On November 8th and 9th in Potenza (Italy), as part of the CRE: HUB project activities, a Team formed by the Friuli Venezia Giulia experts Franco Scolari, Director of Pordenone Technology Park, and Kaspar Steinbergs, “Strategic Management and Cultural and Creative Industries” professor at Alberta College in Riga (Latvia), and other regional stakeholders of the two project partners, will be participating in a On-Field Visit. 

The team’s task is evaluating and providing suggestions for optimizing two project deliverables (Roadmap and Action Plan) useful for strengthening and for making more effective the ERDF 2014-2020 Operational Plan of the Region Basilicata policy tool. The ERDF 2014-2020 Operational Plan aims at strengthening the competitiveness of SMEs including Creative and Cultural SMEs, as well as supporting the development of a common system for monitoring and evaluating  the CCIs policies. The two days visit includes the participation to  a series of meetings with the main stakeholders of the area (among others: Basilicata Region, Basilicata Development, Lucana Film Commission, CNR – IBAM, University of Basilicata, Chambers of Commerce, Matera – Basilicata Foundation 2019; The Sofa District, etc.). The experts, in view of the interviews and the project papers, will draft a first set of recommendations at the end of the second day. “