LOMBARDY REGION
Via Filzi, 22 – 20124 Milano, ITALY
Telephone: 0039 02 67654137
Fax: 0039 02 67656882
Web site: www.regione.lombardia.it
E-mail: giulia_rota@regione.lombardia.it

Contact: Ms. Giulia Rota (Headn ofIndustry, SME & Cooperation Department), Ms. Loredana Cantoni, Mr. Rolando Imbrò (Industry, SME & Cooperation Department)

At a Glance
Status:Regional Government

Main Activity

Lombardy Region is one of the largest regions and definitely the most flourishing in Italy, representing over 1/5 of the whole national economy. It is amongst the richest Regions in the EU: Italian R&D activity is mostly concentrated in Lombardy, with 12 universities. The 30% of private researchers and the 22,2% of the total researchers in Italy is localized in Lombardy.
In particular, Lombardy Region is carrying out a strong policy which is intended to attract and foster setting up of business with a high added-value, to enhance the exploitation of the existing human resources while at the same time recruiting young talented people.
The policy is aimed to encourage firms to connection with research centers and to support research also by means of agreements with international, national, regional research system.
Lombardy Region encourages to invest in R&D for fulfilling above mentioned purposes creating a well balanced framework, helping exchange of technologies within an area rich in knowledge and know-how and where knowledge can be combined with practical skills underlying high technology development.
QuESTIO Project [www.questio.it] provides a support to verify and gives credit to the structures operating in the field of scientific research and technological transfer in Lombardy (Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences, Art and Human Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Engineering, Calculus and Technology, Life Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Social and Behavioural Sciences).
In fact, Lombardy hosts about 50 percent of Italy’s biotech companies and ranks among the top 20 regions in Europe in terms of biotech and related patents.