The “Startup Europe Week 2016” started yesterday in 28 locations in Italy, as well as in 42 European countries. This is an event aimed to support both innovative start-up and small-medium enterprises.

The purpose is to raise “ideas curricula”, in order to charize the European country as well as mainly the Italy, that always believed in start-up. The Region of Lazio provides a demonstration of the confidence institutionally placed in enterprises. In fact, in the last two years, 18,5 millions of Euro have been invested and, by this way, 183 startups have been born.

The link between the invested amounts and the results is pretty clear.

Moreover, under the 2016 Regional Stability Law, the Region of Lazio setted up a kind of plafond - equal to an amount of Euro 1 million - aimed to reduce the fiscal pressure and Irap values on innovative start-up, over the period running from 2016 to 2018.

In addition, the Region called for new ideas in matter of research by investing 100 millions of Euro - under the program 2014/2020 - for the benefit of research spin off and innovative enterprises.

Thus, it has to be emphasised the competitive value, as a part of each market: the reference i sto the “Innovator Lazio Award”, open to all those startup registered on the website Maker Faire Rome 2015; the tender rules are currently being defined.

According to Daniel Rasmus, “Innovation is more poetry than science”.