biotechnologies, mechanical engineering, computer systems, electronics and
telecommunications). Logistics have always been a territorial speciality, given
the Regione Liguria’s key role in national and European transport and
logistical systems.
AVAILABLE INCENTIVES
Liguria
has an active Integrated Intelligent Systems District, with job opportunities
for more than 300 researchers and a grant of 60 million euros provided by
public funds and capital invested by the region’s managing company in charge of
financing research and development activities.
Also in support of Innovation development, a new regional law envisages the
creation of a Research Coordination Centre and a rotating fund of 10 million
euros available for companies needing to finance new research projects, with
tax breaks for small and medium-sized industries.
The Regional government intends to facilitate the constitution of closed-end
funds, private equities, and funds for participating in risk capital, as well
as participative loan concessions to enterprises on its territory.
The presence of a dynamic banking system, and of Ligurcapital S.p.A., whose
scope is to promote the constitution and development of new companies in
Liguria via a Participative Loan Fund, together with initiatives on the part of
industrial associations, such as Capitalimpresa S.p.a, complete the picture of
incentives available for supporting innovative enterprises in Liguria.
>> Regione Liguria website
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