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• Registration to the Call (15th September - 30th November): during this period start-ups and scale-ups can apply to the program
  
• Matchmaking with ER Corporates (15th September - 10th December): during this period start-ups / scale-ups can organize matchmaking calls with ER Corporates

Big.Match and Final.Match are the closing moments of MATCHER, where further matches, as well as networking with the national and international innovation community, will take place. The event will be open to innovation actors from all over the world.

Start-ups and scale-ups will be eligible to the program if they respect the three following criteria:

-  Completeness of the application and consistency with the Challenges: applicants will need to provide all the information required by the application form, included complete documentation, and the connection of their solution (product or service) to the Challenges of the Program they applied for;

- Startup/scaleup maturity (Technology Readiness Level - TRL): information will need to be clearly stated in the application form. This will allow to respond to the TRL required by ER companies. Specifically, only Projects with minimum TRL 4 will be admitted to the Program;

- Registration in a country which is member of the Enterprise Europe Network (Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Usa, Vietnam).

Major companies operating in the Emilia Romagna Region (Italy) that applied to participate in the program. These will be looking for a match - with one or more startup/scaleup - according to the fit between the challenges identified and the solutions proposed by the participants.

These are: Aetna Group, Bonfiglioli, Cirfood, Cooperativa Edile Appennino, Emak, Idraulica Sighinolfi Albano, Litokol, Parmalat, Torreggiani & C., Tozzi Green. 

MATCHER Green Deal Edition is financed by the Enterprise Europe Network.

The Enterprise Europe Network helps businesses innovate and grow on an international scale. It is the world’s largest support network launched by the European Commission for companies and research institutes with innovative and international ambitions.

The Network is active in more than 60 countries worldwide. It brings together 3,000 experts from more than 600 member organisations. ART-ER is a member of the EEN since its creation in 2008 through the SIMPLER Consortium (Support Services to IMProve innovation and competitiveness of businesses in Lombardia and Emilia-Romagna). The Network offers free services on:

• international partnerships (international matchmaking events, company missions, technology, business and R&D partner search)
• advice for international growth, including Finance and EU funding and application support (e.g. Horizon Europe)
• support for business innovation (innovation management, sustainability and eco-innovation, Intellectual property rights – IPR, technology transfer support and Open Innovation).

Teams of Network experts in each member organisation offer personalised services to businesses. They know the local business environment and have contacts for business opportunities worldwide.

The EEN is co-financed under the European Union’s programme for the competitiveness of SMEs (COSME).

For information and advice, find a local Network contact point in your region. 

→ Visit the website Enterprise Europe Network Italia

MATCHER Green Deal Edition is promoted by Regione Emilia-Romagna.

A region boasting excellent quality of life and widespread social cohesion

Emilia-Romagna is one of Italy’s leading regions in terms of per capita income and for many years has been classified as one of the richest regions in Europe. Emilia-Romagna also ranks amongst the top regions in Italy for bureaucratic efficiency and quality of life.

Small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the driving force of the region’s economy and have fostered the extraordinary spread of wealth across the entire regional territory. The dynamic nature of the production sector in Emilia-Romagna has resulted in high employment levels; indeed, employed inhabitants amount to over 68%, considerably higher than the Italian average.

According to the Regional Innovation Scoreboard, based on the indicators analyzed by the European Commission Emilia-Romagna ranks first at the national level.

These indexes consider indicators such as the economy, governance, broadband coverage, mobility, innovation, the quality of life and the green economy.

The green economy in Emilia-Romagna is a cross-sector that is proving to be more and more of a resource to the region and an opportunity for new investments. The green economy comprises both «what is produced» and «how it is produced». 

Laboratories from the regional High Technology Network are related to green economy research areas and are also part of “Clust-ERs”, communities of public and private research centers, companies and training institutes (e.g. “Clust-ER Greentech – Energy and Sustainability”).

Emilia-Romagna ranks first in Italy and third in Europe – behind the Netherlands and Switzerland – for the quality of its healthcare services.

MATCHER Green Deal Edition is organized by ART-ER.

ART-ER Attractiveness Research Territory is the Emilia-Romagna Joint Stock Consortium born  with the purpose of fostering the region’s sustainable growth by developing innovation and knowledge, attractiveness and internationalisation of the region.

The Research and Innovation Division promotes industrial research as the main driver of sustainable economic development and collaborates with company associations to develop joint research and corporate strategies and actions, facilities and services for industrial research, and the enhancement of human capital working in these areas.

It coordinates the regional innovation ecosystem that includes the Emilia-Romagna High Technology Network, the Technopoles, the business Incubators, the Clust-ERs and Startups and also operates through the local S3 AREAS as meeting places set up to foster the relationship between young people and the most innovative employment networks.

The Division aims at an open innovation model, where businesses, startups, researchers and associations discuss and share experiences and models of action, have access to the same resources and have the opportunity to orient their activities towards the objective of generating innovative and impactful solutions for the whole ecosystem, to make Emilia-Romagna an open, inclusive and attractive region.

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